Artist's arttributes:
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Most exhibitions in:
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| United Kingdom | 56 |
| USA | 32 |
| Germany | 26 |
| France | 19 |
| Spain | 8 |
Biography: 
1949 Born in Bangor, Wales (UK)
1968 - 1969 Somerset College of Art, Taunton
1969 - 1972 St Martins School of Art, London
1974 - 1977 Royal College of Art, London
1977 - 1978 Chelsea School of Art, London (part-time)
Awards 1987 Turner Prize award
1996 Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et Lettres, Ministry of Culture, France
Lives and works in London (UK)
External links:
www.richarddeacon.net | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 193 
until 11.8.
until 28.7.
Solo shows 57
2013
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| Richard Deacon - Beware of the dog - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
2012
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| Richard Deacon - Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Richard Deacon - Dead Leg - UNM Art Museum - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM |
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| Richard Deacon - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Richard Deacon. The Missing Part - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
2010
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| Richard Deacon - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Richard Deacon - Small New Base - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| Twist and Shout - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris |
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| How Much Does Your Mind Weigh? - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Richard Deacon, the missing part - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| Richard Deacon - The Inside - New Art Centre, Salisbury (England) |
2009
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| Add & Subtract - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Richard Deacon: Dead Leg - Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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| Richard Deacon - Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid |
2008
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| Richard Deacon - NEW BASES 2.0 - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| It's a small world : Richard Deacon sculpture - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
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| Richard Deacon - Musée national Picasso, La Guerre et La Paix, Vallauris |
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| Richard Deacon - Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul |
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| Richard Deacon - Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR |
2007
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| Richard Deacon - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Richard Deacon. - Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg |
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| Richard Deacon - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Courtyard and Skyroom - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Richard Deacon - Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (England) |
2006
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| Richard Deacon - The Size off it - Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen |
2005
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| Richard Deacon - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
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| Masters of the Universe: Screen Version - Public Art Fund, New York City, NY |
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| Richard Deacon - Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (England) |
2004
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| Richard Deacon - Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid |
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| Richard Deacon - Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Richard Deacon - Beyond the Clouds - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
2003
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| Richard Deacon - UW84DC - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Richard Deacon - Made in Cologne - Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
2001
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| Richard Deacon - Recent Work - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Richard Deacon - Sculpture - Visual Research Centre, Dundee (Scotland) |
1999
1998
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| Richard Deacon - Sculptures - SCAI the Bathhouse, Tokyo |
1997
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| Richard Deacon. Escultura y dibujo - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| Richard Deacon: Esculturas 1984-1995 - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
1993
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| Richard Deacon - Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover |
1992
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| Richard Deacon: Arbeiten und Papier und Skulpturen - Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn |
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| Richard Deacon - Art for other people - LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq |
1988
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| Richard Deacon - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Richard Deacon - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
1987
1984
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| Richard Deacon - IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne |
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| Richard Deacon - Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Scotland) |
1983
Group shows 134
2013
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| Thought - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
2012
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| Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2012 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| London in Calais - Musee des Beaux-Arts de Calais, Calais |
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| Arsenale 2012 - ARSENALE - Ukrainian Biennale of Contemporary Art, Kiev |
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| Unspecified Urban Site - RH Gallery, New York City, NY |
2011
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| Mit Feuer und Flamme – Keramik in der Gegenwartskunst - Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot |
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| At Art 42 Basel - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Drawing 2011 – Biennial Fundraiser - The Drawing Room, London (England) |
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| Architecture Dessins Utopies - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest |
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| Photography - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
2010
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| SPHÈRES 2010 - Galleria Continua - Le Moulin, Boissy-le-Châtel |
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| Auswertung der Flugdaten - K20 Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf |
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| Auswertung der Flugdaten - K21 Ständehaus, Dusseldorf |
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| Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Works from the Collection - von Bartha Collection, Basel |
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| Works From The Collection - von Bartha Collection, Basel |
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| Landing Exhibition - galerie ColletPark, Paris |
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| 75/65 Der Sammler, das Unternehmen und seine Kollektion - Museum Würth, Künzelsau |
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| Drawing to form: Art from the Weltkunst Collection Irish Museum of Modern Art - Crawford Art Gallery, Cork |
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| From Floor to Sky: - Ambika P3, London (England) |
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| Le Meilleur des Mondes - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| 3 x 3 - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
2009
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| Art Now: Beating The Bounds - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| upside down / inside out - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
