Allen Ruppersberg Biography - Greengrassi
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<strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong><br />
<strong>Biography</strong><br />
Born 1944, Cleveland, OH<br />
Lives and works in New York, NY<br />
Education<br />
B.F.A. 1967, Chouinard Institute, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Awards<br />
1997 Guggenheim Fellowship, Laurenz-Hans Foundation, Basel<br />
Projects<br />
2008 Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London<br />
1999 Public commission for Oosterwolde, Netherlands<br />
1998 City-wide project for Kunsthalle Basel and Laurenz House Foundation<br />
Solo Exhibitions<br />
2010 No Time Left To Start Again 2, Air de Paris, Paris<br />
No Time Left to Start Again, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Big Trouble, Greene Naftali, NYC<br />
2009 As the Crow Flies/How I miss the Avant-garde, greengrassi, London<br />
you and me or the art of give and take, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA<br />
2008 Camden Arts Centre, London<br />
Studio Guenzani, Milan<br />
Selected Works, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
2007 Alterations, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp<br />
2006 Photo Works 1970-1973, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
One of Many – Origins and Variants, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee; Air de Paris, Paris<br />
The Singing Posters, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT<br />
Poetry and Rearrangement, Galeria Martin Janda, Vienna<br />
2005 Free/Trade: Art and Poetry, greengrassi, London<br />
Biennale de Lyon, France<br />
The Singing Posters, <strong>Allen</strong> Ginsberg’s Howl Parts II & III, Karin Guenther, Hamburg<br />
Line Drawings, Book Pages, Games and a Puzzle, Christine Burgin Gallery, NYC<br />
2004 No, Sir, This library is mine not yours. But you may have this, Christine Burgin Gallery, NYC<br />
The new five foot shelf, De Hallen, Frans Hais Museum, Haarlem<br />
2003 The Singing Posters, Studio Guenzani, Milan<br />
The Singing Posters, Gorney Bravin and Lee, NYC<br />
2001 <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong> Drawings 1973-1980, Christine Burgin, NYC<br />
The New Five Foot Shelf, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
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The Novel That Writes Itself, Honey, I Rearranged the Collection, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los<br />
Angeles, CA<br />
2000 Honey, I Rearranged the Collection To Show That We Are Nice People, Christine Burgin, NYC<br />
1999 Studio Guenzani, Milan<br />
FRAC Limousin, Limoges<br />
Honey, I rearranged the collection while you were gone, greengrassi, London<br />
1998 Letter to a Friend, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles<br />
1997 Letter to a Friend, Portikus, Frankfurt<br />
1996 <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>: Proofs, FRAC Nord Pas de Calais, Dunkerque*<br />
Where’s Al? Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble*<br />
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Larry Johnson/<strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Jay Gorney Modern Art, NYC<br />
Group Exhibitions (selection)<br />
2011 Compass - Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin<br />
Entertainment, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY<br />
Echoes, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris<br />
Dan Graham – <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp<br />
Showcase Project, organized by the cneai, Musac, Leon (curated by Sylvie Boulanger & María Inés<br />
Rodríguez)<br />
2010 The Last Newspaper, New Museum, NYC<br />
You can't get there from here but you can get here from there, Apexart, New York City, NYC<br />
Third Thoughts, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (curated by Barry Schwabsky & Carol Szymanski)<br />
89 Km. Colección CGAC, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo<br />
Au verso des images, Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva<br />
On the Road, Artpace - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX<br />
Works in Edition, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
25 OR 30 YEARS GALLERY: PART II, Carta, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam<br />
How Many Billboards? Art In Stead, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, West Hollywood, CA<br />
DOUBLE BIND / Arrêtez d’essayer de me comprendre !, Villa Arson, Nice<br />
Caractères, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême<br />
101 Collection: Route 1 - R for Replicant, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San<br />
Francisco, CA<br />
2009 MOCA´s First Thirty Years, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Art Foundation Mallorca, Centro Cultural Andratx - CCA, Andratx<br />
Picture(s): Your California Dream, Civic Room, London<br />
Là où je suis n'existe pas, les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse<br />
William Leavitt, <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Ger van Elk, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles<br />
LA SUITE[reset], Air de Paris, Paris<br />
Black Hole, Centro Cultural Andratx - CCA, Andratx<br />
In & Out of Amsterdam: 1960–1976, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, NYC<br />
And Other Essays, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY<br />
