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David Altmejd Biography
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1974 |
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Born in Montréal, Canada
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BFA, Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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MFA, Columbia University, New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Magasin, Grenoble (solo)
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2008
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Lustwarande 08 - Wanderland, De Pont, Tilburg, Netherlands (solo)
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2008
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Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany, “Freeway Balconies,” curated by Collier Schorr, July 5 – September 21 forthcoming
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2008
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Château et dans les Fabriques du Domaine Départemental de Chamarande, France “Legende” May 25 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
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2008
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Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain, “Installations: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections," April 27 – January 5, 2009
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2008
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Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, NY, October 13 - November forthcoming (solo)
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2008
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Art Gallery of Toronto (AGO), Canada, Fall forthcoming
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2008
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Tate Liverpool, UK, Liverpool Biennial, curated by Lawrence Sillars, September 18 – November 30, 2008 forthcoming
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2008
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Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands, “Lustwarande 08-Wanderland,” June 28 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming
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2008
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY, May 2 – June 14
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2008
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Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
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2008
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Musée D’Art Contemporain de Montréal, “Triennial of Québec Art,” May 24 – September 8, 2008 forthcoming
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2008
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Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canada, “Intrus/Instruders,” curated by Mélanie Boucher, April 24 – September 28, 2008 forthcoming (catalogue)
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2007
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, “Star Power: Museum as Body Electric,” curated by Cydney Payton, October 28 – May 11, 2008 (catalogue)
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2007
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Spertus Museum, Chicago, IL, "The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation,” curated by Staci Boris, November 30 – April 13, 2008 forthcoming
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2007
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland, “Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead,” Sep. 22, 2007- Mar. 30, 2008 Travels to: The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, May 9 - July 13, 2008
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2007
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Birch Libralato, Toronto, Canada,"David Altmejd, Renate Anger, and Eric Cameron," curated by Micah Lexier, October 20 - November 17
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2007
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Athens, Greece, "Fractured Figure - Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection", September 6, 2007 - March 29, 2008
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2007
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Rivington Arms, New York, NY, "To Build A Fire,” curated by Yuri Masnyj, April 13 - May 12
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2007
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Walter Vanhaerents Collection, Belgium, "Disorder in the House,” March 24 – March 31, 2009
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2007
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Fundació La Caixa Museum, Barcelona, Spain, "David Altmejd 'Stages,'" curated by Sílvia Sauquet, June 21 – September 9 (brochure)
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2007
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Canadian Pavilion, 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, "David Altmejd: The Index", June 10 – November 21, commissioned by Louise Déry (catalogue)
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2007
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Oakville Galleries, Gairloch Gardens, Ontario, Canada, "David Altmejd. Métamorphose / Metamorphosis,” curated by Louise Déry, January 26 – March 25 Travels to: Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Canada; May 10 – July 8
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2007
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Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Canada, September 13 – October 27 (catalogue)
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2006
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Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, "Six Feet Under: Autopsy of Our Dealing With the Dead,” November 2 - January 21, 2007 Travels to: Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany, September 21 - March 30, 2008
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2006
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Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany, "The Eighth Square,” August 19 - November 16
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2006
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Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany, "The Guggenheim Collection,” July 21 - January 7, 2007
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2006
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, Amagansett, NY, "The Dining Room Show", July 21 - July 23
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2006
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The Eighth Square, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (catalogue)
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2006
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The Guggenheim Collection, Kunsthalle Bonn, Bonn, Germany (catalogue)
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2006
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A Brighter Day, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
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2006
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Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
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2005
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L’écho des limbes, Galerie Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal (catalogue)
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2005
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The Zine UnBound: Kults, Werewolves and Sarcastic Hippies, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (catalogue)
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2005
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The The, Stuart Shave | Modern Art, London, England
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2005
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Ideal Worlds. New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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2005
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Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
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2004
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Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Galerie Optica, Montreal, Canada
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2003
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Sarah Altmejd, Galerie SKOL, Montreal, Canada
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2002
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David Altmejd, Clear Structures for a New Generation
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2002
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Demonclownmonkey, Artists Space (curated by Matthew Ritchie), New York
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2002
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Interval, Sculpture Center, New York
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2002
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Pointe de chute at Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
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| Literature |
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2008
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Buck, Louisa, Vogue, Extraordinary, p.173-175
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2008
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Saltz, Jerry, Artnet.com, Statuary Story, June
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2008
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Hong, Catherine, W Magazine, Beyond Tomorrow, November, p. 212-214
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2007
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Altmejd, David, V Magazine, David Altmejd: Canadian Pavilion, Fall, p. 161
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2007
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Bagatavicius, Christina, Canadian Art, Giardini Birdland, Summer, p. 56-61
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2007
