Jennifer Macdonald

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Jennifer Macdonald
Born
Manhattan, New York
NationalityAmerican
Education Brown University, The School of Visual Arts
Known for Conceptual Art

Jennifer T. Macdonald is an American conceptual artist whose work explores the artifices and tropes used in the construction of language and meaning at the intersection of law, gender identity, sexual orientation and desire.

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Macdonald, together with partner Hillary Leone, worked under the collaborative name of Leone and Macdonald for slightly over a decade in the 1990s. [1] Within the group of self-identified LGBT artists working in the American art scene, a number of gay male collaborative teams had established renown during this period, but Leone & Macdonald were arguably the first American lesbian art duo to do likewise. [2] [3] [4] Known for their visually seductive but often politically pointed pieces, Leone & Macdonald were also among the first women to address AIDS directly in their work. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Early life and career

Born in New York City, Jennifer Macdonald is the daughter of the American poet Cynthia Macdonald. Macdonald attended Brown University and graduated from The School of Visual Arts with honors before starting to collaborate with Leone in the late 1980s. Macdonald was an adjunct professor at Hunter College and a visiting professor at universities such as New York University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at San Diego, Columbia University, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Leone & Macdonald are two-time National Endowments for the Arts grant recipients, three-time Art Matters Foundation Fellowship recipients, [9] Penny McCall Foundation Grant and Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant recipients.

Exhibitions (selection)

Written works

Notes

  1. ↑ North Dakota Museum of Art, (1999). Leone and Macdonald: Ten Years of Collaboration Archived 2017-10-03 at the Wayback Machine . Fargo: North Dakota Museum of Art.
  2. ↑ Helfand, G. (1997). Putting it together: Dynamic art duo Leone & Macdonald. Bay Area Reporter, March 20.
  3. ↑ Gold, C. (1995). Creative Connections: Contemporary Artist Couples. New England Art, October/November.
  4. ↑ Greenberg, S. (1991). Reading Between the Lines. The Advocate, December 31.
  5. ↑ Smyth, C. (1996). Damn Fine Art by New Lesbian Artists . Cassell. ISBN   0304333646
  6. ↑ Kalina, R. (1991). Hillary Leone and Jennifer Macdonald at Gracie Mansion. Art in America, January.
  7. ↑ Hay-Atkins, E. (1991). Contemporanea, January.
  8. ↑ Carlson, L. (1990). How Can They Be So Sure? Artweek, March 15.
  9. ↑ "Grantees — Art Matters Foundation". 2015-09-23. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2020-08-31.
  10. ↑ Hacket, R. (1999). A Poignant, unsettling exhibit at the Henry. Seattle Post, July 30.
  11. ↑ Updike, R. (1999). At the Henry: A Fine Focus On Some Well-Tread Topics. The Seattle Times, July 13.
  12. ↑ Platt, S. (1999). Shared Freedoms. Afterimage, Vol. 27, No. 3.
  13. ↑ Friis Hansen, D. (1998) Projected Allegories, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
  14. ↑ Gibson, J. (1997). Leone & Macdonald. Art & Text, Vol. 57, p.85-p.58.
  15. ↑ Monash University Gallery, (1997). Screen & Maniacs of Disappearance Archived 2015-03-12 at the Wayback Machine . Melbourne: Monash University.
  16. ↑ Clancy, L. (1996). Deceiving and being deceived. The Irish Times, August 21.
  17. ↑ David Winton Bell Gallery, (retrieved 2015). Critical Adjustments. Providence: David Winton Bell Gallery.
  18. ↑ Atkins, R. (1995) “Lesbian & Gay Whatzis,” Voice, June 20.
  19. ↑ Whitney Museum of American Art, (1994). Double Foolscalp. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art.
  20. ↑ Cotter, H. (1994) “Sculpture Under the Sky: Free, Daring and Soon Departed” New York Times, August 26.
  21. ↑ Kimmelman, M. (1993) “Art View: At the Whitney...,” New York Times, April 25.
  22. ↑ Taylor, J. (1993) "Mope Art," New York Magazine, March 22.
  23. ↑ Saltz, J. (2013) "Jerry Saltz on ’93 in Art" New York Magazine, February 3.
  24. ↑ TimeLife, (1993). Whitney 1993 Biennial. New York:TimeLife.
  25. ↑ National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, (1993). Under the Truth Seoul:National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art. Retrieved from: http://www.neolook.net/archives/20110918d [2015]
  26. ↑ Wilson, J. (1993) "Through Their Eyes..." Aspen Times, June 19.
  27. ↑ Sperling, T. (1992) "Exhibit Challenges Sexual Stereotypes" Chicago Tribune, February 14.
  28. ↑ Larson, K. (1991) Foreign Intrigue New York Magazine, May 20.
  29. ↑ MoMA PS1, (1991). Positions of Authority. New York: MoMA PS1. Retrieved from: http://www.artingeneral.org/exhibitions/55 [2015]
  30. ↑ McKenna, K. (1991). Eight Consorts. Los Angeles Times, July 30.
  31. ↑ Carlson, L. (1990). How Can They Be So Sure? Artweek, March 15.
  32. ↑ Perloff, M. (1991) Sulfur, vol. 29, pp. 216–221.

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