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Biography |
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1956 |
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Born in Santiago |
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1979 |
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Degree from the Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura |
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1981 |
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Universidad de Chile |
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1985 |
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New York State Council of the Arts Grant |
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1985 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship |
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2000 |
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Mac Arthur Fellow |
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Lives in New York |
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He holds the Winton Chair of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
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Exhibitions |
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2009 |
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“For You,” Daros Latinamerica, Zurich, Switzerland |
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2009 |
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“New Acquisitions 2007-2008,” Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark |
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2009 |
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“Continental Rifts: Contemporary Time-Based Works of Africa,” Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, California |
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2009 |
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“Aletheia - Positions in Contemporary Photography,” Art Museum Meilahti, Helsinki, Finland |
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2009 |
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The Sound of Silence, Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (solo) |
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2008 |
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Alfredo Jaar: it is difficult, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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2008 |
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Politics of the Image, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo) |
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2008 |
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"Framing and Being Framed: The Uses of Documentary Photography," Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut |
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2008 |
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Memories for Tomorrow: Works from the UBS Art Collection, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China |
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2008 |
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Cancelled, Erased & Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, New York |
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2008 |
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The Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Madrid Presented by the Complejo El Aguila, Museo Nacional Centro de Reina Sofia, Instituto Cervantes, Auditorio del Ministerio de Cultura, and Filmoteca Espanola |
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2008 |
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Africa On: Beecroft, Jaar, Kentridge, Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy |
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2008 |
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Arte ‚ Vida: Actions by Artists of the Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York, New York |
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2008 |
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Pictures in Series, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, New York |
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2008 |
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"No Es Neutrala – Daros Latinamerica Collection,” Tabakalera, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain |
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2008 |
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MATRIX/REDUX, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA, USA |
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2008 |
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Arte Vida: Actions By Artists Of The Americas, 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY, USA |
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2008 |
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It is difficult, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy |
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2008 |
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Politics of the Image, South London Gallery, London, England |
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2008 |
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You Complete Me, Western Bridge, Seatle, WA, USA |
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2008 |
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TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE, USA |
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2008 |
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TRANSactions, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA |
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2008 |
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TRANSactions, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA |
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2008 |
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HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem |
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2008 |
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That Was Then...This Is Now, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island, USA |
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2008 |
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Die lucky Bush, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium |
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2008 |
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Alfredo Jaar: Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, SLG South London Gallery, London, England |
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2007 |
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SWITCHER SEX: Video Works and Photography from the Teutloff Collection, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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2007 |
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Equatorial Rhythms, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway |
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2007 |
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Existencias, Musac - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain |
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2007 |
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Kopf an Kopf - Serielle Porträtfotografie, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany |
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2007 |
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Art Protects, Yvon Lambert - Paris, Paris, France |
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2007 |
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To be Continued... , Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden |
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2007 |
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AfterShock: Conflict, Violence and Resolution, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, England |
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2007 |
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The Hours: Visual art of contemporary latinamerican art, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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2007 |
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La Presencia - The Presence of Latin American Art in California Collections" Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA, USA |
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2007 |
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8th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah International Art Biennial, Sharjah, UAE |
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2007 |
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System error - War is a force that gives us meaning, Palazzo delle Papesse - Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italy |
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2007 |
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La politique des images, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne (solo) |
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2007 |
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Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Center for the Arts at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (solo) |
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2007 |
