...THEREFORE, ART IS SPLENDID GER VAN ELK JAN 18 - MAR 02, 2019 | 202 BOWERY, NY | GRIMM
GRIMM is proud to present the first solo presentation of works by Ger van Elk (NL, 1941 – 2014) to be shown in the United States in 30 years, since his solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1975 and his solo exhibitions at The Art Institute of Chicago and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York in the 1980s. Van Elk is considered to be one of the pioneers in the Conceptual Art movement, although he never committed his practice to a singular classification. His multifaceted oeuvre ranges from Arte Povera to Pop Art, from minimal site-specific interventions to innovative video presentations. Van Elk was active in the defining stages of an international generation of artists in the 1960s and partook in groundbreaking exhibitions such as When Attitudes Become Form and Op Losse Schroeven (both in 1969). Throughout his career, which spanned over five decades, Van Elk explored the limits of image-making and its relationship to reality, reconfiguring ordinary scenes and bringing them into the realm of the absurd with simple and efficient gestures as quotidian as the scenes themselves. His style has been in constant flux, embracing new techniques and innovative media, whilst maintaining a dialogue with the history of art.
Ger van Elk at RA3, Arte Povera +, Aziono Povere | Amalfi | 1968
Ger van Elk
The Co-Founder of the Word O.K - Marken (Nr. 6) 1971/1999 Color photograph in Plexiglass frame 71 x 71.5 cm | 28 x 28 1/8 in
The exhibition starts on the ground floor with a series of self portraits such as his iconic The Co-Founder of the Word O.K Marken (Nr. 6) (1971/1999). Where, in the archetypical Dutch village of Marken, the artist is walking with a smoked sausage dangling on a stick over his shoulder presented as a knapsack to personify the American expression to be ‘O.K.’. This work is the perfect example of Van Elk’s typical Dutch humor and absurdism often present in his work.
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich (DE)
The Conclusion series consist of painted over photographs of different urban and rural landscapes, a historically Dutch genre, that are pulled into abstraction by the multiple layers of paint. The color of the acrylic paint is based on the main colors of the landscape. The landscape of the photograph becomes invisible, but the brushstrokes in the paint form a cloudy pattern that establishes a new landscape. The title of the series, ‘Conclusions’, implies an end. Possibly the end of painting, or photography, but the blank canvases can simultaneously be seen as new beginnings.
detail | Conclusions II - Vejer de la Frontera “Blue transparent” | 2012
Ger van Elk
Conclusions II - Vejer de la Frontera “Red” 2012 Acrylic paint on photograph on canvas 123 x 126 cm | 48 3/8 x 49 5/8 in
Ger van Elk
Conclusions II - Vejer de la Frontera “Blue transparent” 2012 Acrylic paint on photograph on canvas 123 x 126 cm | 48 3/8 x 49 5/8 in
installation view | Markus LĂźttgen Gallery (DE) | 2016
Ger van Elk
Sunset Moonrise Sologne (Une Nuit dans un Chalet Suisse) 1990 Acrylic paint on black and white photographs, lacquer on wood Dimensions variable
exhibition history
1999 - Mental Perspective, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
Ger van Elk
Fall of Senses 2004 Harddisc, LCD screen, in surround in oak frame 56 x 62 cm | 22 1/8 x 24 3/8 in Edition of 5 (#2/5)
Ger van Elk
The Waterfall - Eternal Family Piece 2002 Harddisc, LCD screen, in surround in oak frame 56 x 62 cm | 22 1/8 x 24 3/8 in Edition of 7 (#1/7)
Ger van Elk
Some Natural Aspects of Sculpture 1970-2002 Harddisc, LCD screen, in surround in oak frame 55 x 62 cm | 21 5/8 x 24 3/8 in Edition of 7 (#1/7)
Ger van Elk
The Flattening of the brook’s surface 1972-2002 Harddisc, LCD screen, in surround in oak frame 56 x 62 x 4 cm | 22 1/8 x 24 3/8 x 1 5/8 in Edition of 7 (#2/7)
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich (DE) 1999 - Ger van Elk, De Cadillac en de Non/ The Cadillac and the Nun, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
In his iconic The Rose more Beautiful than Art, but Difficult, therefore Art is Splendid (1972) the hand of the artist is projected into a picture frame on the wall by a slide projector. By constantly rearranging the flowers in a vase, Van Elk is introducing movement to a tradition of still life painting.
