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Biography |
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1955 |
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Born in Leipzig |
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1978 - 1980 |
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Folkwangschule (GHS), Essen, 1978-1981 |
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1980 |
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Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, 1981-1987 |
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1981 |
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First exhibition |
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1985 |
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Studied with Bernd Becher (Meisterschüler) |
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1988 |
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First solo gallery show at the Galerie Johnen & Schöttle |
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Lives and works in Düsseldorf |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 - 2008 |
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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2007 |
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"Unter Sternen. Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel. Fotografie", Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Schweiz |
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2007 |
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"What does the Jellyfish want?", Museum Ludwig, Köln |
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2007 |
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"Concept: Photography Dialogues & Attitudes", Ludwig Museum, Budapest |
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2007 |
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"Ziemlich hoch. Das Alpine in der zeitgenössischen Kunst", Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren |
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2007 |
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"Un/Fair Trade", Neue Galerie, Graz, Schweiz |
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2007 |
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"Perspektive 07", Lenbachhaus München, Munich |
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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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Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, London |
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2007 |
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White Cube, London |
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2007 |
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Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Türkei |
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2007 |
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“Retrospektive 1984-2007,” Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany (solo) |
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2006 |
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“Surprise, Surprise,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, London |
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2006 |
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“Thank you for the Music (London Beat),” Sprüth Magers Lee, London |
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2006 |
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“Click Doubleclick,” Haus der Kunst, München/Munich; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel/Brussels |
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2006 |
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“Spectacular City. Photographing the Future,” Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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2005 |
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“Landscape/Cityscape,” Marlborough Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
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“Anota la Fecha,” Museo de Arte Contemporneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spanien/Spain |
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2005 |
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“Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today,” Whitechapel, London; weitere Stationen/traveled to Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy |
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2005 |
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“Contemporary Voices”, UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2005 |
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“Discovery of the Horizontal,” Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy |
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2005 |
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“Superstars: From Warhol to Madonna,” Kunstforum & Kunsthalle Wien/Vienna, Austria |
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2005 |
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“Getting Emotional,” Institute of Contemporary Arts, Boston |
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2005 |
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“Empreinte Moi: Une Exposition de Phillipe Ségalot,” Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France |
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2005 |
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“Why Pictures Now,” Museum Moderner Kunst, Wien/Vienna, Austria |
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2004 |
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“Made in Mexico/Hecho en Mexico,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston |
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2004 |
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“The Explosive Photography,” Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York |
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2004 |
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Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2004 |
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Galerie Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, Köln/Cologne, Germany (solo) |
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2004 |
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“100 Artists See God,” The Jewish Museum of Art, San Francisco; weitere Stationen/traveled to Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Albright College Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, Pennsylvania and Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee |
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2004 |
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"La condicion humana,“ Forum Universal de las Culturas Barcelona 2004, Barcelona, Spain |
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2004 |
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"Love/Hate from Magritte to Cattelan. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,“ Villa Manin Centro d’Arte Contemporanea, Passariano, Italy |
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2004 |
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"ON SIDE,“ Centro de Artes Visuais, Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal |
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2004 |
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“Metamorph,” Venice Biennale, International Architecture |
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2004 |
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“The Ten Commandments,” Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany |
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2004 |
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Made in Mexico, ICA Boston, Boston |
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2003 |
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Cruel and tender, Tate Modern, London |
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2003 |
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Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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2003 |
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Cruel and Tender, Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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2003 |
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“Stranger in the Village,” Guild Hall, New York, organized by the MoMA |
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2003 |
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“Affinities…Now and Then,” Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas |
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2003 |
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“The Squared Circle: Boxing in Contemporary Art,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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2003 |
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“Objective Spaces: Photographers from Germany,” Waddington Galleries, London, England |
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2003 |
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“Antipodes,” White Cube, London (solo) |
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2003 |
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“Moving Pictures,” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; weitere Stationen/ traveled to Solomon R. Gugenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain |
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2003 |
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“Painting Pictures,” Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany |
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2003 |
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“Unreal Estate Opportunities,” pkm gallery, Seoul, Korea |
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2003 |
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“Imagine, you are standing here in front of me,” Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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2003 |
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“Imperfect Innocence. The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection,” Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida |
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2003 |
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“Torn Between Two Lovers,” Matthew Marks Gallery, New York |
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2003 |
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"Le Stanze dell’Arte: Figure e Imagini del XX Secolo,“ Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Italy |
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2003 |
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"The Fourth Sex: Adolescent Extremes,“ Fondazione Pitti Immagine Discovery, Florenz/Florence, Italy |
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2003 |
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"Von Körpern und anderen Dingen – Deutsche Fotografie von der Weimarer bis zur Berliner Republik,“ City Gallery Prague; weitere Stationen/traveled to: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany; The Museum Moscow House of Photography, Russia |
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2003 |
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"Defying Gravity: Contemporary Art and Flight,“ North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina |
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2002 |
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Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris (solo) |
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2002 |
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Galleri K, Oslo, Norway (solo) |
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2002 |
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Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden |
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2002 |
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Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main |
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2002 |
