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Lothar Hempel

Lothar Hempel’s printed photomontages and cut-out tableaux exist within a realm of fantasy. Lifting disparate images from a wide range of sources and arranging them together, Hempel generates unique pictorial narratives and surreal compositions. Reminiscent of billboards and theatrical props or sceneries, they draw on Italian cinema, commercial fashion, and depictions of stages to construct worlds at once hallucinatory and contrived. Working between freestanding mounted digital prints, sculpture, drawing, painting, installation and collage, each work follows a logic of performativity, setting the stage for a character’s sense of action. At times, well-known iconic or mythical figures are recombined with unfamiliar settings and objects, at others, fragments of geographically diverse but strikingly specific actors garbed in theatrical costumes bring the focus back to Hempel’s interest in cultural artifice. One sculpture nods to museological convention with a cut-out photograph of a Roman marble bust balanced on a white plinth. Another resembling an artificial palm tree incorporates a cylindrical plastic trunk filled with beans, pasta, and ping pong balls that recalls cinema pick-n-mix or eco-conscious provision dispensers. As such, these assemblages constellate diverse cultures, chronologies, and references to create situations that have a dreamlike quality, often steeped in nostalgia or melancholia. Throughout all the mediums, histories and moods Hempel’s work takes up, there is always a return to his playful interrogation of the politics and poetics of display across time and place.

Lothar Hempel was born in Cologne in 1966 and lives and works in Berlin. Solo exhibitions include Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin (2021); Modern Art, London (2018); Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia (2018); La Conservera, Ceuti (2012); The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2008); Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble (2007); the Dallas Museum of Art (2002); and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2002). He has participated in recent group exhibitions at Galerie Perrotin, Paris (2020); Le Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris (2018); Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig (2017); La Panacée, Montpellier (2017); Centre Pompidou, Paris (2017); and MAMCO, Geneva (2017). Hempel’s works are held in collections including the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou; MOCA, Los Angeles; and MoMA, New York.

Press
Biography
The Black Hour, 2004
Nature Morte, 2015
steel, paint, MDF, keys, chain, dried root, silkscreen on aluminium, inkjet on Dibond, gravel 195 x 270 x 300 cm, 76 3/4 x 106 1/4 x 118 1/8 in
1/2
Endlose Reise (Endless Journey), 2006
Boat, MDF, photographic paper, lights, 196 x 210 x 370 cm, 77 1/8 x 82 5/8 x 145 5/8 in
Akkord, 2005
black and white RC-prints, acrylic glass, wood, cloth, MDF, brass, 240 x 340 x 480 cm, 94 1/2 x 133 7/8 x 189 in
1/2
Plakat (Sie kann sich nicht entscheidex!), 2010
C-prints, wire, pins, 260 x 260 cm, 102.4 x 102.4 in
Blink, 2012
acrylic, oil, crayon, ink, silver paint, red sand on aluminium, steel frame, 61.5 x 59.5 cm, 24 1/4 x 23 3/8 in
Rost / Rust, 2008
mixed media 591.8 x 1046.5 x 203.2 cm, 233 x 412 x 80 in
1/2
Sleepwalking, 2018
acrylic on aluminium board, archival inkjet on Dibond, wire, dried plants, 183 x 183 x 10 cm, 72 1/8 x 72 1/8 x 4 in
1/3
Vogelmarkt, 2011
MDF, powder-coated steel, birdcages, photographic prints, aluminium, found objects, concrete, paper, 320 x 180 x 160 cm, 126 x 70 7/8 x 63 in
1/4
New Dawn Fades, 2003
c-print, 457.2 x 304.8 x 119.9 cm, 180 x 120 x 47 1/4 in
Verkehr, 2010
photographs, found traffic light, MDF, paint, sand, rocks, remote control, fixings, can, electrical components, three parts: 210 x 200 x 200cm, 210 x 200 x 200 cm, 102 x 41 x 28 cm, 82.74 x 78.8 x 78.8 in, 82.74 x 78.8 x 78.8 in, 40.1 x 16.1 x 11 in
1/2
Lothar Hempel Plakat (flowerporno), 2011
c-type print, paper covered wire, electrical wire, 260 x 260 cm, 102 3/8 x 102 3/8 in
1/2
Lothar Hempel Naechtliche Begegnung/Encounter in the Night, 2007
Photograph, plexi-glass, MDF, spray paint, wood, metal, Indonesian puppet, 219 x 150 x 150 cm, 86.2 x 59 x 59 in
ABC, 2007-10
photographs mounted on MDF board, three light bulbs, electrical wire, three panels, each: 260 x 150 x 100 cm, 102 3/8 x 59 x 39 3/8 in
1/2
Resident Evil, 2012
oil, acrylic paint, crayon, ink, spray paint, collage and tears on primed aluminium, 200 x 200 cm, 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
Slowdance, 2015
Le Terrain Vague, Modern Art, 2018

