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Biography |
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1960 |
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Born in Fukuoka, Japan |
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1993 |
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Moves to New York |
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Lives and works in New York |
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Throughout his career Hirakawa has challenged the mainstream conceptions of sexuality and the assumption that expressions of male heterosexual desire are oppressive and objectifying. Interested in the divide between our outer lives and our personal lives his works examine what we do behind closed doors and what it would be like if we did them in public: "Although sexuality is non-institutional, it possesses at the same time a quality found both within and without institutional life. In our institutional lives, this quality produces division of the human being into two images: the one public and the other private." |
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Collections |
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Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany |
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Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France |
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Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan |
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Foundazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Per L’Art, Torino, Italy |
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Museum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Ghent, Belgium |
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FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Nante, France |
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FRAC Languedoc-Roussillon, Montpellier, France |
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Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan |
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Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Fonds minicipal d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland |
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Caisse des Dépôts, Paris, France |
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Hauser & Wirth Museum, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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In Situ, Fabienne Leclerc, Paris, France (solo) |
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2009 |
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DE$IRE, Holster Projects, London, UK |
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2008 |
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Darkside, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland |
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2008 |
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Silence in the Light, Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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2008 |
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Diana und Actaeon, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2008 |
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An Attribute of Living, Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium |
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2008 |
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Nanzuka Underground, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2007 |
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Mulher, Mulheres, SESC, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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2007 |
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Lost#Format, Be Part, Waregem, Belgium |
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2007 |
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FLASH CUBE, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea |
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2007 |
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Vanihsing Point, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India |
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2006 |
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Into Me / Out of Me, P.S.1 Museum, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Baukunst Galerie, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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Gallery HAM, Nagoya, Japan (solo) |
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2006 |
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Ferdinand van Dieten, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) |
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2006 |
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Mars Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2006 |
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Sweet Ecstasy, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2006 |
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The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York, USA |
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2006 |
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Don Giovanni, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria |
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2006 |
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Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA |
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2005 |
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Femme(s), Museum Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland |
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2005 |
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Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Montéal, Canada |
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2005 |
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Tirana Biennale 3, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, Albania |
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2005 |
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Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2005 |
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2005 |
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In Situ, Paris, France (solo) |
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2005 |
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Salon 94, New York, USA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Germany (solo) |
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2004 |
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The Eric Arthur Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, USA (solo) |
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2004 |
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Wrong Gallery, London(Frieze Art Fair), UK (solo) |
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2004 |
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Mixed Farming, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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2003 |
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Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria |
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2003 |
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BMW Group Pavilion, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2003 |
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The History of Japanese Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA |
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2003 |
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False Innocence, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain |
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2003 |
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Das Lebendige Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2002 |
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Departures Torch, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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2002 |
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Noirmont Prospect, Paris, France (solo) |
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2002 |
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Hermes Forum, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2002 |
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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2002 |
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Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) |
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2001 |
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Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria (solo) |
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2001 |
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The Beauty of Intimacy, Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, Netherlands |
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2001 |
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Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium |
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2000 |
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Cold Burn, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
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2000 |
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Contemporary Photography from Japan, De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands |
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2000 |
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Autowerke, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany |
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2000 |
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Art & Public, Geneva , Switzerland (solo) |
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1999 |
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Kunsthalle St.Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo) |
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1999 |
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Transmute, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA |
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1999 |
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Missing Link, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Germany |
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1998 |
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Terminating Angel, Galerie Ghislane Hussenot, Paris, France |
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1998 |
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La Sphere de l’Intime, Le Printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France |
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1998 |
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Crossings, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria |
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1998 |
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Live and Let Die, Apex Art C.P., New York, USA |
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1998 |
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Bangkok Art Project 1998, Bangkok, Thailand |
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1998 |
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Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milano, Italy (solo) |
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1998 |
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Deitch Projects, New York, USA (solo) |
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1998 |
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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1998 |
