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Sigmar Polke Biography
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1941 |
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Born in Oels/Silesia, now Poland
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1945 |
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Family flees to Thuringia, East Germany
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1953 |
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Emigrates to West Berlin and then settles in Düsseldorf, West Germany
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1959 - 1960 |
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Glass-painting apprenticeship in Düsseldorf
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1963 |
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Founds “Kapitalistischen Realismus”, a painting movement with Gerhard Richter and Konrad (Fischer) Lueg; “Demonstrative Ausstellung”, store-front exhibition in Düsseldorf with Kuttner, Lueg & Richter
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1964 |
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“Neodada Pop Decollage Kapitalistischer Realismus”, Galerie René Block, Berlin; Awarded the Young Germans award in Baden-Baden with Klaus Geldmacher and Dieter Krieg
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1961 - 1967 |
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Studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Karl Otto Goetz and Gerhard Hoehme
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1975 |
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Awarded the prize for painting at the XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo
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1986 |
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Awarded the “Golden Lion” at the XLII Biennale di Venezia
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1988 |
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Awarded the 1988 Baden-Württemberg International Prize for Painting
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1977 - 1991 |
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Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg
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1995 |
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Carnegie Award at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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1998 |
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International Center of Photography, Infinity Award for Art; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York
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2002 |
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"Praemium Imperiale" awarded by the Japan Art Association
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2007 |
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“Rubenspreis” awarded by the City of Siegen
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Lives and works in Cologne
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Sigmar Polke – Lens Paintings, The Arts Club of Chicago, and Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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2008
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Sigmar Polke – Photographische Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Garnatz,“ Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, and Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
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2008
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Sigmar Polke – Linsenbilder, Galerie Michael Werner at Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin
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2008
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Sigmar Polke: Druckgraphische Arbeiten
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2008
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Sigmar Polke 'Interferenzen & Uran', Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin
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2008
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The 30th Anniversary - Collection of the National Museum of Art, Osaka
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2008
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Ruckblende, Die Fotosamlung der Neuen Galerie Graz, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
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2007
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Sigmar Polke - Kulturschablone, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
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2007
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Sigmar Polke, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen
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2006
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Sigmar Polke – Alice in Wonderland, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Osaka
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2006
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Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
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2006
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Mythologies, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2006
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Sigmar Polke: 64 Photographs from 1977, Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin
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2006
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Frontiers: Collecting the Art of our Time, Worcester Art Museum, MA
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2006
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Sigmar Polke: Photographs 1960-2005, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
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2005
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Stratification: an installation of works since 1960, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
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2005
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Alice in Wonderland, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo
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2005
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Sigmar Polke, Photographs 1969 – 1974, Nyehaus, New York (solo)
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2005
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Sigmar Polke – Ausgesuchte Werke, Galerie Karl Pfefferle, Munich (solo)
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2005
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Sigmar Polke - Fotografien 1964-1968/1990, Galerie Stefan Röpke, Cologne (solo)
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2005
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Sigmar Polke - Vintage Photographs from a Private Collection, Galerie Judin / Haunch of Venision, Zurich (solo)
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2005
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Sigmar Polke. Works & Days, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich (solo)
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2005
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Sigmar Polke: Music From an Unknown Source, Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts, Vietnam (solo)
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2004
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Projects on paper II, Mike Karstens, Münster, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Sigmar Polke – Fotografien 1964 – 2000, Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin (solo)
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2004
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The History of Everything, The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
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2003 - 2004
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Sigmar Polke: History of Everything, Tate Modern, London
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2003
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Sigmar Polke. Original + Fälschung, Rupertinum Salzburg
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2002
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Sigmar Polke, Ishizaka Art, Spark Inc, Tokyo
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2002
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Sigmar Polke. Recent Paintings and Drawings", Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
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2001
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Sigmar Polke. Music of Unclear Origin, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (then to Milton Keynes)
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2000 - 2001
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Kunst ist unser Antrieb. Sigmar Polke, Die Gesamten Editionen (1963-2000), Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
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2000
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Sigmar Polke. Die Alten, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
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1999
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Sigmar Polke: Works on Paper, 1963-1974, Museum of Modern Art, New York, (then Hamburg)
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1998
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Sigmar Polke. Printing Mistakes 1996-98, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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1997
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Sigmar Polke. Die drei Lügen der Malerei, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn (then Berlin)
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1996
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Sigmar Polke. Arbeiten auf Papier, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg S.A., Luxemburg
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1995 - 1996
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Sigmar Polke Photoworks: When Pictures Vanish, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (CA), USA (Tournee) (solo)
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1995
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Sigmar Polke. Join The Dots, Tate Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool, GB
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1994
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Sigmar Polke, Carré d'Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nîmes, France
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1993
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Sigmar Polke. Gemeinschaftswerk Aufschwung Ost, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin
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1992
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Sigmar Polke. Schilderijen, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1991
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Sigmar Polke, The Brooklyn Museum, New York
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1991
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Sigmar Polke, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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1991
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Sigmar Polke, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
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1990 - 1991
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Sigmar Polke, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
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1990 - 1991
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Polke, Michael Werner, New York
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1990
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Sigmar Polke. Das photographische Werk, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (solo)
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1989
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Sigmar Polke – Fotografien Paris 1971, Jablonka Galerie, Cologne (solo)
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1988
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Sigmar Polke, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, ARC
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1986
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York
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1986
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Athanor. Il padiglione, Pavillon der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venice (solo)
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1984
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Kunsthaus, Zürich, Kunsthalle Köln
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1983 - 1984
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Sigmar Polke, Museum Boymans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam; Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn
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1983
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Zeichnungen 1963-1968, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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1983
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Sigmar Polke - Carte/Fotografie/Tele, Studio d'Arte Cannaviello, Milan (solo)
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1983
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Sigmar Polke - 39 Fotounikate, Galerie Thomas Borgmann, Cologne (solo)
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1982
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Holly Solomon Gallery, New York
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1980
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Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
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1978
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InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zurich
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1977
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Sigmar Polke -Fotos / Achim Duchow - Projektionen, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel
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1977
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Sigmar Polke - Fotos, Galerie Klein, Bonn (solo)
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1976
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Sigmar Polke Bilder - Tücher - Objekte. Werkauswahl 1962-1972, Kunsthalle Tübingen; Tübingen; städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
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1975
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Mu Nieletnam Netorruprup, Kunsthalle zu Kiel und Schleswig-Holstein
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1974
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Original + Fälschung, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn (with Achim Duchow)
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1973
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Franz Liszt kommt gern zu mir zum Fernsehen, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
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1972
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Galerie des Goethe-Instituts, Provisorium, Amsterdam
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1970 - 1971
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Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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1970
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Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
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1968
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Galerie René Block, Berlin
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1966
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Galerie h, Hannover (with Gerhard Richter)
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1966
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Hommage à Schmela, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf
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