SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Folkwang Museum, Essen
2009 Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
Menil Fondation, Houston, Texas
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2008 Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona
2006 Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
2004 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas, ‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘Imago Mundi’ [1988]
2003 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, ‘The Origine of the Night’
1978, [1973-77]
Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjördur, Iceland
De Verbeelding ‘Art Landscape Nature’, Zeewolde, The Netherlands
2002 Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Art, Reading, PA,
‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
De Pont, Tilburg, The Netherlands, ‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
2002-01 Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, ‘Terra Firma’ [1977-1985]
2001 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, ‘Berühren zwei Kreise einander, so kann
ihr Mittelpunkt nicht der selbe sein’
Palazzo Querini Stampalia, Venice, ‘alora, dunque’ [1983-84]
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘How to see Venice’ [1983-84]
Museu Serralves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
2000 Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, ‘Réalite Silhouette Paradoxe’
1998 Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, ‘Voilà pourtant, dit Candide, un Pays qui vaut
mieux que la Westphalie’ El Dorado [1968-76]
Kunsthaus Zürich, ‘Terra Incognita’ [1969, 1974, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991]
1997 Kurhausmuseum, Kleve, ‘Fiederzwenke’
1996 Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, ‘A Mi-Chemin’
1995 Fondation Cartier, Paris, ‘Theatrum Botanicum’ [1993-94]
1994 Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, ‘Silencium’
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, ‘Conservatory’ [1973-74]
1993 The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, ‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, ‘Eklipse’ [1992-93]
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, F.L. Wright’s Rotunda, New York
‘AMERICA Invention’ [1985], 1988-93
1992 Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, ‘Tierra Firme’ [1977-1985], 1992
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, ‘Wie Venedig sehen’ [1983-84]
1991 Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, ‘Baltic Window’ [1990-91]
1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, ‘Carbon’ [1987-90]
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, ‘Endlager/Milkyway’ [1985]
1988 Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘Terra Incognita’ [1969, 1974, 1985,
1987, 1988, 1990, 1991]
1987 Kunsthalle Bern, ‘El Dorado’ [1977], 1985
Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens, Paris (in conjunction with ‘L’époque, la
mode, la morale, la pasion,’ Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris) ‘Métro Nome’ [1985-87]
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘Makunaíma’
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh PA, ‘Vacuum’ [1986-87]
1986 ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, ‘Accès aux Quais’
Tableaux Parisiens [1985-86]
Museo de Bellas Artes, Jardín Botanico de Caracas y Parque de Los Caobos,
Caracas, ‘Wegwurf’ [1977-86]
Pacific Film Archives, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California, ‘Der Ursprung
der Nacht’ [Amazonas-Kosmos] 1978, [1973-77] (The Origin of the Night)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
1985 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, ‘Tierra de los Perros Mudos’ [1969-85]
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, ‘El Dorado’ [1977]
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, ‘Termite Savannah’ [1969]
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
1983 Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany,
‘Land of the Spotted Eagle’ [1974-83]
1982 Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, ‘Die Namen der Bäume’ [1977-82]
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
1979 Hallen für internationale neue Kunst, Zürich
1978 Kunstraum, Munich
1976 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
1975 Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
Rolf Preisig Gallery, Basel
1974 Wide White Space, Brussels and Antwerp
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, ‘Section 125-25 64-58, Hommage à M.B.’