Ger van Elk
The Rose more Beautiful than Art, but Difficult, therefore Art is Splendid 1972 Slide projection (color) projected onto watercolor in wooden frame Dimensions variable
exhibition history
1999 - Ger van Elk, De Cadillac en de Non/ The Cadillac and the Nun, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
Van Elk’s obsession with the forces of pressing, pushing and pulling is traceable throughout his creative period. In the sculpture Pressure Piece Sandwich (1992) – small monochromatic photographs are compressed with bolts behind uncoated fibreboard, their edges only peeking out around the perimeter. Colored paint leaks out around the boltholes in the middle of the board, as if emanating from the photographic images themselves.
detail | Pressure Piece Sandwich | 1992
Ger van Elk
Pressure Piece Sandwich 1992 Oil paint, lacquer, linen, wood and steel approx. 70 x 70 x 10 cm | 27 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 4 in
Los Angeles Freeway Flyer (1973-2003) shows colored contact prints of US freeways wrapped around six walking sticks. The images were taken by Van Elk during his study visits to LA and request a profound change of visual perception. He uses the photography and sculpture to emphasize his partially ironic examination of the difference between cinematic and photographic images, as well as between reality and reproduction.
detail | Los Angeles Freeway Flyer | 1973-2003
Ger van Elk
Los Angeles Freeway Flyer 1973-2003
Contact prints (color) wrapped around six walking sticks 68.5 x 505 cm | 27 x 198 7/8 in Edition 1+1
exhibition history
2016 - Markus Lüttgen Gallery (DE) 2009 - In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 – 1976, MoMA, New York (US) 1973 - Claire S. Copley Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
Another key video work from Van Elk’s oeuvre, Niet werkelijk Woef (1987) depicts a barking German shepherd projected onto the state flag of California. With this installation Van Elk humorously responds to an argument between two of the principles of the Stedelijk Museum at that time, Rudi Fuchs and Wim Beeren –the barking dog representing Fuchs and the Californian bear is used as a metaphor for Beeren. Van Elk was never shy of an argument, certainly not an artistic one.
Ger van Elk
exhibition history
Niet werkelijk woef
1999 - Ger van Elk, De Cadillac en de Non/ The Cadillac and the Nun, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
1987 Slide projection (colored b/w slides) projected onto California Republic flag Dimensions variable
installation view | Bearable Lightness of Being | GRIMM Keizersgracht (NL) | 2017
Ger van Elk
Study (C de X) ‘Slash and Push’ 1996 Color photograph and acrylic paint, wooden frame 95 x 113 cm | 37 3/8 x 44 1/2 in
Ger van Elk
Cloudy Conscience (C de X) 1994 Color photograph and acrylic paint, wooden frame 95 x 113 cm | 37 3/8 x 44 1/2 in
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMĂźnchen, Munich (DE)
Ger van Elk
Sandwich Study ‘Tombe’ (C de X) 1994 Color photograph and acrylic paint, wooden frame 95 x 113 cm | 37 3/8 x 44 1/2 in
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich (DE)
Ger van Elk
A piece for Increased Security 1986 Acrylic paint on color photographs on linen Dimensions variable
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich (DE) 1996 - Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL) 1986 - Sonsbeek ‘86, Arnhem (NL)
For the second part of the exhibition works have been selected that reflect Van Elk’s fascination with landscapes and more specifically the horizon. From his Camping Art sculptures of the late ‘60s to the Rotterdam Horizon from 2000, Van Elk often brings the landscape that has inspired many artists before him to the realm of contemporary and conceptual art.
Ger van Elk
exhibition history
Camping Art 1
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMünchen, Munich (DE)
1967 Canvas, gauze with lace, metal tent poles, guy ropes, tent pins Dimensions variable
2003 - Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
Ger van Elk
Camping Art 2 1968 Canvas, metal tent poles, guy ropes, tent pins Dimensions variable
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMĂźnchen, Munich (DE) 2003 - Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
installation view | Kunstverein MĂźnchen | Munich (DE) | 2014
Ger van Elk
Rotterdam Horizon 2000 Color photograph on Plexiglass, canvas 30 x 275 x 30 cm | 11 3/4 x 108 1/4 x 11 3/4 in
exhibition history
2014 - The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, KunstvereinMĂźnchen, Munich (DE)
detail | Rotterdam Horizon | 2002
Again expressing his interest in nature, Van Elk’s Laantje in Middelharnis van Meindert Hobbema (1979) takes inspiration from a well-known 17th century Dutch landscape painting in the collection of the National Gallery in London (UK). Two stacks of photographs of trees are mounted on steel rods coming off the wall, creating a three-dimensional photographic representation of a two-dimensional painting and encapsulating Van Elk’s walk through a typical Dutch landscape.
