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Matias Faldbakken Biography
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1973 |
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Born in Hobro, Denmark
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1996 - 1997 |
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Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main (Prof. Thomas Bayrle)
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1994 - 1998 |
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The Academy of Fine Art, Bergen
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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The Devil’s Fidelity, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France
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2012
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Remote Control, ICA, London, UK
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2012
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Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany
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2011
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Matias Faldbakken, The Power Station, Dallas, US (solo)
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2011
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Television/Moonshine, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, US (solo)
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2011
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One Night Only, UKS, Oslo, Norway (solo)
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2011
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To the Arts, Citizens, curated by Joao Fernandez and Oscar Faria, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
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2011
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Abstract Possible, curated by Maria Lind, Museu Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
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2011
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Sculpture Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
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2011
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Anonyme Skupturen, Video und Form in der zeitgenössichen Kunst, Galerie im Taxipalais, Innsbruck, Austria
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2011
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Situation as Object (Framed), Galerie D.O.R, Brussels, Belgium
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2011
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Le Printemps de Septembre, curated by Anne Pontegnie, Toulouse, France
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2011
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Show co-curated by Runa Islam and Arnolfini, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
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2011
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Secret Societies, curated by Christina Ricupero, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
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2011
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Show curated by Shamin Momin, LAND, Marfa, USA
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2011
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Stonescape, Napa Valley, USA
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2011
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Home of Metal, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, UK
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2010
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Group Show (Almost A4 Person Group Show), (Curator: Brian Kennen), 2nd Cannon Project Space, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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2010
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Groupshow, Praz-Dellavalade, Paris, France
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2010
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The Mass Ornament, (Curator: John Rasmussen), Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
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2010
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Galerie Giti Noubakhsch, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2010
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You Think You Go But You Gon't, Objectif, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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The Hills, Standard, Oslo (solo)
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2010
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Known to Few, Unknown to Fewer, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2010
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The Death of Which One Does Not Die, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel (solo)
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2010
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War After Peace (After War), Neue Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen (solo)
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2010
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The Second Today's Documents, Beijing Today Art Museum, Beijing, China
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2010
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The Moon is an Arrant Thief, The David Roberts Arts Foundation, London, UK
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2010
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Destruction, Negation, Subtraction, Dissolution, Kentor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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2010
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Fresh Hell, Palais De Tokyo, Paris, France
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2010
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To the Arts, Citizens!, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
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2010
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Suppose it is true after all? WHAT THEN?, Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö
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2010
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An Alpha Disguised as a Beta, Galerie Giti Noubakhsch, Berlin, Germany
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2010
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The Secret Knows, The Virgin Mobile Free House, Austin, TX, USA
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2010
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Forms of Organizations I, Red House, Sofia
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2010
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Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
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2009
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Shocked Into Abstraction, IKON Gallery, Birmingham, UK (solo)
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2009
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Extreme Siesta, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland (solo)
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2009
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Annen Etage, the annex at the Faculty of Visual Arts, KHiO, Oslo (solo)
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2009
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Reen Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY, USA (solo)
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2009
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The Malady of Writing. A project on text and speculative imagination, (Curator: Chus Martinez), Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, (MACBA), Barcelona, Spain
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2009
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Black Hole, (Curator: Friedrike Nymphius), Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Minima Moralia, Marvelli Gallery, New York, US
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2009
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Our Mirage, Art:Concept, curated by Caroline Soyez-Petithomme), Paris, France
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2009
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A Completely Normal Exhibition - Overgaden - Institut for Samtidskunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2009
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Lessons In The Art Of Falling - Norwegian Performance And Process Art 1966-2009 - Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
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2009
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Paintings by - Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
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2009
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The Secret Life of Objects - Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, US
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2009
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FLOORS / WALLS - Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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The Station, curated by: Nate Lowman and Shamim M. Momin, Miami, US
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2008
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Imaginary Thing, curated by Peter Eeley, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, US
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2008
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The Reality Effect, curated by Tone Hansen, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden, Norway
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2008
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Shifting Schisms, curated by Kristian Skylstad, Rekord, Oslo, Norway
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2008
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Occupancy by more than 6 682 685 387 persons is dangerous and unlawful, curated by Pierre Bismuth, Cosmic Galerie, Paris, France
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2008
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Possibilities of an Island, curated by Ruba Katrib, Museum of Contemporary Art Miami, MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami, US
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2008
