HAACKE, Hans

Born in Germany, Haacke came to America as an art-school teacher. His principal esthetic achievement has been getting galleries to display artworks that emphasize highly pointed social exposé and commentary. Descending from Conceptual Art, Haacke began in the early 1970s exhibiting maps with highlighted neighborhoods along with photographs of buildings held by Manhattan slumlords he viewed as particularly unctuous. (This prompted the cancellation of an announced exhibition of his work at the Guggenheim...