Lot 80: JACQUELINE HASSINK (b.1966 Dutch)

JACQUELINE HASSINK (b.1966 Dutch)
Emanuel Ungaro, Paris, France from 'Haute Couture Fitting Rooms', 22 September 2003
oversized chromogenic print
signed in ink on typed label with credit, title, date and edition 'AP1' on backing board
50 x 63in. (127 x 160cm.)

Hassink, The Power Book, Chris Boot, 2007, p.102 (fig.1).

DISTINCTIVELY DUTCH
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This work is AP1 from the sold-out edition of 7 + 2 AP.

Hassink's work explores the spaces of contemporary social, economic and industrial power. In 2003 she began this series in Paris, capturing the private inner sanctum of exclusive haute couture fitting rooms. Of the project, she says: 'The haute couture world is the most elite in the fashion industry, and only clients may visit their showrooms. It is in the haute couture fitting room that dresses are fitted and altered. Usually large rooms with mirrors, they are private spaces within a private environment. I am fascinated by these spaces that are a reflection of the very specific corporate image the couturier wants to project, and at the same time a secluded and elite "mirror world"'. (The Power Book, p.157)

Hassink, a conceptual artist working in both photography and film, has exhibited internationally, including shows at Huis Marseille, Amsterdam; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and Fotomuseum Winterthur. Her works are held in private, corporate and institutional collections, such as DG Bank, Frankfurt; LaSalle National Bank, Chicago; and Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Hassink is a visiting lecturer at numerous institutions, including Harvard University. She lives and works in New York City.