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Andro Wekua (Georgian, 1977)
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Andro Wekua
Get out of my room 2006
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Andro Wekua
Gott ist tot aber das Mädchen nicht 2008
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Andro Wekua
Installation, Gladstone Gallery 2008
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Andro Wekua
Landscape 2007
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Andro Wekua
Silence 2 2005
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Andro Wekua
Who Cares 2006
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Biography |
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1977 |
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Born in Sochumi, Georgia, lives in Zurich |
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1986 - 1991 |
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National Art School, Sochumi, Georgia |
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1993 - 1994 |
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Study at Phil. Institute "Gogebaschwili," Tiblissi, Georgia |
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1995 - 1999 |
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Visual Art School in Basel |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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“Carnegie Internationale“, Pittsburgh, cur. Douglas Foggle, May 3 – Jan 11, 2009 |
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2009 |
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Gladstone Galerie, Bruxelles (solo) |
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2009 |
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo) |
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2009 |
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Wiels, Bruxelles, cur. Dirk Snauwaert, Okt. 24 – Dez. 1 (solo) |
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2009 |
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Museion, Bozen, cur. Letizia Ragaglia, May 23 – Aug. 30 (solo) |
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2009 |
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“Le Sang du Poète”, Estuaire Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, cur. Laurence Gateau, Adam Budack, June 6 – Oct. 4 |
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2009 |
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“A State of Mind”, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, cur. Paolo Colombo, April 3 – July 5 |
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2009 |
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“Born in Georgia”, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam, Jan. 23 – June 14 |
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2008 |
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"Paintings 1936-2008," The Approach, London |
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2008 |
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Camden Art Center, London, Dec. 5 – Feb. 9, 2009, ex. cat. (solo) |
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2008 |
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De Hallen Haarlem, Haarlem, cur. Xander Karskens, Sept. 13 – Nov. 23, ex. cat. (solo) |
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2008 |
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“Shifting Identities”, Kunsthaus Zürich, cur. Mirjam Varadinis, June 6 – Aug. 31, ex. cat. (group) |
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2008 |
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Le Magasin CNAC, Grenoble, Mai 25 – Aug. 24, ex. cat. (solo) |
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2008 |
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“Blue Mirror”, Gladstone Gallery, New York, March 1 – 29 (solo) |
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2007 |
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“Makers and Modelers,” Gladstone Gallery, New York |
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2007 |
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"Absent Without Leave," Victoria Miro Galley, London |
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2007 |
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"Fractured Figure," DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens |
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2007 |
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"Andro Wekua," Peter Kilchmann Gallery, Zurich |
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2007 |
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"Interlude," Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich |
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2007 |
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Andro Wekua-Wait to Wait, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (solo) |
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2006 |
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Manor Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (solo) |
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2006 |
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Without Mirror, Gladstone Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2006 |
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Printemps de Septembre, Festival of Contemporary Images, Toulouse |
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2006 |
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Painting Architecture, Camden Arts Center, London |
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2006 |
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The Kate Moss Show, Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam |
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2006 |
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Collectors 1, Collezione La Gaia, Busca |
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2006 |
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Infinite Painting, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passarino, Codroipo |
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2006 |
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4th Berlin Biennale, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Painting Architecture, Le Plateau, Frac Ile-de-France, Paris |
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2006 |
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Neuerwerbsausstellung der Grafischen Sammlung, Kunsthaus Zürich |
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2005 |
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Concrete Castle, Confort Moderne, Poitiers |
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2005 |
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Unter 30, Centre PasquArt, Biel |
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2005 |
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Lively Memories, Plattform, Berlin |
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2005 |
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Expanded Painting, Prague Biennale 2, Karlin Hall, Prague |
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2005 |
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Come Back/Le Retour, Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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2005 |
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The Rubell Collection, Miami (solo) |
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2005 |
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Insert: Andro Wekua, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (solo) |
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2005 |
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Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich (solo) |
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2005 |
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Del Rio, Shirana Shahbazi & Andro Wekua, Zimmerfrei, Lugano (solo) |