Press

Art AgendaLothar Hempel’s “Tropenkoller", 20 March 2015
Modern Painters1 November 2011
Time Out17 June 2010
Flash Art1 July 2010
Artforum1 October 2009
MAP1 August 2008
Artforum1 June 2007
Frieze1 October 2007
Flash Art1 July 2006
Frieze11 November 1997

Biography

Lothar Hempel

Born in Cologne, Germany, 1966 Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Education

1987-1992
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany

Solo Exhibitions

2021
Senza Fine
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2020
FREITAG DER 13
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
Window
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2018
Le Terrain Vague
Modern Art, London
Koexistenz
Window on Broad project space, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gargoyle
Italic, Berlin, Germany
2017
Oral Heart
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
FUTURE MUSICCasado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
2016
Working Girl
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, Germany
Sex and the City
Art : Concept, Paris, France
2015
Tropenkoller
Modern Art, London
2014
PEOPLE LIKE YOU MAKE IT EASY
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Luggage and Observations
Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
2013
Loneliness is a cloak you wear, a deep shade of blue is always there
Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
Songs for the Blind
Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Basel Parcours
Museum Kleines Klingental, Basel, Switzerland
2012
The Story of the Old New Girls
Art: Concept, Paris, France
OpiumLa Conservera, Ceuti, Spain
2011
Suedehead
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2010
Silberblick / Squint
Modern Art, London
ZOO
Sadler’s Wells, London
Pyramix Pix
c/o – Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
2009
Kats, Nerves, Shadows & Gin
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Rise and Fall
MGM, Oslo, Norway
Cafe Kaputt
Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy
2008
Casanova & Other Problems
Modern Art, London
Casanova
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Signal
Art : Concept, Paris, France
2007
Alphabet City
Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
Modern Art
London
Effetti Speciali
Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
2006
Vanessa Baird - Me, myself and the other one
Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
Umbrella
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Tarantella
Bar Ornella, Cologne, Germany
2005
Casa Musica (extrema)
Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
Butterfly
c/o Alte Gerhardsen, Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL, USA
2004
Fieber/Fever: 5 New Paintings and Other Stories
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Ikarus
Art : Concept, Paris, France
On The Olympus
Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
2003
Der Gesang der Vögel ist Sinnlos!, The Song of the Bird is Nonsense
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002
Diamanten
c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
Fleisch: Maschine
Magnani, London
Concentrations 42Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
Propaganda
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Wespennest
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, USA
2001
Magnet
Art : Concept, Paris, France
2000
Das Orakel l’chelt. das Orakel lacht. das Orakel l’chelt
Ars Futura Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
An Schlaf ist Nicht zu Denken
Lab of Gravity, Hamburg, Germany
Wespennest (Wasps Nest)
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1999
Amerika Verschwindet nur das L’cheln Bleibt (America Disappears Only the Smile Remains)
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
KAPUTT und die Folgen (Kaputt and the Consequences)
Robert Prime, London
Videos
Centre Saint Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
1998
Ein Sandstrand voll Glas (A Beach Full of Glass)
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Kunstschnee will Schmelzen
Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1997
Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf
Robert Prime, London
This Bittersweet Disaster
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1996
Strom
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Bienenkorb Times
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon
Montpellier, France
1994
OMRON: six videos by Lothar Hempel
Preview Theatre Wardour Street, London
Bewegungslehre (No Future)
Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022
Er ist's
Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany
2021
Tales of Manhattan
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Erotic Roundup
Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany
2020
Studio Berlin
Berghain, Berlin, Germany
Restons Unis: Grands Soirs et Petits Matins
Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
2019
Tell Me About Me
Galería Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
Wirrwarr
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Think about all the James Deans and what it means
