Wolfgang Laib
1950
born in Metzingen, Germany
lives and works in Hochdorf / Riss, Germany
AWARDS
2015
Praemium Imperiale Prize for Sculpture
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
The Beginning of Something Else, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
2022
Wolfgang Laib: Crossing the River, Bu?ndner Kunstmuseum Chur
2021- 2022
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
2019-2020
Without Time, Without Place, Without Body, Museo Novecento, Florence
2019-2020
Without Time, Without Place, Without Body, Organized by the Museo Novecento, Florence
2018
Where the Land and Water End, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
2017-2018
Wolfgang Laib, MASI Lugano
2017
Where the Land and Water End, Old Secretary Building, Yangon, Myanmar
Somewhere Else, Church of Santa Maria della Spina, Pisa
The Beginning Of Something Else, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropak, Paris
2016
Wolfgang Laib, ADAA: The Art Show, Park Avenue Armory, New York
Wolfgang Laib, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples
2015
Buchmann Box, Berlin
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
2014
Wolfgang Laib, Blueproject Foundation, Barcelona
From the Known to the Unkown - To Where is Your Oracle Leading You?, Studio Anselm Kiefer, Barjac, France
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Wolfgang Laib at Basilica of St. Apollinare, Ravenna
Ailleurs- La Chambre des Certitudes, Buchmann Gallery, Berlin
2013
Pollen from Hazelnut, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Wolfgang Laib: From Me All Has Risen, In Me All Exists, In Me All Dissolves (kaivalya upanisad), Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Without Beginning and Without End, Sperone Westwater, New York
Laib Wax Room, The Phillips Collection, Washington D.C (permanent)
2012
Passageway, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
Passageway Inside - Downside, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2011
Unlimited Ocean, School of the Art Institute Chicago, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago
Passageway, Galeria Mirchandani+Steinbruecke / Gallery Chemould, Mumbai
Fotografien, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
The Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
2010
Sin principio - sin fin, Museum Nacional de Arte de la Paz, La Paz
Wolfgang Laib - Blütenstaub und Haselnuß, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main
2009
Frieze of Life, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Gian Enzo Sperone, Sent, Switzerland
Without Place - Without Time - Without Body, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
Pasotraspaso, Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo, MUAC, Mexico City
Fondazione Merz, Turin
2008
Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Gallery Artiaco, Naples
Museé de Grenoble, Grenoble
2007
Wolfgang Laib: Sin Principio - Sin Fin, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Wohin gehst Du?, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Without Time-Without Body-Without Place, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
2006
Transit - Transition, Lasalle-Sia College of the Arts and Goethe Singapore, Singapore
Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
Reishäuser, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Foundation Beyeler, Riehen
work on paper and photographs, De Pont Foundation For Contemporary Art, Tilburg
ACCA - Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Die Essenz des Wirklichen - Wolfgang Laib - Zeichnungen und Fotografien, Kunstmuseum Bonn
2005-2006
Wolfgang Laib, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Wolfgang Laib, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma, Rome
Wolfgang Laib, Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Wolfgang Laib, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
2005
Zeichnungen und Fotografien, Kunstmuseum Bonn, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg
Passageway-Overgoing, The Laerence Wilson Art Gallery, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway Crawley
The Third Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2004
Where the Land and the Water ends, Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
Passageway—Overgoing, Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Passage - Transition, Hanoi University of Fine Arts, Hanoi
Wolfgang Laib, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot
2003
Passageway-Overgoing, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwang-su Oh
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
Marugame Genichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art, Marugame, Japan National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Kenji Taki Gallery, Tokyo
Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich
2002
Die neun Planeten, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Leslie Tonkonow Gallery, New York
Photographs - Sculptures - Drawings, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Goethe-Institut, New York
2001
Für einen anderen Körper, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
2000-2003
Wolfgang Laib, A Retrospective, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; Haus der Kunst, Munich
2000
Galerie Buchmann, Cologne
Sara Hildän Museum, Tampere
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
1999
Carré d'Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nimes
Galleria 1000 Eventi, Milan
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
1998
The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
Wolfgang Laib - Nowhere - Everywhere, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Galerie Kenji Taki, Nagoya and Tokio
Galleria Artiaco, Naples
1997
Ich bin nicht hier, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe
Sperone Westwater, New York
Buchmann Galerie, Basel
1996
Erzbischöfliches Diözesanmuseum, Cologne
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg
Galerie Artek, Helsinki
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Galerie Kenji Taki, Nagoya
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
1995
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
1994
The Henry Moore Sculpture Trust, Halifax
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Galerie Ropac, Salzburg
Camden Arts Center, London
1993
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
De Pont Stichting, Tilburg
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Gallery Burnett Miller, Los Angeles
Camden Arts Center, London
1992
Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris
Galleria Artiaco, Naples
Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna di Ascona, Ascona
The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Capc, Musée d'Art Contemporain Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
1991
Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Galerie Senda, Hiroshima
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Galerie Kanransha, Tokyo
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris
Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
1990
The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Rhona Hoffmann Gallery, Chicago
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
1989
Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
Galerie Crousel-Robelin Bama, Paris
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
1988
Ruine der Künste, Berlin
