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Gego (Venezuelan, 1912-1994)
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Gego
Untitled 1991
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Gego
Untitled 1991
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Biography |
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1912 |
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BORN: Hamburg, Germany |
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1938 |
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Studied architecture at the Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart |
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1952 |
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Received Venezuelan Citizenship |
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1958 |
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Taught: School of Place |
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1962 |
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Created design for the headquarters of the Banco Industrial de Venezuela in Caracas |
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1980 |
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Awarded Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas in Venezuela |
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1994 |
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DIED, Venezuela |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible, The Drawing Center, New York, April 21-July 21 (solo) |
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2005 |
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Gego: Between Transparency and the Invisible, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 26-September 25 (solo) |
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2002 - 2003 |
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Questioning the Line: Gego, a Selection, 1955-1990, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (solo) |
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2000 - 2001 |
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Gego: 1955-1990, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas October-March (solo) |
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1996 |
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Gego: Drawings, Engravings, Weavings, Centro Cultural Consolidado, Caracas, September-November (solo) |
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1994 |
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Gego: A Look at Her Work, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, November (solo) |
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1988 |
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Gego: Recent Works, Galeria Sotavento, Caracas, March (solo) |
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1984 |
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Gego: Drawings without Paper, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, June-August (solo) |
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1982 |
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Watercolors by Gego, Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas, Jul 4-Aug 8 (solo) |
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1981 |
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Reticulárea, Permanent Installation, Sala Gego, Galeria de Arte Nacional, Caracas (solo) |
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1980 |
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Variations on Reticuláreas, Sala Cadafe, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, May (solo) |
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1977 |
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Gego, Museo de Artes Contemporaneo de Caracas Sofia Imber, September (solo) |
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1975 |
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Gego: Drawings for Projects, Instituto de Diseno, Fundacion Neumann, Caracas, May 6-20 (solo) |
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1973 |
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Recent Drawings, Galeria Conkright, Caracas (solo) |
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1972 |
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Structures Double Curves, Galeria Conkright, Caracas (solo) |
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1971 |
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Gego: Sculpture and Drawing, Betty Parsons Gallery, New York, April 13-May 1 (solo) |
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1970 |
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Gego Drawings, The Graphic Gallery, San Francisco, May 1-17 (solo) |
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1969 |
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Reticulárea, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, June-July (solo) |
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1968 |
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On Paper: Lithographs by Gego, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, November (solo) |
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1967 |
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Gego: Sculptures. 1957-1967, Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango, Bogota, June 8-30 (solo) |
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1958 |
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Gego: Sculptures and Gouaches, Liberia Cruz del Sur, Caracas, May 9-24 (solo) |
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