Michael Ashkin
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Michael Ashkin (born 1955) is an American artist who makes sculptures, videos, photographs and installations depicting marginalized, desolate landscapes.[1] He is best known for his use of miniature scale and modest materials.[2]
Ashkin also authored Garden State which compares the New Jersey Meadowlands to a formal garden. [3] He is a contributing author to (Untitled) Experience of Place. [4]
Ashkin was born in Morristown, New Jersey, and received an M.A. in Middle East Languages and Cultures from Columbia University. Before becoming an artist, he taught Arabic and worked as a computer programmer for investment banks. [5] Ashkin's work was included in Documenta 11 in 2002, and in the 1997 Whitney Biennial. He is currently the Director of Graduate Studies of Art at Cornell University.
[edit] External links
- New York Times profile and interview "Trafficking in Toxic Waste and Human Lonliness" 1997
- New York Times review of video, Garden State, 2000
- Frieze Magazine, 1999
- Artforum review of photographs, 2003
- Artforum review of video, Garden State, 2000
- Excerpts from (Untitled) Experience of Place
- New York Times review of Adjnabistan, 2005
- Partial Bibliography
- Art in America reviews sculpture, 1998
- New York Sun / Artcritical review of Adjnabistan with images, 2005
- New York Times review of sculptures, 1998
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