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
1987
Galerie Buchmann, Basel
1986
ARC Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris
Musée d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York
1985
Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York
Kunstverein St. Gallen
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1984
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
1983
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1982
Gewad, Vereniging voor Aktuele Kunst, Gent
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
40. Biennale Venedig, Venice
1981
Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
1980
InK, Halle für Internationale Kunst, Zürich
1979
Sperone Westwater Fischer Gallery, New York
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven
Galerie Jean Bernier, Athen
1978
Galleria Salvatore Ala, Milan
Galerie Rolf Preisig, Basel
Kunstraum München, Munich
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1976
Galerie Müller-Roth, Stuttgart
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022-2023
De La Nature, Muse?e de Grenoble
2022
Listen to the Sound of the Earth Turning: Our Wellbeing since the Pandemic, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
2021
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Feeling the Stones, 1st Ad-Diriyah Biennale, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
La Couleur crue, Muse?e des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
2020
30 Years in Paris, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin
La Couleur Crue, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes
2018
14 ARTISTS VIA CRUCIS - MADONNA D'ONGERO - CARONA, Buchmann Galerie, Lugano
Black Light: Secret traditions in art since the 1950s, CCCB Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
Königsklasse IV. Gegenwartskunst in Schloss Herrenchiemsee. Laib | Warhol | Flavin | Rainer | Basquiat, Pinakothek der Moderne, Schloss Herrenchiemsee
2017
New Installation, Buchmann Galerie, Lugano
2016
Wolke und Kristall - Die Sammlung Dorothee und Konrad Fischer, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - Dorothee Fischer in memoriam, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2015
AAA: Art Altstetten Albisrieden, Public space of Zurich Altstetten and Zürich
Albisrieden, Zurich
Königsklasse III, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Pinakothek der Moderne im Schloss Herrenchiemsee
Anselmo | Laib | Spalletti, Lia Rumma Gallery, Milan
Adam, Eve & the Devil, Marres, House for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
2014
Sesostris III: Pharaon de Legende, Palais des Baux- Arts, Lille
2012
More than meets the eye, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Pollen and paint: Laib, Homer, and the natural world, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
Stadt und Land, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2011
1800 - Die Sammlung im Kubus, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Private Session, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim
Plot: plan: process, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York
Et si l'espace n'etait qu'une dimension intérieure, Abbaye St. André, Centre D'Art contemporain Meymac, Meymac
Nature morte vivante, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Ukifune - Floating Boat, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
2010
Colorforms, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Dorm, The Model, Sligo, Ireland
Grain of Emptiness: Buddhism-Inspired Contemporary Art, Rubin Museum of Art, New York
Resonance, Suntory Museum, Osaka
Hunters & Gatherers, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Mit der Möglichkeit gesehen zu werden (With a Probability of Being Seen). Dorothee und Konrad Fischer: Archiv einer Haltung, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve / MACBA, Barcelona
Personal Structures TIME SPACE EXISTENCE, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn & Taxis, Bregenz
Grass grow itself, Marlbourch Chelsea, New York
Aber Schwarz ist doch gar keine Farbe!, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2009
Just what is it ..., ZKM, Karlsruhe
Taswir - Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
time, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
MINIMAL SHIFT, Galeria Jana Koniarka, Trnava, Slowakei
Flower, power, Craa Centro di ricerca arte attuale Villa Giulia, Verbania
2008
Natur. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der ALTANA Kunstsammlung, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
ORIGINS, HVCCA Peekskill, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill
L'ivresse de l'absolu, Fondation pour L'art Contemporain, Alex
Full House, Klasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Hoehe, Breite, Tiefe, Galerie Mueller Roth, Stuttgart
Die wahren Orte III, Alexander Ochs Galeries, Berlin / Bejing
2007
Der unendliche Raum dehnt sich aus, Kolumba, Cologne
Exposures, the contemporary self-portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Die Kunst zum Sammeln, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Pure, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
2006
Monuments With A Horizon Line, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Wolfgang Laib - Sin Principio - Sin Fin, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Mario Merz - Wolfgang Laib, Accademia Tedesca Roma - Villa Massimo, Rome
Selections from the Collection of Edward R. Broida, The National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Internazionale XII Biennale di Scultura di Carrara, Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara
The Grand Promenade, National Museum of Contemporary Art - EMST, Athen
SITE Santa Fes Sixth International Biennial, International Biennial Exhibition Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe
Summer Exhibition, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York
Monuments with a horizon line, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
At Home - Recent Acquisitions, MMoCA-The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison
Da un lato allaltro del Disegno. Cucchi - Laib, Rizziero Arte, Pescara
PURE, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Speed #1, IVAM, Valencia
Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Inferno in Paradise, Alexander Ochs Gallery, Berlin
Collezione La Gaia, CeSAC Caraglio, Caraglio
On fait le mur ..., Espace del'Art Concrete, Mouans-Sartoux
Der unendliche Raum dehnt sich aus., Kolumba Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln, Cologne
Japan und der Westen, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
2005
Wow: The Work of the Work, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle
2004
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
home, sweet home, Galleria Cardi, Milan
Off the Wall: Works for the JP Morgan Chase Collection, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich
Passageway- Overgoing, Guangdong Museum of Art, German Consulate General, Guangzhou
Seeing other people, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
Exploring Ando's Space: Art and the Spiritual, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis
2003
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, curated by Klaus Ottman and Pamela Auchincloss, University Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara / Illinois State University / Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana / Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York /
Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans
Painting Lesson, Galleria Cardi, Milan
Corso Terracciano 56, Alfonso Artiaco, Naples
Photo - Kunst: 1852 - 2002, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart
2002
Doppelung der Bilder im Raum / Aus der Sammlung Eckardt, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Bayreuth
The space motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2001
The Inward Eye, Transcendence in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston
El Instante Eterno, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló
Before Reflection Begins, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence
2000
Cosmologies, Sperone Westwater, New York
Around 1984, A look at Art in the Eighties, P.S.1, New York
Fiona Rae, Wolfgang Laib, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin
Shadow of Reason, Exploring the Spiritual in European Identity in the 20th Century, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Enclosed and Enchanted, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Anselmo, Merz, Penone, Kounellis, Laib, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
A Century of Innocence - The Story of the White Monochrome, The Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmo
1999
The collection of the 'Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain', Palazzo delle papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea Powder, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
In Passing, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Minimalia, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Loaf, Baumgartner Galleries Inc 78th Exhibition of Artist Members, The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago
1998
The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando
Early Forms, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Etre nature, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
Ensemble Moderne: The Still Life in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall Arken:Selections from the Collection, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen
1997
Cittá Natura, Palazzo delle Espozioni, Rome
Epicenter Ljubljana, Moderna Galeria, Ljubljana
Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayward Gallery, London
La Biennale di Venezia. XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, Venice
4e Biennale de Lyon d'art contemporain, Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon
97 Kwangju Biennale: Unmapping the Earth, Kwangju
Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Pistoletto, Vital, Zorio, Sperone Westwater, New York
1996
The House Transformed, Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
Time Wise, The Swiss Institute, New York
Luis Barragán: Sitio + Superficie. Su obra y la vanguardia en el arte, Mexico City
Spirit and Place, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Wolfgang Laib, Tatsuo Miyajima, Michel Verjux: Entgrenzung, Buchmann Galerie, Cologne
1995
Fondation Cartier, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
From Nature, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Auf Papier: Kust des 20. Jahrhunderts aus der Deutschen Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/M
Kunst in Deutschland, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
1994
Figur, Natur, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Entre le ciel et l'eau, Lenbachhaus, Munich
capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux
German Art: Aspekte Deutscher Kunst 1964-1994, Der Salzburg Festspiele, Galerie Ropac, Salzburg / Paris
Drawing On Sculpture, Cohen Gallery, New York
1993
Les Environs, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York
A Century of Silence, University Art Museum, State University of New York at Binghamtom, New York
The 21st Century, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron
Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Jouy-En-Josas
GAS, Grandiose Ambitieux Silencieux, capc Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux
1992
De Opening, De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg
The Language of Flowers, Paul Kasmin, New York
Vorhut aus dem Hinterland, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Exposition Sentimentale, Musee d'Art Moderne, Collioure
Territorium Artis, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
Anselmo, Laib, Nauman, Umberg, Miller Nordenhake, Cologne
Habeas Corpus, Stux Gallery, New York
15th Anniversary Exhibition, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
1991
5th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Burnett Miller, Los Angeles
Un Detail immense, Palais de Beaux-Artsa, Charleroi
Das Goldene Zeitalter, Würtembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
With Nature, Galerie Lelong, New York
The Lick of the Eye, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
1990
Threshold, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo
Signs of Life, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadephia
Lead and Wax, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
1989
Hortus Artis, Orto Botanico, Turin
Color and/or Monochrome, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and Kyoto
Glanzlichter, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn
Einleuchten, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1988
Zeitlos, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Rosc, Dublin
Defacto, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
Carnegie International 88, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1987
Wechselströme. Kontemplation, Expression, Konstruktion, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
documenta 8, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
Bremer Kunstpreis 1987, Kunsthalle Bremen
Century 87, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam
New Locations, Wolff Gallery, New York
1986
Falls the Shadow, Recent British and European Art, The Hayward Annual, Hayward Art Gallery, London
The Sixth Biennale of Sydney 1986: Origins, Originality + Beyond, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
3. Triennale der Kleinplastik, Fellbach
De Sculptura, Wiener Festwochen im Messepalast, Vienna
SkulpturSein, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
1985
1945 bis 1985, Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Nationalgalerie, Berlin
East West Visual Arts Encounter, Jehangir Art Gallery, Bombay
Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
Ouverture II, Castello di Rivoli, Turin
1983
Materie + Form, ETH, Naturwissenschaftliches Gebäude, Zurich
Ars '83 Helsinke, Ateneumin Taidemuseo, Helsinki
Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden / The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
1982
University Art Museum, Providence, Rhode Island
documenta 7,Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
Kunst wird Material, Nationalgalerie, Berlin
1981
Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui, ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Annemarie-und-Will Grohmann-Stipendium, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden
1980
Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung, Karmeliterkloster, Frankfurt/M
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2006
Le Mouvement des Images, exhibition catalogue, Centre National d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou, 2006, p. 94.
