Alice Creischer Explained

Alice Creischer (1960 in Gerolstein) is a German artist, writer and theorist.^[1] Her artistic practice and theoretical work focuses on issues of economic and institutional critique, globalization and the history of capitalism.^{[2] [3]}

Life

Alice Creischer studied philosophy and German literature at University of Düsseldorf and Visual Arts at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she was a master student of Fritz Schwegler. She co-curated a number of influential exhibitions, such as Messe 2ok (1995)^[4] and ExArgentina (2004).^[5] Together with Andreas Siekmann and Max Jorge Hinderer she curated the exhibition The Potosí Principle – How can we sing the song of the Lord in an alien land?^[6] at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid, which toured to Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2010), Museo nacional de arte, La Paz (2011) and Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, La Paz (2011). Since 2014, she is together with Andreas Siekmann professor for Spatial Strategies at Kunsthochschule Weißensee in Berlin.^[7]

Selected exhibitions

Solo shows

• 2019: His Master's Voice, KOW Gallery Berlin
• 2016: It is March 24 in the year 2000 which is compelling to be prospective, Culture Gest, Lisbon
• 2014: In The Stomach Of The Predators, KOW Gallery Berlin
• 2008: Alice Creischer. Apparatus for the Osmotic Compensation of the Pressure of Wealth during the Contemplation of Poverty, MACBA, Barcelona.

Group shows

• 2016 Jerusalem Show – Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art
• 2015 school of Kyiv, Biennial
• 2012 Social Fabric

Selected writings

• Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Universalism in Art and the Art of Universalism. Thoughts on the »globalization« of the art system, taking the United Arab Emirates as example. In: Springerin
• Colectivo Situationes & Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Figures of the Crisis. An exchange of letters between the Colectivo Situaciones and Alice Creischer / Andreas Siekmann on forms of politicization in the present Argentine and German context. In: Springerin
• Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann: Where and Why You Shouldn’t Read Any Further. On Michel Foucault’s Lecture on January 21, 1976, at the Collège de France. In: Springerin

External links

• Biography and Bibliography on Alice Creischer at the Generali Foundation, pp. 3–4. (PDF-Datei; 260 kB)
• Artist profile of Alice Creischer at KOW Gallery, Berlin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alice Creischer. KOW Gallery. 16 April 2017.
2. Web site: Alice Creischer: works and collaborations ...for the osmotic compensation of wealth pressure.. Transform. Marí. Bartomeu. 16 April 2017.
3. Riccardi . Teresa . May 2012 . Archivo Caminante: Constellations and Performativity . Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry . en . 30 . 76–85 . 10.1086/667247 . 14654253.
4. Web site: Alice Creischer. eipcp - European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies. 16 April 2017.
5. Web site: Ex Argentina: Genealogie einer Krise. Kulturstiftung des Bundes. 16 April 2017.
6. Web site: How can we sing the song of the Lord in an alien land?. The Potosí Principle. 16 April 2017.
7. Web site: Personen: Prof. Alice Creischer. Kunsthochschule Weißensee. 16 April 2017.