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Moments which I intend to remember, Staatgalerij Heerlen |
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2002 |
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Art & Economy, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg |
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2002 |
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heute bis jetzt, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf |
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2002 |
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Becher Schüler, Galerie 22, Hamburg |
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2002 |
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Positionen der Fotografie, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin |
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2002 |
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Die Stadt, Städtische Galerie Haus Coburg, Delmenhorst |
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2002 |
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Malerei ohne Malerei, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig |
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2002 |
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Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York |
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2002 |
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Remix, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool |
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2001 |
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Szenenwechsel XIX, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main |
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2001 |
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Let's entertain - Life's Guilty Pleasures, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg |
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2001 |
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GeldLust - ModellBanking, Kunsthalle Tirol |
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2001 |
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Das flache Land, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen Cottbus |
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2001 |
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Die Kunst des Autos, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück |
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2001 |
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Andreas Gursky, Museum of Modern Art, New York, March 4-May 15. Travels to the Reina Sofia, Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo) |
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2001 |
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Andreas Gursky: Photographs, The Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts, ASU Art Museum, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan (solo) |
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2001 |
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Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2000 |
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How You Look At It, Sprengel Museum, Hanover. Travels to Frankfurt |
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2000 |
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Ansicht—Aussicht—Einsicht, Museum, Bochum. Travels to Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig and Galeria Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow |
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2000 |
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Landmark Pictures in Boston: Ed Ruscha/Andreas Gursky, Harvard University Art Museum, Cambridge, MA |
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2000 |
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Sydney Bienalle, Sydney |
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2000 |
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Photography Now, Contemporary Arts Museum, New Orleans |
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2000 |
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Szenenwechsel XVIII, Museum für moderne Kunst, Franfurt/Main |
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2000 |
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Walker Evans & Company, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2000 |
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Photography Now, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans |
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2000 |
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Andreas Gursky: Fotowerken (Photo Works), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands |
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1999 |
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Robert Grosvenor, Andreas Gursky, John Wesley, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh |
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1999 |
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The Big Picture: Large-Format Photography, Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vermont |
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1999 |
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Raume: Lucinda Devlin, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria |
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1999 |
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Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky, Ed Ruscha: Grosse Illusionen, Kunstmuseum Bonn. Travels to Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami |
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1999 |
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Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1999 |
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Regen Projects, Los Angeles (solo) |
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1998 |
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Milwaukee Art Museum. Travels to Henry Art Gallery, Columbus Museum of Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (solo) |
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1998 |
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Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Travels to Photomuseum Winterthur, Serpentine Gallery, London, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (solo) |
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1998 |
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Landschaften/Landscapes: Michael Bach, Andreas Gursky, Axel Hütte, Michael van Ofen, Andreas Schön, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf |
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1998 |
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Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 1998, The Photographer’s Gallery, London |
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1997 |
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Michael Ashkin, Andreas Gursky and Fischli & Weiss, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1997 |
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Javier Lopez, Madrid (solo) |
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1997 |
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Galerie Mai 36, Zurich (solo) |
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1997 |
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo) |
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1997 |
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About Painting, Robert Miller Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Young German Artists 2, Saatchi Gallery, London |
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1997 |
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Belladonna, ICA, London |
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1997 |
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Positionen künstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945, Berlinische Galerie |
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1996 |
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Victoria Miro, London (solo) |
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1996 |
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Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris (solo) |
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1996 |
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Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne (solo) |
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1996 |
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Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens (solo) |
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1995 |
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303 Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1995 |
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Rooseum, Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö (solo) |
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1995 |
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Galerie Mai 36, Zurich (solo) |
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1995 |
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Andreas Gursky: Images, Tate Gallery, Liverpool (solo) |
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1995 |
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Portikus, Frankfurt (solo) |
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1994 |
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Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (solo) |
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1994 |
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De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (solo) |
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1994 |
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Le Case D’Arte, Milan (solo) |
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1993 |
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Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne (solo) |
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1992 |
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Kunsthalle, Zurich (solo) |
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1992 |
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Victoria Miro Gallery, London (solo) |
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1992 |
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples (solo) |
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1992 |
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Hypobank, New York (solo) |
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1991 |
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo) |
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1991 |
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Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (solo) |
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1991 |
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303 Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1991 |
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris (solo) |
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1991 |
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Künstlerhaus Stuttgart (solo) |
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1989 |
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Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva (solo) |
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1989 |
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The Clocktower, P.S.1, New York (solo) |
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1989 |
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303 Gallery, New York (solo) |
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1989 |
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Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (solo) |
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1988 |
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Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (solo) |
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1987 |
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Flughafen Düsseldorf (solo) |
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