Heide Fasnacht

Heide Fasnacht
Born12 January 1951
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
EducationNew York University, Rhode Island School of Design
Known forSculpture, drawing, installation, painting
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
WebsiteHeide Fasnacht

Heide Fasnacht (born 12 January 1951) is a New York City-based artist who works in sculpture, drawing, painting and installation art.[1][2][3] Her work explores states of flux, instability and transformation caused by human action (architectural and cultural change, war, economics) and natural events (weather, geological processes).[4][5][6] Since the mid-1990s, she has been known for sculptures and drawings that recreate momentary phenomena such as sneezes, geysers and demolitions—in sometimes abstract or cartoony form—that are temporally and spatially "frozen" for consideration of their aesthetic, perceptual, social or sensate qualities.[7][8][2] In the late 2010s, she has expanded these themes in paintings that examine lost and neglected childhood sites, such as playgrounds and amusement parks.[9][10] ARTnews critic Ken Shulman has described her work as "chart[ing] the fluid dialogue between second and third dimensions, motion and inertia, creation and ruin."[11]

Heide Fasnacht, Demo, graphite powder in matte medium on neoprene and styrofoam, 112" x 125" x 120", 2000.

Fasnacht has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship and awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and Anonymous Was A Woman, among others.[12][13][14][10] Her work belongs to the permanent collections of institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Walker Art Center.[15][16][17][18]

  1. ^ Glueck, Grace. "Heide Fasnacht: These Things Happen," The New York Times, November 6, 1998. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Whitney, Kathleen. "Love Gas and Invisible Objects: Heide Fasnacht’s Recent Sculpture," Sculpture, March 1999, p. 24–9.
  3. ^ Carlock, Marty. "Heide Fasnacht, Bernard Toale Gallery," Sculpture, September 2006.
  4. ^ Princenthal, Nancy. "Heide Fasnacht: Exploded View," Art in America, February 2001, p. 124–9.
  5. ^ Waxman, Lori. "Heide Fasnacht: Kent Gallery," Artforum, June 7, 2005. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Cullen, Cathy. "Vantage Points: Three Works at Socrates Sculpture Park," Hyperallergic, July 11, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Hebron, Patrick. "Both Sides Now: Bruce Conner’s Crossroads and Heide Fasnacht’s Explosion," Bard College Journal of the Moving Image, Spring 2005, p. 45–9.
  8. ^ Stoppani, Teresa. "Heide Fasnacht: Suspect Terrain" essay "Suspended Time" Lo Squaderno: Stratifications, Folds, De-stratifications, September 2015.
  9. ^ Princenthal, Nancy. Heide Fasnacht: Past Imperfect, Allentown, PA: Muhlenberg College, Martin Art Gallery, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Heide Fasnacht, Artists. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
  11. ^ Shulman, Ken. "Heide Fasnacht," ARTnews, March 2006.
  12. ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Heide Fasnacht, Fellows. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  13. ^ Anonymous Was a Woman. 2019 Artists. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  14. ^ Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Heide Fasnacht, Artists. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  15. ^ Brooklyn Museum. Heide Ann Fasnacht, Artists. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  16. ^ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Heide Fasnacht, Artists. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  17. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. Sneeze, Heide Fasnacht, Collections. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  18. ^ Socrates Sculpture Park. Heide Fasnacht, Artist. Retrieved April 15, 2021.