Elderfield, John and Anne Temkin, "Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2006, pp. 78-79.
2005
"Wow: The Work of the Work," Exhibition catalogue, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, 5 November 2004 - 6 February 2005.
2004
Barilan, Michael Y., "Medicine Through the Artist's Eyes…before, during, and after the Holocaust," Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, Winter 2004, volume 47, number 1, pp. 110-134.
Hug, Catherine, "Wolfgang Laib: Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg," Tema Celeste, March/April 2004, p. 108.
Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present, Exhibition catalogue, 2004, Guggenheim Museum, New York.
Off the Wall: Works from the JP Morgan Chase Collection, with essay by Nancy Hall-Duncan, (Greenwich, CT: Bruce Museum of Arts and Science, 2004), p. 17.
"Exploring Ando's Space: Art and the Spiritual," The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, MO, 7 August 2004 - 15 January 2005.
2003
Ottman, Klaus and Pamela Auchincloss, "Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism," 2003.
Wolfgang Laib: Durchgang-Ubergang, with essay by Tohru Matsumoto, (Tokyo: The National Museum of Modern Art, 2003).
Wolfgang Laib: Passageway-Overgoing, with essay by Seung-wan Kang, (Korea: National Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003).
Wolfgang Laib, (Japan: Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, 2003).
2001
"El Instante Eterno, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló," Exhibition catalogue, 2001, p. 103.
"The Whitechapel Art Gallery Centenary Review," Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2001, p. 34.
2000
Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi, "Wolfgang Laib, Pollen from Pine, Matrix 188," look, The Quarterly Magazine of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Fall 2000.
"Wolfgang Laib, A Retrospective," Exhibition catalogue, by Klaus Ottmann, with essays by Margit Rowell, and a conversation between the artist and Harold Szeemann, (American Federation of Arts and Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2000).
"da Warhol al 2000," Palazzo Cavour, Regione Piemonte, Exhibition catalogue, 2000, p. 63.
1999
"Wolfgang Laib: Somewhere Else," exhibition catalogue, with essay by Guy Tosatto (Nîmes: Carré d'Art, Musée d'art contemporain, and Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz, 1999).
"Wolfgang Laib," exhibition catalogue, with essay by Elisabeth von Samsonow, (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1999).
"Naturally Art, Kunst in der Stadt -3-," (Kunsthaus Bregenz, 1999), pp.135-135, 192-193.
"Wolfgang Laib," exhibition catalogue, with essay by Simone Menegoi, (Milleventi, Milan, 1999).
"Wolfgang Laib," Exhibition catalogue, with essays by Rudolf Sagmeister and Elisabeth von Samsonow. Foreword by Edelbet Kob, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln, 1999.
1998
"Wolfgang Laib: You Will Go Somewhere Else," exhibition brochure by Kathy S. Cottong (Chicago: The Arts Club of Chicago, 1998).
1997
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life," exhibition catalogue by Margit Rowell (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1997).
"4e Biennale de Lyon d'art contemporain. L'autre," exhibition catalogue, with text by Harald Szeemann (Lyon: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1997).
"La Biennale di Venezia. XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte. Future, Present, Past," exhibition catalogue by Germano Celant, with text by the artist, p. 300 (Venice: La Biennale di Venezia, and Milan: Electa, 1997).
"97 Kwangju Biennale: Unmapping the Earth," exhibition catalogue with essays by Néstor Gracía Canclini, Lawrence Grossberg, Friedrich Kittler, Richard Koshalek and Erica Clark, et al. (Kwangju: Kwangju Biennale Press, 1997).
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall på Arken: Udvalgte værker fra samlingen/Selections from the Collection, exhibition catalogue (Arken, Sweden: Museum for Moderne Kunst, 1997).
"Wolfgang Laib: ich bin nicht hier," exhibition catalogue, with essay by Klaus Schrenk and interview with the artist by Kirsten Voigt (Karlsruhe: Staatliche Kunsthalle, 1997).
"Report from Korea: Kwangju Biennale," BT, vol. 49 no. 748 (November 1997), pp. 189-204.
Hutchinson, John, "The Bread and the Butter Stone: On Memory," (Dublin: The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College, 1997).
