Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Object, Installation, Assemblage |
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Neo-Dada |
Most exhibitions in:
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| USA | 87 |
| Germany | 37 |
| Switzerland | 12 |
| France | 10 |
| Italy | 8 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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L.A. Louver Gallery, USA |
7 |
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Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany |
6 |
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MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, USA |
5 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
5 |
Biography: 
23.10.1927 Born in Edward Kienholz *1927.10.23 Fairfield, Washington (US), Nancy Reddin Kienholz *1943.12.9 Los Angeles California (US)
10.6.1994 Died in Edward Kienholz, Hope, Sandport, ID (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 190 
until 1.9.
until 24.5.
Solo shows 38
2012
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| Kienholz - The Ozymandias Parade - The Pace Gallery - 510 W 25th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Ed Kienholz - Five Car Stud - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| Kienholz - Die Zeichen der Zeit - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
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| Kienholz Before Lacma - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
2011
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| Kienholz - Die Zeichen der Zeit - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Edward Kienholz: Five Car Stud 1969–1972, Revisited - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
2010
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| Roxys - David Zwirner, Inc., New York City, NY |
2009
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| Kienholz: The Hoerengracht - The National Gallery, London (England) |
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| ROXYS - - El Sourdog Hex, Berlin (closed, 2009) |
2008
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| Rétrospective 1969 - 1994 - Galerie Lelong - Paris, Paris |
2007
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| Ed & Nancy Kienholz - - Haunch of Venison - Zürich, Zurich (closed, 2009) |
2005
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| Kienholz - Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney - MCA, Sydney, NSW |
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| Kienholz - Haunch of Venison - London, London (England) |
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| Kienholz - BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (England) |
2004
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| Edward Kienholz & Nancy Reddin Kienholz - Braunstein/Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
2003
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| Ed & Nancy Kienholz - Merry-Go-World or Begat By Chance and The Wonder Horse Tri - Boise Art Museum BAM, Boise, ID |
2002
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| Kienholz: The Hoerengracht - The Pace Gallery - 534 West 25th Street, New York City, NY |
2001
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| TV Sculptures by Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz - Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
1997
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| The Mort Soul Searcher - Galerie Borgemeister, Berlin |
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| Kienholz Retrospektive - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
1996
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| Kienholz: A Retrospective - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Kienholz - Retrospective - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
1995
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| Edward Kienholz, 1954-1962 - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
1989
1986
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| Edward und Nancy Kienholz: The Pawn Boys - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
1984
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| Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz: The Art Show - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1982
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| Seven Television Sculptures, Edward Kienholz - The Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX |
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| Edward Kienholz and Nancy Reddin Kienholz: Sollie 17 - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| Edward Kienholz - Roxy's und andere Arbeiten aus Der Sammlung Onnasch - GAK - Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst e.V. Bremen, Bremen |
1981
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| Edward Kienholz, tableaux 1961-1979 - The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
1979
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| Edward Kienholz, An American in Dada - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Edward Kienholz / MATRIX 21 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
1977
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| The Art Show 1963-1977, Edward Kienholz - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1971
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| Edward Kienholz - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
1970
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| Edward Kienholz. 11+11 Tableaux - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
Group shows 150
2013
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| The Permanent Collection - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC |
2012
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| OC Collects - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| group exhibition - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| The Small Utopia. Ars Multiplicata - Fondazione Prada, Milan |
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| To the Museum of Modern Dreams - Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart |
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| Accrochage - Galerie Klaus Benden, Cologne |
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| Panegyric - Forde - Espace d'art contemporain, Geneva |
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| Pacific Standard Time - Kunst in Los Angeles 1950–1980 - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| Est–3: Southern California In New York - Los Angeles Art From The Beth Rudin Dewoody Collection - Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY |
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| Pasadena to Santa Barbara: A Selected History of Art in Southern California, 1951–1969 - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| L.a. Raw - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| L.A. Raw: Abject Expressionism in Los Angeles 1945 - 1980, From Rico Lebrun to Paul McCarthy - Pasadena Museum of California Art- PMCA, Pasadena, CA |
2011
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| Lost & Found/abstracting Los Angeles 1945 - 1980 - Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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| 46 N. Los Robles: A History of the Pasadena Art Museum - Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA |
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| ... von privat - kunstraumno.10, Mönchengladbach |
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| In Context - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| In DeedCerificates of Authenticity in Art - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice |
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - De Vleeshal, Middelburg |
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| La's Risen - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| At Art 42 Basel - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am. - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
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| Familienbande - Galerie Thomas Modern, Munich |
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| Elogio del dubbio - Palazzo Grassi - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
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| In Praise of Doubt - Punta della Dogana - Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice |
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| Object as Multiple: 1960-2000 - Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| Le Paris Bar à Paris - Suzanne Tarasiève Galerie, Paris |
