Yvette Brackman (born 1967,

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) is a Danish American artist based in

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. She works in a variety of media from

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and installations to social interventions and systems. Her work has a performative quality and uses methods such as role-play, memory, staging and exchange. Exploring the position of storytelling in social relations her projects often draw on elements from

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and

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and use strategies that challenge the role of the viewer. She explores themes such as the relationship of the

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and

memory Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, ...

and the interplay between origin, surroundings, displacement and

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. Recurring themes in her work include cultural survival and adaptability as well as political systems and their effects. She has an MFA, MA and certificate in Woman's Studies from th
University of Illinois in Chicago's School of Art and Design
and a BFA fro

She was Professor and Head of Department i
The School of Walls and Space
at th
Royal Danish Art Academy
from 2000-2007. She has been guest professor, visiting lecturer and Phd. advisor at numerous institutions in

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and the

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. She has exhibited internationally since 1993, has curated several exhibitions since 1995 and has published widely in art periodicals and journals. In 2012 JR Ringier published �
Yvette Brackman: Systems and Scenarios”
a monograph about the artist's work. Her recent exhibitions includ
The North Coast Art Triennial
2016, Denmark
Overgaden Center for Contemporary Art
2015, Denmark
The Moscow Biennial
2013, Russia
The Liverpool Biennial
2012, England
Freies Museum Berlin
2013, Germany
LAXART
2012, Los Angeles CA
Museum of Contemporary Art
2012, Denmark and in "x-rummet" a
the Danish National Gallery
in Copenhagen 2002, where her work is also part of the permanent collection.

References

Information.dkFreies Museum Berlin

External links

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Yvette Brackman's website
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Yvette Brackman on Louisiana Channel, ''A Sense of Togetherness''
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Yvette Brackman onYale University Radio WYBCX
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Yvette Brackman on kvinfo.dk, ''Hun nebryder mure på Kunstakademiet''
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Monograph, ''Systems and Scenarios'', Jrp Ringier, 2012
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Yvette Brackman, ''Sibirien i Sølvgade'', Dagbladet Information, 2001
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Yvette Brackman, ''Historiens stof'', Dagbladet Information, 2014
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Yvette Brackman, ''Summer Encounters'', The New Yorker, 2015
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Yvette Brackman, LAXART, Los Angeles, USA
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Yvette Brackman, ''Sort Mælk'' ''- Holocaust i ny kunst'', Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde, Denmark
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Yvette Brackman, Statens Museum for Kunst, X-Rummet, 2002
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Yvette Brackman, Nordkystens Kunsttriennale 2016
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Yvette Brackman, Liverpool Biennial 2012, ''City States''
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