1996
"Luis Barragán: Sitio + Superficie. Su obra y la vanguardia en el arte," exhibition catalogue, with introduction by Carlos Ashida, and an essay by Roberto Tejada (Mexico City: Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, 1996).
Peak, Stephanie, "Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater, NY, Oct 1995," Rant and Rage, no. 1 (1996), pp. 40-41.
"Wolfgang Laib: A Journey," text by Clare Farrow (Stuttgart, Edition Cantz, 1996).
1994
"Wolfgang Laib," exhibition brochure, with essay by Clare Farrow (Halifax: Henry Moore Studio, Dean Clough, and London: Camden Arts Centre, 1994).
Semin, Didier, "A Piece by Wolfgang Laib at the Centre Pompidou," Parkett, No. 39, 1994. pp. 70 -73 German text; pp. 74 -76 English text.
1993
"A Century of Silence," (Binghamton, NY: University Art Museum, State University of New York, 1993) text by Lynn Gamwell.
"Azur," (Jouy-En-Josas, France: Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, 1993).
"GAS, Grandiose Ambitieux Silencieux," (Bordeaux: capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, 1993).
"Wolfgang Laib," (De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, 1993) text by Wilma van Asseldonk, interview with the artist by Martin Schwander.
1992-1993
Brougher, Kerry, "The Highlights: Wolfgang Laib," The Contemporary, (Los Angeles:The Museum of Contemporary Art, December 1992 - January 1993) p. 3.
1992
"Wolfgang Laib," (Ascona, Italy: Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna, 1992) (Text: Harald Szeemann with futher bibliographical references).
"Wolfgang Laib," (Dublin: The Douglas Hyde Gallery, 1992).
"Wolfgang Laib," (Bonn: Kunstmuseum Bonn and Edition Cantz, 1992) in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. (Texts: Kerry Brougher, Donald Kuspit, Klaus Schrenk).
"Wolfgang Laib," (Bordeaux; capcMusee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, 1992) text by Jean-Marc Avrilla.
1991
Armitage, Diane, "Radical Practice/Time Out of Mind (Beauty in the extreme), Wolfgang Laib - Pollen Installation," (Sante Fe, MN: The Center For Contemporary Arts, 1991).
1990
Kimoto, Sakae, "Wolfgang Laib," BT, Bijutsu Techo, January, 1990. pp. 58 - 69.
"Signs of Life," (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1990) pp. 17 and 50.
"Threshold," (Oslo, Norway: The National Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990) p. 48.
"Wolfgang Laib," (Luzern, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum Luzern, 1990). (Text and interview with artist by Martin Schwander).
"Lightseed," (Tokyo, Japan: Watari-um, Museum of Contemporary Art, 1990) pp. 41 - 67. (Text: Harald Szeemann).
1988
"Wolfgang Laib," (Basel, Switzerland: Edition Galerie Buchmann, 1988).
Szeemann, Harald, Bruderlin, Markus, and Roman Kurzmeyer, "Zeitlos," (Berlin, Germany: Werkstatt 88, and Munich, Germany: Prestel-Verlag, 1988) pp. 205 - 210.
Hubl, Michael, "Defacto," (Copenhagen, Denmark: Charlottenborg, 1988) pp. 52 - 55.
"Rosc," (Dublin, Ireland, 1988) pp. 108 - 110.
Gambrell, Jamey, "Carnegie International 88," (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: The Carnegie Museum of Art, and Munich, Germany: Prestel-Verlag, 1988) pp. 95 - 96.
Butler, Cornelia, "Wolfgang Laib. Simple Structures," (Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Art Center, 1988) Brochure.
Shutan, Suzan, "A Glimpse upon all that is necessary. The Work of Wolfgang Laib," (Des Moines, Iowa: Des Moines Art Center, 1988).
1987
Pohlen, Annelie, Wechselströme. Kontemplation-Expression-Konstruktion, (Bonn, Germany: Bonner Kunstverein, 1987) pp. 28 - 31.
Saltz, Jerry, "New Locations," (New York: Wolff Gallery, 1987) pp. 5 and 14 - 15.
Szeemann, Harald, "Vol. 3, Bremer Kunstpreis," (Bremen, Germany: Kunsthalle Bremen, 1987) pp. 36 - 43. (German translation of the catalogue of ARC, 1986).
"Century 87," (Amsterdam: Oude Kirk, 1987) pp. 126 - 127.
Schneckenberger, Manfred, "documenta 8," (Kassel, Germany: documenta 8, 1987) Vol. 2, pp. 142 - 143; Vol. 3, Wolfgang Laib.
1986
Soutif, Daniel, "Laib plus fort que Kirkeby," Liberation, January 8, 1986. p. 30.
"Falls the Shadow." The Hayward Annual 1986, (London, England: Hayward Art Gallery, 1986) pp. 96 - 97.
Cladders, Johannes and Pohlen, Annelie, "Sixth Biennale of Sydney," (Sydney, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1986) pp. 166 - 167.
