Goshka Macuga

Goshka Macuga

BornNationalityBased In
1967PolishLondon
Biography

Goshka Macuga was born in 1967 in Warsaw, Poland and lives and works in London. Macuga’s practice is based on historical and archival research, which informs her installations, sculptures, tapestries, and collages. As an artist she simultaneously assumes the role of a curator, historian, and designer. Macuga questions historiography, political structures, and the pressing issues of our time. Over the past years, Macuga has created a series of large-scale tapestries that weave her ideas in assembly mind maps, presentations, and panoramic scenes. Macuga takes up the historical medium of Gobelin tapestries, a portable textile often emblazoned with political messages. Her new series of tapestries are woven in 3-D so that the viewers themselves become part of the scenario. ...

Selected Artworks
NASA Delta IV Heavy Launching the Parker Solar Probe (12 August ) Inmate firefighters look on as an aircraft prepares to drop fire retardant ahead of the River Fire as it burns through a canyon in Lakeport, California (August 1, )
Goshka Macuga
NASA Delta IV Heavy Launching the Parker Solar Probe (12 August ) Inmate firefighters look on as an aircraft prepares to drop fire retardant ahead of the River Fire as it burns through a canyon in Lakeport, California (August 1, ), 2018
185.1 x 130.2 x 5.2cm
Discrete Model 042
Goshka Macuga
Discrete Model 042, 2019
70.9 x 56.9 x 3.9cm
Hidden Until Circumstances Are Suitable (Polar Bear and Wolf)
Goshka Macuga
Hidden Until Circumstances Are Suitable (Polar Bear and Wolf), 2020
132.5 x 142 x 3.3cm
Discrete Model 043
Goshka Macuga
Discrete Model 043, 2019
70.9 x 56.9 x 3.9cm
Discrete Model 044
Goshka Macuga
Discrete Model 044, 2019
70.9 x 56.9 x 3.9cm
Gallery Representation
Biennals
Berlin Biennial2014 - Berlin
Venice Biennial2009 - Venice
Berlin Biennial2008 - Berlin
Gwangju Biennial2002 - Gwangju
Liverpool Biennial2002 - Liverpool
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