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2004 |
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Fürchte Dich, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich |
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2004 |
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The Human Face is an Empty Force, a Field of Death, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam |
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2004 |
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Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris |
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2004 |
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Tuesday is gone, Karvasla, Tiblissi |
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2004 |
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Emotion Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt |
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2004 |
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Emotion Eins, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal |
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2004 |
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Strategies of Desire, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz |
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2004 |
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Dessins et des autres – Part II, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels |
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2004 |
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Shake – ID Troubles, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg |
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2004 |
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That would have been wonderful, Neue Kunst Halle St. Gallen, St. Gallen (solo) |
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2003 |
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Go to church mam, go to church, Kilchmann plus, Zurich (solo) |
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2003 |
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Which side are you on? Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich |
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2003 |
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Coup de coeur/a sentimental choice, Crac Alsace, Altkirch |
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2003 |
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It´s in our hands, Migros Museum, Zurich |
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2003 |
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Diarios Urbanos - Joven arte suizo, Alcalá, Madrid |
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2003 |
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Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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2002 |
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Centro de Arte Contemporanea, Bellinzona |
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2002 |
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Persönliche Pläne, Die Zeichnung vom Lebensplan bis zum Weltentwurf, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel |
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2002 |
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Heirat im Westen, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, project space |
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2002 |
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Wald und Explosionen, Helmhaus Zürich, Zurich |
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2001 |
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und/oder/aber, Stiftung Binz 39, Zurich |
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2000 |
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Ausstellungssaal Tiblissi (solo) |
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Literature |
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2009 |
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“Galleries,” ArtAsiaPacific, Almanac 2009, 104-113 |
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2009 |
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“Museums,” ArtAsiaPacific, Almanac 2009, 114-121 |
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2009 |
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“Georgia,” ArtAsiaPacific, Almanac 2009, 165 |
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2009 |
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Milliard, Colline, “Andro Wekua,” Art Review, issue 30/March 2009, 125. |
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2008 |
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Morton, Tom, “Zwarte zee: De magische kunst van Andro Wekua,” Metropolis M |
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2008 |
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Therapy, August/September 2008, 30-35 |
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2008 |
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Gilman, Claire, “Andro Wekua: Wax Mannequins, Childhood Memories, Sneakers and Solitude,” Frieze, September 2008, 166-167. |
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2008 |
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Dreyfus, Laurence, "Andro Wekua Le Virtuose," L'Officiel, Août 2008, 266-269. |
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2007 |
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“Andro Wekua: The Hydra Workshops”, Sadie Coles, Tom Morton, London, ex. cat. |
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2007 |
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Fractured Figure, Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art, Athens, 2007 |
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2006 |
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Andro Wekua: Without Mirror, Gladstone Gallery, New York, 2006 |
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2006 |
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If there ever was one, Schwarz, Dieter, Wolfs, Rein, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, JRP Ringier, Zurich, ex.cat. |
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2006 |
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Bubbles: Notes on Andro Wekua, Zolghadr,Tirdad, Parkett, No 78, p. 6 – 12 |
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2006 |
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Aperto Georgia, McBride, Nathaniel, Flash Art, Milan, Nov-Dec, pp. 66 - 68 |
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2006 |
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Out of the Past, Conti, Samatha, W Magazine, pp. 354-359 |
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2006 |
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Top 100 Artists, Politi, Giancarlo, Kontova, Helena, Flash Art, Milan, Vol. XXXIX, No. 250, Oct., pp. 68-70 |
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2006 |
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Back to Life”, Subotnick, Ali, Parkett, Zurich No. 77, Sep., p. 186 |
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2006 |
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Wind unter den Füssen, Baumann, Daniel (int.), Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, No. 7/8, July/Aug., pp. 32-37 |
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2005 |
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Une si belle saison, Gygax, Raphael a.o., Crac Alsace, Altkirch, ex.cat., Sept. pp. 66-69, 84-86 |
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2005 |
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Andro Wekua, Jetzer, Gianni, Flash Art, Milano, March/Apr., p. 115 |
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2004 |
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Andro Wekua / That Would Have Been Wonderful, Jetzer, Gianni, Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, cat. |
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