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The Station, curated by Shamim M.Momin and Nate Lowman, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, US
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2008
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ART TLV, at Helena Rubenstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
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2008
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We have never met before, but it's with great anticipation of your understanding that I'm writing you and I hope you will in good faith give a deep consideration to my proposal below, curators: Mikkel E. Astrup and Eivind Furnesvik, STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
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2008
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Revolutions – Forms That Turn, Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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2008
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That’s Not How I Remember It, Anna Helwing Gallery, Los Angeles, US
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2008
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Records Played Backwards, curated by Daniel Baumann, The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
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2008
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35% VRAI 60% FAUX, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK
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2008
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Zuordningsprobleme, Johann König, Berlin, Germany
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2008
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Norsk Hydro's Collection, The Henie Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway
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2008
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Lights On, The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
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2008
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The Soft Shields of Pleasure, Den Frie Udstilling, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2008
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E-Flux Video Rental, Centro de Arte Moderna Jose de Azeredo Perdigao – Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
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2008
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The Way of the Bummer, Simon Lee Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2008
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Empty Glass, Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Simon Lee Gallery, London (solo)
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2008
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Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (solo)
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2007
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STANDARD, Oslo (solo)
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2007
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Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis (solo)
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2007
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A Hideous Disease, Statements , Art Basel 38, Basel, under the auspices of STANDARD, Oslo (solo)
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2007
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Possibly Pushed Back Indefinitely – Paintings, Props and Problems (Still Unresolved), STANDARD, Oslo
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2007
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Memorial to the Iraq War, Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London
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2007
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Beneath the Underdog, Gagosian Gallery, New York
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2007
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E-flux Video Rental, Centre culturel Suisse, Paris and Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Cambridge, MA
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2007
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Dislocations (Don't Try Popping Them Back Into Place), STANDARD / Arco, Madrid
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2007
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Fade Away and Radiate, Cohan and Leslie, New York
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2007
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Nothing Doing, Standard (OSLO), Oslo, Norway (solo)
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2007
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I Don't Think So, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, USA (solo)
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2007
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Depiction Perversion Repultion Obsession Subversion, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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2007
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Painting, props and Problems (Still Unresolved), STANDARD (OSLO), Oslo, Norway
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2006
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Belgrade Culture Centre, Serbia
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2006
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Room for International Art, Hamburg, and Space Other, Boston, US
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2006
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Stages of Life - Rhetorics of Emotions, curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
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2006
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E-Flux Video Rental, Arthouse at the Jones Center – Contemporary Art for Texas, Austin, US
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2006
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47th October Salon, Oktobarski Salon/October Salon, Belgrade, Germany
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2006
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KAPITEL VII : Buhne des Leben – Rhetorik des Gefuhls”, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus & Kunstbau, Munich, Germany
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2006
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Defamation of Character, PS1 MoMA, New York
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2006
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I Missed the Part Where That's My Problem, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam (solo)
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2006
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II, Schnittraum, Cologne (solo)
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2006
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Art, Life and Confusion – The 47th October Salon, ICA / Belgrade Culture Centre
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2006
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Deep Into That Darkness Peering, Galerie Joanna Kamm, Berlin
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2006
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The Norwegian Sculpture Biennial, The Vigeland Museum, Oslo
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2006
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The Metaphysics of Youth, Fuoriuso, Pescara
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2006
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A Forest, Filter - the Project Room for International Art, Hamburg, and Space Other, Boston
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2006
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White Stains, STANDARD (OSLO) / Extra City, Antwerpen
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2006
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Theater of Life - Rhetorics of Emotions, Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
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2006
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Mafia (Or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes), STANDARD, Oslo
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2006
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Entgrenzung (De-Limitation), Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunste, Berlin
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2006
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Cluster, The Participant, New York
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2006
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Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
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2006
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Down by Law, Whitney Museum of American Art / Whitney Biennial 2006 / The Wrong Gallery, New York, curators: Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick
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2005
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Parallel Life, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
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2005
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Blast, G Fine Arts, Washington DC
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2005
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15 Minutes Show, Stedelijk Museum Burau Amstedam, Amsterdam
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2005
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Start Kapital, STANDARD, Oslo
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2005
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Populism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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2005
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Populism, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main
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2005
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Populism, The National Museum, Oslo
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2005
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Populism, CAC, Vilnius
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2005
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All That Fall, STANDARD, Oslo (solo)
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2005