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Artkrush.com, One to Watch: David Altmejd, July 11
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2007
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O’Keefe, Alice, New Statesman, The Art of a Good Time, June 21
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2007
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CBC Arts Online, Altmejd’s Werewolves, Birdmen Create Buzz at Venice Biennale, June 11
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2007
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Goddard, P, The Toronto Star, Reviews, June 9
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2007
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Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Pick of the Pavilions: Fake Loos, Baghdad Holidays and Birdmen, June 9
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2007
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Kennedy, Randy, The New York Times, Venice Biennale: Revenge of the Raptors, June 6
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2007
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Gleadell, Colin, The Daily Telegraph, Behind the Venetian Mask, June 5
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2007
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Saatchi Gallery Online, David Altmejd at the Canadian Pavilion, June
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2007
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, J.J., Art Review, David Altmejd: Shapeshifter, June
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2007
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Milroy, Sarah, The Globe and Mail, Art with Fur and Big Teeth, January 30
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2007
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Higgins, Charlotte, The Guardian, Emin Tops Artistic Bill as a Dozen Brits Make Grand Tour to Venice, May 2
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2007
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Goddard, Peter, Toronto Star, David Altmejd’s Metamorphosis, January 27
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2006
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Alessandrelli, Ir’met Zucca, Flash Art, Exquisite Corpse, July-September
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2006
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CBC Arts Online, Montreal Sculptor Will Represent Canada at 2007 Venice Biennale, July 11
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2006
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Gronlund, Melissa, i-D Magazine, David Altmejd: Art Star, May
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2006
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Sumpter, Helen, Time Out London, Reviews: David Altmejd, April 19
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2006
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Larson, Kay, ARTnews, Beautiful Mutants, February
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2006
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Cook, Roger, Miser & Now, A Sense of the Tact: Zurich, Berlin and London, Issue 8
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2005
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Neil, Jonathan T.D., Modern Painters, Emerging Artists: David Altmejd, November
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2005
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Velasco, David, Art Papers, Monsters in the Closet: Learning to Love David Altmejd, July-August
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2005
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Duplat, Par Guy, La Libre Belgique. Le sculpteur de loups-garous, March 30, p. 32
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2005
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Spaid, Sue, Art US, David Altmejd, March-April, p. 41
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2005
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Armetta, Amoreen, Contemporary, New York: Andrea Rosen Gallery: David Altmejd, March, p. 75-76
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2005
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Schmerler, Sarah, Art in America, David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen, March, p. 132-133
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2005
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Miles, Christopher, Frieze, David Altmejd, January-February, p. 98
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2005
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Kastner, Jeffrey, ArtForum, David Altmejd, January, p. 180
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2005
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Wiley, Kehinde, ArtForum, Top Ten, April, p. 82
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2005
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Lawrence, James, Burlington Magazine, Reviews: Contemporary Art, New York, January
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2004
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Sillman, Nick, The Brooklyn Rail. David Altmejd at Andrea Rosen Gallery, November
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2004
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Enright, Robert, Border Crossings, Learning from Objects, Issue 92, p. 66-75
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2004
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Glueck, Grace, The New York Times, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 26, p. E41
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2004
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Tsai, Eugenie, Time Out New York, Reviews: David Altmejd, November 11-17, p. 65
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2004
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Lee, Chris, Black Book, Death Becomes Them, Fall, p. 190-192
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2004
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Heartney, Eleanor, Art in America, The Well-Tempered Biennial, June-July, p. 70-71
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2004
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Bankowsky, Jack, ArtForum, This is Today, May, p. 233
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2004
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Beyer, Charles G, Flash Art, Scream, March-April, p. 60
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2004
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Dunn, Melissa, Flash Art, Whitney Biennial 2004: A Good-Looking Corpse, May-June, p. 63
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2004
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Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Is Sculpture Too Free for Its Own Good?, May 7, p. E36
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2004
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Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Scream, February 13, p. E36
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2004
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Flash Art, New York, New York: Art Fragments from the Big Apple, March-April, p. 59-63
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2004
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Kimmelman Michael, The New York Times, Touching All Bases At The Biennale, March 12, p. E27
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2004
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Lee, Pamela M., ArtForum, Crystal Lite, May, p. 174-175
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2004
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McCormack, Derek, The Look, Hairy Winston, Summer, p. 30
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2004
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Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, The OK Corral, March 17-23, p. 80
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2004
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Saltz, Jerry, The Village Voice, Modern Gothic, February 4-10, p. C85
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2004
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Sholis, Brian, Flash Art, David Altmejd: Hideous Progeny, March-April, p. 100-102
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2004
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Sundell, Margaret, Time Out New York, The Today Show, March 25 – April 1, p. 56-57
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2004
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Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Material Eyes, January 9, p. E44
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2004
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Scott, Andrea K., Time Out New York, David Altmejd, Dana Schutz and Kirsten Stoltmann: Material Eyes, January 1-8, p. 52
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2002
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Johnson, Ken. The New York Times, Demonclownmonkey, April 19
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2002
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Saltz, Jerry. Village Voice, Arts. Something Else, May 7
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2002
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The New Yorker. David Altmejd, November 25, p.17
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2002
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Smith, Roberta. The New York Times. Clear Structures for a New Generation, November 29, 2002, p. E36
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2001
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Ninacs, Anne-Marie , Galerie de l’UQAM, Montreal, Point de chute (exhibition catalogue)
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1999
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Crevier, Lyne, Ici, Perles du diable, May 13
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1999
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Mavrikakis, Nicolas, Vior. Perle rar, May 27
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