Meet Goshka Macuga, the Artist Whose Genius Is in the Footnotes
“I sometimes envy people who go to the studio and just make a painting,” says the artist, whose show “Time as Fabric” opened this week at the New Museum.
“Of what is, that is; of what is not that is not 1,” 2012. Wool tapestry.Installation view, Goshka Macuga: Exhibit A, MCA Chicago.
“Death of Marxism, Women of All Lands Unite,” 2013, at the New Museum.
“The Letter,” 2011. Tapestry.
“On the Nature of the Beast,” 2009. Tapestry. Installation view, Goshka Macuga: Public Address, Lunds Konsthall.
“Preparatory Notes,” 2014, at the New Museum.
“Lost Forty,” 2011. Tapestry. T.B. Walker Acquisition Fund, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Installation view, Goshka Macuga: It Broke from Within, Walker Art Center.
“The Nature of the Beast,” 2009. Bronze sculpture on wooden plinth. Installation view, Goshka Macuga: The Nature of the Beast, Whitechapel Gallery.