Super Dakota, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Le Cinéma – 19 Easy Pieces for Pantin
Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris, France
where are we now
FS.ART Showroom, Berlin, Germany
Papier.Salon
Wentrup Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2017
Back to Mulholland Drive
La Panacée, Centre for Contemporary Culture, Montpellier, France
Inside the distance
Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany
Invitation – FRAC at Centre PompidouCentre Pompidou, Paris, France
Runter von den Marmorklippen!
Kwadrat, Berlin, Germany
ZeitgeistMusée d’art moderne et contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva, Switzerland
2016
Modern SculptureCasado Santapau, Madrid, Spain
Staged: Spectacle and Role Playing in Contemporary Art
Sammlung Goetz Collection at Kunsthalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
Theories of Modern Art
Modern Art, London
6s and 7s
Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Sex and the City
Art : Concept, Paris, France
Only Lovers
Le Coeur, Paris, France
2015
LA VA
Uwe Henneken & Lothar Hempel, Appartement, Paris, France
Love
Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, Germany
Focus Resonance, Interior and the Collector, Collection #5
12th Biennale de Lyon, France
Threads: A Phantasmagoria about DistanceKaunas Biennial, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Kaunas, Lithuania
IMAGE OBJECTSPublic Art Fund, New York, NY, USA
La Femme de trente ans
Art : Concept, Paris, France
An Unfixed Image: The Photographic Across Media
TCNJ Art Gallery, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA
All the World’s a Stage: Works from the Goetz CollectionSala de Arte Santander, Fundación Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
2014
Wo ist hier? #1: Malerei und Gegenwart
Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
Luggage and Observationas
Galerie Klaus Gerrit Friese, Stuttgart, Germany
A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR…
Landshuter Strasse 49, Mainburg, Germany
2013
Cérémonie
curated by Timothée Chaillou, Melinda Gloss, Paris, France
Experience Pommery #11
curated by Florence Derieux, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
2012
Voice of the Triangle
works by Lothar Hempel and prints of illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Modern Art, London
Experience Pommery
Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
It’s Always Summer on the Inside
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Blind Cut
Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY, USA
Without Hope, Without Fear
Mottahedan Projects, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
Tomorrow
Die Bastei, Köln, Germany
Accrocharge
Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin, Germany
2011
Herzliya Biennial for Contemporary Art
Herzliya, Israel
Space OddityCCA Andratx, Majorca, Spain
The Bell Show
Lüttgenmeijer, Berlin, Germany
portraits & faces
heldart, Berlin, Germany
Synecdoche
Bourouina Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“IDEOLECT”
curated by Dirk Snauwaert, as part of the festival “Poetry in double time. A small lovely rustling Revolution”, various locations, Bruges, Belgium
2010
Crosstown Traffic
Wentrup, Berlin, Germany
Cinematique, esthetique, politique, hermetique
Art : Concept, Paris, France
Qui Es-Tu Peter? (Who Are You Peter?)
Louis Vuitton Cultural Space, Paris, France
The Artist’s MuseumMuseum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Storytellers
Centre d'art contemporain / Passages, Troyes, France
2009
Art by the Sea
Beaufort 03, Triennial for Contemporary Art, Ostend, Belgium
SCULPTURE SHOWEastside Projects, Birmingham
Jean-Luc Blanc: Opéra Rockcurated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC Musée d`Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
HeavenAthens Biennale, Athens, Greece
Biennale Estuaire Nantes < > St. Nazaires
Fond régional d`Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire / Hangar à bananes, St. Nazaire, France
Art Foundation Mallorca
Centro Cultural, Andratx CCA, Andratx, Spain
Festival de la creation du Centre Pompidou
Conciergerie, Paris, France
Birds love fish
CHERT, Berlin, Germany
Un Plan simple
Maison Populaire, Centre d’art Mira Phalaina, Paris-Montreuil, France
2008
Sphinxx
curated by Alexis Vaillant, Modern Art, London
A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last
curated by Kirsty Ogg, The City Gallery, Leicester
Martian Museum of Terrestrial ArtBarbican Art Gallery, London
Lustwarande 08
Wanderland, Tilburg, Holland
La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network
FRAC – Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Art Berlin Contemporary 2008
Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
Family and Friends
Anton Kern, New York, NY, USA
Mystery of the Invisible Clock
curated by Joshua Nathanson, Karyn Lovegrove House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2007
Effigies
Modern Art, London
Pale Carnage
Arnolfini, Bristol, travelling to Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Half square, half crazy / À demi carré, à demi fou