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“La Politique des Images,” Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo) |
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2007 |
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“New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930 – 2006: Prints, Photographs, and Media Works,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York |
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2007 |
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“Power of 10: Gifts of Honor of Miami Art Museum’s 10th Anniversary,” Miami Art Museum, Miami Florida |
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2007 |
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“Existencias,” MUSAC Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Leon, Spain |
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2007 |
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“Afterglow,” Galerie Pfriem, Organized by Savannah College of Art and Design, Lacoste, France |
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2007 |
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“Check List Luanda Pop,” African Pavilion, 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy |
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2007 |
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“Constructing A Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, Texas |
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2007 |
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“Private/Corporate IV: The Lekha and Anupam Poddar Collection in dialogue with the DaimlerChrysler Collection,” Haus Huth, Berlin, Germany |
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2007 |
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Scenes and Sequences: Peter Blum Edition, New York – A Selection from 1980 to 2006,” Aargauer Kunst Haus, Aarau, Switzerland |
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2007 |
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“Turbulence: 3rd Auckland Triennial,” Auckland, New Zealand |
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2006 |
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Selected Works, Retrospective, Fundación Telefonica and Gallery Gabriela Mistral, Santiago de Chile, Chile (solo) |
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2006 |
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Outside Europe, Aus der Sammlung DaimlerChrysler, DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain, Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, USA |
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2006 |
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The Great Wall 2006, 200 Künstler aus 100 Nationen treffen sich an der Großen Mauer in China, ART + PROJECT Consulting GmbH, Hamburg, Germany |
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2006 |
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Brighton Photo Biennial, The Sound of Silence, 2006, UK |
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2006 |
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Sevilla Biennial, GEOGRAPHY= WAR, 1991, Sevilla, Spain |
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2006 |
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Canary Islands Biennial, Tenerife, Spain |
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2006 |
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Muxima, Galerie Lelong, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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The Fluidity of Time: Selections from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois |
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2005 |
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The Hours: Visual Arts of Contemporary Latin America, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland |
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2005 |
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Emergencies, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Spain |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar: The Eyes of Gutete Emerita, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (solo) |
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2005 |
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At the Mercy of Others: The Politics of Care, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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2005 |
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Muxima, Grand Arts Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri |
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2005 |
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Marking Time / Moving Images, Miami Art Museum, Florida |
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2005 |
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Figuratively Speaking: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Miami Art Museum, Florida |
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2005 |
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Fotografia! Arte 2005: Latin American Photography, Tampa Museum of Art, Florida |
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2005 |
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Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape, Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar: Let One Hundred Flowers Bloom, Museo dfArte Contemporanea Roma, Rome, Italy |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar: The Ashes of Gramsci, Studio Stefania Miscetti, Rome, Italy |
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2005 |
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Points of View: Landscape and Photography, Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2005 |
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MACRO, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome (solo) |
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2004 |
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Alfredo Jaar Todo el Dolor del Mundo, Centro Portugues de Fotographia, Porto (solo) |
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2004 |
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About Face: Photographic Portraits from the Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois |
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2004 |
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Art by MacArthur Fellows, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio |
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2004 |
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Some Things Happening, Herron School of Art & Design, Indianapolis, Indiana |
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2004 |
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Images of Time and Place: Contemporary Views of Landscape, Lehman College Art Gallery, City University of New York, Bronx, New York |
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2003 |
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Transferts, Palais des Beaux-Arts |
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2003 |
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Upon Reflectionc., Sean Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2003 |
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Human Condition/Global Position: 4 Contemporary Chilean Artists, Founder's Gallery, The Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, Missouri |
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2003 |
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Sanctuary: Contemporary Art and Human Rights, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow |
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2003 |
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Witnessing to Silence: Art and Human Rights, Australian National University; traveled to National Institute of the Arts; Canberra Contemporary Art Space; National Museum of Australia |
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2003 |
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Six Seconds, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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2002 |
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History Now, Liljevalch Konsthall, Stockholm |
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2002 |
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Baltic Art Center, Visby |
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2002 |
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Conceptes de lfespai, Fundacion Joan Miro, Barcelona |
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2002 |
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Refuge, Henie Onstad Kunstsenter |
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2002 |
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Aquaria, Landesgalerie am Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseum, Linz, traveled to Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz |
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2002 |
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Documenta 11, Kassel, June 8 – September 15, 2002 |
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2001 |
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'Alfredo Jaar: Let There Be Light' Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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2001 |
