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Stephen Willats Biography
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1962 - 1963 |
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The Ground Course, Ealing School of Art
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1965 |
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Editor and publisher of "Control Magazine"
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1972 - 1973 |
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Director of the Centre of Behavioural Art, Gallery House, London
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1979 - 1980 |
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D.A.A.D. Fellowship, West Berlin
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1990 |
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Convenor of the Symposium, "Art Creating Society," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
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1991 |
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"Stephen Willats Printed Archive" established at Victoria and Albert Museum
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Lives and works in London, UK
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Secret Language The Code Breakers , Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2010
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Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2010
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The World As It Is And The World As It Could Be, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2010
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In Two Minds, Galerie Erna Hecey, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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2010
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Moving Images: Artists & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2010
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Ground Level: Hayward Touring Curatorial Open II, QUAD, Derby, UK
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2010
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Counterconsciousness, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
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2009 - 2010
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Unresolved Matters: Social Utopias Revisited, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
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2009
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7 x 14: Jubiläumsausstellung, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
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2009
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Die Moderne als Ruine: Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
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2009
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Modernologies: Contemporary Artists Researching Modernity and Modernism, MACBA Museum d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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2009
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Die Moderne als Ruine: Eine Archäologie der Gegenwart, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
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2009
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Cybernetic Still Life, BaliceHertling, Paris, France
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2009
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The Ideological Diagram, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
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2009
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In And Out The Underworld, European Kusthalle, Cologne, Germany
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2009
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Assumptions And Identity Identity And Assumptions, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
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2009
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My Yard, British Council Collection exhibition (curated by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane), Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
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2009
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At The Edge: British Art 1950-2000, Touchstones Rochdale, Rochdale, UK
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2009
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Oppositions & Dialogues, Kunstverein Hanover, Germany
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2009
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An Eye For An Eye, Glucksman Gallery, Cork, UK
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2008
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Building Dwelling Thinking, Laura Bartlett Gallery (curated by John Slyce), London, UK
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2008
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No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
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2008
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A Town (Not A City), Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzwerland
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2008
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Mondo e Terra: La collezione del FRAC Corsica, MAN - Nuoro, Museo d’arte Provincia
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2008
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Punk. No One is Innocent. Kunst-Stil-Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
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2008
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The Speculative Diagram, Casco, Office for Art, Design and Theory, London, UK (solo)
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2008
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The Architecture of Stephen Willats, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Democratic Mosaics and Conceptual Towers, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2008
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Person to Person/ People to People, Milton Keynes Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK (solo)
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2008
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Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
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2008
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Be(com)ing Dutch, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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2008
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The Art of Participation, San Francsico Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
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2008
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Soziale Diagramme. Planning Reconsidered, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany (group)
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2008
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Manifesta 7 - Trentino / Tyrol, Rovereto, Italy (group)
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2007
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Person to Person. People to People. Stephen Willats, Milton Keynes Gallery, Central Milton Keynes, Great Britain
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2007
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Stephen Willats. Just between People, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
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2007
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The Secret Public. The last days of the British Underground 1978- 1988, ICA-Institute of Contemportary Arts, London
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2007
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What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig Köln, Cologne, Germany
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2007
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Beyond the Wall, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Berlin, Germany
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2007
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Oh Girl, It´s A Boy!, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
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2007
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Centre of the Creative Universe. Liverpool and the Avantgarde, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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2007
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The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
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2007
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The Speculative Diagram, CASCA, Utrecht, Netherlands (solo)
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2006
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Publishing Interventions, Connor Donlon Books, Herald Street Gallery, London (solo)
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2006
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The Secret Public. The Last Days of the British Underground 1978 - 1988, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
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2006
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Stephen Willats Multiple Clothing: Message - Interaction - Exchange (1965-1998), Tate Modern, London
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2006
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Wie die Welt ist und wie sie sein könnte: Stephen Willats, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany
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2006
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From My Mind to Your Mind, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
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2006
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Going Home, MOT International, London
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2006
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Art Link, Göteborgs Konsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
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2006
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Medium Fotografie, Galerie Stampa, Basel, Switzerland
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2005
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Stephen Willats-Street Talk Amsterdam, LUMEN TRAVO, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2005
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Kritische Gesellschaften, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
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2005
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Faltering Flame, Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
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2005
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Wie Gesellschaft und Kunst ins Bild kommen, Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria
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2005
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Ordering the Ordinary, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
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2005
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Barents Art Triennial, Kirkenes, Norway
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2005
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MULTICHANNEL LIFE, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2004
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Streets, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2004
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Re:Location. 1-7 Shake, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
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2004
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Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Tate Gallery, London, UK
