biografia di Andreas GURSKY (1955)
Personal data
Birth : 01/15/1955 - Leipzig, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Address
Düsseldorf, GermanyRepresentatives
Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
Education
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Pupil of / student of Bernd BECHER [ 1931-2007 ]
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Pupil of / student of Hilla BECHER [ 1934-2015 ]
Folkwang-Hochschule – Klemensborn 39 – Essen, Germany
Professional data
Work and Life
2001:First United States retrospective
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Prizes
1998
1998 : Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize – London, United Kingdom
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Cibachrome print
Subject
architecturecolor
interior
landscape
Daily life
reality/fiction
urbanism
Artistic periods
1990 : Begins to focus on contemporary themes1988 : Creates large-scale works. Works on the relationship between people and their environment
1984-1988 : Represents people in their leisure, in suburb holidays centers
Movements and styles
6627 no label [en]Works
Avenue of the Americas | |
Date of creation : 2001 Medium : C print Size : 206 x 356 cm | |
New York Mercantile Exchange | |
Date of creation : 2000 Medium : Plastic Size : 207 x 258 cm | |
Shangai | |
Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 280 x 200 cm | |
Library | |
Date of creation : 1999 Edition n° : 2 Medium : Cibachrome print Size : 79 x 142 inch Number of elements : 6 | |
99 c | |
Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Cibachrome print Size : 197 x 327 cm | |
Singapore Stock Exchange | |
Date of creation : 1997 Edition n° : 6 Medium : Cibachrome print Size : 52 x 93 inch Number of elements : 6 | |
Rhein | |
Date of creation : 1996 Medium : C print Size : 186 x 222 cm | |
Grand Hyatt Park | |
Date of creation : 1995 Medium : Plastic | |
Niagara Falls | |
Date of creation : 1989 Medium : Plastic Size : 75 x 58 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2004
Matthew Marks Gallery – New York NY, United States
05/2004 – 06/2004
2003
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
02/15/2003 – 06/01/2003
2002
Andreas Gursky
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Chicago IL, United States
06/22/2002 – 09/22/2002
Andreas Gursky
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
02/13/2002 – 04/29/2002
2001
Andreas Gursky
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
07/12/2001 – 09/23/2001
Recent Photographs by Andreas Gursky
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/04/2001 – 05/15/2001
Andreas Gursky “Untitled XII”
Matthew Marks Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/03/2001 – 03/24/2001
1999
The Dean Gallery – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
03/1999 – 05/1999
Serpentine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
01/1999 – 02/1999
1998
Contemporary Arts Museums Houston, Texas – Houston TX, United States
11/13/1998 – 01/03/1999
1997
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle – Munich, Germany
09/1997 – 10/1997
Mai 36 Galerie – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
05/1997
1996
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – Paris, France
1996
Jean Bernier Gallery – Athens, Greece
1996
1995
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
1995
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
03/25/1995 – 05/14/1995
1994
De Appel – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994
1989
303 Gallery – New York NY, United States
1989
1987
Flughafen – Düsseldorf, Germany
1987
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2006
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Matthew Marks Gallery – Matthew Marks Gallery 523 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States
2004
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art – 56 East 66th Street – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot – 5 bis rue des Haudriettes – Paris, France
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Regen Projects – 629 North Almont Drive – Los Angeles CA, United States
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Bernier / Eliades – Eptachalkou Street 11 – Athens, Greece
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Mai 36 Galerie – Rämistrasse 37 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Sprüth Magers – Wormser Strasse 23 – Cologne, Germany
Group exhibitions
2004
Climats, cyclothymie des paysages
