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Bruce Conner Biography
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1933 |
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Born in McPherson, Kansas
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1950 |
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East High School, Wichita, Kansas
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1951 - 1952 |
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Wichita University
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1956 |
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Brooklyn Museum Art School
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1956 |
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B.F.A., Nebraska University
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1957 |
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University of Colorado
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2014
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INHERENT VICE: THIS IS NOT A BRUCE CONNER EXHIBITION, di Rosa, Napa, CA
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2014
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Inkblots 1992-2003, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2013
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Bruce Conner, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2012
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Afterimage: The Prints of Bruce Conner, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2012
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Mabuhay Gardens: Punk Photography and Collage, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2012
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Bruce Conner and the Primal Scene of Punk Rock, MCA Denver, Denver, CO (solo)
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2011
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Bruce Conner: Falling Leaves: An Anonymous Memorial, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2011
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September 11, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center – MoMA, New York, NY
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2011
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Imagine Being Here Now, 6th Momentum Biennial 2011, Moss, Sweden
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2011
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Kompass, Zeichnungen and Museum of Modern Art New York, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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Picture For Picture, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
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2011
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Bruce Conner: An Anonymous Memorial, the American University Museum, Washington, D.C
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2010
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Telling Stories, Werkstatten und Kulturhaus, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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101 Collection: Route 1, CCAWattis, San Francisco, CA
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2010
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Collecting Biennials, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2010
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R for Replicant, CC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2010
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Sunless (Journeys in Alta California since 1933), Thomas Dane Gallery, London, UK
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2010
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Direct Art, Stiftung Ludwig Museum of Modern Art, Vienna, Austria
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2010
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Pictures in Motion, Museum Ludwig Koln, Koln, Germany
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2010
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AV Festival 10: Energy, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlersbrough, UK
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2010
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Abstract Resistance, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2010
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Bruce Conner: 1970’s, Kunstalle Wien, Vienna, Austria (travelled to Kunsthalle Zurich, Switzerland) (solo)
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2010
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I am Not Bruce Conner, Ursula Blickle Foundation, Krachtal, Germany (solo)
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2010
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Bruce Conner, Inova/Kenilworth Institute, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Peck School of the Arts (solo)
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2010
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4 ½, Creative Time, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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Long Play: Bruce Conner and the Singles Collection, SFMOMA, San Francisco (solo)
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2010
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The Late Bruce Conner, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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Bruce Conner: Discovered, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2009
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Bruce Conner in the 1970s, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2009
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Intelligent Design: Untitled Lithographs 1970-1971, Milwaukee Art Museum, Mlwaukee, WI (solo)
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2009
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Altered States: The Collection in Context, di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA
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2009
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SPECTACULAR TIMES: The 60s, Moderna Museet Malmo, Malmo, Sweden
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2009
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Dark Americana, Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA
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2009
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MOCA’s First Thirty Years, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2009
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Conner Lockhart Warhol: Screening Real, Kunsrhaus Graz, Graz, Austria
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2008
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Jesuvian Process, Elizabeth Dee, New York
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2008
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The Cinema Effect, The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC
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2007
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Bruce Conner, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
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2007
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Bruce Conner, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
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2007
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Bruce Conner," Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
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2007
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Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago
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2007
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The Third Mind, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
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2007
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Jesuvian Process, Elizabeth Dee, New York
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2007
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Lights Camera Action: Artist's Film for the Cinema, Whitney, New York
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2006
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Punk Photographs, NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf
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2006
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Good Vibrations, Centro Arte Contemporanea Papese, Italy
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2006
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Of Mice and Men, 2006 Berlin Biennale
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2006
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The Big Nothing, ICA Universiity of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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2006
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In The Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love, Artists Space, New York
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2006
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Semina Culture, Grey Art Gallery, New York
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2006
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Rough Trade, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
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2006
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Thank You for the Music, Galerie Spruth Magers, Munich
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2005
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Drunk vs. Stoned, General Store in association with Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
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2005
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Emily Feather, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angles
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2005
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Tapestries and Drawings, Paintings, Sculpture and Wood Engraving Collages,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
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2005
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After Bruce Conner, Katzen Art Center, American University, Washington, DC
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2004
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Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, SITE Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial Exhibition, New Mexico
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2004
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Disparities and Deformations: Our Grotesque, SITE Santa Fe's Fifth International Biennial Exhibition, New Mexico
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2004
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Bruce Conner: Punk Photographs and LUKE, Gladstone Gallery, New York
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2004
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Tapestries, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
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2004
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Bruce Conner and Company, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
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2003
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The Dennis Hopper One Man Show Volume II, Susan Inglett, New York
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2003
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Sight and Insight: an Assemblage of Artists, P.S.1 Moma, Long Island City, New York
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2003
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The Dennis Hopper One Man Show Volume II," Susan Inglett, New York
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2002
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Sunday Afternoon, 303 Gallery, New York
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2002
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Bruce Conner: 2002 B.C., Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
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2002
