Artist Biography/Bibliography
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Artist Biography/Bibliography
JOHN COPLANS 1920 – 2003 SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 2007 Projectroom, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, Apr. 9 – May 14 „A Legacy“, Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, March 13 – Apr. 14 Projectroom, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, Jan. 1 – Jan. 20 2005 „Backs and fingers“, Galeria Elvira Gonzales, Madrid, Spain, May 26 „One man show“, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland, March 17 – Apr. 16 2004 Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Oct. 23 – Dec. 23 „Serial Figures“, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, May 21 – June 26 „Du corps à lʼimage“, FRAC dʼIle-de-France, Les Mesnuls, France, March 18 – May 31 „Body Parts – A Self-Portrait“, Wachenheim Gallery, New York, cur. Charles Stainback, Jan. 24 – Apr. 11 2003 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, US Guardini Stiftung, Germany 2002 „Body Parts“, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France, Sep. 7 – Oct. 12 ACE Gallery, Los Angeles, March Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, February 2001 „Self Portrait“, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, Sep. 20 – Oct. 27 „Self Portrait“, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, Sep. 8 – Oct. 11 2000 „Self Portrait Fingers“, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, March 18 – Apr. 15 „Self Portrait-Finger“, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, Feb.10 – March 3 Fondation Icar, Paris, Jan. 27 – March 26 „John Coplans ‚A Self Portraitʼ, 1984–2000“, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Sweden, Apr. 4 – May 28, 2000* 1999/00 Andrea Rosen Gallery, Dec. 10, 1999 – Jan. 22, 2000* „A Self Portrait 1984–1999“, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden 1999 Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan Peter Kilchmann, Zürich Art Affairs, Amsterdam 1998 Paco des Artes, Sao Paolo Yezerski Gallery, Boston 1997 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City P.S.1, Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, Oct. 26 – March 29, 1998* London Projects, London Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris 1996 Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Nov. 23 – Jan. 10, 1997 Galeria Visa, Valencia Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm Galeria Senda, Barcelona 1995 Ludwig Forum, Aachen Galerie der Stadt Kornwestheim Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York 1994 Howard Yezerski Gallery Boston Musée National dʼArt Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou* Feigen Incorpoarated Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York 1993 AsherFaure Gallery, Los Angeles Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris Massimo de Carlo, Mailand Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zürich 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1982 1981 Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston* Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York Gulbenkian Foundation, Lissabon* Matrix Gallery, Hartford Galerie Lelong, New York* Liverpool Gallery, Brüssel* Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Galerie Lelong, New York* Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston Tomasulo Gallery, Cranford Frankfurter Kunstverein* Galeria Comicos, Lissabon Museum Boymans–van Beuningen Rotterdam* Centre dʼArt Passages, Troyes Musée de la Vieille Charité, Marseille* Dart Gallery, Chicago Blum/Helman Gallery, Los Angeles Galerie Lelong, Paris In Extremis, Strassburg Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver Galerie Lelong, New York* Salon dʼAngle, Nantes Abbaye de Bouchemaine, Angers San Francisco Museum of Modern Art* Museum of Modern Art, New York University of Missouri Art Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute of Chicago* Dart Gallery, Chicago Centre de Kerpape, Ploemeur, Bretagne Perspectief Gallery, Rotterdam Hillman Holland Fine Arts, Atlanta Blum/Helman Gallery, Los Angeles Musée du Nouveau Monde, La Rochelle Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Martin Gallery, Washington Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge Rudolf Kicken Galerie, Köln The Fine Arts Gallery, Irvine Galerie 666, Paris Film in the Cities Gallery, St. Paul Madison Art Center, Wisconsin* Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Emily H. Davis Gallery, Ohio New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland* Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York Art Institute of Chicago* (*Katalog/catalogue) GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2005 „Aging unverblümt – Das Altersbild im Wandel, Verwaltungszentrum Werd, Zurich, cur. Caroline Kesser, Jan. 28 – March 31 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 „Subjectivité et Confrontations, une traversée de lʼhistoire de la photographie“, Institut dʼart contemporain de Villeurbanne, France, Feb. 10 – May 22 „John Coplans, Craigie Horsfield, Ingrid Mwangi“, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, March 26 – Apr. 24 „Cristal de Temps, Miroir sans tain“, Le Galerie Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Cornouaille, Quimper, France „Extrêmes Coincidences“, Galerie de collège Marcel Duchamps, Châteauroux, France, Oct. 6 – Dec. 5 „John Coplans, Craigie Horsfield, Ingrid Mwangi“, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris, France March 26 – Apr. 24 „About Corporeality in Editions“, Galerie Lelong, Zurich, Feb. 5 – March 27 „In faccia al mondo“, Villa Croce, Museo dʼarte Contemporanea, Genova, cur. Matteo Fochessati, June 3 – Oct. 5 „Warum“, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, May 28 – Aug. 3 „L'esprit des lieux“, Frac Haute-Normandie, France, May 23 – July 27 „An American Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital“, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk Feb. 26 – May 19 „ Visions from America: Photography from the Whitney Museum of American Art“, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, June 27 – Sep. 22 „Fallen Heroes“, Espace dʼArt contemporain de Castello, Spain, Apr. 25 – June 23 „An American Century of Photography: From Dry–Plate to –Digital“, Denver Art Museum, Denver, June 29 – Sep. 29 „Le siècle du corps. Photographies 1900–2000“, Musée de lʻElysée, Lausanne, Oct 12 – Jan. 14 „Imprint“, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Sep. 15 – Oct. 20 „American Century of Photography: From Dry–Plate to Digital“, The Columbus Museum, Columbus Sep. 24 – Jan. 7 „The Reality Effect: Contemporary American Photography”, Guild Hall, East Hampton, cur. Simon Taylor, Aug. 10 – Sep. 23 „Conversation/s“, Fonds Regional DʼArt Contemporain Provence–Alpes–Cote dʼAzur, Gap, July 6 – Oct. 28 „Whatʼs New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography“, Whitney Musuem of American Art, New York, May 26 – Sep. 16 „Les Voluptes“, Borusan Culture and Art Gallery, Istanbul, cur. Elga Wimmer, Apr. 7 – May 31 „Identities: Contemporary Portraiture“, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, March 25 – May 20 „Typical Men: The Male Body in Photography by Men 1980–2000“, Djangoly Art Gallery, Nottingham, March 3 – Apr. 22 „American Century of Photography: From Dry–Plate to Digital“, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington Feb. 9 – Apr. 22 „Bodyʼs Performance“, Art Affairs, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas, Apr. 28 – May 26 „Open Ends“, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Sep. 28 – Jan. 30 „Erste Arbeiten bei Kilchmann“, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, May 24 – June 8 „Der Anagrammatische Körper“, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Apr. 8 – June 18* Whitney Biennial, New York „Haar – Obsession und Kunst“, Museum Bellerive, Zurich, March 7 – May 21 Musée de lʻElysée, Lausanne, Feb. 3 – Apr. 2, 2000 „Making Choise 1920 – 1960“ Museum of Modern Art, New York City, March 16 – Sep. 26 „Man + Space“ Kwangju Bienalle 2000, Kwangju, Korea „Le Corps Morcele“ fondation dʻArt Contemporain, Les mesnuls, France, Sep. 17 – Dec. 18 „The Persistence of Photography in American Portraiture“, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut „Au centre, lʻartiste“, Centre PasquArt, Biel, Jan. 1 – Feb. 27* 1999/00 „The Century of the Body Photoworks 1900–2000“, Culturgest, Lisbon, 1999 1999 „Schyl 2. Sculptures from the Schyl Collection“, Malmö Konsthall „Missing Link – Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie”, Kunstmuseum Bern* “The Body”, Salina Art Center, Kansas City “Surrogate”, Henry Art Gallery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle 1998 “De Main de Maitre”, Salons des Arts Graphiques Actuels, Bibliothèque Nationale Paris “Artists That Happen To Be Photographers”, Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo NY Spatiotemporal. Verk ut Samlingen 1988–98, Magasin 3 Stockholm “Portrait – Human Figure”, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland 1997/98 “Selections from the Collection”, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Nov. 29 – Feb. 28 “Photographer: Regarder Le Monde”, FRAC Champagne–Ardenne, Nov. 13 – Dec. 19 “A Hotbed of Advanced Art: Four Decades of Visual Arts at UCI”, The Art Gallery, University of California, Irvine, Nov. 11 (Catalog with essay by Dickran Tashjian and Catherine Lord) “Signs of Age: Representing the Older Boy”, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Nov. 8 – Jan. 18 1997 “Images du Corps”, Maison de la Culture, Namur, Oct. 25 – Dec. 31 (Catalog with introduction by France Borel) “The 90ʼs: A Family of Man?”, Casino Luxembourg, Forum dʼArt Contemporain, Paris, Oct. 7 – Nov. 30 “Identity Crisis: Self Portraiture at the End of the Century”, Milwaukee Art Museum, Wisconsin, Sep. 12 – Nov. 16 “160 Years of Photography: Masterworks from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art”, Ho Am Art Museum, Seoul, July 10 – Sep. 7 1996 „Epitaphs“, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York „Prospect 96“, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt „Gender – Beyond Memory“, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography 1995/96 „Portrait of Our Time. Revolution“, A Gallery Project, Ferndale, Michigan „The Body Photographic“, Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans ARS 95, Helsinki Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland „A Corps Perdu“, Saint Martin du Mejan, Arles „Rites of Passage“, Tate