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Lothar Baumgarten Biography
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1944 |
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Born in Rheinsberg, Germany.
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1968 |
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Attended the Staatlichen Akademie für bildende Künste, Karlsruhe
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1969 - 1971 |
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Attended Staatlichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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1974 |
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Prize of the City of Düsseldorf, Germany
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1976 |
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Prize of the County of Nordrhein Westfalen, Germany
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1984 |
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The Golden Lion, First Prize of 41st Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
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1997 |
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Awards: Lichtwark Prize, City of Hamburg, Germany,
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1997 |
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DocumentaX in Kassel, Baumgarten exhibited the archives of his stay with the Yanomani, anthropological photographs that raise questions concerning Western perception of tribal life and relate Baumgarten's efforts to the tradition of Kulturkritik in German thought
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Lives and works in Berlin and New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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River Crossing, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne (solo)
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2010
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Galería Elba Benítz, Madrid (solo)
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2010
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‘Projecto Tierra’ Alhóndiga Bilbao, Spain
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2010
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Museum Folkwang, Essen
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2010
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Leopards in the Temple, SkulptureCenter, Long Island, USA
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2010
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Lost and Found, Galerie Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
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2009 - 2010
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Radical Nature - Art and Architecture for a changing Planet 1969-2009, Barbican Centre, London, Dick Institut, Klamarnock, England
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2009
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Universal Archive: The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic Utopia, Museu Colecçao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
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2009
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Joseph Beuys und seine Schüler - Werke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul
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2009
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Fragmento Brasil, MarianGoodman Gallery, New York (solo)
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2009
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Seven Sounds/Seven Circles, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria (solo)
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2008 - 2009
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Seeing Double, Galerie Zander, Cologne, Germany
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2008
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Un Coup des Dés, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
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2008
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Objectivités: La Photographie à Düsseldorf' Musée d'Art moderne de la Ville de Paris/ARC, Paris, France
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2008
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Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo)
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2008
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Autofocus retina, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2008
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Sammlung 1978-2008' Migros Museum, Zürich
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2008
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Universal Archive: The Condition of the Document and the Modern Photographic 'Utopia' Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Spain
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2006 - 2008
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Más de lo que los ojos pueden ver - Arte Fotografico de la Coléccion Deutsche Bank’ Marco Museum, Monterrey, Museo de Artes Modernas, Lima, Museo de Arte Moderno, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2007
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30/40, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
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2007
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From the Earth to the Moon' Castello Rivoli, Torino, Italy
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2007
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Revue, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Gemany
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2007
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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2007
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Edit! Photography and Film in the Ellipse Collection, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
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2006
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Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Carbon [1987-90], Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas (solo)
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2004
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Lothar Baumgarten, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2004
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Seven Sounds/Seven Circles. Watershed, The Hudson Valley Art Project, Beacon, New York (solo)
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2003
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Lothar Baumgarten: The Origin of the Night, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York (solo)
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2003
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Lothar Baumgarten, De Verbeelding, Zeewolde, Netherlands (solo)
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2003
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Skaftfell Cultural Center, Seydisfjordur, Iceland (solo)
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2003
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Lothar Baumgarten, De Verbeelding, Zeewolde, Netherlands
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1999 - 2002
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Permanent Commission for the City of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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2002 - 2001
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Terra Firma, Drucke und Photographie 1977-85, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2002 - 2001
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Carbon, Freedman Gallery, Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, Pennsylvania (solo)
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2001
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Lothar Baumgarten, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Carbon, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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2001
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Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2001
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Lothar Baumgarten, Palazzo Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Porgtugal (solo)
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1998
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Voilà pourtant, dit Candide, un Pays qui vaut mieux que la Westphalie, El Dorado [1974-76], Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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1998
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Terra Incognita, Kunsthaus Zürich (Graphisches Kabinett), Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1996 - 1998
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New Presidential Headquarters, Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin, Germany
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1997
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Hufschlag, RWE Essen, Essen, Germany
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1997
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Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany (inaugural exhibition) (solo)
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1996
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A Mi-Chemin, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France (solo)
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1996
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Steinschlag [1991-1996], University St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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1996
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Das Große Rasenstück [1995-1996], Überlingen, Germany
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1994 - 1996
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Theatrum Botanicum [1993-94], Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
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1988 - 1996
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rotunda, New York, New York (solo)
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1995
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Conservatory [1973-74], Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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1993
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Carbon [1987-90], The Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (solo)
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1993
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Eklipse [1992-93], Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
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1993
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AMERICA Invention [1985] (solo)
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1992
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Tierra Firme [1977-1985], 1992, Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia, Spain (solo)
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1992
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Wie Venedig sehen [1983-84], Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany (solo)
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1992
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Configuracións urbanes, Olympiade Cultural, Barcelona, Spain ("Rosa de los Vientos" [1991-92])
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1991
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Carbon [1987-90], Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1991
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Baltic Window [1990-91], Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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1990
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Carbon [1987-90], Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California (solo)
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1988
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Terra Incognita [1969, 1974, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991], Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1987
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El Dorado [1977], 1985, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (solo)
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1987
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Métro Nome [1985-87], Musée des Arts Africains et Océaniens, Paris, France (in conjunction with "L'époque, la mode, la morale, la passion," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France) (solo)
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1987
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Makuna’ma, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York (solo)
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1987
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Vacuum [1986-87], The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (solo)
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1986
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Accès aux Quais, Tableaux Parisiens [1985-86], ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
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1986
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Wegwurf [1977-86], Museo de Bellas Artes, Jardín Botanico de Caracas y Parque de Los Caobos, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
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1986
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Der Ursprung der Nacht [Amazonas-Kosmos] 1978, [1973-77] (The Origin of the Night), Pacific Film Archives, University Art Museum, Berkeley, California (solo)
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1985
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Recent Films from West Germany, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York (solo)
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1985
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The European Iceberg, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario (solo)
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1984
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Von hier aus, Messehallen, Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
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1984
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Ouverture, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy ("Yurupari [Stanza di Rheinsberg] [1969]) (solo)
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1984
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Roots, Forum Middelburg, Middelburg, The Netherlands (solo)
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1983
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International Filmfestpiele Berlin, Berlin, Germany ("Der Ursprung der Nacht" [Amazonas-Kosmos] 1978, [1973-77] (The Origin of the Night)) (solo)
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1982
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Documenta 7, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany ("Monument for the Native Societies of South America [1978-82]) (solo)
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1981
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Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui, ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
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1979
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Schlaglichter, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany (solo)
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1978
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38th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy (solo)
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1977
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Kunst der BRD nach 1945, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
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1976
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INK. Hallen für Internationale Neue Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1974
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Contemporanea, Rome, Italy (solo)
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1973
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Medium Photographie, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (solo)
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1972
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Documenta 5, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany (solo)
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1972
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Photography into Art, Camden Art Center, London, England (solo)
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1972
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Jetzt, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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