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Taka Ishii Gallery, Santa Monica, USA (solo) |
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1997 |
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Deitch Projects, New York (solo) |
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1997 |
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Gabriele Rivet, Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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1997 |
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Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo) |
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1997 |
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Centre d’art Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland (solo) |
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1997 |
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Absolute Landscape, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama, Japan |
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1997 |
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Lust und Leere, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria |
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1997 |
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Truce, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, USA |
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1997 |
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Biennale de Cetinie, Montenegro |
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1997 |
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Heaven-Public View, P.S.1 Museum, New York, USA |
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1996 |
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Traffic, CAPC, Bordeaux, France |
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1996 |
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Nudo & Crudo, Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy |
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1996 |
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Phase 2, Das TAT, Frankfurt, Germany |
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1996 |
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Shopping, Yohji Yamamoto, New York, USA |
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1996 |
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Playpen & Corpus Delirium, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
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1996 |
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a/drift, Museum at Bard College, New York State, USA |
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1996 |
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Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan (solo) |
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1996 |
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Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo) |
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1995 |
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Gallery HAM, Nagoya, Japan (solo) |
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1995 |
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Galerie d’Eendt, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo) |
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1995 |
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Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (solo) |
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1995 |
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Shift, De Appel, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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1995 |
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On Board (Aperto ‘95), Venice, Italy |
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1995 |
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Campo, Corderie dell’Arsenale, Venice, Italy |
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1995 |
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Ripple Across the Water, Watarium, Tokyo, Japan |
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1995 |
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Infra Sound, Hamburg, Germany |
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1995 |
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Feminin, Masculin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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1995 |
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Orient / Ation, The 4 th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey |
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1994 |
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Of the Human Condition, Spiral, Tokyo, Japan |
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1994 |
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A Vision of Japan for 21st Century, Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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1994 |
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American Fine Arts, Co., New York, USA (solo) |
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1994 |
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Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland (solo) |
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1994 |
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Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan (solo) |
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1993 |
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Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany (solo) |
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1993 |
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Prospect 93, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany |
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1993 |
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Viennese Story, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria |
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Literature |
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Neuvième Ateliers Internationaux des Pays de la Loire 1992, Cat.: FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Garenne Lemot, Clisson 1993. |
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I am here, but I am not here, Cat.: Seikyu-sha, Tokyo 1991. |
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To Become Dharma, Cat.: de Vleeshal, Middelburg 1991. |
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No more pains for Isaac Newton, Cat.: Youbi-sha, Tokyo 1990. |
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The Yearnings of Montezuma, Cat.: Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei 1989. |
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Traffic, Cat.: capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux 1996. |
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Nudo & Crudo. Sensitive body, visible body, Cat.: Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporanea, Mailand 1996. |
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Landvermesser, Cat.: Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim 1996. |
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Ripple across the water, Cat.: The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 1995. |
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Noritoshi Hirakawa 1988-94, Ausst.-Kat. und CD: Gallery HAM, Nagoya / WAKO WORKS OF ART, Tokio 1994. |
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Gaze. L’impossible transparence, Cat.: Carré des Arts, Parc floral de Paris, Paris 1994. |
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A vision of Japan for the 21st Century. Encounter of Contemporary Art and Folklore. Japanese Aesthetics and an Sense of Space III, Cat.: Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo 1994. |
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Just before the last moment in the twentieth century (with texts of J.M. Ribettes, P. Bellars, N. Deihl, B. De Baere, L. Trippi e.a.), Cat.: Amercian Fine Arts Co., New York 1994. |
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Prospekt 1993, Cat.: Frankfurter Kunstverein/ Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main 1993. |
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The Greatest, Cat.: Gallery HAM, Nagoya 1993. |
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Matters, Cat.: Deitch Projects, New York / Zeno X Gallery, Antverp 1998. |
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voor het verdwijnt en daarna, Cat. S.M.A.K., Watou 1998. |
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Truce: Echoes of Art in an Age of Endless Conclusions, Cat.: SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico 1997. |
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Ajar, Cat.: Galerie F15, Moss 1997. |
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Vis-à-vi(e)s, Cat.: Galerie Art & Essai/Univerisität Rennes, Rennes 1997. |
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Absolute landscape. Contemporary Photography between Illusion and Reality, Cat.: Yokohama Museum of Art,Yokohama, 1997. |
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a/drift, Cat.: Center for Curatorial Studies, New York 1996. |
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Playpen & Corpus Delirium, Ausst.-Kat.: Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich 1996. |
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Urgence. Nan Goldin, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Jack Pierson, Wolfgang Tillmanns, Andrea Zittel, Ausst.-Kat.: capc Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux 1996. |
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A companion guide to shopping, Ausst.-Kat.: Soho Arts Festival, New York 1996. |
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Vier Zwei Eins, Catalogue of the “Kunstfilmbiennale Köln“, International competition, Cologne 2007, p. 84. |
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Sarant, Mylene: “Intimer als Nacktheit“, in: Eikon. Internationale Zeitschrift für Photographie und Medienkunst, edition |
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Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, Cat.: ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst Karlsruhe, Peter Weibel und Gregor Jansen (Ed.), Ostfildern 2006. |
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"Don Juan" oder "zwei und zwei sind vier" oder "Lust ist der einzige Schwindel, dem ich Dauer wünsche", Cat.: Kunsthalle Wien, Ursula Bickle Stiftung und Kunsthalle Wien (Ed.)/ Gerald Matt, with texts by Gerald Matt, Gaby Hartel, Thomas Mießgang e.a. sowie texts and interviews with the artists, Vienna 2006. |
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Dark Places, Cat.: Santa Monica Museum of Art, with a preface by Elsa Longhauser and texts by Joshua Decter, Santa |
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Stripped Bare: The Body Revealed in Contemporary Art - Works from the Thomas Koerfer Collection. Marianna |
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Casino 2001. 1st Quadrennial of Contemporary Art, Cat.: S.M.A.K. / Bijlokemuseum / Citadelpark, Geneva 2001. |
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Weiermair, Peter: Desire, Cat.: Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna 2001. |
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Laermans, Rudi and Verschaffel, Bart: Beeldende Kunst. Collectie Vlaamse Gemeenschap aanwinsten1996/1997/1998, |
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The Beauty of Intimicy, Cat.: Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag 2000. |
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