Magnus Plessen
1967
born in Hamburg, Germany
lives and works in Berlin
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection)
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
De La Cruz Collection, Miami, Florida
Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
Fundación Amparo, Mexico
Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany
K21, Dusseldorf, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rachofsky House, Dallas, Texas
Rose Art Museum, Massachusetts
Rubell Collection, Miami, Florida
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
lucid density, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich 2022 Collagen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2022
Collagen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2021
Hope, Love, Helium, White Cube, London 2019 Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2019
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
zweitausendeinhundertachtzehn, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Schablone und Fragment, Daniel Marzona Gallery, Berlin
Mess Dress Mess Undress, White Cube, Hong Kong, China
Magnus Plessen, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2016
nineteen hundred fourteen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany
Gehardsen Gerner, Oslo, Norway
The Skin of Volume, White Cube, London, UK
2015
Neunzehnhundertvierzehn, Mia 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2014
The Rose Art Museum, Boston, USA
neunzehnhundertvierzehn, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
2013
Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Magnus Plessen, White Cube, São Paulo, Brasil
2012
Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Riding the Image, White Cube, London, UK
2010
Magnus Plessen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2009
Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2008
Freizeit, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
2007
Magnus Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2006
Magnus von Plessen, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
For Immediate Release, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Magnus von Plessen, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2002
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
PS1, New York, USA
2001
Neues Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
A Theatre of Waiting, The Cloud Collection, Nanjing, China
2022
What Is Left Unspoken: Love, High Museum, Atlanta, USA
2018
salondergegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Memory Palace, White Cube, London, UK
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, Japan
2009
Slow Pantings, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2008
You Dig the Tunnel, I’ll Hide the Soil, White Cube, London, UK
2006
Imagination Becomes Reality, Part V. Fantasy and Fiction, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Full House - Gesichter einer Sammlung, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Infinite Painting, Villa Manin, Codroipo, Italy
Havekost / Kahrs / Plessen / Sasnal, Museo Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2005
Direct Painting, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Carlo Borttigelli – Magnus von Plessen, Kunstparterre, Munich, Germany
2004
Kristin Baker / Magnus von Plessen, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
2003
Clandestine, Dreams and conflict, 50. Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
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
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
Magnus Plessen
04. Sep 2004 - 09. Oct 2004
DÜSSELDORF