"De Sculptura," (Vienna, Austria: Messepalast, Wiener Festwochen, 1986) (Text: Harald Szeemann) pp. 147 - 154.
"3. Triennale der Kleinplastik," (Fellbach: Triennale der Kleinplastik, 1986, pp. 196-197).
"Wolfgang Laib," (Paris, France: ARC, Musee d'Art Moderne, 1986) interview with the artist by Suzanne Page; text: Harald Szeemann.
Harten, Jürgen, Szeemann, Harald, and Gottfried Herder, "SkulpturSein," (Düsseldorf, Germany: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1986) pp. 119 - 124.
"Ouverture II," (Torino, Italy: Castello di Rivoli, 1986) pp. 60 - 61.
1985
"1945 bis 1985, Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland," (Berlin, Germany: Nationalgalerie, 1985) pp. 283, 289, 400.
Pohlen, Annelie, "Wolfgang Laib," (London, England: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1985) (brochure)
Szeemann, Harald, "Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise," (Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1985) pp. 127 - 132.
1983
"Ars '83 Helsinki," (Helsinki, Finland: Ateneumin Taidemuseo, 1983). Vol. 1, p. 142; Vol. 2, pp. 95 - 96.
Holsten, Siegmar, "Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts," (Baden-Baden, Germany: Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Tel Aviv, Israel: The Tel Aviv Museum, 1983) pp. 177, 179, 181.
Schmidt, Katherina, "Materie + Form. Zeitgenössische Steinskulpturen, Malerei, Grafik," (Zurich, Switzerland: Zurich ETH, 1983).
1982-1983
"Wolfgang Laib," (Mönchengladbach, Germany: Katalog Biennale Venedig and Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, 1982-83) (Text: Johannes Cladders).
Frenkel, Vera, "An Ordering Madness. The 40th Venice Biennale," Vanguard, December/January, 1982-83. pp. 8 - 11.
1982
"documenta 7," (Kassel, Germany: documenta 7, 1982) pp. 186 - 187 and 372 - 373.
Schwarze, Dirk, "Kunst als Lebensvollzug," Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine, 3 April.
Onorato, Ronald J., "Wolfgang Laib," (Providence, Rhode Island: University Art Museum, 1982) pp. 12 - 13.
Deutsch, Eckhart, "Anschauung und ästhetische Autonomie. Zum Problem religiöser Kunst, Bilder sind nicht verboten," (Düsseldorf, Germany: Städtische Kunsthalle, 1982) pp. 118-122.
"Kunst wird Material," (Berlin, Germany: Nationalgalerie, 1982) pp. 58 - 61.
"Australian National Gallery, An Introduction," Canberra, Australia: Australian National Gallery, 1982, (Text: Michael Wardell) p. 117.
"La Biennale. Arti visive '82," (Venezia: Biennale Venezia, 1982).text by Johannes Cladders, pp. 146 - 149.
1981
"Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui," (Paris, France: ARC, Musée d'Art Moderne, 1981) text by Hermann Kern, pp. 278 - 281.
"Wolfgang Laib. Milchsteine und Blütenstaub" (Baden-Baden, Germany: Annemarie-und-Will Grohmann-Stipendium, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 1981) text by Katharina Schmidt.
1980
"Wolfgang Laib," (Zurich, Switzerland: Ink-Dokumentation 5, 1980) text by Dieter Hall, pp. 70 - 74.
"1. Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung," (Frankfurt, Germany: Karmeliterkloster, 1980) text by Hermann Kern.
Weskott, Hanne, "Wolfgang Laib und Thomas Schütte, Preisträger der Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung 1980," Kunstforum, Vol. 31, January, 1980. pp. 243 - 245.
1979
Kern, Hermann, "Kunst als Gestaltung des Gestaltlosen," Expansion, (Vienna, Austria: Biennale Vienna, 1979) pp. 69 - 97.
1978
"Wolfgang Laib. Blütenstaub von Löwenzahn," (München, Germany: Kunstraum München e.V, 1978).
Kern, Hermann, "Wolfgang Laib," (München, Germany: Kunstraum München e.V, 1978).
ARTICLES
2006
Smith, Roberta. "One Collection, Many Stories from the Land of Mavericks," The New York Times, 12 May 2006, pp. E27, E36.
2002
Knight, Christopher, "Sculpture on the Cycle of Life," Los Angeles Times, 3 February 2002, F1.
Pincus, Robert L., "Waxing Mystical," The San Diego Union Tribune, 10 February 2002, F4.
Hrbacek, Mary, "Wolfgang Laib," The New York Art World, February 2002, pp. 12-13
2001
Wallach, Amei, "The Impenetrable That Leads to the Sublime," The New York Times, 7 January 2001, pp. 37 & 41.
Grundberg, Andy, "Wolfgang Laib, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, Artforum, January 2001, p. 134.
Hackett, Regina, "Atmospheric Laib exhibit speaks to the senses," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 March 2001, p. 22.