Ger van Elk
Laantje in Middelharnis van Meindert Hobbema detail 1979 Photographs on two metal pins each: 100 x 5 x 3 cm | 39 3/8 x 2 x 1 1/8 in
Laantje in Middelharnis van Meindert Hobbema | 1979
Ger van Elk 1941 - 2014
2001
Ger van Elk, Galerie de Expedi
Lived and worked in Amsterdam, NL
2000
Der Horizont von Rotterdam, L Paris (FR)
EDUCATION
Galerie Jirí Švestka, Prague (C
1965-1966
Art History, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (NL)
1961-1963
Art History, Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Ger van Elk, De horizon, een G
1959-1961
Art and Design College, Amsterdam (NL) (Instituut voor
Mental Perspective, Stedelijk V
Kunstnijverheidsonderwijs, now Rietveldacademie)
Ger van Elk, Speurtocht naar e
1999
Museum Boijmans van Beunin
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2021
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) [Forthcoming]
2019
...Therefore, Art is Splendind, GRIMM, New York (US)
2017
Bearable Lightness of Being, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL) Ger van Elk, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterda
Ger van Elk, De Cadillac en de
Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum, E 1997
Horizonte-Seestücke, Bochum
Liliane et Michel Durand-Desse 1996
4 standpunten van het Kinselm
2016
Markus Lüttgen Gallery (DE)
(NL)
2015
The Horizon and Beyond, Borzo, Amsterdam (NL)
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Ger van Elk – L’Art Conceptuel, LAC, Sigean (FR)
Liliane et Michel Durand-Desse
The Terribly Good Art of Ger van Elk, Kunstverein München, Munich (DE)
Le Quartier, Quimper (FR)
2014 2012
Flatscreens, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
1995
Galerie Ardi Poels, Maastricht
As Is, As Was/As Was, As Is, GRIMM and Borzo, Amsterdam (NL)
1994
Galerie In Situ / Ardi Poels, Ma
Ger van Elk, curated by Gijs van Tuyl, Gallery Bob van Orsouw,
Liliane et Michel Durand-Desse
Zurich (CH)
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterda
2011
Conclusions, BORZO, Amsterdam (NL)
2009
Een Keuze Vanaf 1966, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam (NL)
Sandwiches, Centre d’Art Con
2008
ONE ON ONE. GER VAN ELK. PUSH NOSE BALANCE SCULPTURE.
Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand (FR
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL) 2007
Momenten van Luciditeit, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam (NL)
2005
Ger van Elk, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam (NL)
2004
Der Abschied, ein bewegter Punkt am Horizont / A farewell, a Moving Point on the Horizon, Galerie M, Bochum (DE)
2003
Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
2002
Het Flatscreenprojekt, 7 Filmische Gedichten, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, Hedge House, Wijlre (NL)
1993
1991
Sandwiches, Museum Boijman
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterda
Art & Project/Van Krimpen, Ro 1990
Liliane et Michel Durand-Desse
Une Nuit dans un Chalet Suiss 1989
portret H.M. de Koningin voor V Mauritshuis, The Hague (NL)
1988
Perspective Fruit Pieces 1988, (US)
itie, Amsterdam (NL)
De la nature des genres/ Von der Natur des Genres/ On the Nature
Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert,
of Genre, Centre National d’Art Contemporain de Grenoble Magasin, Grenoble (FR)
CZ)
Kunstverein, Düsseldorf (DE)
am (NL)
Massimo Minini, Brescia (IT)
Geestelijk Verschiet/The Horizon, a
1987
Portretten, Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
Sept pièces dans la tradition de l´autoportrait, Liliane et Michel
een Horizon/Search for a Horizon,
Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
ngen, Rotterdam (NL)
DRAC de Lorraine, Metz (FR)
Non/The Cadillac and the Nun,
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
Eindhoven (NL)
1986
m Kunstvermittlung, Bochum (DE)
Five Dutch Landscapes, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US) Massimo Minini, Brescia (FR)
ert, Paris (FR)
1985
meer, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL) Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
1984
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US)
o (NL)
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
ert, Paris (FR)
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL) Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
(NL)
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
aastricht (NL)
1983
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
ert, Paris (FR)
Modern Flowers of 1982, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US)
am (NL)
Plus-Kern, Brussels (BE)
ns-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut (US)
