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Donald Moffett Biography
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1988 |
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Art Matters, Inc., Grant
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1991 - 1994 |
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Appointment to Artist Advisory Board of the New Museum of Contemporary Art
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1992 - 1994 |
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Adjunct Professor, Yale University, Graduate School of Art
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1996 |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Lecture
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1996 |
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Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY Lecture
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1996 |
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Yale University, Graduate School of Art Lecture and Crits
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1997 |
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Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY Panel
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2003 |
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Wexner Center, Columbus, OH, “Image Stream” Symposium Speaker
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2004 |
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Skowhegan School, Skowhegan, Maine, Resident Faculty (Summer)
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Bachelor of Arts in Art and Biology, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
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Lives and works in New York City
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2011
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Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco (solo)
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2010
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25 Years / 25 Works, Wessel + O’Connor Fine Arts, Lambertville, NJ
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2010
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Pittsburgh, PA, The Andy Warhol Museum, survey exhibition, 2010. Travels to Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, 2012, and to other venues
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2009
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En Todas Partes: Políticas LGBTQ En El Arte, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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2009
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ACT UP New York: Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis 1987 - 1993, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 15 - December 23, 2009.
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2008
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The Collection and Then Some, Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Fort Worth, TX
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2008
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Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie, curated by Thom Collins, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
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2008
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Easy Clean, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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GUTTED, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2007
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Mangle Me, Marianne Boesky FIAC 2007 project, Paris, France (solo)
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2007
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Fleisch, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2007
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Crimes of Omission, Institute of Contemporary Art University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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2007
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Sparkle Then Fade, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
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2006
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The Last Time They Met, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
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2006
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Trifecta, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
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2006
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The Eighth Square: Gender, Life and Desire in Art since 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2006
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Impeach, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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Hippie Shit, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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Around About Abstraction, Weatherspoon Art Museum, NC
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2005
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Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
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2005
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ex.05.03.06103, The Cartin Collection, Hartford, CT
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2004
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Seeing Other People, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
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2004
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The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
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2004
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Hidden Histories, The New Art Gallery, Walsall, England
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2004
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Paintings from a Hole, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2004
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D.C., Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2003
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The Extravagant Vein, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2003
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Image Stream, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
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2003
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puddle-wonderful, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, NY
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2003
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Site Specific, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2003
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International Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
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2002
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Life, Death, Love, Hate, Pleasure, Pain: Selected Works from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
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2002
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Interstate, Texas Fine Arts Association/ The Jones Center for Contemporary Arts, Austin, TX
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2002
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Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2002
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Penetration, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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VAPOR, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY, (Organized by Donald Moffett)
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2002
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Paintings, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
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2001
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The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum (CAM), Houston, TX
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2001
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Snap! Photography from the Collection, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT
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2001
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Camera Works, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, NY
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2001
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Standfast Dick and Jane, The Project, Dublin, Ireland
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2001
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American, Postmasters, New York, NY
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2001
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Mr. Gay In the USA, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2001
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What Barbara Jordan Wore (part I), Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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2000
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The Incremental Commandments, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2000
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Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2000
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“00”, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
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2000
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Dope, American Fine Arts, New York, NY
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2000
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Drawing, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
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2000
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More, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York, NY
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2000
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Photography About Photography, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
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2000
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Power Up, with Sister Kent, organized by Julie Ault, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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The Sea and the Sky, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland and Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
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1999
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Monochrome, Patrick Gallery, New York, NY
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1999
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Drawings, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
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1999
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Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX, with Jesse Amado
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1999
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Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Sculpture from the Garden, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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1998
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AIDS World, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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1998
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Mysterious Voyages: Exploring the Subject of Photography, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
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1998
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WACK-O: Extreme Politics & the Poster, curated by Donald Moffett, St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
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1997
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Power Up, with Sister Corita Kent, organized by Julie Ault, Wadsworth Atheneum: Matrix 134, Hartford, CT
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1997
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Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
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1997
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Public Notice, Exit Art, New York, NY
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1997