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Bruce Conner, Alan Koppel Gallery, Chicago
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2002
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Bruce Conner, Arion Press Gallery, San Francisco
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2002
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Bruce Conner,” Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
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2001
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The Dennis Hopper One Man Show Vol. III, Susan Inglett, NY
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2000
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Asynchronous Snapping of the Synapses, de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara
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2000
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Bruce Conner, Paule Anglim Gallery, San Francisco
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2000
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Dead Punks & Ashes, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
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2000
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Wood Engraving Collages, Susan Inglett Gallery, New York
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2000
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2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story, Part II, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, traveled to the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
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1999
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2000 B.C., The Bruce Conner Story Part II, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; traveling exhibition through 2000. Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX; M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
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1999
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Looking for Mushrooms, Drawings by Bruce Conner, 1960-1968, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles
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1998
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Persistence of Vision; Inkblot Drawings 1975-1997, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
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1997
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Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York
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1997
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Bruce Conner: Engraving Collages, Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
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1997
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Bruce Conner: Editions, Smith-Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA
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1996
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Art and Film Since 1945, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (travels to Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Wexner Center, Columbus Ohio; Palazzo delle Esposizione, Rome)
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1992
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Gifts and Acquisitions in Context, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1989 - 1990
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40 Years of California Assemblage, Curated by Ann Ayres; Wight Art Gallery, Los Angeles; San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California Fresno Art
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1986
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Barbara Toll Fine Arts, New York, NY
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1986
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Sight Vision the Urban, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
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1983
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Smith-Andersen Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
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1982
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California Art of the 60's, deSaisset Museum, Santa Clara, California
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1978
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Aspekte der 60er Jahre, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, West Germany
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1977
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Paris/New York, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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1975
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Drawing Show, Newport Harbor Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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1972
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Family Show, Quay Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Jaqueline Anhalt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1961
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The Art of Assemblage at The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Musee Moderna, Stockholm, Sweden
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
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Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California
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Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
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Steinberg Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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Elder Art Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, Nebraska
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Richard Nelson Gallery, University of California, Davis
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Museum of Art and Architecture, University of Missouri, Columbia Missouri
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Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey
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National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C.
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Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
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Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California
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Netherlands Film Museum, Amsterdam
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Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris
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Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
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Wichita Art Museum, Kansas
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Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco
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Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington
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University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson.
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Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
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Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,Washington D.C.
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
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University Art Museum, Berkeley
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Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
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Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts
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Worchester Art Museum, Worchester, Massachusetts
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Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska
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Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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the Museum of Modern Art, New York
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the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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| Literature |
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2005
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After Bruce Conner: Anonymous, Anonymouse, and Emily Feather, American University Museum, Washington DC, 2005
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2005
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Yeo, Rob, “Cutting Through History: Found Footage in Avant-Garde Filmmaking,” CUT: FILM AS FOUND OBJECT IN CONTEMPORARY VIDEO, copyright 2005 Milwaukee Art Museum, pp. 16-18, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, June 25 – September 25, 2005
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2005
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Joan Rothfuss and Elizabeth Carpenter, BITS AND PIECES PUT TOGETHER TO PRESENT A SEMBLANCE OF A WHOLE: WALKER ART CENTER COLLECTIONS, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2005, pp. 9, 41, 45, 79, 166-169, 171, 265, 334, 527. Illustration: p. 45 Bruce Conner, Visiting Filmmakers Series, 1978 (Photo of artist); p. 166, THE BRIDE (sculpture); p. 167, Bruce Conner, UNTITLED 1954 – 1961 (collage); p. 168 ANGEL (photogram); p. 169 BREAKAWAY (film), 1966
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2002
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The Ballad of Lemon and Crow, Glenn Todd, Arion Press, Presidio, San Frrancisco, 2002
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2000
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Bruce Conner: “2000 BC: The Bruce Conner Story Part II”, Peter Boswell, Joan Rothfuss, Bruce Jenkins, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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1999
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Bruce Conner Drawings, Volume I: 1960-1968, Text by Barry Schwabsky, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, 1999.
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1999
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Angels: Bruce Conner, 1973-1975, San Francisco:San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition brochure, Text by Judith Cizek, 1999
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1999
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Local Color: The diRosa Collection of Contemporary California Art, Chronicle Books, 1999
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1999
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The American Art Book, Phaidon Press, 1999
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1997
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Bruce Conner: Engraving Collages,1961-1995, Essay by James Johnson, Wichita Art Museum, 1997
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1997
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Bruce Conner: Inkblot Drawings, Engraving Collages, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, 1997
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1990
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Bruce Conner: Assemblages, Paintings, Drawings, Engraving Collages, Dean, Robert and Dennis Hopper, Los Angeles: Michael Kohn Gallery, 1990
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1987
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Bruce Conner: Matrix/Berkeley 102, Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1987
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1985
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Bruce Conner: Photograms, San Francisco: Art Museum Association of America, 1985
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1977
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Barr, Alfred H., Jr. Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art, 1929-1967, New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1977
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1965
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Becker, Jurgen, and Wolf Vostell. Happenings: Fluxus, Pop Art, Nouveau Realisme, Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1965
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