Lucy McKenzie

An archive of texts by, and on the work (and related projects) of visual artist Lucy McKenzieno place press

News

PERVERT OR DETECTIVE?, with Reba Maybury, 21 October - 09 November 2025 no tax, Paris. In collaboration with gta exhibitions, ETH Zurich. Exhibition and book no place press
Animal Farm, an Exhibition about Animals and Totalitarianism, 13 September - 23 November 2025 Institut Funder Bakke, Denmark
Orchestrion, solo exhibition 06 June 2025 - EXTENDED 18 January 2026 FJK3, Vienna
Watch Náhrdelník (Necklace) II (Loos’ dream)
Villa De Ooievaar Digital Render (Work in Progress) (2016); a CGI tour, made with Frederik Depuydt @cukrarna.art Grey Area, Ljubljana invited by Dexter Sinister
Solo exhibition, March 2026 CRAC, Sète, France

Fiction
- Pebbles, chrome, silk, cedar, and anecdotes, to accompany A Fairytale for Adults photo essay by Valentina Cameransi and Camille Vivier. Unpublished, 2020
- Not Where but When, a screenplay for a time travel adventure in: The Inventors of Tradition II, London: Koenig Books, 2015
- Ost End Girls, a lookbook fashion crime drama in: Ost End Girls, Brussels: Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, 2014
- Shooting Diary, published together with three short stories by fellow painter Alan Michael, this crime story was a contribution to Volcano Extravaganze: Evil Under the Sun: Lucy McKenzie and Alan Michael, Unlawful Assembly, London: Scelus Libri and Koenig Books, 2013
- Saint Michael, in: Alan Michael, London: HOTEL / David Kordansky Gallery, 2011
- Ripley under Glass, written for Scorched Earth magazine, unpublished, then in limited edition with Italian translation (La Stretta Di Ripley) by Cabinet Gallery and Shin Production, 2010. Scorched Earth was a magazine intended to explore drawing's commodity status. Since architectural plans, comics and fashion illustration where to be excluded, crime fiction was produced instead.
- Desky Maidens, for Paulina Olowska catalogue Romansując z awangardą, wyst. ind. PGS Sopot; Rzeczywiście, młodzi są realistami, CSW Warszawa; Germination 13, Paryż; (06.04.–05.05.02), 2002. The story was then transformed into a radio play for an audio guide that was as an intrinsic part of Olowska's exhibition Sie musste die Idee eines Hauses als Metapher verwerfen at Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2004.
- Schreibtischliche Fauleins, the German translation of Desky Maidens, published by Markus Selg's Possible Press imprint, 2002.
Non-Fiction
- Lucy McKenzie with Beca Lipscombe, Atelier E.B – Back-to-back, in: Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- Passer-by – Powersharing With the Muse, in: Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- Jasperwear, in: Jasperwear,lookbook, 2018, and Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- They steal your watch and then tell you the time, Texte zur Kunst, March 2018
- Appropriation Replication Imitation, on the work of Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Parkett, no. 96, 2015
- Lucy McKenzie & Alan Michael, Note to Self, foreword to the 2nd edition of Unlawful Assembly, London: Koenig Books, 2013
- Rodchenko’s Worker’s Suit Had No Fly, in: The Inventors of Tradition. London: Koenig Books, 2011, The Inventors of Tradition Collection, New York: Thea Westreich Ethan Wagner Publications, 2011 and Afterall, No. 34 (Autumn/Winter), 2013
- We Are All Egyptians, in: Town-Gown Conflict, Kunsthalle Zurich & JRP Editions, 2011
- Canvases Stretched in a Studio Far Less Convenient than One’s Own, in: Lucy McKenzie: Chêne de Weekend, 2006–2009, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
- Sublets, in: Lucy McKenzie: Chêne de Weekend, 2006–2009, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009
- Veronique Branquinho: Die Show, Mode Depesche, no. 6, September 2007
- Now That This Has been Done, in: Nach Kippenberger, Walther König, 2003
- Preface, in: Richard Kern: Model Release, Cologne: Taschen, 2000
Conversations
- Interview with Astrid Vereycken, in: TIM magazine, no. 0, 2020 www.timmagazine.be/
- Conversations on Exhibiting Fashion between Beca Lipscombe, Lucy McKenzie and Amy de la Haye, in: Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- On The Beach: Lucy McKenzie in conversation with Marie Canet, in: Mousse, January 2018, http://moussemagazine.it/lucy-mckenzie-marie-canet-2017/
- Adventures Close to Home: Lucy McKenzie and Marc Camille Chaimowitz in conversation with Michael Bracewell, in: Mousse, No. 29, Summer 2011 (Reprinted in Mousse, No. 56, December 2016 – January 2017)
- K/L/M/O/P – A conversation via email, Lucy McKenzie, Paulina Olowska, Ken Okiishi, Mick Mauss, in: Noel sur le balcon / Hold The Color, Munich: Sammlung Goetz, 2007
- K/L/M/O/P – Ein Gespräch, Lucy McKenzie, Paulina Olowska, Ken Okiishi, Mick Mauss, in: Noel sur le balcon / Hold The Color, Munich: Sammlung Goetz, 2007
- Nova Popularna - Lucy McKenzie and Paulina Olowska, in: Nova Popularna, Warsaw: Foksal Gallery Foundation (Reprinted in Metropolis M, no. 5.), 2003
Texts and articles
- Lucy McKenzie and Antonio Canova. Vulcanizzato, Pinacoteca Agnelli, 2023-34 Exhibition booklet
- INTERIORITY An Interview with Lucy McKenzie, by Christopher Page, Effects Journal, 2023 (read with online version with images here)
- In the studio with … Lucy McKenzie, in: apollo-magazine.com, 29th October 2021
- Ellen Mara De Wachter, Pleasure’s Inaccuracies, in: The World of Interiors, February 2021
- Laura McLean-Ferris: No Motive, review in: Features - art-agenda March 23, 2021
- Maija Timonen: Mirror Mode, review of Giving Up The Shadows On My Face at Cabinet, London. Texte zur Kunst Issue No. 117 / March 2020
- Phillip Ekardt: Interfacing Paris, in: Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- Marie Canet: Look Like a Like, in: Atelier E.B Passer-by. London: Koenig Books, 2020
- Kat Herriman: Role Models, in: Cultured, 10.03.2018. https://www.culturedmag.com/atelier-e-b/
- Jessica Gysel with photos by Katja Mater, A Day Spent Photographing the Atelier E.B Collection, in: Le Salon published 18.11.2015. www.welcometolesalon.be
- Ed Atkins & Martin McGeown: There is Nothing Behind This Book, introduction to 1st edition of Lucy McKenzie and Alan Michael: Unlawful Assembly, London: Koenig Books, 2013
- Milovan Farronato: A Restless Subject, in: Flash Art (November – December 2013). flash---art.com/article/a-restless-subject/
- Michael Bracewell: Au Bonheur des Dames, unpublished, commissioned by Mu-ZEE Oostende for the exhibition Te Kust En Te Keur, 2012
- Michael Bracewell: No Ordinary Cats, in: Frieze, Issue 146, April 2012. https://frieze.com/article/no-ordinary-cats
- Peter York: Quodlibet, in: Town-Gown Conflict, Kunsthalle Zurich & JRP Editions, 2011
- Małgorzata Charyło: Let's Meet at NP, for Nova Popularna LP on Decemberism records, 2004

