Jacqueline Hassink Explained

Jacqueline Hassink
Birth Date:15 July 1966
Birth Place:Enschede, Netherlands
Death Place:Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nationality:Dutch
Field:Visual arts; Photography, Conceptual art, Installation art, Film
Training:Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam; Royal Art Academy of Art, The Hague; Trondheim Academy of Fine Art

Jacqueline Hassink (15 July 1966 – 22 November 2018) was a Dutch visual artist based in New York City.[1]

Early life and education

Hassink was born in Enschede, the Netherlands[2] and received training at Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art.

Career

While Hassink trained as a sculptor, she worked mainly in photography. She created several global art projects on the theme of world economic power, and is known for projects like her first, The Table of Power (1993–95), in which she photographed the boardrooms of 21 of the largest multi-national corporations in Europe. She re-visited this topic in spring of 2009 after a global recession with The Table of Power 2 (2009–11). In Car Girls (2002–08), Hassink photographed women paid to pose with cars in cities including New York, Paris, Geneva, Tokyo, Detroit, and Shanghai, examining the differing beauty standards across cultures.

Other projects include: Female Power Stations: Queen Bees (1996–2000), Haute Couture Fitting Rooms, Paris (2003–12), View Kyoto (2015) and Unwired (2018). Hassink's work has been exhibited at Huis Marseille in Amsterdam;[3] Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur; ICP in New York;Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and the Guangzhou Museum of Modern Art, Guangzhou.

Hassink participated in the Prix Pictet 2012, a project dedicated to photography and sustainability.[4] Her follow-up book, The Table of Power 2, was nominated for the 2012 Paris Photo/ Aperture Book Award.[5] The book appeared on the shortlist for the PHotoEspaña Best Photography Book of the Year Award, and received special mention though it did not win the award.[6] Hassink's work has appeared in The Financial Times,[7] Le Monde, The New York Times, El Pais, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Reuters, Financial Times Deutschland, D2, De Standaard, NZZ, Newsweek and Wired.

Hassink was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University[8] in conceptual photography and at the International Center for Photography in New York.

She died of cancer on 22 November 2018.

Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wu . Daven . 1 February 2012 . Jacqueline Hassink takes a seat at the table of power . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004231423/https://www.wallpaper.com/art/book-the-table-of-power-2-by-jacqueline-hassink . 4 October 2022 . 22 May 2024 . . en.
  2. Web site: Warner . Marigold . 28 November 2018 . Obituary: Jacqueline Hassink, photographer 1966-2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200711105521/https://www.bjp-online.com/2018/11/obituary-jacqueline-hassink-photographer-1966-2018/ . 11 July 2020 . 2 March 2019 . . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2007 . Jacqueline Hassink: The Power Show . dead . https://archive.today/20130222150443/http://www.huismarseille.nl/en/exhibition/jacqueline-hassink-the-power-show . 22 February 2013 . Huis Marseille.
  4. Web site: Jacqueline Hassink . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522070505/https://prix.pictet.com/cycles/power/jacqueline-hassink . 22 May 2024 . 4 December 2012 . Prix Pictet.
  5. Web site: 28 September 2012 . PhotoBook Awards Shortlist Announced . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231130143137/https://aperture.org/editorial/photobook-awards-shortlist-announced/ . 30 November 2023 . 22 May 2024 . Aperture.
  6. Web site: 2012 . Best Photography Book of the Year Award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031919/http://www.lafabrica.com/en/noticias/88/best_photography_book_of_the_year_awards . 4 March 2016 . LaFabrica.com . en.
  7. Web site: Hassink . Jacqueline . 18 November 2011 . Top tables . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111122122143/https://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/1bffe898-10cf-11e1-8010-00144feabdc0.html . 22 November 2011 . .
  8. Web site: Art Dictionary - Jacqueline Hassink: The Topography of Economic Power . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211116122340/http://www.hatjecantz.de/jacqueline-hassink-5092-1.html . 16 November 2021 . 2 March 2019 . Hatje Cantz.

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