Centre National d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nice, France
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative
curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Galleri MGM
Oslo, Norway
Imagination becomes RealityWerke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
L.A. Desire
Dennis Kimmerich, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006
The Triumph of Painting - Part 4
The Saatchi Gallery, London & Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds
Implosion
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Pelouses Autorisees
Parc de la Villette, Paris, France
Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar Hempel, Rirkrit Tiravanija
Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
I Love My Scene: Scene 1
curated by Jose Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Growing Up Absurd
Kent Institute of Art and Design, Kent
2005
The Difference between you and me
The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
Imagination becomes Reality Part II: Painting Surface Space
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Bidibidobidiboo
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
World artists now!
Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Tokyo, Japan
Tombola
Kjubh, Cologne, Germany
2004
Versteck!
with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
She’s Come Undone
curated by Augusto Arbizo, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Now is a Good Time
curated by Dean Valentine, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
The Snow Show
Tate Liverpool, London
The Snow Show
curated by Lance Fung, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland, Iceland
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Millers Terrace, London
The Drawing Project
Vamiali’s, Athens, Greece
Creative Growth
CCA, San Francisco, CA, USA
2003
Dark Shadows
Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Michael Kohn Gallery
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up!: 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten auf Papier
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
2002
Schöne Aussicht
Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne, Germany
It’s Unfair!
Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere, Netherlands
Accrochage
Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, Germany
Internationales Netzwerk
Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits
Exposition de la collection du Frac Poitou-Charentes, Hotel Saint-Simon / Theatre d’Angouleme, Angouleme, France
2001
A New Horizon
Art : Concept, Paris, France
Uniform: Order and Disorder P.S.1, New York, NY, USA
Und Keiner Hinkt 22 Wege vom Schwegler Wegzukommen
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Drawings
Galeria Sales, Rome, Italy
I LOVE New York
Anton Kern, New York, NY, USA
2000
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American CultureMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
10 Jahre Ars Futura
Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
Portraits
Thomas Rehbeiin Galerie, Cologne, Germany
The Beauty of Intimacy - Lens and PaperThe Loudon Collection, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands, travelling to: Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Switzerland; Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
1999
Titles for Drawings
AC Project Room, New York, NY, USA
oldNEWtOWn
Casey Kaplan, New York, NY, USA
Who, if not we?
curated by Yilmaz Dziewior, Elizabeth Cherry Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ, USA
Nur Wasser Lasst sich Leichter Schneiden
Projektraum Hafen, Hamburg, Germany
Dessins
Forde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
A Radiant Future
Forde – Espace d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Officina Europa
Galeria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
1998
Conspirazione
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Roommates
Van Loon Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Yesterday Begins Tomorrow: Ideals, Dreams, and the Contemporary Awakeningcurated by Francesco Bonami, Bard College, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Daniel Buchholz
Cologne, Germany
El NiÑo
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
ars viva 98/99 - Installationen
Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Portikus Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Zone
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
1997
Group Show: Painting, Photography, Drawing
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Aura
with Walter Dahn, Rosemarie Trockel & Dirk Bell, Galerie Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
X 2
Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
Panic
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Palais des Beaux Arts
Brussels, Belgium
Surprised
Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Nurnberg, Germany
Bring your own Walkman
W 139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Delta: a geographical expression
curated by Francesco Bonami, Musèe d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Cologne show
