A dialogue between the works of contemporary artist Amie Siegel and the historical spaces of the Villa Stuck in Munich (monographic catalogue).
Known for her layered, meticulously constructed works that trace and perform the undercurrents of systems of value, image-making and methods of observation, Amie Siegel's work moves between film, video, photography, performance and installation. Published on the occasion of the first large-scale exhibition of the American artist at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, “Double Negative” is part of the museum's “Ricochet” series, which establishes a dialogue between the works of contemporary artists and the historical spaces of the Villa Stuck, and gives insight into the last decade of Siegel's practice. The publication, as the exhibition, establishes correspondences between seven of the artist's works since 2005 and including a newly commissioned film installation that gives the exhibition its title.
Published following the eponymous exhibition at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, from March 12 to June 5, 2016.
Ranging from photographs, video, film installations, and feature films for the cinema, the work of American artist Amie Siegel (born 1974 in Chicago, lives and works in New York and Berlin) has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions including “City of Disappearances,” CCA Wattis, San Francisco; “Approximately Infinite Universe,” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; 5th Auckland Triennial, New Zealand; “Amie Siegel, Part 1: Black Moon,” Kunstmuseum Stuttgart; “The Talent Show,” MoMA/PS1, New York; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; “The Russian Linesman,” Hayward Gallery, London; 2008 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and “Forum Expanded,” KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.
Her videos and feature films have been shown widely including at the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival, New York Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, New York; BFI Southbank and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She has been a fellow of the DAAD Berliner-Künstlerprogramm, Guggenheim Foundation, and is a recipient of the ICA Boston's 2010 Foster Prize and a 2012 Sundance Institute Film Fund award.
