Essay by Lynne Cooke
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Jessica Stockholder's highly improvised free-form installations incorporate a brilliant, often lyrical palette and a diverse range of materials and found objects.


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Materials: Plastic stacking crates, stuffed shirts, pillows, papier-mache, yarn, carpet, concrete, lamps, yellow electirc cords, swimming pool liner, steel, paint, and miscellaneous building materials.


Selected Bibliography

Jessica Stockholder. Rotterdam: Witte de With, in association with The Renaissance Society, Chicago, 1991. Essays by John Miller and Jessica Stockholder.

Jessica Stockholder. Munster: Westfälischer Kunstverein and Kunsthalle Zurich, 1992-93. Essays by Friedrich Meschede and Antje von Graevenitz, interview by Eva Schmidt with Jessica Stockholder.

Edge of Hot House Glass: Jessica Stockholder. Nimes: Carre d'Art, 1993. Essays by Jan Avgikos, Olivier Mosset, and Jessica Stockholder.

Jessica Stockholder: Sweet for Three Oranges. Barcelona: Sala Montcada de la Fundacio "La Caixa," 1995. Essays by Jessica Stockholder and Jeffrey Swartz.

Jessica Stockholder. London: Phaidon, 1995. Essays by Lynne Cooke, Barry Schwabsky, and Jessica Stockholder, interview by Lynne Tillman with Jessica Stockholder.


Biography

Born in Seattle, Washington, in 1959, Jessica Stockholder was brought up in Vancouver, Canada. After graduating from the University of Victoria, British Columbia, in 1982, she studied sculpture at Yale University between 1983 and 1985 before moving to New York City. She has exhibited widely in the United States and Europe with works that range from drawings and collages to autonomous sculptures and monumental installations.


Funding

Support for this project has been provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, Washington, D.C., and the members of the Dia Art Council, the major annual support group of Dia Center for the Arts, and the Dia Art Circle.




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