Andrea Kroksnes

Andrea Kroksnes, 2011

Andrea Kroksnes (* 1971 ) is a German - Norwegian art historian , curator and art critic . Since 2001 she has been Senior Curator at the Norwegian National Museum of Art , Architecture and Design in Oslo .

Career

After studying applied cultural studies in Lüneburg and "Art History and Criticism" at the State University of New York in Stony Brook , she did her doctorate in 2002 with Donald Kuspit and Nicholas Mirzoeff . Her dissertation Reframing the 80s: Visual Culture and the Picture Generation dealt with the importance of visual culture for the reception of contemporary art . Since autumn 2001 she has been Senior Curator at the Museet for Samtidskunst , the national museum for contemporary art in Oslo, which after the merger of the four largest museums in 2003 belongs to the Nasjonalmuseet for art, architecture & design .

Exhibitions

In addition to thematic group exhibitions, Kroksnes organized solo exhibitions by international artists such as Thomas Ruff (2002 with the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden), Paul McCarthy (2003 with the Kunstverein in Hamburg , curated by Yilmaz Dziewior ), Nick Relph / Oliver Payne (2003–2004 with the Musée d 'art modern de la Ville de Paris , co-curated with Hans-Ulrich Obrist ), Rémy Zaugg (2004), Louise Lawler (2005), Kirstine Roepstorff (2010 with the Kunstmuseum Basel ) and Ida Ekblad (2013 with the Kunstmuseum Luzern and De Vleeshal , Middelburg). In 2014 Kroksnes curated the thematic group exhibition “Take Liberty” on the subject of human rights with works by u. a. Ai Weiwei , Pussy Riot , Slavs and Tatars, Susan Hiller , Andrea Bowers and John Akomfrah . For the new museum building of the Oslo National Museum , she is working on a Louise Bourgeois and Edvard Munch exhibition for 2019, together with the director of the Norwegian National Gallery, Nils Ohlsen. Kroksnes co-curated the Nordic Pavilion at Francesco Bonami's Venice Biennale in 2003.

Teaching assignments / scientific work

Kroksnes has worked as a lecturer at the University of Lüneburg and at the art academies in Oslo and Bergen and has written texts for catalogs on international artists such as Karin Mamma Andersen, Maja Bajević , Louise Bourgeois , Kristina Braein, Ida Ekblad , Dan Colen , Nathalie Djuberg, Ólafur Elíasson , Matias Faldbakken , Isaac Julien , Louise Lawler , Olaf Metzel , Alexandra Mir, Helen Mirra , Marjetica Potrc , Lara Schnitger , Robert Smithson , Nick Relph & Oliver Payne , Rirkrit Tiravanija , Rémy Zaugg and Knut Åsdam . As a critic, she wrote essays for journals and compendia such as Artforum , Kunst og Kultur, texts on art , Springerin : Hefte für Gegenwartskunst, Siksi: The Nordic Art Review, Parkett and NU.

Publications

Catalogs / books / magazines (published)

• Nordic nomads. Exhibition catalog, White Columns, New York 1998.
• Flakk. Exhibition catalog, The Nordic House, Reykjavík 2000.
• UKS Biennial book. Unge Kunstnernes Samfunn, Oslo 2001.
• Body Matters: Performative Structures in Video, Museum of Contemp. Art. Oslo 2003.
• Devil-May-Care: The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennial 2003. Hatje Cantz / OCA, Stuttgart 2003.
• Andrea Kroksnes, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (Eds.): Nick Relph & Oliver Payne. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2003.
• Remy Zaugg. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo 2004.
• Art and culture: Visual Culture. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2/2005
• Andrea Kroksnes, Ellen Lerberg, Marianne Yvenes (Eds.): Museumfever: Included Louise Lawler. Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo 2005.
• Fantastic Politics: Art in Times of Crisis. Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo 2006.
• Duo: Hans Arp & Knut Henrik Henriksen. Swirdoff Verlag / Würth Collection, Oslo 2008.
• Goddesses: A Reader. Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo 2011.
• Take Liberty! Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo 2014.

Professional article (selection)

• Louise Lawler: Specters of Modernism. In: Parquet. Volume 57, December 1999, pp. 150-161.
• 80s Redux Today. In: Art Mediation. Website for Art and its Mediation. 2001.
• Deconstructing Origin Stories. In: For Art: The Institute of Research Within International Contemporary Art. Oslo 2001.
• The Photographical Turn. In: For Art: The Institute of Research within International Contemporary Art. Oslo 2001
• Video philosophy. In: Grøgaard and Paasche (eds.): Eye for Time. Unipax, Oslo 2003, pp. 110-118.
• Wall to wall: Kristina Bræin. In: Artforum. March 2004, pp. 170-173.
• Ingrid Book and Carina Heden. In: Tema Celeste. March / April 2005
• Epilogue. In: Nicholas Borriaud: Relasjonell Estetikk. Pax Artes, Oslo 2006, pp. 169-190.
• Critique of the World as Signature Style. In: Helen Legg and Øystein Ustvedt (eds.): Matias Faldbakken: Shocked into Abstraction. Ikon Gallery and The National Museum; Cornerhouse Publications, Birmingham 2009, pp. 97-146.
• Meeting the wall. In: Jørn Mortensen (Ed.): Visual Art in the Oslo Opera House. Press Publishing, Oslo 2011, pp. 120-128.
• Ongoing: Reflections on Performativity and the Art Object. In: Elmgreen & Dragset: 1995–2011 Performances. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walter König, Cologne 2011, pp. 173–177.
• On the trail of meaning: Louise Lawler's strategies of appropriation. In: Gabriele Schor (Ed.): Open Spaces / Secret Places. Museum der Moderne, Salzburg Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2012, pp. 108–112.
• Formlessness as Strategy or Bringing Things Down in the World. In: Nicola Dietrich (Ed.): Kirstine Roepstorff: Dried Dew Drops. Kunstmuseum Basel; Nasjonalmuseet Oslo; Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, pp. 42–49.
• Not at Home. In: Unfinished Journeys. Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo 2012, pp. 6–21.
• Polite art. In: Kristina Bræin: Dilemma of Politeness. Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2013.

Web links

• Andrea Kroksnes with "Curators from Germany" at the Goethe-Institut
• En short for old. Nasjonalmuseet has Andrea Kroksnes happier. In: Dagbladet Magasinet. September 26, 2005