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Blue NY, Beaver College of Art, Glenside, PA (solo)
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1996
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Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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Fifteen Paintings, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
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1996
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Bare Bones, TZ Art, New York, NY
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1995
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The Masculine Masquerade: Masculinity and Representation, M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
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1995
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In a Different Light, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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1995
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Temporarily Possessed: The Semi-Permanent Collection, New Museum, New York, NY
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1994
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Works on Paper: Selections from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
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1994
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Don’t Leave Me This Way: Art in the Age of AIDS, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
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1994
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The Social Fabric, Beaver College Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
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1993
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Whitney Biennial 1993, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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1993
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Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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1993
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Prospect 1993, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
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1993
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Fawbush Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY
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1992
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Dissent, Difference and the Body Politic, Portland Fine Arts Museum, Portland, OR
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1992
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Object Choice, Hallwalls, Rochester, NY
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1992
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Gegendarstellung, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany
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1992
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The Wor(l)d, curated by Laura Cottingham, Foundation Cartier Pour L’Art, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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1992
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Promises, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, NY
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1992
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Structural Damage, with Joel Otterson, Gary Simmons, and Charles LeDray, Blum Helman Warehouse, New York, NY
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1991
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The Interrupted Life, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
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1991
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(Dis)member, Simon Watson, New York, NY
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1991
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When Objects Dream and Talk in Their Sleep, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
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1991
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Situation, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
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1991
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Nayland Blake, Ross Bleckner, Donald Moffett, Simon Watson, New York, NY
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1991
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Someone or Somebody, Meyers/Bloom, Los Angeles, CA
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1991
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Texas Gallery, Houston, TX (solo)
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1991
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Simon Watson, New York, NY (solo)
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1991
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Wet Holes, Wessel O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1991
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Group Material’s AIDS Timeline, Whitney Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
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1991
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Erotic Desire, Perspektief Centre for Photography, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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1990
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Fine Arts Gallery, U.B.C., Vancouver, B.C. Canada with Felix Gonzales-Torres
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1990
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Critical Realism, Perspektief Centre of Photography, Rotterdam
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1990
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Looking at a Revolution, Simon Watson, New York, NY
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1990
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Eros/Thanatos—Death and Desire, Tom Cugliani Gallery, New York, NY
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1990
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The Indomitable Spirit, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
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1990
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Over the Sofa, Into the Street, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
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1990
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Oh-Oh-Harder-Oh-Oh, Wessel O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1989
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Homo Art: I Love It When You Call Me Names, Wessel O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1989
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Founded BUREAU, a trans-disciplinary studio
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1989
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To Probe and To Push: Artists of Provocation, Wessel O’Connor Gallery, New York, NY
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1989
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Erotophobia: A Forum on Sexuality, Simon Watson, New York, NY
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1988
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Founding Member of Gran Fury, an AIDS activist collective
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1988
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Group Material: AIDS and Democracy, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY
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1988
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Vollbild, The Full-Blown Picture, NGBK, Berlin, Germany, and Berne, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2008
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Holmes, Steven, ed. Festschrift: Selections from a Collection. Hartford, Connecticut: Leo, 2008.
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2005
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Patterson, Tom, “Angles on Abstraction,” Winston-Salem Journal, June 26, 2005.
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2004
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Powhida, William. “Seeing Other People at Marianne Boesky Gallery,” The Brooklyn Rail, September 2004.
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2004
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Johnson, Ken. “Review; The Hamptons, A Playground For Creativity”, New York Times, August 6, 2004.
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2004
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Krygowski, Jill Martinez. “Artworker of the week #36: Donald Moffett at Stephen Friedman Gallery, London,” Kultureflash. interview conducted by Jill Martinez Krygowski, July 14, 2004.
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2004
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Coomer, Martin. “Review: Donald Moffett,” Time Out London, July 7-14, 2004
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2004
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“The Best D.C. Art isn’t in D.C.,” Greg.org, July 13, 2004
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2003
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Molesworth, Helen. Image Stream. Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2003.
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2003
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Gehlawat, Monika. “Donald Moffett,” Contemporary, Issue 58, December 2003.
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2003
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Rubenstein, Raphael. “8 Painters: New Work,” Art in America, November 2003.
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2003
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Williams, Gregory. “Review,” Artforum, May 2003.
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2003
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“Review,” The New Yorker, March 17, 2003.
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2003
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Levin, Kim. “Review,” The Village Voice, March 5, 2003.
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2003
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Cotter, Holland. The New York Times, February 21, 2003.
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2002
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The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art. Lynn M. Herbert with essays by Klaus Ottman and Peter Schjeldahl, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, 2002
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2002
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Lewis, Jim, and Elizabeth A.T. Smith. Donald Moffett: What Barbara Jordan Wore. Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, 2002
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2002
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“New Art Exhibit Showcases Famed Congresswoman,” Daily Herald, August 21, 2002
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2002
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“Museum Showcases Famed Congresswoman,” Telegraph, August 21, 2002
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2002
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West, Cassandra. “Political Icon Hailed; Domestic Icon Assailed,” Chicago Tribune, July 9, 2002.
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2002
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Hawkins, Margaret. “Fashion of Forthrightness,” Chicago Sun-Times, June 9, 2002.
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2002
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Camper, Fred. “Review,” Chicago Reader, June 7, 2002.
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2002
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Artner, Alan G. “Barbara Jordan Steps Front, Center in Moffett Installation,” Chicago Tribune, June 6, 2002.
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2002
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Cotter, Holland. “Review: VAPOR,” The New York Times, April 5, 2002.
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2001
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Withers, Rachel. Artforum, January 2001.
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2001
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Bonetti, David, “Moffett’s outlook on US Gay Life,” San Francisco Chronicle, November 24, 2001.