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'Alfredo Jaar: Clouds/Recent Projects' Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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2001 |
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Voir Ne Pas Voir La Guerre, Musée d fHistoire Contemporaine, Invalides, La Defense, Paris |
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2001 |
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Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe |
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2001 |
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Public Project for Fukuroi, Japan |
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2001 |
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Nauman Kruger Jaar, Daros Exhibitions, Zurich |
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2001 |
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The Gift. Generous Offerings, Threatening Hospitality, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena |
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2001 |
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O Espiritu da Nossa Epoca, Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo |
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2001 |
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El Final del Eclipse, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid |
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2000 |
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Versiones del Sur: Más allá del Documento, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid |
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2000 |
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'Alfredo Jaar: Waiting' University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, California |
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2000 |
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'Alfredo Jaar: It is difficult' Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, California |
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2000 |
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'Alfredo Jaar: New Works' Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya and Tokyo, Japan |
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2000 |
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'FaceON' Site Gallery, Sheffield |
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2000 |
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Photography Now, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans |
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2000 |
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Bluer, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago |
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2000 |
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SCULPTography, Galerie Lelong, New York |
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2000 |
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Frames of Reference From Object to Subject, Center for the Arts, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Connecticut |
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2000 |
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Public Project for Public Safety, Skoghall |
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2000 |
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Public Project for Echigo-Tsumari Triennial, Niigata |
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2000 |
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Public Project for inSITE2000, Tijuana-San Diego |
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2000 |
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Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco |
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2000 |
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Art + Public, Geneva |
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2000 |
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Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo |
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2000 |
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Kenji Taki Gallery, Nagoya |
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2000 |
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Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar |
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2000 |
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Emergencia, Public Library, Umea |
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2000 |
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BildMuseet, Umea |
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2000 |
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International Museum of the Red Cross, Geneva |
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1999 |
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Public Project for Mois de la Photo, Montreal |
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1999 |
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MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge |
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1999 |
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Public Project for Sant Boi, Barcelona |
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1999 |
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Public Project for Wereldwijd, Antwerp |
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1999 |
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Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale |
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1999 |
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'Alfredo Jaar Lament of the Images' MIT List Visual Arts Center, Jan 15-March 28; traveled to Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, May 22- August 22 |
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1998 |
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The Edge of Awareness, PS1, New York |
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1998 |
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Centre d'Art Santa Monica, Barcelona |
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1998 |
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Galerie Lelong, New York solo |
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1998 |
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Centre dfArt Santa Monica, Barcelona |
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1998 |
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Public Project for Stockholm 98, Cultural Capital of Europe |
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1998 |
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Stedelijk Museum Het Domein, Sittard |
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1998 |
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Galerie Lelong, New York |
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1998 |
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Koldo Mitxelena, San Sebastian |
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1998 |
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Do all oceans have walls?, Gesellschaft fuer Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen |
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1998 |
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The edge of awareness, World Health Organisation, Geneva |
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1998 |
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Photography as Concept, 4International Foto-Triennale, Esslingen |
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1998 |
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Waterproof, Centro Cultural de Belem, Expo 98, Lisbon |
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1998 |
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Crossings, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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1997 |
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Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna |
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1997 |
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Todd Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco |
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1997 |
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Galeria Oliva Arauna, Madrid |
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1997 |
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Galerie Franck + Schulte, Berlin |
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1997 |
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The Light Factory, Charlotte |
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1997 |
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The Johannesburg Biennale |
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1997 |
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American Stories, Setagaya Museum, Tokyo |
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1997 |
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Absolute Landscape, Yokohama Museum of Art |
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1997 |
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The Crystal Stopper, Lehman Maupin Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Freeze Frame, Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna |
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1997 |
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The Rwanda Project, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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1997 |
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The Johannesburg Biennale |
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1996 |
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Cuarta Pared, Museo del Oeste, Caracas |
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1996 |
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Islands, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
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1996 |
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The Luminous Image, The Alternative Museum, New York |
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1996 |
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Mach / Onmacht, MUHKA, Antwerp |
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1996 |
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Public Project for the University of Washington, Seattle |
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1996 |
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City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh |
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1996 |
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SHIFT, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin |
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1996 |
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Printemps de Cahors, Cahors |
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1996 |
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Happy End, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf |
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1995 |
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The Istanbul Biennale |
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1995 |
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The Kwangju Biennale/u> |
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1993 |
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Latin American Artists of the XX Century, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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1993 |
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Das Pergamon Projekt, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin |
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1992 |
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The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York |
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1992 |
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Whitechapel Art Gallery, London |
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1992 |
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The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago |
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1991 |
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The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C. |
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1990 |
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Sydney Biennale, Sydney |
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1990 |
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art |
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1989 |
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The Brooklyn Museum, New York |
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1989 |
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Magiciens de la Terre, Musee National dfArt Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris |
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1988 |
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadephia |
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1987 |
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Documenta 8, Kassel |
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1987 |
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Sao Paulo Biennale, Sao Paulo |
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1986 |
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Aperto, Venice Biennale |
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1985 |
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Grey Art Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
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Art & Ideology, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York |
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1983 |
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In/Out: Four Projects by Chilean Artists, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C. |
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1982 |
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12eme Biennale de Paris |
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1979 |
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Galeria CAL, Santiago |
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Literature |
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2007 |
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Alfredo Jaar. La politique des images, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland, cat. 2007, with texts by Catherine Lepdor, Georges Didi-Huberman, Jacques Rancière and Griselda Pollock |
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2007 |
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Strauss, Daniel Levy, Adriana Valdès, Pablo Chiuminatto, Rodrigo Zúniga, Sandra Accatino, Bruno Cuneo and Ana María Risco, "A critical week in Chile", in: The Brooklyn Rail, New York, February 2007, pg. 60-63 |
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2006 |
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Valdés, Adriana (ed.), Jaar SCL 2006, Fundación Telefónica et Galería Mistral, Santiago, ACTAR, Barcelona 2006, with texts by Sandra Accatino, Pablo Chiuminatto, Bruno Cuneo, Ana María Risco, Adriana Valdés, Rodrigo Zúniga |
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2006 |
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Muxima, Grand Arts, Kansas City 2005, with a text by Patricia C. Phillips |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar. The Fire This Time: Public Interventions 1979 – 2005, Charta, Milan 2005, with texts by Mary Jane Jacob, Nancy Princenthal |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, MACRO & Electra, Milan 2005, with texts by Gianni Vattimo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jeff Derksen & Neil Smith, Dobrila Denegri |
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2005 |
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Alfredo Jaar, Anna Baneri, Roberto Pinto & Ramon Prat (éds.), Alfredo Jaar. The Aesthetics of Resistance, ACTAR, Barcelona 2005, with texts by Emanuela De Cecco, Roberto Pinto, Annie Ratti, Gianni Vattimo |
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2003 |
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Sundell, Margaret. "Alfredo Jaar", Artforum , January |
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2003 |
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Wei, Lilly. "Alfredo Jaar", ARTnews , February |
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2003 |
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Athanassopoulos, Vangelis. "Alfredo Jaar: Une autre version de l'invisible", artpress Hors Série , June |
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2003 |
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Heartney, Eleanor. "Is the Body More Beautiful When It's Dead?", The New York Times ,June 1 |
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2003 |
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Hüster, Wiebke. "Nur zwölf Bilder übergab Alfredo Jaar", Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , April 7 |
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2003 |
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Jonsson, Stefan. "Pax Americana forblindar", Dagens Nyheter: Kultur , March 10 |
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2003 |
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Knott, Marie-Luise. "Das Ruanda-Projekt", Le Monde Diplomatique , June |
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2003 |
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Levi-Strauss, David. "A Sea of Griefs is Not a Proscenium", Essay in Between The Eyes, Essays on Photography and Politics, New York: Aperture |
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2003 |
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Lundström, Jan-Erik. "Alfredo Jaar: Bilders klagan", Paletten 249/250 |
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2003 |
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Maderuelo, Javier. "El poder de la imágenes", El País , June 7 |
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2003 |
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Muteba Luntumbue, Toma. "Transferts Critical Cartography", essay in Transferts exhibition catalogue, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels |
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2003 |
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Samaniego, Fernando. "El Artista Alfredo Jaar explora en una instalación los límites entre imagen y poder", El País , May 22 |
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