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Magnus Plessen    (German, 1967)

 Magnus Plessen - Exhibition View (Paintings)
Magnus Plessen
Exhibition View 2006
 
 Magnus Plessen - In Chicago (Paintings) h: 120 x w: 90 cm / h: 47.2 x w: 35.4 in
Magnus Plessen
In Chicago 2006
 
 Magnus Plessen - Krug (Paintings) h: 138 x w: 116.5 cm / h: 54.3 x w: 45.9 in
Magnus Plessen
Krug 2006
 
 Magnus Plessen - Mr. Davies 4-10-78 (Paintings) h: 173 x w: 280 cm / h: 68.1 x w: 110.2 in
Magnus Plessen
Mr. Davies 4-10-78 2006
 
 Magnus Plessen - Paare (Paintings) h: 190 x w: 182 cm / h: 74.8 x w: 71.7 in
Magnus Plessen
Paare 2006
 
 

Biography
1967 Born in Hamburg
Lives and works in Berlin-Lichtenberg

Exhibitions
2008 You Dig the Tunnel, I’ll Hide the Soil, White Cube, London
2008 Magnus Plessen, Freizeit, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin (Solo)
2007 Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, “Imagination Becomes Reality,” (group)
2007 Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo)
2006 Sammlung Goetz, Munich, “Imagination Becomes Reality,” (group)
2006 Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut, “The Cartin Collection: Subject, Contemporary Portraiture” (group)
2006 Museu Serralves, "Imagens Em Pintura", (group)
2006 Infinite Painting: contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Francesco Bonami, Villla Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea
2005 Magnus von Plessen, Gladstone Gallery
2005 Kunsthalle Mannheim, “Direct Painting” (group) Gladstone Gallery, New York
2005 Art Institute of Chicago, “focus: Magnus von Plessen”
2004 Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf (solo)
2004 Centre Pompidou, Kristin Baker/Magnus von Plessen.
2004 Magnus von Plessen, Espace trios-cent-quinze, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2004 Coetzee, Mark. Not Afraid: Rubell Family Collection. Phaidon Press: New York, London,
2003 Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich. (solo)
2003 50th International Exhibition of Visual Arts of La Biennale di Venezia
2003 Arsenale in the section "Clandestine” curated by Francesco Bonami (group)
2002 Inaugural exhibition, K 21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfallen, Dusseldorf, Germany (Catalogue with essays by Julian Heynen, Daniel Marzona and a talk between Ulrich Loock and the artist) (solo)
2002 Magnus von Plessen, Malerei, K 21 Kunstsammlung
2002 Magnus von Plesen, Recent paintings, PS1, New York
2001 Neues Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland (Catalogue, with essays by Ulrich Loock and Julian Heynen) (solo)

Literature
2008 Neil, Jonathan, T.D, "Reviews Marathon, New York," Art Review, February 2008, p.75
2008 "Magnus Plessen", The New Yorker, January 7, 2008, p.14
2008 "Magnus Plessen," Monopol, January 2007, p 125.
2008 You dig the Tunnel, I'll Hide the Soil, White Cube, 2008.
2007 Imagination Becomes Reality: An Exhibition on the Expanded Concept of Painting, Sammlung Goetz and Museum für Neue Kunst, 2007.
2007 Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, essay by Francesco Bonami.
2007 Speers Mears, Emily, "Motion Detector," V Magazine, Winter 2007, p 72
2007 Buhre, Elke, “Art’s Blooming In Berlin,” Modern Painters, March 2006, p 93-97.
2006 Buhre, Elke, “Art’s Blooming In Berlin,” Modern Painters, March 2006, pg 93-97
2006 Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Francesco Bonami, Villla Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, 2006.
2005 Yood, James, “Magnus von Plessen,” Artforum, September 2005, pp. 309.
2005 Elms, Anthony, “Focus: Magnus von Plessen,” Time Out Chicago, June 30, 2005.
2005 Jana, Reena. “Magnus von Plessen,” Tema Celeste, July/Aug 2005, p. 69.
2005 “Magnus von Plessen (Chicago)” Tema Celeste July/Aug 2005, p. 98.
2005 “Magnus von Plessen,” Modern Painters, June 2005, pp. 114.
2005 Leffingwell, Edward, “Magnus von Plessen,” Art in America, June/July 2005, pp. 175-6
2005 Halle, Howard, “Reviews: Magnus von Plessen,” Timeout NY, Apr 14-20, 2005, pp. 64.
2005 Glueck, Grace, “Magnus von Plessen,” New York Times, Apr 8, 2005, pp. E4.
2004 Edwards, Natasha. “Swimming Against the Tide.” Art Review. V2N6, June 2004
2003 Smolik, Noemi. “Magnus von Plessen: Mai 36 Galerie.” Artforum. November, 2003, pg. 1999
2003 Marzon, Daniel. “spacial pictures / pictorial spaces” Tema Celeste. July / August 2003, pg. 46 – 51
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