2010
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| Bild für Bild - Film und zeitgenössische Kunst - Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund |
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| Roboterträume - Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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| 8th Gwangju Biennale - 10,000 Lives - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju |
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| Endless Bummer / Surf Elsewhere - Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Swell - Art 1950 - 2010 - Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| This Girl Bends: Art and Feminism Since 1960 - Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA |
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| The Surreal House - Barbican Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| Roboterträume - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
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| Accrochage - Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich |
2009
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| What Would the Community Think? - Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY |
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| MOCA´s First Thirty Years - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Group Show - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| California Maximalism - Nyehaus, New York City, NY |
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| Group Show - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| I Love Malmö - Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn |
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| As Time Goes By. Kunstwerke über Zeit - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
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| The Porn Identity - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Hot Spots - Rio de Janeiro / Milano - Torino / Los Angeles - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| MAN SON 1969. Vom Schrecken der Situation - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Made in America - Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
2008
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| Time & Place: Los Angeles 1957-1968 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Political Corect - BFAS Blondeau Fine Art Services, Geneva |
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| Autumn Group Show - Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Summer Cool - Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Lone Star Legacy II: The Barrett Collection of Contemporary Texas Art - Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX |
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| L'Argent - FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris |
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| Présence Panchounette - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| American Art Since 1945: In a New Light - The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX |
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| Summer Selection - Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, New York City, NY |
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| Let Me Be Your Mirror - MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK |
2007
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| 1957 - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Match Race - Modernistic remixes between now and then - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg |
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| Beyond the Wall - Stiftung Brandenburger Tor - Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin |
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| The Eclectic Eye - Pop and Illusion - Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO |
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| L.A. Object and David Hammons Body Prints - Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA |
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| Le cinque anime della scultura - - Cesac - Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio (closed) |
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| Essex Collects: Part II, Contemporary Works - Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario |
2006
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| busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| The Subverted Object - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Group Show - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Los Angeles 1955-1985 The birth of an art capital - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| California Modern - Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach |
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| La Dolce Vita - Selections from the Ruth and Murray Gribin Collection - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
2005
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| Art of Engagement - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Fifteen Artists by Erhard Wehrmann - Galerie Poll, Berlin |
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| Pop Spelled Backwards is Pop - Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Acquisitions - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The American West - Compton Verney, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (England) |
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| Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur - Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| Same Old Shoe - Lucy Stein - Holy Worry - Gimpel Fils, London (England) |
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| Laguna's Hidden Treasures: Art from Private Collections - Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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| Spring Sculpture - Woodward Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Résonnances - Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière |
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| Sweepings - Boise Art Museum BAM, Boise, ID |
2004
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| ‘De wereld deugt, wijzelf helaas wat minder’ - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| Bernhardt, Kienholz, Wagner: Assemblage - Tobey C. Moss Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The LA That Influenced My Eye - Sullivan Goss - An American Gallery - Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA |
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| Pop Classics - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus |
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| The Pontus Hultén Collection... - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
2003
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| Assemblage - - Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| It’s Not the Size that Counts: Treasures Big & Small - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000 - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Some Assembly Required - Collage Culture in Post-War America - Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL |
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| Kunst und Politik - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Moderna Museet c/o Malmö Konsthall - Malmö Konsthall, Malmö |
2002
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| Extension - Works from the Collection - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| Ferus - Gagosian Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Surrounding Interiors: Views Inside the Car - Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA |
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| Popcorn and politics -Activists of Art - Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki |
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| Zwischenspiel I, Paarungen - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin |
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| Manifeste, oder: Ergriffenheit - Was ist das? - Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich |
2001
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| International Offerings - Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Tentatives d`évasion I - Galerie de France, Paris |