‘T'E-NE-T'E’ [1972-74] (with Michael Oppitz)
Botanical Garden, Cologne (in conjunction with ‘Kunst bleibt Kunst,’ Kunsthalle Köln,
Cologne) ‘Hans Staden’ Tropenhaus [1972-74]
1973 Gian Enzo Sperone/Konrad FischerGallery, Rome, ‘Vom Ursprung der Tischsitten’
Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf
1972 Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, ‘Guayana’
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ‘30/40’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Revue’ Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Gemany
2006-08 ‘Más de lo que los ojos pueden ver - Arte Fotografico de la Coléccion
Deutsche Bank’ Marco Museum, Monterrey, Museo de Artes Modernas,
Lima, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sao Paulo
2006 ‘Why Pictures Now’ MUMOK Stiftung Ludwig, Wien
‘30/40’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
2005-06 ‘Slide Show’ Baltimore Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, Contemporary Arts Center,
Cincinnati, Brooklyn Museum of Modern Art, New York
‘UdK’ Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
2005 ‘In Progress IV für Harald Szeemann’ with James Lee Byars,
Kewenig Galerie, Cologne
‘Down the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden after Modernism’
Queens Museum of Art, New York
‘Contradicting Architecture’ Marian Goodman Gallery Paris
‘Evergreen’ Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
‘An Aside’ Camden Arts Centre, London, The Fruitmarket Gallery,
Edinburgh, The Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansee, England
2004-5 ‘Behind the Facts, Interfunktionen 1968-1975’ Joan Miró Foundation,
Barcelona, Museu Serralves, Porto, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
2004 ‘Somewhere, Everywhere, Nowhere’ The Fruitmarket Gallery,
Edinburgh
‘Animaux. Von Tieren und Menschen’ Seedamm-Kulturzentrum,
Pfäffikon, Switzerland
‘Animals’ Haunch of Venison, London
‘Yanomami, o espírito da floresta’ Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil,
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
‘Reflecting the Mirror’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
2003-04 ‘LOOK and FEEL’ De Verbeelding Art Landscape Nature,
Zeewolde, Holland
‘Gegenwärtig: Field Research’ Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2003 ‘Watershed - The Hudson Valley Art Project’ Minetta Brook,
Beacon, New York
‘Recaptured Nature’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Yanomami Sprit of the Forest’ Fondation Cartier, Paris
‘Photography : Fact to Fiction’ Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
‘Projection’ Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2002 ‘Arte all’ Arte, Arte Architettura Paesaggio 7’ ("Ecce Homo" [2002])
San Francesco, Montalcino, Italy
‘Summer Show’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘COPY’ Roth+Horowitz,LLC, New York
2001 ‘Szenenwechsel XIX’ (‘Carbon’ [1987-90]) Museum für Moderne Kunst,
Frankfurt am Main
‘Parallels’ Atlanta college of Art Gallery, Atlantaa
‘This side of paradise’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Seeing Time: Selections from the Kramlich Collection of Media Art,’
Museum für neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2000 ‘voici: 100 Years of Contemporary Art’ Palais des Beaux-Arts,
Brussels, Belgium
‘Kabinett der Zeichnung’ (organized by Kunstfonds Bonn),
Kunstakademie Dresden, Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Kunstverein
Lingen, Kunstverein Chemnitz, Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
‘Wall’ Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1999-2000 ‘Kunstwelten im Dialog,’ Museum Ludwig, Köln
‘Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland’ (‘Feuilleton Klimax’ [1998-99])
National Galerie Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
1999 ‘Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard Kramlich
Collection of Media Art’ San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
‘Circa 1968’ Museu Serralves, Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto
‘The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect,’ The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
1998 ‘Breaking Ground’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Jardin d’artiste: de mémoire d’arbre,’ Musée Zadkine, Paris
1997 ‘documenta X’ Kassel
1996 ‘Project for Survival’ The National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto,
The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo
‘Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980-1995’ The Museum of
Modern Art, New York
‘Elsewhere’ Galerie Froment & Putman, Paris
‘Multiple,’ Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York
‘Under Capricorn The World Over’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam,
City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
‘Comme un Oiseau’ Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris
1996-95 ‘1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art’ Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1995 ‘Call it Sleep’ Witte de With, Rotterdam
‘Wide White Space’ Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels
1994 ‘In the Field: Landscape in Recent Photography’ Margo Leavin
Gallery, Los Angeles
‘Wall to Wall’ Serpentine Gallery, London
Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
1994-93 ‘Photographie in der deutschen Gegenwartskunst’ Museum für
Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1993 ‘Die Sprache der Kunst’ Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
‘De la main à la tete, l'objet théorique’ Le Domaine de
Kerguehennec Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
1992 American Fine Arts Co., New York
‘Animals’ Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
‘Natural Order: Recent European Sculpture from the Tate's
collection’ Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
‘Documenta 9’ Kassel
‘Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1960 to the Present’
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, The St. Louis Art Museum,
St. Louis, Missouri; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, The Solomon
R.Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Lannan Foundation,
Los Angeles
1991 ‘Carnegie International’ (‘Grammar of Creation’ [1990-1991], Richard
King Mellon Hall of Science, 1966-68, Architect: Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe) Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
‘Szenenwechsel’ (‘Frankurter Brief’ [1989-91]) Museum für
Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
‘Recent Acquisitions’ Tate Gallery, London
‘This Land...’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Brennpunkt 2’ Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf
1990 ‘Rhetorical Image’ The New Museum, New York
‘Savoir-Vivre, Savoir-Faire, Savoir-Etre,’ Centre International d'Art
Contemporain, Montreal
‘Life-Size, A Sense of the Real in Recent Art...’ The Israel Museum,
Jerusalem
‘A Group Show,’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1989 ‘Blickpunkt’ Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
‘Bilderstreit’ Museum Ludwig, Cologne
‘A Sculpture Show’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
‘Photo-Kunst, Arbeiten aus 150 Jahren’ Staatsgalerie Stuttgart,
Graphische Sammlungen
‘A Photo Show’ Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1988 ‘Carnegie International’ Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1987 ‘Skulptur Projekte Münster’ (‘Drei Irrlichter’) Westfälisches
Landesmuseum, Münster
‘Meltem’ (‘Les Animaux de la Pleine Lune. Une Cosmographie de la
Touraine’ [1986-87]) Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France
1986 ‘Falls the Shadow: Recent British and European Art’ Hayward
Gallery, London
‘Augenhöhe: Van Abbemuseum 1936-1986’ Van Abbemuseum,
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
‘America’ Museum Ludwig, Cologne
‘Art as Culture: Recent Art from Germany’ Davison Art Center,
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
1985 ‘Recent Films from West Germany’ The Museum of Modern Art, New York
‘The European Iceberg’ Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
1984 ‘Von hier aus’ Messehallen, Düsseldorf
‘Ouverture’ Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea,
Turin ‘Yurupari [Stanza di Rheinsberg] [1969]
‘Roots’ Forum Middelburg, Middelburg, The Netherlands
‘41st Venice Biennial’ German Pavilion with A.R. Penck, Venice
‘América’ Señores naturales [1983-84]
1983 ‘International Filmfestpiele Berlin’
(‘Der Ursprung der Nacht’ [Amazonas-Kosmos] (The Origin of the
Night) 1978, [1973-77])
1982 ‘Documenta 7’ Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
‘Monument for the Native Societies of South America’ [1978-82]
1981 ‘Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui’ ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
1979 ‘Schlaglichter’ Kunstmuseum, Bonn
1978 ‘38th Venice Biennial’ Venice
1977 ‘Kunst der BRD nach 1945’ Budapest
1976 INK. Hallen für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich
1974 ‘Contemporanea’ Rome
1973 ‘Medium Photographie’ Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
1972 ‘Documenta 5’ Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
‘Photography into Art’ Camden Art Center, London
‘Jetzt’ Kunsthalle, Cologne
FILMS AND PROJECTIONS
'Unsettled Objects', Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford 1968 [1969]. A projection of 80 slides in a 13
minute sequence. Edition of 10 + 2 AP
'Eine Reise oder Mit der MS Remscheid auf dem Amazonas', (A Journey or 'With the MS
Remscheid on the Amazon'), 1968-1971 projection of 80 slides in a 12.5 minute sequence.
Edition of 10 + 2 AP
'Imago Mundi' Düsseldorf, 1968-1972. projection of 80 slides in a 13 minute sequence. Edition
of 10 + 2 AP
'Da gefällt's mir besser als in Westfalen' Eldorado 1968-76. A 35.7 minute long projection of
187 slides with sound track. Edition of 5 + 2 AP
'Der Ursprung der Nacht' [Amazonas-Kosmos] (The Origin of Night), 1978.
A 16mm film, color, sound of 102 minutes lenght. produced between 1973 and 1977.
'Aristokraten des Urwalds', 16mm film, in progress; filmed in colaboration with the Yanomami
people of the Upper Orinoco region, Venezuela 1978-79.
COMMISSIONS/PUBLIC PROJECTS (selected)
2003-07 ‘Seven Sounds - Seven Circles’ Beacon, NY, Minetta Brook, New York
2002-99 Permanent Commission for the City of Frankfurt,
Germany
1998-96 New Presidential Headquarters, Federal Republic of Germany,
Berlin
1997 ‘Hufschlag,’ RWE Essen, Germany
1996 ‘Steinschlag’ [1991-1996], University St. Gallen, Switzerland
‘Das Große Rasenstück’ [1995-1996], Überlingen, Germany
1996-94 ‘Theatrum Botanicum’ [1993-94], Fondation Cartier, Paris
1992 ‘Configuracións urbanes’ Olympiade Cultural, Barcelona
(‘Rosa de los Vientos’ [1991-92])
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