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
07/10/2004 – 10/10/2004
Made in Mexico
UCLA Hammer Museum – Los Angeles CA, United States
06/06/2004 – 09/12/2004
Brainstorming, topographie de la morale
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
03/20/2004 – 06/27/2004
The Game Show
James Cohan Gallery – New York NY, United States
01/09/2004 – 02/14/2004
2002
The Politics of Place
Bildmuseet – Umeå University – Umeå, Sweden
2002
Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Tate Liverpool – Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom
12/20/2002 – 03/23/2002
4th Shanghai Biennale
Shanghai Art Museum – Shanghai, China
11/22/2002 – 01/20/2003
Moving Pictures
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
06/28/2002 – 01/12/2003
Photographier
Hôtel de Caumont – Avignon, France
06/01/2002 – 11/24/2002
Richter, Fritsch, Gursky, Ruff, Struth
Schönewald und Beuse – Krefeld, Germany
03/22/2002 – 04/30/2002
Today till now:Contemporary photography from Düsseldorf
Museum Kunst Palast – Düsseldorf, Germany
02/23/2002 – 08/25/2002
Life is Beautiful
Laing Art Gallery – Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear, United Kingdom
02/09/2002 – 04/07/2002
2001
Let’s entertain
Miami Art Museum – Miami FL, United States
09/14/2001 – 11/18/2001
Change of Scene XIX
Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/30/2001 – 09/02/2001
Let’s entertain
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg – Wolfsburg, Germany
03/16/2001 – 07/15/2001
Painting at the edge of the World
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/10/2001 – 05/06/2001
2000
Au delà du Spectacle / Let’s entertain
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
11/22/2000 – 01/08/2001
Veronica’s Revenge
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art – Sydney NSW, Australia
11/16/2000 – 03/04/2001
Let’s entertain
Portland Art Museum – Portland OR, United States
07/07/2000 – 09/17/2000
Biennale of Sydney , n° 12
Sydney NSW, Australia
05/26/2000 – 07/30/2000
Let’s entertain
Walker Art Center – Minneapolis MN, United States
02/12/2000 – 04/30/2000
Le Temps, vite
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/13/2000 – 04/17/2000
Landmark Pictures: Ed Ruscha and Andreas Gursky
The Harvard University Art Museums – Cambridge MA, United States
01/08/2000 – 04/23/2000
1999
Photography : An Expanded View. Recent Acquisitions
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum – New York NY, United States
02/22/1999 – 05/16/1999
Insight Out : Landscape and Interior in Contemporary Photography
Kunstraum – Innsbruck, Austria
02/20/1999 – 05/08/1999
1997
Positionen künstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945
Berlinische Galerie – Berlin, Germany
1997
Young German Artists 2
Saatchi Gallery – London, United Kingdom
09/1997
1996
Prospect 96
Schirn Kunsthalle – Frankfurt, Germany
1996
1995
Artistes/Architectes
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
10/07/1995 – 02/24/1996
1992
Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art
Hayward Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1992
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Exhibition catalogues
1991
Aus der Distanz
Stuttgart, Germany
1991
On the artist
Books
2002
Art Tomorrow
Publisher: Editions Terrail – Paris, France
Author: Lucie-Smith Edward – London, United Kingdom
2002
ISBN : 2879392497
Art Now
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
Author: Riemschneider Burkhard
2002
ISBN : 382281444X
2001
Art Contemporain : un choix de 200 oeuvres du Fonds national d’art contemporain, (1985-1999)
Participant: Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication – 3 rue Valois – Paris, France
Participant: DAP Délégation aux arts plastiques – 27, avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Participant: FIACRE Fonds d’Incitation à la Création – Centre National des Arts Plastiques – Département du soutien à la création et à la diffusion 27 avenue de l’Opéra – Paris, France
Publisher: Editions du Chêne – 43 quai Grenelle – Paris, France
10/2001
ISBN : 2842773373
Exhibition catalogues
2000
Biennale of Sydney 2000
Sydney NSW, Australia
2000
ISBN : 0959661999
Periodicals
2002
STERCKX Pierre – Andreas Gursky – réseaux et particules
in: Art Press n° 277 p. 25
Paris, France
03/2002
2001
LEFFINGWELL Edward – Andreas Gursky: Making Things Clear
in: Art in America p. 76
New York NY, United States
06/2001
BEAUSSE Pascal – Allemagne, une nouvelle génération
in: Le Journal des Arts n° 136 p. 19
Paris, France
09/11/2001