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== Biography==
== Biography==
Axel Lapp studied [[museology]] and [[art history]] in [[Philipps-Universität Marburg|Marburg]], [[University of Essex|Essex]] and [[University of Manchester|Manchester]].<ref>http://www.crumbweb.org/newsDetail.php?sublink=1&id=37</ref> He was Henry Moore Research Fellow at the [[University of Leeds]] (1998–2000) and Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher at the [[University of Sunderland|Universität von Sunderland]] (2009–2010). From 2002 until 2012, he worked as an [[art critic]] for [[Art Review]] and [[Art Monthly]], and as a freelance [[curator]] for contemporary art.<ref>http://www.axisweb.org/dlAUTH.aspx?AUTHORID=103</ref>
Axel Lapp studied [[museology]] and [[art history]] in [[Philipps-Universität Marburg|Marburg]], [[University of Essex|Essex]] and [[University of Manchester|Manchester]].<ref>http://www.crumbweb.org/newsDetail.php?sublink=1&id=37</ref> He was Henry Moore Research Fellow at the [[University of Leeds]] (1998–2000) and Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher at the [[University of Sunderland]] (2009–2010). From 2002 until 2012, he worked as an [[art critic]] for [[Art Review]] and [[Art Monthly]], and as a freelance [[curator]] for contemporary art.<ref>http://www.axisweb.org/dlAUTH.aspx?AUTHORID=103</ref>


For the art publisher [[:de:The Green Box - Kunst Editionen|The Green Box]], which he founded together with [[Anja Lutz]] in 2005, he edited numerous books on contemporary art and curating.<ref>http://www.thegreenbox.net/de/autor/axel-lapp</ref>
For the art publisher [[:de:The Green Box - Kunst Editionen|The Green Box]], which he directed from 2005 until 2013,<ref>http://www.thegreenbox.net/en/en-2</ref> he edited numerous books on contemporary art and curating.<ref>http://www.thegreenbox.net/de/autor/axel-lapp</ref>


Since 2012, Lapp is Director of MEWO Kunsthalle in Memmingen. His first exhibition there, in March 2013, was 'CINEMA and the cinematografic gaze',<ref>http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html</ref> with works by [[Omer Fast]], [[Clemens von Wedemeyer]], [[Ming Wong]] and many others.
Since 2012, Lapp is Director of MEWO Kunsthalle in Memmingen. His first exhibition there, in March 2013, was 'CINEMA and the cinematografic gaze',<ref>http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html</ref> with works by [[Omer Fast]], [[Clemens von Wedemeyer]], [[Ming Wong]] and many others.

Revision as of 22:27, 18 May 2014

Axel Lapp
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)curator, art historian and publisher

Axel Lapp (born 1966 in Konstanz, Germany) is a German curator, art historian and publisher, who is based in Berlin and Memmingen. He is director of MEWO Kunsthalle[1] as well as of Strigel- and Antoniter-Museum in Memmingen. Furthermore, he is one of the publishers of The Green Box art book publisher in Berlin.[2]

Biography

Axel Lapp studied museology and art history in Marburg, Essex and Manchester.[3] He was Henry Moore Research Fellow at the University of Leeds (1998–2000) and Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Sunderland (2009–2010). From 2002 until 2012, he worked as an art critic for Art Review and Art Monthly, and as a freelance curator for contemporary art.[4]

For the art publisher The Green Box, which he directed from 2005 until 2013,[5] he edited numerous books on contemporary art and curating.[6]

Since 2012, Lapp is Director of MEWO Kunsthalle in Memmingen. His first exhibition there, in March 2013, was 'CINEMA and the cinematografic gaze',[7] with works by Omer Fast, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Ming Wong and many others.

Publications (selection)

  • Jeanne van Heeswijk: Systems, The Green Box, Berlin 2006. ISBN 978-3-908175-05-6
  • 150 Jahre Kunstverein Konstanz, The Green Box, Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-908175-51-3
  • A Brief History of Curating New Media Art, The Green Box, Berlin 2010 (ed. with Sarah E. Cook, Beryl Graham, Verina Gfader). ISBN 978-3-941644-20-5
  • A Brief History of Working with New Media Art, The Green Box, Berlin 2010 (ed. with Sarah E. Cook, Beryl Graham, Verina Gfader). ISBN 978-3-941644-21-2
  • Cornelia Renz: Night. Tail. Pieces, The Green Box, Berlin 2011. ISBN 978-3-941644-30-4
  • Curating in the Caribbean, The Green Box, Berlin 2012 (ed. with David A. Bailey MBE, Allison Thompson, Alissandra Cummins). ISBN 978-3-941644-32-8
  • Marion Ermer Preis 2011, The Green Box, Berlin 2011. ISBN 978-3-941644-35-9
  • Costa Vece: Revolucion – Patriotismo, The Green Box, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-941644-34-2

Exhibitions

  • 'KINO und der kinematografische Blick: Friedemann Hahn, Omer Fast, Romeo Grünfelder, Emanuel Mathias, Jana Müller, Georg Parthen, Martina Sauter, John Sealey, Jason Silva, John Stezaker, Clemens von Wedemeyer und Ming Wong'. Memmingen, MEWO Kunsthalle, 2013
  • 'Jens Schubert: Blackmagickparty'. Memmingen, MEWO Kunsthalle, 2013
  • '8 + 8 – video art': "Sonia Boyce". Guangzhou, 53 Art Museum (美术馆), 2011
  • 'Marion-Ermer-Preis 2011: Loretta Fahrenholz, Emanuel Mathias, Claudia Schötz, Jens Schubert'. Dresden, Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Oktogon), 2011
  • 'Cornelia Renz: Night. Tale. Pieces', Konstanz, Kunstverein, 2011
  • 'Lucie Renneboog: 'mmmmm' diagram – naïf and mymaybe idiot summary of something we knew.'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2009
  • 'Roland Iselin: What we do when we think about love'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2008
  • 'Nick Crowe: Sammlung Witkowski'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2008
  • 'Martin Newth: Ausblick'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2008
  • 'Menschen und Orte' - an exhibition for the 150. anniversary of Kunstverein Konstanz. Konstanz, Kunstverein & Wessenberg-Galerie, 2008
  • 'a season of film: Sonia Boyce & David Bickerstaff, Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson, Jeanne van Heeswijk & Marten Winters, Mona Jas & Holger Friese, Sonia Khurana and John Sealey'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2008
  • 'Sonia Boyce: Crop Over', Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2008
  • 'Nikola Irmer: Boys'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2007
  • 'Josephine Flynn: Mayonnaise and Salad Cream'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2007
  • 'Mona Jas: Die Plejaden #1'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2007
  • 'Shezad Dawood: The End of Civilisation'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2007
  • 'Review: Sonia Boyce, Nick Crowe, Holger Friese, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Mona Jas'. Berlin, Axel Lapp Projects, 2007

Footnotes

  1. ^ http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/wir.html
  2. ^ http://www.thegreenbox.net/de/de-5
  3. ^ http://www.crumbweb.org/newsDetail.php?sublink=1&id=37
  4. ^ http://www.axisweb.org/dlAUTH.aspx?AUTHORID=103
  5. ^ http://www.thegreenbox.net/en/en-2
  6. ^ http://www.thegreenbox.net/de/autor/axel-lapp
  7. ^ http://www.mewo-kunsthalle.de/ausstellungen/kino.html

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