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Andrea Fraser.


HAMBURGER KUNSTVEREIN

Organized by Kunstverein director Yilmaz Dziewior, this sampling of roughly forty works produced by Andrea Fraser Andrea Fraser (sometimes known by her stage name, Jane Castleton) is a New York-based performance artist, mainly known for her work as an institutional critique artist. Fraser was born in 1965 in Billings, Montana, USA.  since the mid-'80s is the artist's largest show to date. With a catalogue containing essays by Dzicwior, George Baker George Baker may refer to:
  • George Pierce Baker (1866–1925), U.S. drama professor
  • George Fisher Baker (1840–1931), U.S. philanthropist
  • George Baker (politician) (born 1942), Canadian Senator
, and Anke Kempkes and a compilation of Fraser's own extensive writings, the last fifteen years of one particularly versatile strain of institutional critique Institutional Critique is an art term that describes the systematic inquiry into the workings of art institutions, for instance galleries and museums, and is most associated with the work of artists such as Michael Asher, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, and Hans Haacke.  will be open to scrutiny. Fraser's work, which ranges from the quietly cerebral to the spectacularly performative per·for·ma·tive  
adj.
Relating to or being an utterance that peforms an act or creates a state of affairs by the fact of its being uttered under appropriate or conventional circumstances, as a justice of the peace uttering
, has had a lot to say about how this genre evolved through the '90s. Typically characterized by an intelligent, incisive humor, over the years her practice has become increasingly self-critical, a sure sign that she hasn't lost her edge. Sept. 13-Nov. 9.
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Title Annotation:compilation of writings and institutional critique; Hamburg
Author:Williams, Gregory
Publication:Artforum International
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Sep 1, 2003
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