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Victor Burgin Biography
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1941 |
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Born in Sheffield, England (UK)
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1962 - 1965 |
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Studied painting and philosophy at The Royal College of Art, London
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1965 |
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A.R.C.A (1st Class) from The Royal College of Art, London
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1965 - 1967 |
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Studied painting, sculpture and philosophy at Yale University, New Haven
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1967 |
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M.F.A. from Yale University
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1967 - 1973 |
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Lecturer, Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
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1976 - 1977 |
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US/UK Bicentennial Arts Exchange Fellow, New York
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1973 - 1978 |
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Senior Lecturer, then Professor, Department of Film and Photography, Polytechinic of Central London
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1978 - 1979 |
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Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Fellow, Berlin
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1980 |
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Picker Professor, Colgate University
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1986 |
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Artist in Residence, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
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1987 |
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Distinguished Visiting Scholar, State University of New York, Binghamton
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1988 |
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Artist in Residence, Adelaide Festival of the Arts, Adelaide, Australia
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1989 |
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International Artist in Residence, Film in the Cities, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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1993 |
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Artist in Residence, I.ME.RE.C (Institut Méditerranéen de Recherche et de Création), Marseille, France
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1988 - 1995 |
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Professor of Art History, University of California, Santa Cruz
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1997 |
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Soros Foundation Center for Culture and Communication, Budapest, Hungary
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2000 |
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Robert Gwathmey Chair in Art and Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York
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1995 - 2001 |
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Professor of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Lives and works in Somerset and Paris
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Since 2001 |
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Millard Professor of Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London, and Professor Emeritus of History of Consciousness, University of California, Santa Cruz
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Malerei in Fotografie, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
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2012
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Spirits of Internationalism, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium
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2011
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CUT, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
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2010
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Atlas (traveling exhibition), Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain (afterwards to ZKM, Karlsruhe and Deichtorhallen / Sammlung Harald Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany)
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2010
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Voyage to Italy, Raum mit Licht, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2010
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Dovedale, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne (solo)
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2009
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Hôtel D., Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (solo)
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2009
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Travaux 1970-1984, Centre Régional de la Photographie Nord Pas-de- Calais, Douchy- les-Mines, France (solo)
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2009
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US 77 et The Little House, Fondation Brownstone, Paris (solo)
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2009
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The 70s. Experience and Documentation in Everyday Life, PhotoEspaña 2009, Madrid, Spain, afterwards Rotterdam, Netherlands
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2009
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Expérimentations photographiques en Europe des années 20 à nos jours, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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2009
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No Such Thing as Society. Photography in Britain 1967-1987, Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2008
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La Cinquième Promenade et Autres Oeuvres, MAMCO Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
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2008
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Fogliazzi, Galerie Art & Essai, Université Rennes 2 - Haute Bretagne, Rennes, France (solo)
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2008
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Seeing Double (with Lothar Baumgarten, Anthony McCall, Larry Sultan / Mike Mandel, Mark Thompson), Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne
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2008
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Jedermann Collection, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
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2008
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NO SUCH THING AS SOCIETY. Photography in Britain 1967-1987 - CSW Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej / Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
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2008
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Beautiful People - Centre d’Art la Panera, Lérida
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2008
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Body Work - Le Case d´Arte, Milan
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2008
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Victor Burgin. Alle otto. Solito posto & Tales from Freud. - Museo Fotografia Contemporanea, Cinisello Balsamo, Milano / Galleria Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (solo)
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2008
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Victor Burgin - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice (solo)
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2008
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Nietzsche's Paris and other Works, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven (solo)
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2007
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Victor Burgin: The Little House - MAK Center for Art and Architecture, West Hollywood, CA (solo)
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2007
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Victor Burgin - Galerie Art & Essai, Rennes (solo)
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2007
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20 ans du Musée d'Art Moderne - L'art après 1960 dans les collections - Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne
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2007
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Einführung in die Kunstgeschichte - Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unteröwisheim
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2007
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cycle rolywholyover, troisième épisode - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
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2007
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Tiempo al Tiempo - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
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2007
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Beautiful People et la Blessure Secrète - Crac Alsace, Altkirch
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2007
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Works from the Colletion of Société Generale Paris - National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest
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2007
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Erblätterte Identitäten: Mode-Kunst-Zeitschrift - Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB), Leipzig
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2007