No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman, NYC<br />
Sound of Music, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
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Selective Knowledge, ITYS - Institute of Contemporary Art and Thought, Athens<br />
On second reading, Galería Estrany - De La Mota, Barcelona<br />
Reading Standing Up, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
2008 La gran transformacion, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo<br />
L'ÉTÉ, Galerie Martin Janda, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna<br />
HOTEL CALIFORNIA, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris<br />
Arts Le Havre 2008, Musée Malraux, Le Havre (curated by Ger Van Elk)<br />
The Great Transformation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main<br />
The artist is a mysterious entertainer, De Appel, Amsterdam<br />
Summer 2008, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Headlines & Footnotes, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden<br />
Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960, The Metropolitan<br />
Museum of Art, NYC<br />
Selective Knowledge, The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens<br />
Book/Shelf, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, NYC<br />
The Collector: Sound of Music, Marres - Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht<br />
Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, The Museum of<br />
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Allan Kaprow-Art as Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA<br />
La Petite Histoire, Kunstraum Noe, Vienna (curated by Gyonata Bonvicini)<br />
2007 Im Wort, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen<br />
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, NYC<br />
If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, une exposition, CAPC, Bordeaux<br />
A Theater without Theater, Berardo Museum, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon;<br />
MACBA, Barcelona<br />
Who Remebers Where They Are From, Galerie Martin Janda; Vienna Passage Du Temps; Collection<br />
Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice<br />
Tiempo al Tiempo, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo<br />
Romantischer Konzeptualismus, Bawag Contemporary - Bawag Foundation, Vienna; Kunsthalle<br />
Nürnberg, Nuremberg<br />
If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (curated<br />
by Alex Farquarson)<br />
SUBLIME OBJECTS. Collections sans frontières V, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC),<br />
Bucharest<br />
From Close To Home, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA<br />
2006 Drapeaux gris, CAPC, Bordeaux<br />
THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NYC<br />
Kunst aus Los Angeles der 60er bis 90er Jahre, Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig<br />
Matthew Buckingham, Alejandro Cesarco, Louise Lawler, <strong>Allen</strong> Ruppersburg, Murray Guy, NYC<br />
Description busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris<br />
Twice Drawn, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College,<br />
Saratoga Springs, NY<br />
Description The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory, Museum of Fine Arts Houston<br />
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, NYC<br />
Arquivar Tormentas, CGAC - Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela<br />
<strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong> - Guy de Cointet, Air de Paris, Paris
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20ème anniversaire, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris<br />
2005 De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman, Galerie de France, Paris<br />
After Cézanne, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Sculptures, la tentation de la figure, FRAC - Limousin, Limoges<br />
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY<br />
Expérience de la durée, 8e Biennale de Lyon, Experiencing Duration, Lyon<br />
Kramlich Collection, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA<br />
Private View 1980-2000 - Collection Pierre Huber, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne<br />
100 Artists See God, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA<br />
The Last Picture Show - Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL<br />
Description and image A Walk to Remember, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LA, CA<br />
Ascenseur pour Rio, FRAC - Bourgogne, Dijon<br />
From A to B and Back again, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris<br />
2004 L’artiste éditeur, FRAC - Limousin, Limoges<br />
Description and image 100 Artists See God, ICA - Institute of Contemporary Arts, London<br />
The last picture show, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo<br />
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris<br />
Description and image The Last Picture Show - Artists Using Photography, 1960-<br />
1982, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA<br />
Un conte d’hiver, FRAC - Limousin, Limoges<br />
2003 Raid the Icebox, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles<br />
2002 To Whom It May Concern, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco<br />
JRP Editions, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria<br />
Lost Past 2002 - 1941 Memorial signs for the present, Anno 02 in corporation with Stedelijke<br />