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| Pop Art: U.S./U.K. Connections, 1956-1966 - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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| The New Frontier - Art and Television, 1960-1965 - Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA |
2000
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| Dinge in der Kunst des XX. Jahrhundert - Haus der Kunst München, Munich |
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| Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
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| Library - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Waiting - Mjellby Konstmuseum, Halmstad |
1999
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| I Love Pop - Chiostro del Bramante , Rome |
1997
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| Tableaux - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Pablo Cano: The Pursuit of Love and Animated Altarpieces - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
1996
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| The Subverted Object - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Family nation tribe community Shift - Ideologie und Utopie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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| Summer Academy 3 - The Pace Gallery - 32 East 57th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965 - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
1995
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| Au rendez-vous des amis, coll. A. L'H. - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Neo-Dada: Redefining Art 1958–1962 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1992
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| Between a Picture and Objects - Assemblages - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
1991
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| The World of Box - Art Tower Mito ATM, Mito |
1990
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| XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| Paradox Of Process: Collage And Assemblage In The Permanent Collection - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
1989
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| Art in Berlin 1815-1989 - The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA |
1987
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| Berlinart 1961-1987 - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| The Window in Twentieth-Century Art - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1985
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| No! Contemporary American Dada - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA |
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| Sculptures, First Approach For A Park - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| Middelheim Biennale 18 - Middelheim Biennale, Antwerp |
1982
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| The Americans: The Collage - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1979
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| Contemporary Sculpture from Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1978
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| Als guter Realist muß ich alles erfinden Internationaler Realismus heute - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Aspekte der 60er Jahre- Aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
1974
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| Multiples. Ein Versuch, die Entwicklung des Auflagenobjekts darzustellen - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
1973
1972
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| Yvon Lambert Actualité d'un Bilan - Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris |
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| documenta 5 - Documenta, Kassel |
1971
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| Metamorphose de Dinges - Palazzo Reale, Milan |
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| Sculptors' Drawings - Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Metamorphose de Dinges - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Artist as Adversary - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Metamorphose de Dinges - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Metamorphose de Dinges - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels |
1969
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| When Attitudes Become Form - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
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| When Attitudes become Form - Museen Haus Lange / Haus Esters, Krefeld |
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| When Attitudes Become Form - Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
1968
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| documenta 4 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Dada, Surrealism and their Heritage - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1966
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| American Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, 68th Annual - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
1961
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| The Art of Assemblage - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
Dealer Directory 6 |
Germany
| | Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich
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Netherlands
Switzerland
| | Galerie Lelong - Zürich, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Haunch of Venison - London, London (England)
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USA
| | Galerie Lelong - New York, New York City, NY
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| | L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
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Denmark
| | KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg (former Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum), Aalborg
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| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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| | Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
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France
| | Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg
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Germany
| | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
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| | Weserburg | Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
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Ireland (Republic)
| | Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Dublin
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Israel
| | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Netherlands
| | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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Sweden
| | Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
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| | Moderna Museet, Stockholm
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United Kingdom
| | Visual Research Centre, Dundee (Scotland)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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USA
| | Boise Art Museum BAM, Boise, ID
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| | Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
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| | The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH
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| | Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
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| | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
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| | Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
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| | Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena, CA
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| | Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
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| | The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
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| | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
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| | Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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| | Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
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