Goethe Institut, Turin, Italy
1996
Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
This really nice,
a project with students from the Royal Academy of Arts, Aircondition, Copenhagen, Denmark
TRAFFIC
curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, CAPC Musée, Bordeaux, France
PUSH UPS
The Factory, Athens, Greece
AUTO REVERSE 2
Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
How Will We behave?
Robert Prime Gallery, London
Escape Attempts
curated by Simon Sheik and Globe, Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
Atomic!
Oberwelt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
Auto Reverse
Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva, Switzerland
The Video Collection
Filmfestival Knokke, Knokke, Belgium
Figures
Le Parvis, Centre Meridien, Ibos, France
The Moral Maze
curated by Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, le Consortium, Dijon, France
Stoppage
curated by Liam Gillick, CCC Tours, Villa Arson, Nice, France
I Confess
Nicolay Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Purple 8 1/2
curated by Purple Prose, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France
L’Hiver de l’Amour, Part 2P.S.1., New York, NY, USA
Aperto, previously unreleased!
curated by Sabrina Grassi, APAC, Nevers, France
Photomontage
Le Consortium, Dijon, France
X/Y
curated by Christine van Asche, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Palast der Kunste, Utopie macht endlose
Lotus Club, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1994
LA BOUM
with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm, Sweden
Sonne Munchen
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Homegrown
Lotus Club, Cologne, Germany
Grand Prix
Air de Paris, Nice, France
L’Hiver de l’Amour
Musée d’art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Rue des Marins
Air de Paris, Nice, France
Residence Secondaire
Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris, France
20
curated by Tomaso Corvi-Mora, Galleria Pascale Laccese, Milan, Italy
Caravanserai
Galerie W 139, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Henry Bond, Olafur Eliasson, Lothar Hempel
Saga Basement, Copenhagen, Denmark
Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte..., Schleifschnecke
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Miniatures
the Agency, London
Mixbild
Galerie Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Cologne, Germany
13 Levels of Meaning
with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zurich, Switzerland
Atomic, Neurotic, Exstatic
curated by Hendrik Larsson, The New ROOM, Guteborg, Sweden
1993
Some artists I've been thinking about who fall under the title of: Wouldn't it be more pluralistic to embrace turmoil and/or violence?
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Esther Schipper
at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Biennale di Venezia
APERTO, Venice, Italy
Summer Show
Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
Future Book Collection
Air de Nice, Nice, France
Fuck the System
Villa Rossi, Lucca, Italy
Food for Thought
curated by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY, USA
Phenylovethylamour: Unfair 1993
project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten Hoeller, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Unplugged
curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, Inter Conti, Cologne, Germany
jeder kind is van marmer
Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Christmasshop
Air de Paris, Paris, France
Video
Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris, France
7e Semaine Internationale de Video (S.I.V.)
Centre pour l’Image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland
1992
240 Minuten
with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper, Cologne, Germany
Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella
Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège, France
Paradise Europa
BIZART, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tattoo Collection
Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi at the Jennifer Flay Gallery, Paris Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, and Andrea Rosen, New York, NY, USA
Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed to be no nearer than they had when I was lying on the street
Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne, and Le Case D’Arte, Milan, Italy
Galeria Pasquale Leccese
Milan, Italy

Selected Collections

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art
Oslo, Norway
David Roberts Art Foundation
London
Centre national des arts plastiques
Paris, France
Fondazione Morra Greco
Naples, Italy
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Turin, Italy
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne
Reims, France
FRAC Limousin
Limoges, France
FRAC des Pays de la Loire
Carquefou, France
Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst GfZK
Leipzig, Germany
Honart Museum / Ebrahim Melamed Collection
Tehran, Iran
Museum of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Museum of Modern Art
New York, NY, USA
Sammlung Goetz
Munich, Germany
The Saatchi Gallery
London
Zabludowicz Collection
London