Musea Ieper, Ieper, Belgium<br />
Cadavre Exquis, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris<br />
Gorney Bravin Lee, New York<br />
ConArt, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK<br />
My Modern Summer, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands<br />
2001 Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA<br />
A Private Reading, The Book as Image and Object, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York<br />
Art Express: Art minimal et conceptual américain: état d’un collection’, Musée d’Art Moderne<br />
et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
2000 <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>: The Novel That Writes Itself, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX<br />
Protest & Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, (curated by Matthew Higgs and Paul Noble)<br />
Das Gedachtnis der Kunst, Schirn Kunsthalle and Historisches Museum, Frankfurt<br />
LA: David Deutsch & Phil Grauer, Larry Johnson, Mike Kelley, Rachel Khedoori, Sharon<br />
Lockhart, Paul McCarthy, Jason Meadows, Catherine Opie, Raymond Pettibon, <strong>Allen</strong><br />
<strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Paul Sietsma, Frances Stark, James Welling, Monika Sprüth Gallerie, Cologne<br />
1999 Sordide Sentimental, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK<br />
Wallace Berman & Jeff Koons, Allan McCollum, Al <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Andy Warhol, Nicole<br />
Klagsbrun, New York<br />
Wallace Berman, Kenneth Goldsmith, <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Gorney Bravin and Lee<br />
Radical P.A.S.T: Contemporary Art in Pasadena 1960-1974, Armory Center for the Arts,<br />
Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design, and Norton Simon Museum of Art,<br />
Pasadena
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1998 One Step Backwards, Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland<br />
Mai 98, Köln Kunsthalle<br />
TransFiction I: Point Blank, Charim Klocker, Vienna, Austria<br />
West Coast, FRAC, Poitou-Charentes<br />
Siste Viator (Stop Traveller), Musée d’Art Moderne Contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva<br />
90069, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles<br />
1997 The Best of All Possible Worlds, Skulptur Projekte in Münster, Germany, (curated by<br />
Kasper König and Klaus Bussman)<br />
Sunshine & Noir. Art in LA 1960 - 1997, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek,<br />
Denmark; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy;<br />
UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles<br />
Collaboration/Transformation: Lithographs from the Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona<br />
College, Pomona, CA; Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; The University of Oklahoma, Norman<br />
1997 West Coast: la Photographie Américaine dans la Collection du Fonds Régional d’Art<br />
Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Hotel Saint-Simon, Angouleme, France<br />
Fake Ecstasy with Me, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago<br />
The View from Denver, Museum Moderne Kunst, Vienna, Austria, (curated by Dianne<br />
Vanerlip)<br />
l’Espace Construit: Collection du F.R.A.C. Centre , Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans; le Carré<br />
St. Vincant, Scene National; l’Institut d’Arts Visuels, Orléans, France;<br />
Lyon Bienale, Lyon, France, (curated by Harold Szeemann)<br />
Moment Ginza, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, (organized<br />
by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster)<br />
Art Lab: 13, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY,<br />
Curators/One Collection, (curated by first year students)<br />
SLAD: Jean Blackburn, Jeanne Dunning, Rochelle Feinstein, <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Jim<br />
Shaw, Thomas Trosch, Lisa Yuskavage, Apex Art, New York, NY, (curated by Janice Krasnow<br />
and Mary Jones)<br />
A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press, Museum of Modern Art, New York<br />
1996 Paul McCarthy, Paul Noble, <strong>Allen</strong> <strong>Ruppersberg</strong>, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York<br />
Some Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York<br />
Just Past: The Contemporary in MoCA’s Permanent Collection, 1975-1996, MOCA, Los Angeles<br />
Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American<br />
Art National Gallery, Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens*<br />
Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980-95, The Museum of Modern Art, New York*<br />
Some Grids, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles<br />
Disneyland After Dark, Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin<br />
Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945;The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The<br />
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Museum of<br />
Contemporary Art, Chicago*<br />
Acquiring Minds: Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara Collections, Santa Barbara<br />
Contemporary Arts Forum, CA<br />
Reel Works: Artists Films and Videos of the ‘70’s’, Museum of Contemporary Art,<br />
Miami, FL; Controfigura, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy<br />
* Indicates catalogue
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