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Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others

Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others

Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others is the first in a series of exchanges between artists and LACMA’s Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Silke Otto-Knapp (1970–2022), a German-born, Los Angeles–based artist, is best known for her monochromatic work in watercolor. For this project, on view in LACMA’s Modern Art Galleries, she selected works that appealed to her among the collection’s thousands of prints, drawings, books, and periodicals. She borrowed the exhibition’s subtitle, “The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others,” from her friend and colleague, the art historian Darby English. Though Otto-Knapp passed away before she could see her curatorial project realized, this installation is a testament to her engagement with art and ideas. One could view the assembled works of art as a meditation on community and experiences of pandemic isolation, or as an exploration of the question: how do we live together apart, as a gathering of individuals?

 

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Artist Selects: Silke Otto-Knapp, The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others is the first in a series of exchanges between artists and LACMA’s Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies. Silke Otto-Knapp (1970–2022), a German-born, Los Angeles–based artist, is best known for her monochromatic work in watercolor. For this project, on view in LACMA’s Modern Art Galleries, she selected works that appealed to her among the collection’s thousands of prints, drawings, books, and periodicals. She borrowed the exhibition’s subtitle, “The Living We Are Doing, Always Among Others,” from her friend and colleague, the art historian Darby English. Though Otto-Knapp passed away before she could see her curatorial project realized, this installation is a testament to her engagement with art and ideas. One could view the assembled works of art as a meditation on community and experiences of pandemic isolation, or as an exploration of the question: how do we live together apart, as a gathering of individuals?

 

This installation was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Meredith and David Kaplan, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Mary and Daniel James, Justin Lubliner, Jennifer and Mark McCormick, Kelsey Lee Offield, Koni and Geoff Rich, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.

Maria Uhden, Untitled, c. 1915, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA
 

This installation was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Meredith and David Kaplan, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Mary and Daniel James, Justin Lubliner, Jennifer and Mark McCormick, Kelsey Lee Offield, Koni and Geoff Rich, Lenore and Richard Wayne, and Marietta Wu and Thomas Yamamoto.

Maria Uhden, Untitled, c. 1915, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies, purchased with funds provided by Anna Bing Arnold, Museum Associates Acquisition Fund, and deaccession funds, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA