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Andreas Siekmann (born 1961, Hamm, Germany) is visual artist and art historian living between Berlin and Buenos Aires, who works on text, drawing, and public projects often in collaboration with artist
His work has been included in international art exhibitions and festivals such as
Alice Creischer
Alice Creischer (1960 in Gerolstein) is a German artist, writer and theorist. Her artistic practice and theoretical work focuses on issues of economic and institutional critique, globalization and the history of capitalism.
Life
Alice Creischer ...
. Siekmann studied art history at the University of Munich and holds a PhD in Art from the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Art School, Germany.
Work and Career
Andreas Siekmann's work revolves around social commentary and critic against capitalist economic forces within the arts in relation to corporations and public services. For instance, ''In the Stomach of the Predators'', Siekamann and Alice Creischer work as a duo to analyze the state of global economic, political, and cultural forces and their impacts on the environment.
His work has been included in international art exhibitions and festivals such as Documenta
''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...
12 (2007) and Documenta 11 (2002), in Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
; Venice Biennale, Italy; The School of Kyiv 2015, Ukraine; and Skulptur Projekte Münster 2007, Germany; among others.
Collections
Siekmann's work is included in international museum collections such as the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona, Spain; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain, among others.Further reading
Siekmann, A. (2000). ''Andreas Siekmann: Limited Liability Company''. German: Verlag De Buchhandlung Walter, October 2, 2000. ISBN 978-3883754024.{{Cite book , title=Andreas Siekmann, aus: Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung: = from: limited liability company ; ortikus Frankfurt am Main 7. August - 19. September 1999, date=2000 , publisher=König , isbn=978-3-88375-402-4 , editor-last=Nollert , editor-first=Angelika , location=Köln , editor-last2=Hoffmann , editor-first2=Karl , editor-last3=Siekmann , editor-first3=Andreas , editor-last4=PortikusReferences