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Mario Merz Biography
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Born in Milan, Italy
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009 - 2010
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Die Kunst ist super!, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
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2009 - 2010
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Capolavori della modernitá, with John Chamberlain, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
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2009
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Wall Works (Giovanni Anselmo, Daniel Buren, Lawrence Carroll, Mario Merz, Felice Varini, Lawrence Weiner), Buchmann Lugano, Agra/ Lugano
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2009
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1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
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2009
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15 Years of Collecting - Against the Grain, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
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2009
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Silences, MAMCS, Strasbourg, France
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2008 - 2009
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Interior/Exterior (with Zaha Hadid), Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
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2008
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Zerbrechliche Schönheit. Glas im Blick der Kunst, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
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2008
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Buchmann Lugano, Agra / Lugano, Switzerland
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2008
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Red Sky, Luhring Augustine, New York
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2008
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Museums in the 21st century, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
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2008
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16th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
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2008
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Sprovieri Progetti, London, UK
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2007
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Mario Merz: The Magnolia Table, Sperone Westwater, New York
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2007
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Mario Merz, Salvatore + Carline Ala, Milan, Italy
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2007
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Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
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2007
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Sammlung Marzona, SMB Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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2007
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Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
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2007
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Buchmann Galerie Berlin, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2007
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Disegni, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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Concept: Photography-Dialogues & Attitudes, Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Ludwig
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2007
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Des Mondes Perdus, Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
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2007
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ZC Collections '07, Zone: Chelsea Centre for the Arts, New York
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2006
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Mario Merz: 8-5-3, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2006
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Buchmann Lugano, Agra/Lugano, Switzerland
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2006
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Galerie Mit Bleistift Fischer, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
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2006
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Sol Lewitt/Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
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2006
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Im Anfang war das Wort, Langenscheidt KG, Munich, Germany
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2006
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Wrestle, CCS Bard /Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
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2006
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Sol Lewitt/Mario Merz, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
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2005
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Arte Povera, Galerie Di Meo, Paris, France
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2005
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Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
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2005
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ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2005
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Tucci Russo Gallery, Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy
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2005
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Castello Di Rivoli, Fondazione Torino Musei, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2004
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Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
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2004
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Tucci Russo Gallery, Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy
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2004
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In Memoriam, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Gremany (solo)
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2003
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Galerie Tschudi, Chelsa Madalena, Zuoz/Engadin (solo)
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2003
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Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy (solo)
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2000
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La Luce di Volta: an installation by Mario Merz, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy (solo)
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2000
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Sol Lewitt/Mario Merz: l'exotisme sans partage, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
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1999
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Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto
Christian Stein Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
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1998
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Artecitta. 11 Artisti per il Passante Ferroviario di Torino, Turin, Italy
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1998
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Arte Italiana 1945-95. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo; Yonoga City Museum of Art. Tottori; Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
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1998
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100 Years of Sculpture: From the Pedestal to the Pixel, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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1998
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Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1997
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Ausgestellt-Vorgestellt III, Skulpturen-Museum Glaskasten Marl, Germany (solo)
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1997
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Notfalls leben wir auch ohne Herz, Kunsthalle Wien, Sammlung Speck
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1997
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47th Biennial of Venice, Future, Present, Past, Venice, Italy, catalogue
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1997
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Skulpturen-Museum Glaskasten Marl, Germany (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen, Germany (solo)
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1996
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Anthony d'Offay, London
Der Iglo: Idee und Installation, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany
Christian Stein Gallery, Milan, Italy (solo)
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1995 - 1996
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Dum u Zvonu, Prague, Czech Republic (solo)
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1995
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Vera Van Laer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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1990
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Museo Comunale D'Arte Moderna Ascona, Italy (solo)
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1990
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Mario Merz, Il Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci Prato, Italy (solo)
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1989
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Mario Merz: A Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York (solo)
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1985
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Kunsthaus Zurich Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1980
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Whitechapel Art Gallery London, UK (solo)
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1978
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Tucci Russo Gallery, Torre Pellice, Turin, Italy (solo)
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| Literature |
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1997
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'Epicenter Ljubljana', Moderna Galerija Ljubljana, 1997, p. 35
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1997
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Catalogue 'Ausgestellt-Vorgestellt III', Marl, 1997, images p. 11-15 and 19
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1996
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Catalogue 'Mario Merz', Dum u Zvonu, Prague, 1996, image p. 8
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| Links to further information |
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