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The Secret Public - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England)
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2007
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Konceptualna umetnost - Muzej savremene umetnosti Vojvodine, Novi Sad
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2007
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ZEIT:ZEIT - Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
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2007
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Voyage to Italy, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada (solo)
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2006
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Radical Software - Art, Technology, and the Bay Area Underground - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
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2006
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The Secret Publiv - Kunstverein München, Munich
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2006
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Erblätterte Identitäten: Mode-Kunst- Zeitschrift - Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm
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2006
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La visíon impura - Fondos de la colección permanente - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
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2006
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Voyage to Italy - Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, QC / Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2005
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GU.Sicht - Graz Umgebung - Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
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2005
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BIG BANG - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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2005
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The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982 - Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
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2005
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Fondos Regionales de Arte Contemporáneo Île-de-France y Poitou-Charentes - MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
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2004
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Artists' Favourites - act I - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London (England)
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2004
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The Last Picture Show - Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982 - UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2003
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The Last Picture Show - Artists Using Photography - 1960-1982 - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
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2003
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Victor Burgin - Norwich Gallery, Norwich (England) (solo)
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2003
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Listen to Britain: Works by Victor Burgin - Cornerhouse, Manchester (England) (solo)
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2002
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I promise, it´s political - Museum Ludwig, Cologne
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2002
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Arnolfini, Bristol, England (solo)
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2002
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Watergate, Matt's Gallery, London, England (solo)
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2001
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Conception - The Conceptual Document 1968-1972 - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
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2001
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Oeuvres - Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris
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2001
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>Double Vision< - Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst - GfZK, Leipzig
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2001
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NOTORIOUS: Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art - Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo
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2001
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Victor Burgin - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (solo)
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2000
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Media Metaphor - The 46th Biennial Exhibition - The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
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2000
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Veronica's Revenge - Contemporary Perspectives on Photography - Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Sydney, NSW
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2000
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Architectural Association, London (solo)
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1999
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Weimar 99 Cultural Festival, Weimar, Germany
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1999
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Tomorrow for ever - Photographie als Ruine - MKM Museum, Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg / Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Germany
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1998
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Fünf Komma Fünf - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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1998
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Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
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1997
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Mücsarnok Museum, Budapest, Hungary (solo)
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1997
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Foto Text Text Foto - Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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1996
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Victor Burgin, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, John Hilliard - Lisson Gallery, London (England)
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1995
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3e Biennale de Lyon - La biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon
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1995
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University at Buffalo Art Gallery/Research Center in Art + Culture, Buffalo, USA (solo)
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1994
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Artists' Impressions - Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (England)
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1993
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Center for Research in Contemporary Art, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (solo)
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1991
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Musée d’art moderne Villeneuve d’Ascq, Villeneuve d’Ascq, France (solo)
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1990
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L'art conceptuel, une perspective - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
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1989
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Film in the Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA (solo)
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1988
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The Future of the Metropolis, Triennale di Milano, Milan
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1987
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20th anniversary exhibition - Lisson Gallery, London (England)
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1986
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England (solo)
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1986
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Kettles Yard, Cambridge, England (solo)
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1986
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Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland (solo)
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1986
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Albert and Vera List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, USA (solo)
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1986
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Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, IL, USA (solo)
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1985
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Écrans politiques - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
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1984
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When attitudes became form - FRAC - Rhône-Alpes, IAC - Institute d`art contemporain, Villeurbanne
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1984
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Impressions Gallery of Photography, York, England (solo)
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1984
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Photographic Image in Contemporary Art, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokio, Japan
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1983
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1984 – A Preview - Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc, New York City, NY