ntemporain, D.R.A.C. de Clermont
1982
Serpentine Gallery, London (UK)
R)
Arnolfini, Bristol (UK)
am (NL)
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US)
otterdam (NL)
Recent painting and sculpture and a selection of earlier work, Jean
ert, Paris (FR)
Bernier, Athens (GR)
se, Art & Project, Slootdorp (NL)
1981
Vergaderzaal Raad van State,
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL) Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US) Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (UK) 1980
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Ger van Elk Nederlands Paviljoen, 39e Biennale, Venice (IT)
Three works by Ger van Elk Ma
Kunsthalle, Basel (CH)
& Project, Amsterdam (US, NL
Op´t tweede gezicht (Russian Diplomacy), Stedelijk Museum,
1970
Amsterdam (NL) ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris (FR) 1979
1978 1977
How Van Elk Inflates his Left F Amsterdam (NL)
1969
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US)
Koninklijke Academie voor Kun
(with Boezem en Dibbets) (NL
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
1968
Galerie Swart, Amsterdam (wi
Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd, London (UK)
1966
Plestik Plastieken, Galerie Swa
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (US)
1965
Instituut voor Kunstgeschieden
Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco (US)
1962
Adynamische Werken, Museum
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (DE) Kunstverein, Brunswick (DE) The Missing Persons, Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2019
Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn (DE)
Freedom: the Fifty Key Dutch A
den Hartog Jager, Museum de
1976
Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd, London (UK)
2018
Amsterdam Magisch Centrum,
1975
Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels (BE)
2017
Humor, Frans Hals Museum de
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (US)
2015
Animals in Art – Collectie De H
1974
1973
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven (DE)
Barneveld (NL)
Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd, London (UK)
In Search Of… Ger van Elk and B
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
Broken Landscapes, Stedelijk M
Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd, London (UK)
Spiegeloog, Museum Arnhem,
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Silence out Loud, Museum Kra
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL)
Photo Stories, Gemeentemuse
Wide White Space, Antwerp (BE)
Resonance(s), Maison Particul
Wide White Space / Le Bailli, Brussels (BE)
Broken Landscapes, Ludwig M 2013
Ik hou van Holland. Nederlands
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Mezzanine Gallery, Halifax
Schiedam, Schiedam (NL)
(CA)
When Attitudes Become Form,
About the Reality of G. Morandi (en andere werken), Art & Project,
Cobra tot Dumar. Collectie de H
Amsterdam (NL)
Double Dutch, Richard Saltoun
Kabinett für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven (DE) 1971
Bad Thoughts, Stedelijk Museu
Galerie Ernst, Hannover (DE)
Claire S. Copley Gallery, Los Angeles (US) 1972
2014
Paul Klee-Um den Fisch, 1926, Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
2012
Dark and Deadpan: Pop in TV a American Art, New York (US)
ade this Spring in California, USA, Art
Minimal Myth, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
L)
Mapping the Horizon, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
Foot with his Right One, Art & Project,
A Dutch Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid (ES) Light Years: Conceptual art and the Photograph, 1964-1977, The Art
nst en Vormgeving, ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
L)
It Happened in Pomona, Art at the edge of Los Angeles, Pomona
ith Boezem en Dibbets) (NL)
College, Museum of Art, Panoma (US)
art, Amsterdam (NL)
2011
nis, Groningen (NL)
Taking Place, Stedellijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) Weltsichten, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel (DE)
m Fodor, Amsterdam (NL)
2010
Weltsichten, Situation Kunst Bochum (DE)
2009
Henri-Edmond Cross & Ger van Elk, Musée Malraux, Le Havre In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960 – 1976,
Artworks since 1968, curated by Hans
MoMA, New York (US)
e Fundatie, Zwolle (NL)
2008
Art Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
2007
Artissima, Turin (IT)
e Hallen, Haarlem (NL)
2006
Continuum, Biennale d’art contemporain, Musée Malraux, Le Havre
Heus-Zomer, Museum Nairac,
(FR) PLUG IN, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven (NL)
