Ginger Brooks Takahashi

Ginger Brooks Takahashi
Born (1977-08-04) August 4, 1977
Occupation American artist
Years active 2001-present

Ginger Brooks Takahashi (born August 4, 1977) is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York, and North Braddock, Pennsylvania. She co-founded the feminist genderqueer collective and journal LTTR and the Mobilivre project, a touring exhibition and library. She was also a member of MEN (band). Her work consists of a collaborative project-based practice. [1]

Education

Takahashi received her BA from Oberlin College. She also participated in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Career

MOBILIVRE

In 2001, Takahashi helped co-found the MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project. The project, created by a collective of North American artists and activists, involved touring the United States and Canada in a converted Airstream trailer, which served as an exhibition space, as well as a zine and art book library. The project was dedicated to exploring "the long held tradition of bookmobiles as traveling libraries that promote the distribution of information." [2] The project ran until 2006 and in 2003 it featured an issue of LTTR in the collection.[3]

LTTR

Takahashi co-founded the feminist genderqueer artist collective and annual literary journal, Lesbians To The Rescue (LTTR) with Emily Roysdon and K8 Hardy in 2002.[4]

Works

Takahashi's multimedia practices include painting, installation work, and crafts. One of her most notable works is An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail, (2004-present), a continuing series of quilting forums. Participants stitch on Takahashi's all-white quilt, and have been organized in community spaces such as homes, galleries, gardens, and other public settings. [5]

Some of Takahashi's recent exhibitions include: "Shared Women" at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2007; "Exile of the Imaginary" at the Generali Foundation, Vienna, 2007; "Locally Localized Gravity" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2007; and "Alien She" at the Orange County Museum of Art, 2015. She has also presented at Serpentine Gallery, London, 2008; documenta 12, Kassel, 2007; Art Metropole, Toronto, 2007; and with Ridykeulous at The Kitchen, NY, 2007.[6]

In 2009 and 2010, Takahashi was one of several artists that took part in the arts-based initiative, Queer Pier: 40 Years.[7] Queer Pier coincided with the 10 year anniversary of FIERCE, an organization that builds leadership among LGBTQ youth of color in New York City.[8] Takahashi facilitated a screen printing workshop to create images that showed the contributions made by FIERCE in community organizing at the piers.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Ginger Brooks Takahashi". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "BOOKMOBILE PROJECT". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Projet MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE Project Collection 2003". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Wagner, Gretchen L (2010). Riot on the Page: Thirty Years of Zines by Women. In Cornelia Butler and Alexandra Schwatrz (Eds.), Modern Women: Women Artists at the Museum of Modern Art, pp. 445-461. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. ISBN 978-0-87070-771-1.
  5. ↑ "AN ARMY OF LOVERS CANNOT FAIL". Brooks Takahashi is Here. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  6. ↑ "Biography". New G:Class Museum. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  7. ↑ Lax, Thomas J. (2013). "Queer Pier: 40 Years". Art Journal. doi:10.1080/00043249.2013.10791041. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "About FIERCE | FIERCE". www.fiercenyc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.
  9. ↑ "Ginger Brooks Takahashi". www.queerpier40years.org. Retrieved 2016-03-06.

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