Hall, Emily, "The Monk and His Milk," The Stranger, 8 March 2001, p. 33.
Armey, Aja, "Offering Nature," intermission, 1 March 2001, pp.1-2.
Sepanski, Diane, "All natural," SeattleWeekly.com, 8-14 March 2001.
Miller, Matthew, "Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective," digitalcity.com, March 2001.
Rahner, Mark, "art nature," The Seattle Times, 27 February 2001, Section E1.
Diehl, Carol, "Wolfgang Laib: Transcendent Offerings," Art in America, March 2001, pp. 88-95.
Tanguy, Sarah, "Making the Ideal Real," Sculpture, May 2001, pp. 28-33.
Kutner, Janet, "Art in a realm where time, space blur," The Dallas Morning News, 10 June 2001, pp. 1C & 4C.
2000
Mack, Gerhard, "Jedes Staubkorn ist ein Universum," art, Das Kunstmagazin, August 2000, p.67-75.
Siegel, Katy, "Wolfgang Laib: A Retrospective," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., Artforum, September 2000, p. 51.
"When Pollen is an Art Form," Garden Design, October 2000, p. 28.
Bonetti, David, "Bay City Best," San Francisco Examiner Magazine, 22 October 2000, p.4.
Baker, Kenneth, "Art That's Nothing to Sneeze At," San Francisco Chronicle, October 21, 2000, p.B1 and B8.
Ottmann, Klaus, "'Certitude Is the Imaginary': The Drawings of Wolfgang Laib," Art On Paper, December 2000, p. 61-65.
Galloway, David, "Pollen Alert," ARTnews, October 2000, p. 166-169.
"Gian Enzo Sperone; Torino Roma, New York; 35 Anni di Mostra tra Europa e America, 2000." Hopeful Monster. p. 296, 318, 406-407, 450.
Dixon, Glenn, "Soul Mining," Washington City Paper, 3 November 2000.
1999
Withers, Rachel, "Preview: Wolfgang Laib, Carré d'Art, " Artforum, vol. 37 no. 5 (January 1999), p. 53.
"Et Aussi . . .," Art Actuel, vol. 1 no. 1(March-April 1999), p. 27.
Lacagnina, Salvatore, "Wolfgang Laib," tema celeste, XVI no 74 (May-June 1999), pp. 86-87.
Politi, Giancarlo, "The Venice Biennale," Flash Art, Vol. XXXII, no. 208 (October 1999) pp.76-80.
1998
Drobnick, Jim, "Reveries, Assaults and Evaporating Presences: Olfactory Dimensions in Contemporary Art," Parachute, no. 89 (January-February-March 1998), pp. 10-19.
Artner, Alan G., "Natural Selection," Chicago Tribune, 29 January 1998, pp. 1, 12, Section 5
"The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works," exhibition catalogue, with essay by Sue Scott (Orlando: Orlando Museum of Art, 1998).
Johnson, Ken, "Art Guide: Wolfgang Laib," The New York Times, 15 May 1998, p. E36.
Bowyer, Bell, J., "Wolfgang Laib," Review, 15 May 1998, p. 44.
"Goings On About Town, Galleries-Downtown: Wolfgang Laib," The New Yorker, 25 May 1998, p. 17.
"Wolfgang Laib: Sperone Westwater," New York Contemporary Art Report, vol. 1 no. 1 (May 1998), pp. 72-63.
Schwendener, Martha, "Art, Reviews: Wolfgang Laib, Nowhere-Everywhere," Time Out New York, no. 140 (28 May-4 June1998), p. 56.
Stevens, Mark, "Art: Bee-ing and Nothingness," New York Magazine, 8 June 1998, pp. 104-105.
Bona, Clara, and Elisabetta Pincherle, "Ho trovato l'America," D (La Repubblica), 25-31 August 1998, pp. 35-37.
Richard, Frances, "Wolfgang Laib: Sperone Westwater," Artforum, vol. 37 no. 2 (October 1998), p. 125.
Diehl, Carol, "Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater," Art in America, vol. 86 no. 11 (November 1998), p. 126.
1997
Tomkins, Calvin, "A Question of Human Presence," The New Yorker, June 1997, pp. 104-206.
Nochlin, Linda, "Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life: MoMA," Artforum, vol. 36 no. 2 (October 1997), pp. 91-92.
Glueck, Grace, "When Is A Still Life Not A Still Life?," Quarterly (Fall 1997), p. 46.
Lotz, Corinna, "Art & Artists: Still, But Very Real," Socialist (October 1997), p. 10.
Lambirth, Andrew, "Things Fall Apart," Independent Saturday Magazine (October 1997), pp. 32-35.
Freeman, Judi, "Still Life at MoMA," Apollo (October 1997), pp. 44-46.
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, Hayward Gallery," Art Monthly (October 1997), pp. 38-39.
Bonetti, David, "Gallery Watch: Obsession Meets Devotion," San Francisco Examiner, 24 October 1997, p. B-9.
