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Magnus Plessen

1967

born in Hamburg, Germany

lives and works in Berlin

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich

2018 - 2019

Magnus Plessen, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
 

2016

nineteen hundred fourteen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich

Kunstparterre, Munich

Gehardsen Gerner, Oslo

2015

Neunzehnhundertvierzehn, Mia 36 Galerie, Zurich
 

2014

The Rose Art Museum, Boston

neunzehnhundertvierzehn, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
 

2013

Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels

Magnus Plessen, White Cube, São Paulo


2012

Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York

Riding the Image, White Cube, London
 

2010

Magnus Plessen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
 

2009

Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York
 

2008

Freizeit, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin


2007

Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York
 

2006

Magnus von Plessen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
 

2005

For Immediate Release, Gladstone Gallery, New York
 

2004

Centre Pompidou, Paris

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

Magnus von Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York
 

2002

K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

PS1, New York
 

2001

Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018

salondergegenwart, Hamburg, DE

2016

WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - Dorothee Fischer in memoriam, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

2014

Fruits de la Passion- La Collection du Centre Pompidou, The Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
 

2009

Slow Pantings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
 

2008

You Dig the Tunnel, I’ll Hide the Soil, White Cube, London
 

2006

Imagination Becomes Reality, Part V. Fantasy and Fiction, Sammlung Goetz, Munich

Full House - Gesichter einer Sammlung, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim

Infinite Painting, Villa Manin, Codroipo

Havekost / Kahrs / Plessen / Sasnal, Museo Serralves, Porto
 

2005

Direct Painting, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim

Carlo Borttigelli – Magnus von Plessen, Kunstparterre, Munich
 

2004

Kristin Baker / Magnus von Plessen, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
 

2003

Clandestine, Dreams and conflict, 50. Venice Biennale, Venice

Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich

2002

Startkapital, K21 Kunstammlung Nordhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

1999

Missing Link. Menschen-Bilder in der Fotographie, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

2012
Luard, Honey, ed. Magnus Plessen: Riding the Image. London: White Cube, 2012.

2009
Die Augen in der Hand. Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag GmbH & Co. KG.

2007
Magnus Plessen. Gladstone Gallery, essay by Francesco Bonami.

2005
Magnus von Plessen. Gladstone Gallery.

2004
Magnus von Plessen. Paris: Espace 315, Centre Pompidou.

2002
Plessen, Magnus von. Malerei. K 21 Kunstsammlung.
Plessen, Magnus von. Recent Paintings. New York: PS1.

2001
Plessen, Magnus von. Luzern: Neues Kunstmuseum.
Group Catalogs / General Publications

2010
Rondeau, James. Contemporary Collecting: The Donna and Howard Stone Collection. New Haven: Art Institute of Chicago and Yale University Press.

2008
You Dig the Tunnel I’ll Hide the Soil. London: White Cube.

2007
Imagination Becomes Reality: An Exhibition on the Expanded Concept of Painting. Sammlung Goetz and Museum für Neue Kunst, 2007.

2006
Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Francesco Bonami, Villla Manin Centro d'Arte Contemporanea

2004
Coetzee, Mark. Not Afraid: Rubell Family Collection. New York: Phaidon Press
Selected Articles and Reviews

2012
Buhmann, Stephanie. Magnus Plessen, The Brooklyn Rail

2009
Turvey, Lisa. Magnus Plessen, Artforum
Fakh, Lney. Magnus Opus,The New York Observer

2008
Bovino, Emily Verla. Magnus Plessen: CRITICS’ PICKS, Artforum.com
Reviews Marathon, New York,Art Review
Magnus Plessen: Galleries—Chelsea, The New Yorker

2007
Magnus Plessen, Monopol
Motion Detector,  V Magazine

2006
Buhre, Elke. Art’s Blooming In Berlin, Modern Painters

2005
Yood, James. Magnus von Plessen, Artforum
Jana, Reena. Magnus von Plessen, Tema Celeste
Magnus von Plessen (Chicago), Tema Celeste
Leffingwell, Edward. Magnus von Plessen, Art in America
Elms, Anthony. Focus: Magnus von Plessen, Time Out Chicago
Magnus von Plessen, Modern Painters
White, Roger. Magnus von Plessen,www.thebrooklynrail.org
Halle, Howard. Reviews: Magnus von Plessen, Timeout NY
Magnus von Plessen, The New Yorker
Glueck, Grace. Magnus von Plessen, New York Times
Marquis, Jocelyn. Magnus von Plessen at the Gladstone, skuawk.com

2004
Kantor, Jordan. The Tuymans Effect, Artforum
Poli, Francesco. Magnus von Plessen: Espace 315 Centre Pompidou, Paris, Tema Celeste
Heydebreck, Amelie von. Magnus von Plessen, Monopol
Edwards, Natasha. Swimming Against the Tide, Art Review

2003
Smolik, Noemi. Magnus von Plessen: Mai 36 Galerie. Artforum
Marzona, Daniel. Spatial pictures/pictorial spaces, Tema Celeste
Marzona, Daniel. Magnus von Plessen in der Galerie Mai 36, Kunst-Bulletin

50 Years of Konrad Fischer Galerie 1967-2017

08. Sep 2017 - 17. Nov 2017
DÜSSELDORF

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WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - DOROTHEE FISCHER - IN MEMORIAM

03. Jun 2016 - 23. Jul 2016
DÜSSELDORF

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Magnus Plessen

02. May 2014 - 21. Jun 2014
BERLIN

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Magnus Plessen

17. Oct 2008 - 19. Nov 2008
BERLIN


Magnus Plessen

04. Sep 2004 - 09. Oct 2004
DÜSSELDORF