Photos: Meet Goshka Macuga, the Artist Whose Genius Is in the Footnotes

Photo by Davey Adesida. Hair by Yasu Nakamura, makeup by Yuco Aoki. Produced by Biel Parklee. Photography Assistant: Joey Jimeno.

Photo by Davey Adesida. Hair by Yasu Nakamura, makeup by Yuco Aoki. Produced by Biel Parklee. Photography Assistant: Joey Jimeno.

“Of what is, that is; of what is not that is not 1,” 2012. Wool tapestry.

Installation view, Goshka Macuga: Exhibit A, MCA Chicago. Photo by Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.

“Death of Marxism, Women of All Lands Unite,” 2013, at the New Museum. Photo by Maris Hutchinson/EPW Studio.

“The Letter,” 2011. Tapestry.

Image by Goshka Macuga.

“On the Nature of the Beast,” 2009. Tapestry.

Installation view, Goshka Macuga: Public Address, Lunds Konsthall. Courtesy of the artist.

“Preparatory Notes,” 2014, at the New Museum. Photo by Maris Hutchinson/EP.

“Lost Forty,” 2011. Tapestry. T.B. Walker Acquisition Fund, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.

Installation view, Goshka Macuga: It Broke from Within, Walker Art Center. Photo by Gene Pittman.

“The Nature of the Beast,” 2009. Bronze sculpture on wooden plinth. Installation view, Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast, Whitechapel Gallery. Courtesy of the artist.