Bas Jan Ader, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum, Schiedam (NL)
Summertime, Galerie m, Bochum (DE) 2005
A Guest + a Host = a Ghost, Hedge House, Wijlre Vertiges, Printemps de septembre, Toulouse (FR)
Arnhem (NL)
anenburgh, Bergen (NO)
Dutch Pop Art & the Sixties, Cobra museum, Amstelveen (NL)
um, Amsterdam (NL)
Territoria, Art from the Netherlands, Prato and the Bisenzio Valley
eum Den Haag, The Hague (NL)
(IT)
liere, Brussels (BE)
Le Néo-impressionisme, de Seurat à Paul Klee, Musée d’Orsay,
Museum, Koblenz, Germany (DE)
Paris (FR) 2004
se kunst na 1945, Stedelijk Museum
Museum de Arte Contemporanea, Vigo (ES) Winterthur Museum (US)
, Fondazione Prada, Venice (IT)
Grenzüberscheitung, Galerie m Bochum (DE)
Heus-Zomer, Singer Laren (NL)
The Last Picture Show – Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982,
n, London (UK)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
and the Movies, Whitney Museum for
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US) 2003
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Ger van Elk
2002
Curated by Douglas Fogle of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Uit tijd Geplukt - Bloemen in B
(US)
De Lakenhal, Leiden (NL)
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
Concept/Construct: Photograp
Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo (ES)
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna B
Winterthur Museum (US)
Les Extrême se Touchent, Insti
Conceptuele Kunst 1965-1975 uit Nederlandse en Belgische
Zomer 1992, Art & Project, Slo
collecties, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) 2001 1999 1996
1995
L.A. 70-75, Gallery Christine B
(NL)
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery
World Wide Video Festival, Flash, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
Collection Stéphane et George d’Art contemporain, Palaisdes
20 Jaar Verzamelen, Tentoonstelling van de Bouwfonds
Picturale - een keuze uit de Rij
Kunstcollectie, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-He
Stroomgeest, Bentveld (NL)
Vies dÁrtistes, Musée des Bea
Landscapes, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (NL)
(FR)
Openingstentoonstelling MAC, Marseille (FR)
1988
Nature Mortes, Liliane et Miche
Reconsidering the object of art: 1965-1975, The Museum of
De Kunstcollectie van het Bouw
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (US)
Amsterdam (NL) 1987
Hollands Landschap, Museum
de Vassiviere, Limousin (FR)
L’Epoque, la Mode, la Morale, l
Sculpturen Uit de Collectie van Marlies en Jo Eyck,
Paris (FR)
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (NL)
Photography and Art, Los Ang
1994 Du Concept a l’image, Art Pays-Bas XX Siècle Arc, Musée
Angeles (US) 1986
Collection des oeuvres photogr
Wide White Space, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels (BE)
Ardenne, Reims (FR)
Het Gedicht, Grote Kerk, The Hague (NL)
Troyes Paysages Contemporai
Tutte le strade portano a Roma, Palazzo de Esposizione di Roma,
Paris Terrae Motus 2, Fondazio
Rome (IT)
Sonsbeek ‘86, Arnhem (NL)
Portrait, Still Life, Landscape, een Keuze van Robert Wilson, 1992
1990
(NL)
d’Art Moderne de la Ville deParis, Paris (FR)
1993
Art 22 ‘91’, Basel (CH)
Blue Moon. Vanuit de Beweging, Groninger Museum, Groningen
Du Paysage Incertain, Vergule Fragment, Centre d’art contemporain
1994
1991
1985
Oeuvres sur Papier, Liliane et M
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL)
Een Keuze/Eine Auswahl, Kun
Nouvelle Espace, Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
Wat Amsterdam Betreft… As fa
The Comfort Zone, The Living Room, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Beeldende Kunst en Poëzie, Museum
1984
An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (US)
phy in Los Angeles Art, 1960-1980,
Collectie Becht, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
Beach (US)
De Nederlandse Identiteit in de Kunst na 1945, Rijksmuseum Van
itut Néerlandais, Paris (FR)
Gogh, Amsterdam (NL)
ootdorp (NL)
1983
Modern Dutch Painting, Athens (GR), XVIIe Biennale, Sao Paulo (BR)
Burgin, New York (US)
1982
Art & Project, Amsterdam (NL)
y, Santa Monica, California (US)
‘60-’80 Attitudes/Concepts/Images, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
es Uhoda, Portrait d’une Collection
(NL)
Beaux-Arts, Charleroi (BE)
Amsterdam ‘60/’80, Twintig jaar Beeldende Kunst, Museum Fodor,
jksaankopen 1984-1989,
Amsterdam (NL)
ertogenbosch (NL)
1981
aux-Arts André Malraux, Le Havre
Documenta 7, Kassel (DE) 1981 Portrait de Nicéphore en Tant que Peintre, Maison de la
1980
Culture, Chalon sur Saône (FR)