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1982
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Livres d'artistes = Books by artists - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC
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1981
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Zwiczek Polskich Artsow Fotografickow, Warsaw, Poland (solo)
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1981
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Musée de la Ville de Calais, Calais, France (solo)
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1980
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Kunst im Sozialen Kontext, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
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1980
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The Third Biennale of Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
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1980
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Three Perspectives on Photography, Hayward Gallery, London
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1980
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Art in Europe after '68 - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent
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1979
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DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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1978
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Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England (solo)
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1978
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Daniel Buren, Victor Burgin, Braco Dimitrijevic, Hans Haacke, Red Herring, Katharina Sieverding - Galerie m Bochum, Bochum
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1977
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Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (solo)
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1977
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Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
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1977
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Europe in the Seventies’ Aspects of Recent Art, Art Institute of Chicago
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1977
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Social Criticism and Art Practise, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
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1976
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (solo)
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1976
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Arte Inglese Oggi 1960-1976, Palazzo Reale, Milan
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1975
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Victor Burgin/Art and Language, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Etienne, France
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1974
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Art and Politics, Galerie M, Bochum, German
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1973
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Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
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1972
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36 Biennale de Venezia, Venice, Italy
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1972
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The New Art, Hayward Gallery, London
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1972
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documenta 5 - Documenta, Kassel
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1971
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The British Avant-Garde, The New York Cultural Center, New York
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1971
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Guggenheim International Exhibition, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1970
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Information, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1969
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When Attitudes become Form - Museen Haus Lange / Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany / Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland / ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts London, London, England
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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The New York Public Library
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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The Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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The Arts Council Collection, London
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
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| Literature |
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2011
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Victor Burgin, Parallel texts, London
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2009
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Situational Aesthetics, Leuven University Press
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2008
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Components of a Practice, Skira
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2006
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Voyage to Italy, Göttingen, Steidl
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2004
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The Remembered Film, London, Reaktion Books
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2004
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Ensayos, Barcelona, Gustavo Gili, Literos
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2002
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Relocating, London and Bristol, August/Arnolfini
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2001
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Victor Burgin, Barcelona, Fundació Antoni Tàpies
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2000
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Shadowed, London, Architectural Association
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2000
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Victor Burgin: Robert Gwathmey Lectures, New York, Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
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1997
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Venise, London, Black Dog Publishing
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1997
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Szerelmes Levelek/Love Letters, Mücsarnok Museum, Budapest
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1996
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In/Different Spaces: place and memory in visual culture, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press
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1996
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Some Cities, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, and London, Reaktion Books
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1995
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History Painting, Buffalo, University at Buffalo Art Gallery/Research Center in Art + Culture
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1991
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Passages, Lille, Musée d’art moderne de la Communaté Urbaine de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq
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1989
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Taideteorian Loppu, Helsinki, Suomen Valokuvataiteen Museon Säätiö, Literos
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1988
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Victor Burgin: Office at Night and Danaïdes/Dames, Charlotte, North Carolina, Knight Gallery, City of Charlotte
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1986
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The End of Art Theory: Criticism and Postmodernity, Macmillan Press, London and Basingstoke, and Humanities Press International, New Jersey
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1986
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Between, Basil Blackwell, Oxford and New York
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1986
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Formations of Fantasy, (co-edited with Donald, J. and Kaplan, C.), [Burgin: Introduction, one essay, translation], Methuen, London
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1982
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Thinking Photography, Victor Burgin (ed.), [Burgin: Introduction, three essays, bibliography], The Macmillan Press Ltd., London and Basingstoke, and Humanities Press International, New Jersey (l982)
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1982
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Hôtel Latône, Calais, Edition Musée de Calais
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1977
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Family, New York, Lapp Princess Press, Ltd., in association with Printer Matter, Inc.
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1977
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Victor Burgin, Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum
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1976
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Two Essays on Art, Photography and Semiotics, London, Robert Self Publications
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1973
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Work and Commentary, London, Latimer
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Victor Burgin, opere 1982-1986, Milan, Le Case d’Arte
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