Alicja Gaskon
Alicja Gaskon (born 1985 in Warsaw, Poland) is a New York-based, Polish-born visual artist. She is best known for works rooted in cartography, architecture and geopolitics.[1] The work is characterized by the use of a reduced palette and can be placed in the tradition of conceptual art and hard edge.[2]
Background[edit]
Gaskon studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (2005-2010) where she received her MFA in 2010.[3] She is also a graduate in Architecture from WSEiZ in Warsaw. Gaskon is an alumna of the ISCP International Studio and Curatorial Program.[1] She received grants and residencies from NARS Foundation[4], Asylum Arts, IAM Program at the New York Foundation for the Arts NYFA, ArtSlant, StartPoint Prize[5], and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in Poland, among others.
Work[edit]
Gaskon studied both architecture and fine art. Subsequently her interest in the concept of a line stems from her educational background. Dividing lines and the specific connections that they create between people are a key point in her practice.[6] Gaskon's work combines a language of personal marks and symbols with maps and data. Her work explores themes of identity and belonging taking into account the philosophical, social and political dimension. Most of her work deals with topics like invisible boundaries, feminism, cultural identity, migration, notion of entanglement and geopolitical, social, economic and environmental spheres.
Working in a wide-ranging conceptual practice, she is best known for her large paintings, multi-layered monotypes and soft sculpture installations.[7] With a basis in field research, her work typically features a reduced palette of red, white and black, itself derived from the universal symbol for restricted access.
Collections[edit]
Gaskon's works are held in private and public collections of the Central Museum of Textiles, a museum of textiles located in the Ludwik Geyer's Factory in Łódź, Poland, the collection of the Stiftung Konzeptuelle Kunst [Conceptual Art Foundation] as part of Die Sammlung Schroth in the Museum Wilhelm Morgner in Soest, Germany, and the Art Tank Collection, a group of privately built yet publicly accessible collections of contemporary art that have been combined in order to share them with a wider audience through art institutions, organizations and educational programming.
Exhibitions (selected)[edit]
2020[edit]
- A Small Needful Fact, After a Poem by Ross Gay, Assembly Room, New York, US
- Home Land, Here, Together!, The Immigrant Artist Biennial, New York, US
2019[edit]
- Dividing Lines, solo, Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- Breaching Borders. 16th International Triennial of Textiles. Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Poland
- The Principle of Migration. New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, US
- a,8479, jubileuszowy-international-chopin-friends-festival.html Chopin & Friends Festival, Polish Cultural Institute New York Slavic Center, US
- Positions Berlin, gallery drj––dr.julius | ap, Berlin, Germany
- Century.idee bauhaus. Bauhaus 100, gallery drj––dr.julius | ap, Berlin, Germany
2018[edit]
- Endless Biennial. EFA Project Space, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, US
- The Map and the Territory. NARS Foundation[8], New York, US
- Somewhere down the line[9]. NARS Artist-In Residence, New York, US
- Cardinal Planes. Gallery Korea of the Korean Cultural Center of New York, New York, US
- New / Newly Discovered. Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2017[edit]
- Reflections. solo. Le Guern Gallery+balzer projects, Vienna Contemporary, Austria
- Visual-Virtual. Noyes Museum of Art, Atlantic City, NJ, US
- Minimal Impulse. balzer projects and Le Guern Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
- Interior. Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2016[edit]
- New Beginnings. solo. balzer projects, Basel, Switzerland
- Transitions. 2 person show w/Arpad Forgo, Platan Gallery, Polish Institute in Budapest, Hungary
