Kate Ericson
Kate Witte Ericson | |
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Born | December 25, 1955 Manhattan, New York City |
Died | October 29, 1995 |
Nationality | American |
Education | BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, 1978 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, 1982 |
Known for | Installation works of beauty, complexity and social awareness |
Style | Contemporary, conceptual |
Spouse | Mel Ziegler |
Kate Witte Ericson (1955–1995) was an American artist whose work dealt with sociocultural issues, and it often manifested as public art.[1]
Life and education
[edit]The daughter of Herbert Arthur Ericson and Alma Elaine (née Witte) Ericson, she was born in Manhattan in 1955.[1] She took coursework at the University of Colorado Boulder, 1973-75; and at Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design, London, in 1975.[2]
Ericson received a B.F.A. in sculpture from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1978, and took classes at the University of Texas at Austin in 1979.[2]
Ericson earned an M.F.A. in sculpture from the California Institute of the Arts in 1982.[1] She and her husband Mel Ziegler studied under Michael Asher, Douglas Huebler, and John Baldessari.[3]
Ericson died of brain cancer in 1995.[1]
Career
[edit]A frequent collaborator with her husband Mel Ziegler, Ericson's work examined issues related to natural and built environments, social policy, community, and labor.[4] While many of her endeavors used outside public spaces or site-specific installation strategies in traditional gallery spaces, she also produced objects and drawings as well.[5] She is said to use "a style that featured provocative accumulations of materials and ideas, many of them involved with architecture, American history and the economy."[1] Her site-specific works often engaged communities by connecting them to issues and policies that impact them in ways that made visible challenges and conflicts, leading to more community agency.[6]
Dennis Cooper of Artforum wrote, "What distinguishes Ericson and Ziegler's collaborative efforts—and, to a lesser extent, the pieces they’ve been making individually since 1980—is their unabashed continuation of deconstructive modes at a time when so many intellectually inclined artists are romancing viewers with imagery again."[7]
Selected exhibits
[edit]- 1991, "Camouflaged History", Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, S.C. Ste-specific works dealing with Charleston’s history.[8]
- 1988, "America Starts Here", Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania[9]
- 1988, "The Conscious Stone", the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.[9]
- 1987, "If Landscapes Were Sold", DiverseWorks, Houston[9]
- 1986, "Stones Have Been Known to Move", White Columns, New York[9]
- 1986, "House Monument", the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art[9]
- 1989, "Here and There: Travels IV: Mapping Travels"[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Kate Ericson, 39, Installation Artist". New York Times. November 1, 1995. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
- ^ a b Rifkin, Ned (January 1988). "Kate Ericson/Mel Ziegler WORKS" (PDF). hirshhorn.si.edu. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 7, 2018.
- ^ "Ericson & Ziegler : Perrotin". www.perrotin.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Kate Ericson & Mel Ziegler Galerie Perrotin / New York". Flash Art. October 23, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ Harris, Susan (October 1, 2014). "Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler at Galerie Perrotin". ARTnews. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Preservation Order - The Amazing Story of This Camouflage House - The Chromologist". The Chromologist. September 18, 2014. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
- ^ Cooper, Dennis (1988). "Dennis Cooper on Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler". www.artforum.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ Rose, Frank (July 31, 2014). "50 Shades of Blue, Green, Everything (Published 2014)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Projects: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler" (PDF). moma.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Kate Ericson | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved February 13, 2021.