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| British Council Collection: The Third Dimension - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| Une collection - Oeuvres choisies dans la collection de Vincent Bazin - Espace Vallès, Saint-Martin-d'Hères Cedex |
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| The Unexpected - van Picasso tot Penck, van Appel tot Koons - Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, 's-Hertogenbosch |
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| Im Blick des Sammlers - Museum Würth, Künzelsau |
2008
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| Heavy Metal. Die unerklärliche Leichtigkeit eines Materials - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| Spielzeug und Kuriosa - Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Des certitudes, sans doute(s - FRAC - Picardie, Amiens |
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| On the Rocks - Bloomberg Space, London (England) |
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| History in the Making - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Lead Astray - Pier Arts Centre, Stromness, Orkney (Scotland) |
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| run run - Collins Gallery, Glasgow (Scotland) |
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| Beyond Measure: conversations across art and science - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
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| And so it goes: Richard Deacon, Merlin James and Heather & Ivan Morison - Chapter Gallery, Cardiff (Wales) |
2007
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| And so it goes: Artists from Wales at the Venice Biennale of Art 2007 - Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys (Wales) |
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| The Turner Prize: A Retrospective - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Figura Humana y Abstracción - Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo |
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| Material Affinities: To Clay and Back - USC Fisher Museum - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Review - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| kissingcousins: an intriguing new show comes to Gallery 4 - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (England) |
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| New Forest Pavilion – Local & ArtSway + 10 - - ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire (England) (closed, 2012) |
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| Fabrique(s) du lieu - Galerie Agart, Amilly |
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| Drawing 2007 - The Drawing Room, London (England) |
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| Counterpoint III - Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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| Ontmoeting - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
2006
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| THE 1980s - A TOPOLOGY - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| DEFINING THE CONTEMPORARY - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
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| 3. Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2006 - Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial, Niigata-ken |
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| Lines of Enquiry - thinking through drawing - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England) |
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| Motion On Paper - Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (England) |
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| Eldorado - MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg |
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| Last Call/Letzte Runde - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| Material World - Sculpture from the Arts Council Collection - GoMA - Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow (Scotland) |
2005
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| XS - Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid |
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| Résonances - de la vue et des cinq sens - Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes |
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| Raised Awareness - Curated by Bill Woodrow - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| New Shared Sculptures by Bill Woodrow & Richard Deacon: Lead Astray - Yorkshire Sculpture Park - YSP, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (England) |
2004
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| Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam at Usce - Muzej savremene umetnosti Beograd, Belgrade |
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| Marks in Space - Usher Gallery, Lincoln, Lincolnshire (England) |
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| Sculpture - L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA |
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| Works and Days - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk |
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| Sammlung Plum - Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve |
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| ain't no love in the heart of the city - CBAT The Arts & Regeneration Agency, Cardiff (Wales) |
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| Beyond Posters: a visual history of Galleri Susanne - - DCA Gallery, New York City, NY (closed, 2005) |
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| Turning Points - 20th Century British Sculpture - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
2003
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| New presentation of the collection (VI) - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| Collectiepresentatie V - herfst 2003 - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Contemporary Collecting - New Art for Manchester - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
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| Signatures of the Invisible - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Independence - SLG South London Gallery, London (England) |
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| Four in one - Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid |
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| Tate Triennial 2003 - Days Like These - Tate Triennial, London (England) |
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| Days Like These - Tate Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary British Art 2003 - Tate Britain, London (England) |
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| Drawings, Drawings, Drawings - Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Obras seleccionadas - Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación "la Caixa" - Patio Herreriano - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid |
2002
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| Work on Paper - Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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| Drawn from a Family - Contemporary Works on Paper - Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME |
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| Signatures of the Invisible - Centre d´Art Contemporain Geneve, Geneva |
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| time/frame - Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX |
2001
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| Between the two of us - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam |
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| Signatures of the Invisible - Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome |
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| Algo con qué tropezar. Reflexiones sobre la escultura contemporánea - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
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| Signatures of the Invisible - The Old Truman Brewery, London (England) |
2000
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| Seven Print Projects from The Paragon Press - Gimpel Fils, London (England) |
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| At Home With Art - - ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire (England) (closed, 2012) |
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| ARKEN's Collection - ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj |
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| Europeans - - Zwirner & Wirth, New York City, NY (closed, 2009) |
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| Around 1984 - A Look at Art in the Eighties - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
