Don Van Vliet

(American, 1941–2010)

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1989

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1991

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1990

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1991

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1992

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Don Van Vliet

Untitled, 1989

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Biography

Timeline

1941
Born in Glendale, CA
1960
Became famous as a composer, rock musician, and author; started to draw and paint
2010
Died in Arcata, CA

Exhibitions

2008
Serial Works on Paper, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin
Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet, Galleria dell’Arco, Palermo
2007
Works on Paper, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Don Van Vliet, Anton Kern Gallery, New York City, NY
2005
Accrochage - Bilder aus den sechziger Jahren, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2002
Barbican Centre, London
2001
Don Van Vliet. Paintings from the Eighties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Don Van Vliet. Works on Paper, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia (PA)
2000
Don Van Vliet, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta (GA)

Literature

2003
Riding Some Kind of Unusual Skull Sleigh / Don Van Vliet. Box, enthält:
1998
Don Van Vliet. New Work, in association with Michael Werner Gallery, (Katalog anläßlich der Ausstellung bei Knoedler & Company, New York, 11.11. - 5.12.1998), New York: Knoedler & Company, 1998
1996
Don Van Vliet, [mit einem Gedicht von Don Van Vliet], (Katalog zur Ausstellung "Don Van Viet. Arbeiten der 70er und 80er" in der Galerie Michael Werner, Köln, 22.6. - 27.7.1996), Köln: Michael Werner, 1996
Ferrari, Luca: Pearls before swine, perle ai porci. Ice cream for crows, gelato ai corvi. A tribute to the art of Captain Beefheart, ed. by Gigi Marinoni, mit einer CD Single Poetry reading by Don Van Vliet, (Sonic Book; 1), Rom: Sonic Book, 1996
1993
Don Van Vliet. Stand Up to Be Discontinued, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Museum Waldhof, Texte von Andreas Beaugrand, Karsten Ohrt, Jessica Rutherford, Paolo Bianchi, Luca Ferrari, Diedrich Diederichsen, Roberto Ohrt, A.R. Penck, Hardcover mit CD, Ostfildern: Cantz, 1993
1990
Webb, Colin David, Garantiert ungewöhnlich...Das Leben des Captain Beefheart, Augsburg, Sonnentanz-Verlag 1990
1988
New Work: Don Van Vliet (Text: Bohn R. Lane), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1988
Don Van Vliet. Neun Bilder, (Text: Wilfried Dickhoff), Galerie Michael Werner, Köln 1988
1987
Don Van Vliet Skeleton Breath, Scorpion Blush, Gedichte von Don Van Vliet mit Abbildungen (Vorwort: A.R. Penck, Übersetzung aus dem Englischen: Catherine Schelbert), Verlag Gachnang & Springer (Hg.), Bern 1987
Don Van Vliet. Zehn Bilder, (Text: A. R. Penck), Galerie Michael Werner, Köln 1987