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2004
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Art & The 60’s. This Was Tomorrow, Birmingham City Art Museum, UK
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2004
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La Collection Continue, FRAC Corse, Centre Culturel Una Volta, Bastia, Korsika
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2004
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Vanishing Points: Landscape Art Beyond the Horizon, Southhampton city Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
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2004
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Engagierte Kunst, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremburg, Germany
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2004
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Berlin Biennale, Berlin
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2004
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Messages From The Polemical City, Galerie Thomas Schulte, Berlin
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2004
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L´Air du Temps - collection printemps/été 2004, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich
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2003
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Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zurich
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2003
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Personal Encounters in your Imagination, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart
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2003
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Random Networks, ARTLAB 27 at Imperial College, London
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2003
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Liverpool Biennal of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
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2003
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Collection 001, Frac Rhone-Alpes. Institut d’art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
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2003
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In Portraiture Irrelevance Is Ugliness, Museum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert-Neviges
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2003
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Art For Networks, Turnpike Gallery, Leith. Nr. Manchester, UK
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2003
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Urban Codes, coder/decoder, Espace de l’Art Concret, chateau de Mouans, Mouans-Sartoux, France
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2003
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Air Guitar. Reconsidering Rock Music, Tulie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle, UK
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2002 - 2003
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In Portraiture Irrelevance is Ugliness, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
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2002
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Through your symbolic world, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
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2002
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Blast to Freeze: Britische Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
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2002
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Cognition Control. From The Archives of Stephen Willats, Institute of Visuel Culture Fritzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Uk (solo)
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2002
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Private Views, London Print Studio, London, UK
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2002
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The Gap Show, Museum am Ostwald, Dortmund, Germany
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2002
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Air Guitar, Milton Keynes Gallery and then touring
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2002
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Art For Networks, Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff and then touring
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2001
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Arbeit Essen Angst, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen, Germany
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2001
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City Racing. A Partial Account, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
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2001
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Conception. Conceptual Documents 1968-72, Norwich Gallery, Norwich, UK
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2001
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Double Vision, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
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2001
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Antagonisms, Musee d’Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona, Spain
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2001
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The Map is not the Territory, England & Co., London, UK
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2001
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Traces and Signs, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
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2001
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Rencontres et Co-operations 1979-2000, Galerie Gabriell Maubrie, Paris, France (solo)
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2001
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Man From The Twenty First Century, Nottingham 1970 – 1971 Clinique, London, Uk (solo)
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2001
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Works on Paper, Acconci to Zittel, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Video Evidence, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, USA
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2001
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Video Project Space, Anthony Wilkins Gallery, London, UK
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2001
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Selbst Portrait, Schloss Agathenburg, Agathenburg. Germany
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2001
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Stadsgezichten. Amsterdam vereeuwigd 1901-2001, Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2000
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Democracy, Royal College of Art, London, UK
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2000
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Protest And Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
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2000
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Macro To Micro, Gallery Laure Genillard, London
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2000
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Live in your Head, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
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1999
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Multichanel Vision, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
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1999
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Nur Wasser Lasst Sich Leichter Schneiden, Hamburg, germany
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1999
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Bildung, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Switzerland
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1999
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Borderline PILOT, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
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1998
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Changing Everything, South London Art Gallery, UK (solo)
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1998
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Creative Force, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK (solo)
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1998
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Multicult Berlin, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1998
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Concepts, Strategies & Models 1962 - 65, Gimpel Fils, London, UK (solo)
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1998
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Addressing the Century, 100 Years of Art & Fashion, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
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1998
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Random Encounter, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
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1998
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Blind Date With Reality, Galerie Bandstetter & Wyss, Zurich
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1997
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Between Me And You, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, Middlesbrough
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1997
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Sous le manteau, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
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1997
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The Grand Design, The Art of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
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1997
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In Every Moment Everywhere, Porin Taidemuseo, Finland
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1997
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C’est ici que nous vivons (2), FRAC Rhones-Alpes, Lyon, France
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1997
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Photographie d’une Collection 3/97, de la Caise des Depots et Consignations, Paris, France
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1997
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Street Talk, Gallery Victoria Miro, London, UK (solo)
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1997
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MULTICULT, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
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1996
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In Response To Each Other, Galerie Brandstetter & Wyss, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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1996
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Les Contes de Fees se terminent bien, Frac Haute-Normandie, Chateau du Val, France
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1996
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Freneuse, Sotteville-sous-le-Val, France
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1996
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Radikale Images, 2nd Austrian Triennale for Photography, Neue Galerie, Graz, Switzerland
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1996
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Everybody’s Talking, Gemeentemuseum Helmond, Helmond, Netherlands
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1996
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Du Hasard A l'Accord, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris
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1995
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A State Of Agreement, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin
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1995