Links

Texts

Kaertner Bar Panorama Train, FJK3, Vienna, 2025. Foto Lisa Rastl

Duchamp Mannequin, 1938, FJK3, Vienna, 2025. Foto Lisa Rastl

Adolf Loos's business card (with handwritten note for a child in the Prater, 1928), Ink on printed card, framed, 2025. Foto Lisa Rastl

Fiction

2020 Pebbles, chrome, silk, cedar, and anecdotes.pdf

2015 “Not Where but When,” in The Inventors of Tradition II.pdf

2013 Ost End Girls Lookbook story.pdf

2013 Shooting Diary Unlawful Assembly.pdf

2011 Saint Michael for Alan Michael catalogue.pdf

2007 Ripley under Glass for Scorched Earth magazine

2002 Desky Maidens for Paulina Olowska catalogue.pdf

2002 Schreibtischliche Fauleins Possible Press.pdf

Non-Fiction

2020 Lucy McKenzie with Beca Lipscombe, “Atelier E.B — Back-to-back,” in Atelier E.B Passer-by.pdf

2019 AtelierEB Passer_By Powersharing.pdf

2018 “Jasperwear” in Jasperwear, 2018, and Atelier E.B Passer-by.pdf

2018 They Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time.pdf

2015 Appropriation Replication Imitation

2013 Note to Self_Lucy McKenzie & Alan Michael.pdf

2011 Rodchenko’s Worker's Suit Had No Fly_The Inventors of Tradition I IOT I.pdf

2011 We Are All Egyptians_Town-Gown conflict catalogue.pdf

2009 Canvases Stretched in a Studio Far Less Convenient than Ones Own.pdf

2009 Sublets.pdf

2007 Veronique Branquinho Die Show.pdf

2003 Now That This Has Been Done_Nach Kippenberbger catalogue.pdf

2000 Preface_Richard Kern Model Release.pdf

Conversations

2020 Astrid Vereycken interview TIM magazine.pdf

2020 Conversations on Exhibiting Fashion.pdf

2018 On the Beach_Mousse Magazine.pdf

2011 Adventures Close to Home Lucy McKenzie Marc Camille Chaimowitz Michael Bracewell.pdf

2007 KLMNOP_English_Noel Sur le balcon_HOLD THE COLOUR catalogue.pdf

2007 KLMNOP_German_Noel Sur le balcon_HOLD THE COLOUR catalogue.pdf

2003 Nova Popularna Lucy McKenzie & Paulina Olowska_Nova Popularna catalogue.pdf

Texts and articles

Pinacoteca Agnelli Lucy McKenzie Vuncanizzato Booklet

INTERIORITY An Interview with Lucy McKenzie by Christopher Page, Effects Journal, 2023

In the studio with … Lucy McKenzie in apollo-magazine.com, 29th October 2021

Ellen Mara De Wachter, Pleasure’s Inaccuracies in The World of Interiors, February 2021

Lucy McKenzie’s “No Motive” by Laura McLean-Ferris - Features - art-agenda March 23, 2021

Maija Timonen: Mirror Mode, TzK 2020.pdf

2020 “Interfacing Paris,” Phillip Ekardt in Atelier E.B Passer-by.pdf

2020 “Look Like a Like,” Marie Canet in Atelier E.B Passer-by.pdf

2018 Role Models_Kat Herriman_Cultured.pdf

2015, A Day Spent Photographing the Atelier E.B Collection, text by Jessica Gysel with photos by Katja Mater (Le Salon)

2013 There is Nothing Behind This Book, Ed Atkins & Martin McGeown.pdf

2013 A Restless Subject Milovan Farronato Flash Art.pdf

2012 Au Bonheur des Dames Michael Bracewell unpublished.pdf

2012 No Ordinary Cats Michael Bracewell

2011 Quodlibet Peter York Town-Gown Conflict catalogue.pdf

2004 Let's Meet at NP Małgorzata Charyło for Nova Popularna LP on Decemberism records.pdf