el Durand-Dessert, Paris (NL)
Spoleto Artist and Camera, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield (UK)
wfonds, Stedelijk Museum,
City Museum & Art Gallery, Stroke-on-Trent (UK) DLI Museum and Arts Center, Durham Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Overholland, Amsterdam (NL)
(UK)
la Passion, Centre Georges Pompidou,
België - Nederland/Knooppunten en Parallellen in de Kunst na 1945, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (BE)
geles County Museum of Art, Los
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (NL) Kunst in Europa na ‘68..., Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst +
raphiques du FRAC Champagne
1979
Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur, Gent Incontri, Ghent (BE) Concept Narrative Document/Recent Photographic Works from the
ins, Galerie Isy Brachot, Brussels (BE)
Morton Neumann Family Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art,
one Amelio, Naples (IT)
Chicago (US) With a Certain Smile, InK, Halle für internationale neue Kunst, Zürich
Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
(CH)
nstRai 85, Amsterdam (NL)
ar as Amsterdam Goes, Stedelijk
European Dialogue/The Third Biennale of Sydney, The Art Gallery 1978
of New South Wales, Sydney (AU) La Biennale di Venezia 38, Venice (IT) Door Beeldhouwers Gemaakt, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
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Ger van Elk 1997
Hét Holland Müvész, Museum Mücsarnok, Boedapest Documenta 6, Kassel (DE) Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
1976
Reflektie en Realiteit, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels (BE) Reflection and Reality, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (UK) Art & Project at the 9th Floor, Fine Arts Building, New York (US)
1974
Word/Works, Mount San Antonio College Art Galleries, Walnut, California (US)
1972
Documenta 5, Kassel (DE)
1971
Sonsbeek Buiten de Perken, Park Sonsbeek etc., Arnhem (NL) Prospect Projektion, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (DE)
1970
Between Man and Matter/10e Biennale Tokyo, Metropolitan Art Gallery, Tokyo (JP)
1969
Op Losse Schroeven/Situaties en Cryptostructuren, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL) Verborgene Strukturen, Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE) When Attitudes Become Form, Kunsthalle, Bern (CH) Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld (DE) Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (UK)
1968
Rassegna d’Arti Figurative, Arsenali, Amalfi (IT) Junge Kunst aus Holland, Kunsthalle, Bern (CH)
1967
Signalement 67, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
COLLECTIONS
Abn Amro Art Foundation, Am
Aegon Kunstcollectie, The Hag
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buff
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicag
Buitenplaats Kasteel Wijlre, Wij
Collectie Brecht, Naarden (NL)
Collection Liliane and Michel D
De Heus-Zomer Collection, Ba
François Pinault Collection, Pu
of Contemporary Art, Venice (I
Frans Halsmuseum, Haarlem ( Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Goldman Sachs, London (UK) Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam
Huis Marseille museum voor fo
ING Collection, Amsterdam (NL
Kunstcollectie KPN, The Hague
Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Lisser Art Museum, Sassenhei
Museum on Contemporary Art
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA Museum De Lakenhal, Leiden
AWARDS
Musée de Peinture, Grenoble (
2004
Oeuvreprijs voor de beeldende kunst, Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam (NL)
Museum voor Religieuze Kunst
1996
J.C. van Lanschot Prijs voor Beeldende Kunst (NL)
National Gallery of Victoria, Me
1983
David Röell-Prijs (NL)
The Scottish National Gallery, E
Museum Boijmans van Beunin
Rabobank Collection, Utrecht (NL) Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed (NL)
msterdam (NL)
Rijksmuseum Twenthe (RMT), Enschede (NL)
gue (NL)
Sanders Collection, Haarlem (NL)
falo, NY (US)
Schiphol Kunstcollectie, Schiphol (NL)
go, IL (US)
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (NL)
jlre (NL)
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Gent (BE)
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Tate Modern, London (UK)
Durand-Dessert, Paris (FR)
The Brecht Collection, Naarden (NL)
arneveld (NL)
TNT Post Kunstcollectie, The Hague (NL)
unta della Dogana Museum
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL)
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otografie, Amsterdam (NL)
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