Michael Rakowitz
Michael Rakowitz (born October 22, 1973 in Great Neck , Long Island , New York ) is an American artist who comes from a Jewish, Iraqi family. He is an Associate Professor in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University , Evanston , Illinois.
Life
Rakowitz studied at Purchase College until 1995 and then completed a master's degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge until 1998 . Between September 2002 and May 2006 he was Professor in the Department of Sculptural Studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art, and since 2006 he has been Associate Professor in Art Theory and Practice at Northwestern University.
In addition to projects in public urban space, in 2010 he realized a solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery of Modern Art , London, and took part in the Biennale of Sydney (2008), the Istanbul Biennial (2007) and the Sharjah Biennial (2007). In 2018, Rakowitz recreated a Lamassu , a protective demon made from date cans, on the monument base in Trafalgar Square . After a member of the IS terrorist group had destroyed an original stone lamassu with a hammer drill in 2015, he wanted to use his work of art in a busy square in London to refer to the lost and destroyed cultural assets of Iraq, which reminds us of what is no longer exists on earth.
He lives in Chicago .
Exhibitions
- 2000: Climate Control, Special Project, PS1 Contemporary Art Center , New York City.
- 2003: Romanticized All Out of Proportion, Special Project, Queens Museum of Art, New York City.
- 2008: Heartland, Van Abbemuseum , Eindhoven , The Netherlands.
- 2010: Climate Capsules, Museum of Arts and Crafts , Hamburg .
- 2010: Tate Modern, London.
- 2012: documenta 13 .
- 2015: 14th Istanbul Biennale .
literature
- Review: Destruction and Reconstruction - Work by Michael Rakowitz and Clemens von Wedemeyer , daserste.de, title Theses Temperaments
- Michael Rakowitz , presentation at art magazin
Web links
- Personal website
- Michael Rakowitz at Northwestern University's Department of Art Theory and Practice
Individual evidence
- ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Protection demon from date cans. Retrieved January 11, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Rakowitz ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at documenta 13
- ↑ Short biography ( memento of August 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) at Lombard Freid Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rakowitz, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American artist and professor of Art Theory and Practice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Great Neck , New York |