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Sharing Space. Dividing Time, The Nordic Pavillion, La Biennale de Venezia, Venice (solo)
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2005
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New Works, Gallery Huuto, Helsinki (solo)
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2005
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Social Democracy Revisited, Apexart, New York, US
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2005
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E-Flux Video Rental, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
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2005
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La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2004
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New in Norwegian Photography, Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
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2004
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Rank Xerox, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (solo)
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2004
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Now And Ten Years Ago, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
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2004
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Standard Escape Routes, ISCP, New York
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2004
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Criss Cross – Video/Film/Documentary Programme, NIFCA (Touring Exhibition)
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2004
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On Reason and Emotion, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
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2004
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MOMENTUM – Nordic Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss
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2004
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Emotion Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein/Ursula Bickle Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main / Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim
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2003
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Art to the People, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen; Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo; Tromsø Fine Arts
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2003
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Society, Tromsø; Bomuldsfabriken Kunsthall, Arenda
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2003
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Deathtime, 27. Canal, New York
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2003
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Getaway, Fotogalleriet, Oslo (solo)
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2003
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Total Motiviert, Kunstverein München, München
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2003
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BEKMÖRK, CCAB; Centre for Contemporary Arts, Belgrade
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2002
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Where Am I? 2, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bjørvika, Oslo
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2002
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Touching from a distance, Germinations 13, Cork
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2001
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Gallery Konstakuten, Fanzine 1, Stockholm
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2001
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The UKS-biennial, Oslo
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2001
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Osculum Infame, NIFCA Gallery, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Helsinki (solo)
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2000
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Fotogalleriet, Spring exhibition, Oslo
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2000
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The City Theatre, Stockholm
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1998
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MAC - Museum of Contemporary Art, All or Nothing (videoscreening), Marseilles
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1998
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The Society of Young Artists (UKS), Oslo
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1998
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MK Ciurlionis National Museum of Art, Kaunas
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1997
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Kommunikationszentrale, Videoabend
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1997
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Bockenheim, Frankfurt
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1996
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Henie Onstad Artcenter, ELECTRA – video room, Oslo
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| Selected Public Collections |
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DekaBank, Franfurt am Main, Germany
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The National Museum of Art, Design and Architecture, Oslo, Norway
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Hydro Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
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Telenor Art Collection, Oslo, Norway
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The Speyer Family Collection, New York, NY, USA
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| Literature |
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2006
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"Destination Art - Oslo", BBC World, September 2nd Røed, Kjetil: "Matias Faldbakken", Contemporary Magazine, London, No 85, September 2006, pp 32-35
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2006
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Faldbakken, Matias: "Matias Faldbakken – Top Ten List", ARTFORUM, New York, September, 2006
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2006
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Dünser, Severin; Heidmann, Patrick and others (editors): " Upping The Anti", mono.kultur #07, Berlin
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2006
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Woznicki, Krystian: "Comeback der Anarchie", Telepolis, April 23, 2006
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2006
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Anders, Friedrikke; Hoffmann, Anke, and Lahr Christian: "Auflösung", RealismusStudio / Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunste, Berlin, 2006, pp. 86-87
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2006
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Around Photography, January issue
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2006
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Fassi, Luigi and Zucca, Irina: "The Metaphysics of Youth", Pescara, catalogue
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2006
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Gaenshaiemer, Susanne; Höner, Julia; Mühling, Matthias, and Schafhausen, Nicolaus: "Theatre of Life - Rhetorics of Emotions", 2006, Munich, pp. 138-139
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2006
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Parallel Life, catalogue
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2006
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Draft Deceit, exhibition pamphlet
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2005
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Allen, Jennifer: "MF+MF" from Sharing Space Dividing Time (Catalogue for Nordic Pavillion, Venice Biennial)
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2005
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Kunstforum 172, p 356, Emotion Eins; Christian Huther
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2004
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Flash Art, No.237 July-September 2004, p 47 (Biennale of Sydney); Simon Rees
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2004
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Flash Art, No.237 July-September 2004, p 55 (Momentum); Arve Rød
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2004
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Biennale of Sydney 2004, catalogue; Mainstreams/White Terror/Coming Communities; Carissa Rodriguez, MOMENTUM, catalogue; Matias Faldbakken; Ika Kaminka
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2003
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Kunstverein München, Drucksache fall 2003
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2003
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Office for Contemporary Art Norway, New Institutionalism; Harnessing the Means of Production, Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt
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2003
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Art to the People (catalogue), Art to the People, Jonas Ekeberg
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2003
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Kunstverein München; Drucksache spring 2003
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2002
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo; A Jerky Flight Around a Desolate Bunker; Andrea Kroksnes
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2002
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Germinations 13 (catalogue); Inside the 36 Chambers of Communication; Krystian Woznicki
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2001
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NIFCA-info 3/01; Osculum Infame: The Dark Side of the White Cube, Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt
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2000
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NU: the Nordic Art Review vol III # 3/00; Søren Andreassen and Lars Bang Larsen
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2000
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NU: the Nordic Art Review vol II # 2/00; Condensation Points, interview by Ralph McDavid
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