Gallery, London „Inside–Out“, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield „Body of Evidence: The Figure on Contemporary Photography“ „100 Years/100 Images“, Frankfurter Kunstverein 1995 „Passing through“, Galerie Walcheturm, Zürich „Acquisitioons 1992 et 1993“, Fonds Departemental dʼArt Contemporain, Bobigny „Pictures of the Real World (In Real Time): On Kawara Date Paintings 1966–1993“, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York „The Epic and the Everyday“, Contemporary Photographic Art. The South Bank Centre/ Hayward Gallery, London. „Sum of the Parts“, University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Manoa. „Face–Off: The Portrait in Recent Art“, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. „A Positive View“, Saatchi Gallery, London „Big Shots/ Little Shots“, Transamerica Pyramid Lobby Gallery, San Francisco „Aspects dʼune Collection“. Musee dʼArt Moderne et dʼArt Contemporain de Nice „Embody – The Photograph and the Figure“, The Proctor Arts Centre, Bard Collage, Annandale on Hudson 1994/95 „Autoportraits Contemporain“, Espace Lyonnais dʼArt Contemporains, Lyon Medaljens Bakside – Lillehammer Art Museum „Magician of Light“, National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa „Up With People“, Feature, New York 1994 „Multiple Images“, MOMA, New York „Das Bild des Körpers“, Frankfurter Kunstverein The Contemporary Museum Collects: The First Five Years, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu 1993/94 „Manifeste“, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1993 „More than one Photography“, MOMA, New York „Erotiques“, Albert Benamou Galeries, Paris „Le Portrait dans lʼArt Contemporain“ Musée dʼArt Moderne et dʼArt Cont., Nice 1992 „Recent Acquisitions“, Grand Palais, Paris Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, New York FRAC, Basse Normandie, Granville John Coplans/Chrystele Lerisse, Chatellerault „The Physical Self“, Museum Boymans–van Beuningen, Rotterdam „Photographie/Sculpture“, Palais de Tokyo, Paris 1991 „The Indomitable Spirit“, ICP, New York Acquisitions 1989, Musée de Saint–Lo, Caën 1990 „Camera Culture“, Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston 1989 „The Photography of Invention“, National Museum of American Art, Washington; MCA, Chicago; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis „Un Autre Objectivité“, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris Galerie Lelong, New York Recent Acquisitions – The Brooklyn Museum, New York „Prospect Photographie“, Frankfurter Kunstverein „Photo–Kunst“, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Les Grands Formats, Musée Rimbaud, Charleville 1988 „Le Corps Figure“, Lyon „Another Objectivity“, ICA, London „Splendeurs et Misères du Corps“, Fribourg 1987 „The Other Man“, New Museum of Cont. Art, New York „Portrayals“, ICP, New York „The Legacy of Light“, ICP, New York „Le Corps Figure“, FRAC Rhône–Alpes, Roanne 1986 „Street Photography“, Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York „Un Choix Photographique“, Cave Saint Croix, Metz „Staging the Self“, National Portrait Gallery, London 1985 „Self Portrait 1840–1985“, MOMA, New York „Nude, Naked, Stripped“, MIT, Cambridge, MA 1984 „Face to Face“, ICA, Philadelphia 1983 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum, New York „Phototypes“, Whitney Museum, New York „Photography in America: 1910–83“, Tampa Museum 1982 „Counterparts“, Metropolitan Museum, New York „Lichtbildnisse“, Rheinische Landesmuseum, Bonn 1981 „Love is Blind“, Castelli Graphics, New York BIBLIOGRAPHY 2007 2006 2004 “Women Artist Then and Now: Painting, Sculpture, and the Image of the Self“, Linda Nochlin, Global Feminisms, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, March – July, p. 66, ex. cat. „Collectors 1“, Eva Brioschi, Collezione la Gaia, Centro Sperimentale per le Arti Contemporanee, Caraglio, pp. 44 – 47, ex. cat „John Coplans a Zurigo“, Arte, Milano, no. 376, Dec., p. 232 „Die Summe seiner Teile – John Coplansʻ frühe Fotografien“, Muscionico, Daniele, NZZ, Zurich, 26 Oct., p. 54 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 „Sum of his parts“, Artforum, Milan, No. 5, pp. 141 – 142 „Piezas de un autorretrato“, Vincente Jarque, El País, Madrid, 27 March, p. 17 „Body Parts/A Self–Portrait by John Coplans“, powerHouse Books, New York „in faccia al mondo“, Villa Croce, Genova, July, pp. 68, 146, ex.cat. „Self–Portraits/John Coplans“, John Coplans, Exit, Madrid, no. 10, May – July, pp. 42 – 48 „A BODY“, John Coplans, powerHouse Books, New York, NY „Der anagrammatische Körper“, ZKM, Karlsruhe „Der menschliche Körper als Terra incognita“, Hans-Peter von Däniken, Tages Anzeiger, Zürich, March 7, p. 61 „Eine haarige Sache“, Brita Polzer, Annabelle, No 5, March 3, p. 76 „Art in Review“, Charles Hagen, New York Times, Jan. 5, p. 21 „In the Flesh: John Coplans“, David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, March 28, p. F7 „John Coplans: Andrea Rosen Gallery“, Eric Gibson Artnews, Apr., pp. 130 – 131 „John Coplans: Andrea Rosen Gallery“, Ben Lifson, Artforum, 8, Apr., pp. 98 – 99 „Death–Defying Feet“, James Hall Guardian (London), June 20, p. 8 „Mortal Dangers“, Sarah Kent, Time Out, June 21 – 28, p. 48 „Only for true Believers“, Waldemar Januszczak, Sunday Times (London), June 25, pp. 20 – 21