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Living together, Tramway Visual Arts, Glasgow, Scotland
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1995
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Writing on the wall, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
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1995
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Writing on the Wall, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Stuttgart, Germany
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1995
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Mapping Knowledge, The Minories Gallery, Colchester, UK
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1995
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Ars 95 Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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1995
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I don’t actually have to go, Galerie Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1995
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Imprint 93, City Racing, London, UK
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1995
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Temples, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
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1995
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Ideal Standard Summertime, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
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1995
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La Transparence Dans L’Art Du XXe Siecle, Museum des Beaux-Arts Malraux, Le Havre, France
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1995
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The Edge of Town, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, Conn., USA
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1995
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Paste-Up, Past & Present, Kent Gallery, New York, USA
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1994
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Outsiders, Camerawork, London, UK
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1994
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Visione Britannica, Valentina Moncada, Rome, Italy
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1994
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Sarah Staton Super Store Boutique, Laure Genillard Gallery, London, UK
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1994
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Conceptual Living, Rhizome, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1994
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Looking at Words: Reading Pictures, Elms Lester Painting Rooms, London, UK
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1994
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Lesezimmer II, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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1994
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Multiple Clothing, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
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1994
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Fateful combinations, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
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1994
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Museum Mosaic, Tate Gallery, Liverpool, England
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1994
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Random Life, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
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1994
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Private Journeys, Heston Farm Estate, The Comunity Hall, Fenton House, Biscoe Close, Heston, Middlesex, West London
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1994
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Into the infrastructure, Lumen Travo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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1994
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Taking The Short Cut, St. Church Hall, Roydon/Essex, England
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1993
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Buildings and People, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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1993
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Multiple Clothing, Institute of Contemporary Art, London
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1993
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Meta Filter - A State of Agreement, The Tate Gallery, London
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1993
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Buildings and people - Berlin, 1979 - 1993, Goethe Institut, London, UK
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1993
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The Ideal Place, HCAK, Den Haag, Netherlands
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1993
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Sixties Art Scene in London, Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
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1993
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
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1993
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Public and Private, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
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1993
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The Ideal Place, HCAK, Den Haag, Netherlands
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1993
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Walking Between Objects, Galerie Franck & Schulte, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1992
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Wasteland, Photographic Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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1992
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Real Stories, Museet fur Photokunst, Odense, Denmark
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1992
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Instructions and Diagrams, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
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1992
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Signs of Living, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
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1991
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Oikos, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France
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1991
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Excavating the Present, Kettles Yard Gallery, Cambridge, UK
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1991
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Past Continuous, Artsite Trust, Bath Festival
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1991
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Shocks to the System, ACGB Touring Exhibition, South Bank Centre, London, UK
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1991
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Publishing Interventions, 1963 - 1991, National Art Library, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Uk (solo)
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1990
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Mosaics, Galerie Kaj Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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1990
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Stephen Willats, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Caisse de depots et Consignations, Paris, France
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Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Utrecht, Netherlands
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The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, UK
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Helsingen Kaupungin Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
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Stichting Volkshuisversting in de Kunst, Den Haag, Netherlands
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Victoria & Albert Museum (Artist’s Book Collection, archive of writings and publications)
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Hounslow Borough Counicl, London, UK
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Museum de Beaux Arts, Le Havre, France
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Frac Course Centre of Contemporary Art, Corsica
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Cleveland Gallery, Cleveland, USA
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The Arts Council of Great Britain
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Gimpel Fils Galery, London, Uk
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Victoria & Albert Museum, Drawing Dept., London, UK
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The British Museum, Prints & Drawings Dept., London
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Wadsworth Athenaeum, Conneticut, USA
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Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds, UK
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Documentation on the West London Social Resource Project commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain housed at Osterley Library
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Southampton City Art Gallery & Museum
Kunstmuseum Zürich, Switzerland
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Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands
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The Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
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Rochdale Art Gallery, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, UK
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The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
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The Tate Gallery, London, UK
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De Beyerd Centrum voor Actuelle Kunst, Breda, Netherlands
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Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Contemporary Art Society, London
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Middlesborough Art Gallery, UK
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Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
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Frac Languedoc-Roussillon
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Art Gallery of Bew South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
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Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, Switzerland
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| Literature |
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2000
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"Art and Social Function" (Reprint of 1976 original) Elipsis, London
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2000
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"Multiple Clothing", Walther Konig, Köln
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2000
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Spring Art and Social Foundation. "Stephen Willats." Reprint of book first published in 1976 by Ellipsis. London. September.
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1998
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"Random Encounter", Southampton Art Gallery
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1997
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"The Art Museum in Society. Collected Writings", Middlesbrough Art Gallery
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1996
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"Between Buildings and People", Academy Editions, London
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