2015[edit]
- Artissima. w/Lilly Keller, balzer projects, Artissima, Turin, Italy
- Myopia of Identity. solo. balzer projects, Basel, Switzerland
- Mere formality. Galeria Labirynt and Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin, Poland
- Solo Positions.solo. balzer projects at Contemporary Art Berlin, Germany
- Order out of Chaos. Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- The Open Work. solo. Dubner Moderne Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
- La Ligne f(x)=ax+b. balzer projects, Basel, Switzerland
2013[edit]
- Saatchi Screen Project, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
- Tetris Effect: The Urbanism of Color. solo. Espace Gaia, Geneva, Switzerland
- Map.Straction. solo. Espace Helvetie, Montreux, Switzerland
- Les nouveaux artistes de la galerie. Dubner Moderne Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
2012[edit]
- MAP.struction: The Tetris Effect. solo. Espace Gaia Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Dynamic Arena. solo. Schweizer Kunstraum, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Summer Six. Espace Gaia Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2011[edit]
2010[edit]
- Torpedo Pinata II: derailment. solo. Le Guern Gallery, Warsaw, Poland[10]
Selected bibliography[edit]
2020 “Tramemos67”, by Centro Argentino de Arte Textil, Buenos Aires, Sept. 2020 Karolina Maciejewska, “Utracona Niewinność Tkaniny”, Miej Miejsce, Feb.19, 2020 Elaine Y.J Zheng, “Review: Alicja Gaskon, Dividing Lines”, This is Tomorrow, Jan. 19, Judy Hooymeyer, “Tapestry Triënnale in Lodz”, Textiel Plus, Jan. 21, 2020
2019 Magazyn Szum “Na Dobry Początek: Dividing Lines”, Nov.18, 2019 Etty Yaniv, “Alicja Gaskon-Traversing Borders”, Art Spiel, July 22, 2019 Elżbieta Popławska, “Festiwal Chopin i Przyjaciele rozpoczęty”, Nowy Dziennik, Nov.11, 2019
2016 Annette Hoffmann, “Aller Anfang ist grau”, Basler Zeitung, June 25, 2016 Patrycja Rup, “Perfect Shape for the Concept”, Contemporary Lynx, March 19, 2016 Sinkó István, “Derus Konkretok / The Serene Concrete”, Élet És Irodalom, March 17, 2016
2015 Magazyn Szum, “Na Dobry Początek: Porządek z Chaosu”, June 15, 2015 Obieg, “Dyskusja o wystawie Czysta Formalność”, Aug.5, 2015 Annette Hoffmann, “Wunschverwandte Farbenspiele”, Basler Zeitung, May 16, 2015 Simon Baur, “Zeit Zeichnen”, Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, April 21, 2015 Laurent Delaloye, “Dans les galleries avec Laurent Delaloye”, 24 Heures Suisse Romande, Feb.19, 2015
2013 Monika Gąsiorowska, “Wywiad: Alicja Gaskon”, Polnische Zeitschrift in der Schweiz, September 8, 2013 Paulina Bajer, “Miasto, Masa, Maszyna-rozmowa z Alicja Gaskon”, Tygodnik Vector, Aug.18, 2013
2012 Culture.pl, “Polscy artyści na Artissimie”, Redakcja, November 15, 2012 Davide Fantino, “Non e la fine del Mondo, parola di Artissima”, Art Note, Nov.13, 2012
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Alicja Gaskon". iscp-nyc.org.
- ↑ www.dandelion-burdock.com, dandelion & burdock. "Alicja Gaskon: Dividing Lines". thisistomorrow.
- ↑ Asp 2010, Dyplomy (January 6, 2011). "DYPLOMY ASP2010: ALICJA GASKON".
- ↑ "NARS Foundation - Alicja Gaskon (Poland)". NARS Foundation.
- ↑ "Alicja Gaskon – STARTPOINT PRIZE 2011". www.startpointprize.eu.
- ↑ "Galeria Le Guern | Alicja Gaskon - Dividing Lines". leguern.pl.
- ↑ "PERFECT SHAPE FOR THE CONCEPT | Contemporary Lynx - print and online magazine on art & visual culture". March 19, 2016.
- ↑ "New York: Alicja Gaskon | Contemporary Lynx - print and online magazine on art & visual culture".
- ↑ "New York: Alicja Gaskon | Contemporary Lynx - print and online magazine on art & visual culture".
- ↑ "Wystawa dyplomowa Alicji Gaskon".
External links[edit]
- Alicja Gaskon's website
- Alicja Gaskon - Le Guern Gallery's website
- Alicja Gaskon - Wikipedia in Polish
- Alicja Gaskon - Art Tank Collection
- Alicja Gaskon - Instagram
- NARS Foundation
- International Studio & Curatorial Program
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