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Wolfgang Laib

(German, born 1950)

Wolfgang Laib

The Rice Meals for Another Body, 2015

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Wolfgang Laib

Milkstone, 1983

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Biography

Timeline

1950: Born in Metzingen, Germany
1968 - 1974: Studied medicine at the University of Tubingen
: Lives and works in Hochdorf, Germany

Exhibitions

2012: 9th Gwangju Biennale 2012, South Korea
2011 - 2012: 180°: Die Sammlung im Kubus, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany (group)
: Private Sessions, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany (group)
2011: Private Passions, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
: Wolfgang Laib: Unlimited Ocean, SAIC Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL (solo)
: Wolfgang Laib: Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
2010 - 2011: ColorForms, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpturre Garden, Washington DC
: “Grain of Emptiness: Buddhist Inspired Contemporary Art,” Rubin Museum, New York, NY
: Grass Grows by Itself, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
2010: Sin principio - sin fin, Museo Nacional de Arte de La Paz, La Paz, Bolivia
: Wolfgang Laib, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)
2009 - 2010: Taswir - Pictorial Mappings of Islam and Modernity, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
: Without Place – Without Time – Without Body, Nelson-Atkins-Museum, Kansas City
2009: Wolfgang Laib, Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
: Wolfgang Laib: Without Time – Without Body – Without Place, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
: Pasotraspaso, Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico-City
: Wolfgang laib, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
2008 - 2009: Nature. Contemporary Art from the ALTANA Collection, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
: SOLUNALLETS, St.Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin
: Nature, Contemporary Art from the Atlanta Art Collection, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
: Without Place – Without Time – Without Body, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (solo)
: Artist’s Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: Fiac Paris, France
: Now You See It, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
: Wolfgang Laib, Museé de Grenoble, Grenoble (solo)
2008: Fondation pour l'art contemporain, Claudine et Jean-Marc Salomon, Alex, France (cat.)
: Ressonância, Resonance, Resonanz: Iran do Espírito Santo, Callum Innes, Wolfgang Laib, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2007 - 2008: Buchmann Lugano, Agra/ Lugano
: Without Beginning – Without End, MNCARS - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reina Sofía, Madrid, Kunstmuseum Bonn (solo)
: Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
: Buchmann Galerie, Buchmann Box, Berlin
: Alexander Ochs Galleries, Berlin/Beijing
: Japan and the West, Kuntsmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
2007: PURE, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
: Wolfgang Laib: Without Time-Without Body-Without Place, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
: Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Japan
: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland City, New Zealand
: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Lasalle-Sia, Singapore (solo)
: Galerie Beyeler, Basel (solo)
: SITE Santa Fe Sixth International Biennial, Santa Fe, NM
: Villa Massimo, Rome
: MoMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York
: FRIENDLY GAME SCULPTURE 06 Freundschaftsspiel, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
: Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
: At Home Recent Acquisitions, MMoCA - Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Madison/ WI
: Monuments with a Horizon Line, Buchmann Galerie Berlin
: SITE Santa Fe Biennal 2006, SITE Santa Fe
2006: Reishäuser, Buchmann Galerie Berlin (solo)
: Centre Pompidou, Paris
: MACRO - Museo d`Arte Contemporaneo Roma (solo)
: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Crawley/ Perth (solo)
: Passageway-Overgoing, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western (solo)
: Wolfgang Laib – Werk op paper, foto’s, De Pont Tilburg – De Pont foundation for contemporary art, Tilburg/ NL (solo)
: Retrospektive, Fondation Beyeler, Basel (solo)
: Buchmann Lugano – Skulpturenprojekte und Kunsthandel, Agra/Lugano
: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (solo)
: Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (solo)
: Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Hanoi, Vietnam (solo)
2005: Kunstmuseum Bonn
: Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tämaki, New Zealand (solo)
2004: The Armory Show 2004, International Fair of New Art, New York/Buchmann Galerie
: Gallery Rizziero Arte, Pescara (solo)
: Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou / Kanton, China (solo)
: Buchmann Galerie Cologne, Germany (solo)
: The Fine Line (Between Something and Nothing), Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.
: Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame
: Gallery Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich (solo)
: Buchmann Lugano – Skulpturenprojekte und Kunsthandel, Agra/ Lugano
: The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
2003: 20 ans des FRAC. Le cabinet d’Ann Philbin, FRAC Picardie, Amiens, France
: National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
: Updated Collection Presentation (IV), MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
: Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
: Des goûts et des couleurs, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lons-le-saunier, France
: Folkwang Museum, Essen
: Prière(s), Musée d’ Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis, France
: San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla/CA
2002: Goethe-Institut, New York
: Haus der Kunst, Munich
: Henry Art Gallery, Seattle/Washington
: Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas/Texas
: Buchmann Skulpturenprojekte Lugano
: Sprengel Museum Hannover
: Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale/Arizona
: The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
: Before Reflexion Begins, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
: Minimalia, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
2001: Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas.
: + vrai que nature, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
2000: Matrix 188, Berkely, California
: Hirshhorn Museum, Washington
: Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
: Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
1999: Carée d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain Nîmes, France
1998: The Arts Club of Chicago Chicago
1997: Buchmann Galerie, Basel (solo)
: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe Orangerie, Germany
1995: Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
1994 - 1995: Camden Arts Center, Camden Arts Center London, England
1994: German Art: Aspekte Deutscher Kunst 1964-1994, Der Salzburg Festspiele 1994 Salzburg, Germany
: Drawing on Sculpture, Cohen Gallery New York, NY
: German Art 1964-1994, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris, France
1993 - 1994: J.H. de Pont Foundation, J.H. de Pont Foundation Tilburg, the Netherlands
: The Henry Moore Studio, The Henry Moore Studio Yorkshire, England
: Azur, Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain Jouy-En Josas, France
: GAS, Grandoise Ambitieux Silencieux, Capc, Musee d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux Bordeaux, France
: The 21st Century, Kunsthalle Basel Basel, Switzerland
: A Century of Silence, University Art Museum SUNY, Binghamton, NY
: Les Environs, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery New York, NY
: Galerie Buchman, Galerie Buchman Basel, Switzerland
1993: Sperone Westwater, Sperone Westwater New York, NY
1992 - 1993: De Opening, De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art Tilburg, Holland
: The Language of Flowers, Paul Kasmin New York, NY
: Capc, Musee d'Art Contemporain Bordeaux, France
: Kunstmuseum Bonn Bonn, Germany
: The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA
: 15th Anniversary Exhibition, Rhona Hoffman Gallery Chicago, IL
: Habeas Corpus, Stux Gallery New York, NY
: Anselmo, Laib, Nauman, Umberg, Anselmo, Nauman, Miller Nordenhake Cologne, Germany
: Exposition Sentimentale, Musee d'Art Moderne Collioure, France
: Vorhut aus dem Hinerland, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany
: Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna Ascona, Italy
: The Douglas Hyde Gallery Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
: Wolfgang Laib, Centre Georges Pompidou Paris, France
1992: Burnett Miller Gallery Los Angeles, CA
: Galleria Artiaco Naples, Italy
: Sperone Westwater, Sperone Westwater New York, NY
: Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland
: Gallery Senda Hiroshima, Japan
: Wolfgang Laib, Pollen Installations, Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe, NM
: Kanransha Tokyo, Japan
: The Lick of the Eye, Curated by David, Shoshana Wayne Gallery Santa Monica, CA
: With Nature, Galerie Lelong New York, NY
: Das Goldene Zeitalter, Wurtembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
1991: Un Detail Immense, Palais de Beaux-Arts Charleroi, France
: Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama Paris, France
1990 - 1991: Lightseed, Watari-um, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Japan
: Gallery Lelong, Curated by Burne, Gallery Lelong New York, NY
: 5th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Burnett Miller Los Angeles, CA
: Signs of Life, Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, PA
: Threshold, The National Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Norway
: Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland
: Lead adn Wax, Stephen Wirtz Gallery San Francisco, CA
: Rhona Hoffmann Gallery Chicago, IL
: Burnett Miller Gallery Los Angeles, CA
: Galerie Konrad Fischer Dusseldorf, Germany
: Kunstmuseum Luzern Lucerne, Switzerland
1990: Galerie des Beaux-Arts Brussels, Belgium
: Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Germany
: Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
: Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama Paris, France
: Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland
: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL
: Fundacio Joan Miro Barcelona, Spain
: Einleuchten, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
: Glanzlichter, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
: Color and/or Monochrome, The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan
1989: Hortus Artis, Orto Botanico Turin, Italy
: Musee Departemental de Rochechouart, Musee Departemental de Rochechouart Cateau de Rochechouart, France
: Carnegie International 88, The Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh, PA
: Des Moines Art Center Des Moines, Iowa
: Gallery Lelong New York, NY
: Defacto, Charlottenborg Copenhagen, Denmark
: Rosc Dublin, Ireland
: Zeitlos, Hamberger Bahnhof Berlin, Germany
: Lichtjahr 1988, Ruine der Kunste Berlin, Germany
1988: Wolfgang Laib: Selected Works, Burnett Miller Gallery Los Angeles, CA
1987: Galerie Buchmann Basel, Switzerland
: Wechselstrome. Kontemplation, Expression, Konstruktion, Bonner Kunstverein Bonn, Germany
: documenta 8, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Germany
: Bremer Kunstpreis 1987, Kunsthalle Bremen Bremen, Germany
: Century 87, Oude Kerk Amsterdam, The Netherlands
: New Locations, Wolff Gallery New York, NY
: Capc, Musee d'Art Contemporain Bordeaux, France
: Galerie Crousel-Hussenot Paris, France
: Galerie Maeght Lelong New York, NY
: ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne Paris, France
: De Sculptura, Wiener Festwochen im Messepalast Vienna, Austria
: 3., Triennale der Kleinplastik Fellbach, Germany
: The Sixth Biennale of Sydney 1986: Origins, Originality + Beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
: Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art, The Hayward Annu, Hayward Art Gallery London, England
1986: Ouverture II, Castello di Rivoli Turin, Italy
1985: Wolfgang Laib, Robert Ryman, Ian Wilson, Maeght Lelong New York, NY
: Kunstverein St. Gallen, Kunstverein St. Gallen St. Gallen, Germany
: Whitechapel Art Gallery London, England
: SkulpturSein, Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany
: 1945 bis 1985, Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany
: East West Visual Arts Encounter, Jehangir Art Gallery Bombay, India
: Spuren, Skulpturen und monumente ihrer prazisen Reise, Kunsthaus Zurich Zurich, Switzerland
1984: the rice meals for the nine planets, Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Germany
: Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Staatliche kunsthalle Baden-Baden;Tel Aviv Museum Baden-Baden, Germany and Tel Aviv, Israel
: Ars '83 Helsinke, Ateneumin Taidemuseo Helsinki, Finland
1983: Stadisches Museum Abteiberg, Stadisches Museum Abteiberg Monchengladbach, Germany
: the sixty-three rice meals for a stone, Konrad Fischer Dusseldorf, Germany
: Materie + Form, ETH, Naturwissenschaftliches Gebaude Zurich, Switzerland
1982: University Art Museum Providence, RI
: documenta 7, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Germany
: Kunst wird Material, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany
: Gewad Gent, Belgium
: Galerie Konrad Fischer Zurich, Switzerland
: Biennale Venice, Italy
: Annemarie-und-Will Grohmann-Stipendium, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden Baden-Baden, Germany
: Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui, ARC, Musee d'Art Modern Paris, France
: Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Germany
: Galerie Max Hetzler Stuttgart, Germany
1981: Sperone Westwater Fischer New York, NY
: Galerie Chantal Crousel Paris, France
1980: I. Ausstellung der Jurgen Ponto-Stiftung, Karmeliterkloster Frankfurt, Germany
: Ink, with Brice Marden, Gerhard Merz, Gilberto Zorio, Zurich, Switzerland
1979: Sperone Westwater Fischer New York, NY
: Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst Bremerhaven, Germany
: Galerie Jean et Karen Bernier Athens, Greece
: Kunstraum Munchen Munich, Germany
1978: Galerie Rolf Preisig Basel, Switzerland
: Galleria Salvatore Ala Milan, Italy
: Galerie Konrad Fischer Dusseldorf, Germany
1976: Galerie Muller-Roth Stuttgart, Germany

Public Collections

: Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes, France
: Musée départemental de Rochechouart, France
: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
: Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
: Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
: The Museum of Modern Art, New York
: capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, France
: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
: Collections de l'Etat Français
: De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
: Diözesanmuseum, Cologne, Germany
: Kunsthaus Zürich, Germany
: Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

Wolfgang Laib

(German, born 1950)

Wolfgang Laib

Wolfgang Laib

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

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