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Günther Uecker Biography
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1930 |
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Born: in Wendorf, Germany
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1949 - 1953 |
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Studied art at Wismar and at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy, Germany
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1953 - 1957 |
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Studied at the Kunstakademien in Düssledorf, Germany
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1961 |
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Co-founded the Gruppo Zero together with Yves Klein, Heinz Mack, and Otto Piene
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Designed the prayer room for the Berlin Reichstag building, Germany
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Teaches, lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012 - 2013
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Sandspirale in Ends of the Earth - Land Art bis 1974, Haus der Kunst, München, Germany
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2012 - 2013
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Günther Uecker und Enrico Castellani, Ca’ Pesaro, Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Venice, Italy
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2012
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Honarhaye Moaser Tehran / Teheran Museum of Contemporary Art, Teheran, Iran
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2010
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Günther Uecker, Handlungen Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Günther Uecker - Das Buch Hiob, Kunst-Raum des Deutschen Bundestags, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2009
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Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Broad Contemporary Art Museum, organized by Stephanie Barron, January 25, 2009–April 19, 2009
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2009
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Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA
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2008
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Gunther Uecker: Post for Ordos, Ordos Art Museum, China (solo)
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2008
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Günther Uecker - works on paper, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Aschaffenburg, Germany (solo)
Tàpies, Hartung, Uecker, Förg, Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Günther Uecker: Nagelobjekt, Prägedrucke, Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Homenaje a Picasso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
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2007
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30 Jahre walter storms galerie, Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
Ewerdt Hilgemann / Günther Uecker, Galerie Roland Aphold, Basel, Switzerland
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2007
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Der Geschundene Mensch (The Human Abused), National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India (solo)
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2007
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Brief an Peking, National Museum of China in Beijing, China (solo)
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2006 - 2007
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ZERO Musée d´Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Shelter - Kunst für zwangsprostituierte Frauen, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
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2006
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Günther Uecker, National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India; National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, India (solo)
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Haas, Zürich, Switzerland
Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2005
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EXIT_AUSSTIEG AUS DEM BILD, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
FARBE FLÄCHE FORM, Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany
Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Old Worlds, New Expressions, German Artist Günther Uecker, Deustchen Kulturzentrum National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (solo)
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2004
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Monocromos de Malevich al Presente, Museo Nacional Centro de Art Reina Sofia, Madrid (solo)
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2004
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Beuys / Chillida / Uecker, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Zwischenspiel mit goldenen Affen, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Galerie Neher, Essen, Germany
SOMMERLUST - KUNST-STÜCKE , Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt, Germany
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2003 - 2004
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Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Alles auf eine Karte... , Walter Storms Galerie, Munich, Germany
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2003
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M_ARS - Kunst und Krieg, Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Konkrete Kunst - Die Sammlung Holze, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
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2002
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Iconoclash, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2001 - 2002
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Outside the network ?, Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany
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2000
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Das fünfte Element - Geld oder Kunst, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunst aus den achtziger Jahren, Galerie Andreas Baumgartl, Munich, Germany
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2000
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Der Geschundene Mensch, Mazedonisches Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Thessaloniki, Greece (solo)
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1997 - 1998
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Deutschlandbilder, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
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1996
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Günther Uecker Der geschundene Mensch, Museu de Arte Moderna, Goethe-Institut und Instituto Cultural Brasil-Alemanha, Rio de Janeiro Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo (solo)
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1991
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Zone D – Innenraum, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
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1986 - 1987
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Von zwei Quadraten, Wilhelm Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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1982
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25 Jahre, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1979
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3rd Biennale of Sydney
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1977
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Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
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1972
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Amsterdam Paris Düsseldorf, Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1972
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35th Venice Biennale
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1972
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Uecker Kreis Kreise, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf (solo)
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1970
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Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel (solo)
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1969
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Between 2, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1968
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Documenta 4, Kassel, Germany
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1968
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Collaborates with Gerhard Richter in Leben im Museum-Museum Können Bewohnbare Orte Sein
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1966
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McRoberts & Tunnard Gallery, London
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1965
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The Responsive Eye, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1964 - 1965
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ZERO Presentation: Lichtraum, Dokumenta III, Kassel.
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1964
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Uecker Benagelte Objekte im Pianohaus Kohl, Pianohaus Kohl, Gelsenkirchen (solo)
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1964
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Documenta 3, Kassel, Germany
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1962
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NUL, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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1962
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Salon de Lumière, in collaboration with Mack and Piene, Heinz Mack, Otto Piene et Günther Uecker-Dynamo, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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1958
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Das Rote Bild (The Red Painting), Heinz Mack and Otto Piene Studio, Düsseldorf
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
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Ulmer Museum, ULM, Germany
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
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Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
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Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN , USA
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Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, USA
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