 Artist's arttributes:
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Male, Female |
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Painting, Photography, Works on Paper, Video |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| Germany | 23 |
| USA | 8 |
| Italy | 7 |
| United Kingdom | 5 |
| Austria | 5 |
Biography: 
Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky have collaborated and co-authored many important and widely exhibited works, such as their major video installations Incidents (1996/7) and Fog (1999/2000). At the same time they have their own independent practices, and have developed distinctive languages and bodies of works. Their work is rooted in a deep knowledge and understanding of historical practices, such as constructivism and avant-garde theatre, but is also highly poetical and playful. Many of their recent collaborative works, realised as video, photography or slide projection, deal with the issue of time, and often present a powerful tension between two visions and trajectories, which can hardly be unified in an individual object or view. Drama and play are set up with the simplest devises, while conceptual strategies are perfectly harmonised with a strong fascination for the visual and tactile qualities of everyday objects and encounters.
Lives and works in New York
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 68
Solo shows 14
2010
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| Igor e Svetlana Kopystiansky - Opere video - GAMeC - Galleria d´Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Bergamo |
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| Igor et Svetlana Kopystiansky - Double fiction / Fiction double - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne |
2007
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| Igor ja Svetlana Kopystiansky - EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo |
2006
2005
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| The Day Before Tomorrow - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| Svetlana and Igor Kopystiansky - Amherst Fine Arts Center - University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA |
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| Svetlana and Igor Kopystiansky - Sandglass - Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art - SMoCA, Scottsdale, AZ |
2004
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| Igor y Svetlana Kopystiansky - Distrito 4 Contemporary Art Gallery, Madrid |
2003
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| Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW |
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| The Day Before Tomorrow - Christine Burgin, New York City, NY |
2002
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| Igor und Svetlana Kopystiansky. FOG - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
1998
1996
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| Igor Kopystiansky - "Das Corot-Projekt" - Ausstellung anläßlich des 25-jährigen Galerie-Jubiläums - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1994
Group shows 54
2012
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| Wunder - Kunsthalle Krems, Krems |
2011
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| From Trash To Treasure - Vom Wert des Wertlosen in der Kunst - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| Wunder - Kunst, Wissenschaft Und Religion Vom 4. Jahrhundert Bis Zur Gegenwart. - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Erre, variations labyrinthiques - Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz |
2010
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| Between Here and There: Dislocation and Displacement in Contemporary Photography - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY |
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| Die Leichtigkeit des Seins Teil 2 - Dany Keller Galerie, Eichelhardt |
2009
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| Weltanschauung Visione Del Mondo - Art Forum Würth Capena, Capena |
2008
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| Niemand bedarf der Bedürftingen - Galerie Sandra Buergel, Berlin |
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| A Mind at Play - The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
2007
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| Tiempo al Tiempo - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Geschichten vom Wasser - Galerie Poll, Berlin |
2006
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| Artists Against The State: Perestroika Revisited - Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc, New York City, NY |
2005
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| Russia! - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Collezione permanente - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Nothingness - Galerija Gregor Podnar - Ljubljana, Ljubljana |
2004
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| Nothingness - Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz |
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| Video Time - Green On Red Gallery, Dublin |
2003
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| Content - Rem Koolhaas und OMA-AMO - Bauten, Projekte und Konzepte seit 1996 - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000 - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Switch - over omkeerbaarheid - MDD - Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle |
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| "Der Text ist eine Lüge" - - Dany Keller Galerie - Munich, Munich (closed, 2009) |
2002
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| Regarding Landscape - mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON |
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| Refuge - Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden |
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| Documenta 11 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Regarding Landscape - AGYU / Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON |
2001
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| 49th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
2000
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| Moment - Art To Spend Time With - Visual Research Centre, Dundee (Scotland) |
1999
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| Liverpool Biennial 1999 - Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool (England) |
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| Chronos and Kairos, die Zeit in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| Examining Pictures - Exhibition of 56 artists links generations of painters - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
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| Stop the Violence - Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna |
1998
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| Sarajevo 2000 - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| Realistisch? - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1997
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| Svetlana & Igor Kopystiansky, Thierry Renard - Collages - Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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| 4e Biennale de Lyon - La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon |
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| Skulptur. Projekte in Münster 1997 - Skulptur Projekte Münster, Münster |
1996
1995
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| After Perestroika: Kitchenmaids or Stateswomen - MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS |
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| 4. International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| (Landschaft) mit dem Blick der 90er Jahre - Mittelrhein Museum Koblenz, Koblenz |
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| (Landschaft) mit dem Blick der 90er Jahre - Museum Schloss Burgk, Burgk |
1994
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| Jetztzeit - de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam |
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| 22° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Jetztzeit - Kunsthalle wien project space karlsplatz, Vienna |
1990
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| La Collezione 88-90 - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
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| Artisti russi contemporanei - Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO |
1989
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| What is Contemporary Art? - - Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (closed, 2006) |
1988
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| XLIII Esposizione internazionale d’Arte. La Biennale di Venezia. Il luogo degli artisti - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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Switzerland
Collections 19
Australia
| | Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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Austria
| | Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
| | ARS AEVI Museum of Contemporary Art, Sarajevo
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China
| | Macau Museum of Art, Macao
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France
| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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| | Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
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Germany
| | Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen
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| | Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
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| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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| | Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
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Italy
| | Centro per l´Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, PO
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Russia
| | National Center For Contemporary Art (NCCA) - Moscow Branch, Moscow
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United Kingdom
| | Tate Modern, London (England)
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USA
| | The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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| | MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX
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| | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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| | Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY
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| | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC
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