1999
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| The History of the Turner Prize - - ArtSway, Sway, Hampshire (England) (closed, 2012) |
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| collectie herfst 1999 (1) - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| The Archive Project - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Bank Side Browser Archive - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| Thinking Aloud - Camden Arts Centre, London (England) |
1998
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| Artist's Proof - künstlerisch erprobt - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| 10 Intensità in Europa - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Zeichen Der Moderne – Kunst Der Gegenwart Aus Der Sammlung Würth - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Tillbaka till åttiotalet — redan? / Isn't It Too Early for the Eighties Yet? - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
1997
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| Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997 - Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster |
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| Around Europe - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
1996
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| Anish Kapoor and Richard Deacon - Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland |
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| Sculptures - 7 Attitudes - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
1995
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| Arte inglese d'oggi nella Collezione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo - Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin |
1993
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| Magazin m Magazin - Magazin4 - Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz |
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| Bill Woodrow/Richard Deacon - Chisenhale Gallery, London (England) |
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| NEW VOICES: Jeunes Artistes Britanniques - MNHA Musée national d'histoire et d'art Luxembourg, Luxembourg |
1992
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| documenta 9 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Regard Multiple - Acquisitions de la Société des Amis du Musée National d’Art Moderne - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
1991
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| Carnegie International - Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA |
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| Acht Entwürfe für die Landspitze - Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn |
1988
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| British Now : sculpture et autres dessins - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| Schlaf der Vernunft - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
1987
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| Britannia - Paintings and Sculptures from the 1980's - Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere |
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| Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1987 - Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster |
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| Casting An Eye - Cornerhouse, Manchester (England) |
1985
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| The poetic object - The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin |
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| Sculptures, First Approach For A Park - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| XIII BIENNALE DE PARIS - - Biennale de Paris, Paris (closed) |
1984
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| International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1981
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| Objects and Sculpture - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England) |
Dealer Directory 15 |
Austria
| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Salzburg, Salzburg
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Denmark
France
| | galerie ColletPark, Paris
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| | Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris
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| | Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac - Paris, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
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Italy
Spain
| | Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid
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United Kingdom
| | The Drawing Gallery, London (England)
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| | Handel Street Projects, London (England)
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| | New Art Centre, Salisbury (England)
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USA
| | Marian Goodman Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York City, NY
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| | L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, CA
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Australia
| | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Belgium
| | MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
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Denmark
| | ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj
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Finland
| | Kiasma - Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
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France
| | FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
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| | FRAC - Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille
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| | 49 NORD 6 EST – Frac Lorraine, Metz
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| | Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart
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| | LaM - Lille Métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporain et d'art brut, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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| | IAC - Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne
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Germany
| | K21 Ständehaus, Dusseldorf
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Luxembourg
| | MUDAM - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
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Netherlands
| | Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam
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Norway
| | Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo
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Portugal
| | Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon
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Spain
| | Würth Museo La Rioja, Agoncillo
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| | CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona
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| | Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
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Switzerland
| | Kunstmuseum Luzern, Lucerne
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United Kingdom
| | National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff (Wales)
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| | Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chichester, West Sussex (England)
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| | Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds (England)
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| | Royal Academy of Arts, London (England)
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| | Tate Britain, London (England)
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| | Tate Modern, London (England)
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| | Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England)
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| | Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (England)
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USA
| | Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
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| | Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX
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| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | The McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
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| | Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside, CA
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