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Biography |
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1928 |
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Born December 28 in Sao Paulo, Brazil as son of Norwegian parents |
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1939 |
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Parents sent him to Sweden on holiday, and because of the war, he did not see them again until 1947 |
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1948 |
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His parents return to Stockholm, by which time he is an adult. After graduating at the top of his class in June, he is forced to choose between Brazilian and Swedish compulsory military service. He elects to become a Swedish citizen and relinquishes his Brazilian passport |
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1949 - 1952 |
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Classical studies and art history at the University of Stockholm. Travels to Paris and Italy meeting other poets and painters |
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1952 |
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Produces Opera, a room-sized drawing using felt-pen. Marries Birgitta Tamm |
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1953 |
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Writes Hätila ragulpr på fåtskliaben: manifest för konkret poesi (Hipy Papy Bthuthdth Thuthda Bthuthdy: Manifesto for Concrete Poetry), which is published in 1954 |
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1955 |
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Joins the Phases movement. Opera shown at Galerie Creuze, Paris. Solo exhibition at Galerie Aesthetica, Stockholm |
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1955 - 1957 |
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Produces Ade-Ledic-Nander I and II, which are part of a planned series of "character-form" paintings. Writes twenty-seven page scenario for the second painting. Separates from Birgitta Tamm |
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1958 |
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Contract with Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris. Participates in the Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture at the Carnegie Institute of Art. Scholarship for study in Italy. Divorces Birgitta Tamm |
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1959 |
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Honorable mention for Ade-Ledic-Nander II at the 5th Bienal de Sáo Paulo |
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1960 |
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Scholarship for study in France. English French |
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1961 |
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Grant from the Swedish-American Foundation to live in New York. Moves into the 128 Front Street studio formerly occupied by Robert Rauschenberg. Jasper Johns lives in the same building. Henceforth he lives and works in New York, spending summers in Sweden, France and Italy. Begins the Sitting
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1962 |
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First variable painting, Sitting
Six months later. Solo exhibition at Galerie Daniel Cordier. Participates in New Realists exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1964 |
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Venice Biennale. Solo exhibition at Cordier & Ekstrom Inc., New York |
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1965 |
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Writes the plays Hammarskjöld om Gud [Hammarskjold on God], which is staged at Pistolteatern, Stockholm in 1966, directed by Sören Brunes, and Bröderna Strindberg [The Strindberg Brothers]. Represented by Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1967 |
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Writes the play Oswald kommer tillbaka [Oswald Comes Back]. Solo exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York. Produces his first work in which the oil on photo paper on vinyl elements float on water (Parkland Memorial) |
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1976 |
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Died November 9 in Stockholm, Sweden |
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Exhibitions |
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2004 - 2005 |
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How do we want to be governed? (Figure and Ground), Miami Florida |
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2004 - 2005 |
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"Central Station" Collection Harald Falckenberg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France |
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2003 |
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Museum Het Domein, Sittard |
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2002 |
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Institut dŽart contemporain, Lyon-Villeurbanne |
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2002 |
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Baltic, Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead |
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2001 |
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BAWAG Foundation, Vienna |
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2000 |
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Museu dŽArt Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona |
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2000 |
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Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne |
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2000 |
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Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art |
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1997 |
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Documenta X, Kassel |
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1996 |
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Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne |
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1996 |
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Galerie Aurel Scheibler, Cologne |
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1995 |
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Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris |
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1995 |
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Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Schweden |
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1991 |
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Galerie Aurel Scheibler, |
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1983 |
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis |
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1982 |
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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1980 |
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Musée national dŽart moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris |
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1980 |
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Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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1979 |
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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1975 |
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Solo exhibition at Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris. |
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1974 |
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Solo exhibitions at Galerie Buchholz, Munich, and Galleria Multhipla, Milan. |
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1974 |
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Galerie Buchholz Muideen |
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1974 |
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Galeria Multhipla, Milano |
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1973 |
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Solo exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1971 |
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Solo exhibition at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1969 |
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Solo exhibitions at Sidney Janis Gallery, New York and Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne |
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1969 |
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Galerie Rudolf Zwine, Cologne |
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1967 |
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Documenta IV, Kassel |
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1967 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1966 |
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Biennale di Venezia, Venedig |
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1965 |
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Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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1964/66 |
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32 Biennale/33 Biennale, Venice |
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1962 |
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New Realists, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1962 |
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Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1960 |
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Intern. Exhib. of Contemp. Painting & Sculpture, Carnegie Inst. Pittsburgh |
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1959 |
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Solo exhibition at Galerie Daniel Cordier and at Galerie Blanche, Stockholm |
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1956 |
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Exposition Phases, Paris |
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1953 |
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Solo exhibition at Galleria Numero, Florence (shows Opera) |
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1952 |
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Galleria Numero, Firenze |
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