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2000
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Gonzales, Ken. Art Issues, summer 2000.
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2000
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Newhouse, Kristina. Artext, No. 70 August-October 2000.
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2000
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LaBelle, Charles. Frieze, May 2000.
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2000
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Colpitt, Frances. Art in America, March 2000.
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2000
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Eggerer, Thomas. Texte zur Kunst, June 2000.
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2000
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Hainly, Bruce. “Sister Acts”, Artforum, January 2000.
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2000
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Herbert, Martin. Time Out London, November 8, 2000.
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2000
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Aletti, Vince. “Choice”, Village Voice, March 7, 2000.
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2000
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Henry, Max. “Gotham Dispatch”, Artnet,com, March 3, 2000.
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1999
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Arning, Bill. Time Out New York, August 5-12, 1999.
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1999
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Cotter, Holland. New York Times, July 23, 1999.
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1999
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Johnson, Ken. New York Times, August 13, 1999.
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1999
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Goldsworthy, Rupert. “Plastic Casters”, Artnet.com, Summer 1999.
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1999
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Hegarty, Laurence. New Art Examiner, Summer 1999.
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1997
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Donahue, Victoria. Philadelphia Inquirer, October 5, 1997.
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1997
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Sozanski, Edward J. Philadelphia Inquirer, October 10, 1997.
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1997
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Rice, Robin. Philadelphia City Paper, October 17, 1997.
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1997
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Brown, Gerald. Philadelphia Weekly, September 24, 1997.
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1997
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Der Frankfurter Engel (The Frankfurt Angel) Mahnmal Homosexuellenverfolgurg; Eichborn; Frankfurt, Germany 1997.
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1997
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Torchia, Richard. Blue [NY]. Beaver College Art Gallery and Donald Moffett, Glenside, Pennsylvania, 1997
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1996
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Paparoni, Demetrio. “Redefined Abstraction”, Tema Celeste, Autumn 1996.
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1996
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Atkins, Robert. “Goodbye Lesbian/Gay History”, Art Journal, December 1, 1996.
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1995
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Atkins, Robert, “Very Queer Indeed”, Village Voice, January 31, 1995.
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1994
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Smith, Roberta. “From Media to Metaphor”, The New York Times, show at Grey Art Gallery.
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1994
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Cotter, Holland. “Art after Stonewall: 12 Artists Interviewed,” Art in America, June 1994.
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1994
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Watney, Simon. “Aphrodite of the Future”, Artforum, April 1994.
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1994
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Hess, Elizabeth. “No Way Out”, Village Voice, February 22, 1994.
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1993
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Cottingham, Laura. “The Pleasure Principle”, Frieze, May 1993.
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1993
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Watney, Simon. “Memorializing AIDS: The Work of Ross Bleckner,” Parkett, no. 38.
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1993
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Harris, William. “Urgent Images”, Artnews, May 1993.
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1992
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Zimmer, William. “Promises”, New York Times, show at Jersey City Museum.
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1992
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Glueck, Grace. New York Observer, September 21, 1992.
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1992
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Ellenzweig, Allen. The Homoerotic Photograph: Durieu/Delacroix to Mapplethorpe. New York: Columbia University Press, 1992.
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1992
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Feinstein, Rochelle. “The Reverse of Capital”, Arts, December 1992.
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1991
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Schjeldahl, Peter. “Death Warmed Over”, Village Voice, October 15, 1991.
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1991
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Nesbitt, Lois. Artforum, May 1991.
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1991
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Mahoney, Robert. Arts, April 1991.
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1991
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New Yorker, “Donald Moffett”, February 18, 1991.
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1991
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Donahue, John. “Wet Your Whistle: Donald Moffett’s Double Header”, Outweek, Jan., #84
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1990
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Donahue, John. “Fund Me”, Outweek, June, #51.
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1990
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Sokolowski, Thomas. “Iconophobic Anonymous” Artforum, Summer 1990.
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1990
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Crimp, Douglas, and Rolston, Adam. AIDSDEMOGRAPHICS. Seattle: Bay Press.
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1990
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Wulffen, Thomas. “Kunst und scwule Kutler in den USA”, Kunstforum, April/May 1990.
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1990
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Democracy: A Project for Group Material, Brian Wallis, ed., DIA Art Foundation, Discussions in Contemporary Culture, No. 5; Bay Press: Seattle.
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1990
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Moffett, Donald, and Felix Gonzalez Torres. Donald Moffett & Felix Gonzalez Torres – Strange Ways: Here We Come., essay by Scott Watson, University of British Columbia Fine Arts Gallery, British Columbia, 1990.
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1990
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Smith, Roberta. New York Times, February 16, 1990.
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1989
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Cooper, Dennis. Artforum, September 1989.
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1989
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Dechter, Joshua. Arts, September 1989.
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