De Domizio Durini, Lucrezia, "Biennale di Kwangju," Tema Celeste, no. 65 (October-December 1997), pp. 58-59.
Millet, Catherine, "Unmapping the Earth," Art Press, no. 230 (December 1997), pp. 64-65.
1996
Bartelik, Marek, Wolfgang Laib, Sperone Westwater, Artforum, Vol. XXXIV, No. 5 (January 1996) p. 82.
Weintraub, Linda, "Interview with Wolfgang Laib," Art on the Edge and Over, 1996, pp. 40-44.
1995
Wei, Lilly, "Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater," Art in America, Vol. 83, No. 11 (November 1995), pp. 109-110.
Schwendener, Martha, "Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater," FlashArt, Vol. XXVIII, no. 185 (November-December 1995), pp. 127 – 128.
1994
Farrow, Claire, "Wolfgang Laib: More than Myself," Parkett, No. 39, 1994. pp 77 - 81 English text; pp. 82 - 87 German text.
Avrilla, Jean-Marc, "A wax Room in the Mountains," Parkett, No. 39, 1994. pp. 88- 91 German text; pp. 92 - 101 English text.
McEvilley, Thomas, "Medicine Man: Proposing a Context for Wolfgang Laib's Work," Parkett, No. 39, 1994. pp. 104 - 109 English text; pp. 110 - 117 German text.
1993
McKenna, Kristine, "flower power," L.A. Style Magazine, January 1993. pp. 28 - 29.
Hulten, Pontus, "Territorium Artis, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn," FlashArt, International Edition, Flash Art news, January/February 1993. p. 132.
"Goings on About Town," The New Yorker, Feb. 15, 1993. pp. 16 - 17.
Kuspit, Donald, "Wolfgang Laib," Sperone Westwater, Artforum, May 1993. p. 102.
1992
Melkonian, Neery, "Wolfgang Laib, Art and Remedy," Artspace, January - April, 1992. p.41.
Beil, Ralf, "Wolfgang Laib, Paris, Galerie Crousel-Robelin," Arte Factum, February - March 1992. p. 45.
Pietroiusti, Cesare, "Wolfgang Laib, Alfonso Artiaco," FlashArt, International Edition, Summer 1992. pp. 126 – 127.
1991
Gerstler, Amy, "Wolfgang Laib: Burnett Miller Gallery," Artforum, January.
Mahoney, Robert, "Wolfgang Laib," Arts Magazine, May, 1991. p. 99.
Tallman, Susan, "Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater," Art in America, June. pp. 137 - 138.
"Wolfgang Laib," (Tokyo, Japan: Kanransha, 1991).
Reust, Hans Rudolf, "Wolfgang Laib: Kunstmuseum," Artscribe, March - April. pp. 80 - 81.
Rose, Matthew, "New York Wrap-up - Galerie Lelong "The Bulge, It's Called a Meniscus," ArtNews, September 1991. pp. 84 – 85.
1990
Braet, Jan, "Het vision van een arts," Knack, No. 26, June 27 - July 3, 1990. pp. 118- 119.
Arici, Laura, "Gelebte Achtsamkeit," Neue Züricher Zeitung, October 26, 1990. p. 27.
Artner, Alan G., "Laib strives to balance inner, outer worlds," Chicago Tribune, November 23, 1990. Section 7, p. 76.
McKenna, Kristine, "Wolfgang Laib: Nature and Nurture," Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1990.
Mahoney, Robert, "Group Show," Tema Celeste, International Edition, November/December, 1990. p. 59.
Van Winkel, C. H., "Wolfgang Laib, Lothar Baumgarten en de geest van Joseph Beuys," Metropolis M, May/June, 1990. pp. 26 – 33.
1988
Levin, Kim, "Ethnoeccentricity, Lothar Baumgarten and Wolfgang Laib," Village Voice, November 22, 1988. p. 95.
Smith, Roberta, "Wolfgang Laib," New York Times, November 25.
Curtis, Cathy, "Wolfgang Laib," Los Angeles Times, November 25. Part V, p. 20.
1987
Davvetas, Demosthenes "Wolfgang Laib, Interview with the Artist," New Art, No. 2, January, 1987. pp. 30 - 32.
Pasanen, Kimmo, "Wolfgang Laib," (Finnish translation of the Interview with the Artist by Suzanne Page, catalogue ARC, 1986), Taide, January, 1987. pp. 26 - 30.
Saunders, Wade and Rochette, Anne, "Wolfgang Laib at Maeght Lelong," Art in America, January 1987. p. 130.
Ottmann, Klaus, "Wolfgang Laib," Flash Art, February/March, 1987.
Le Goff, Jean-Pierre, "Wolfgang Laib," Kanal Magazine, January/March, 1987. pp. 70 - 71.
Schenker, Christoph, "Wolfgang Laib, Capc, Bordeaux," Kunstforum, Vol. 88, March/April, 1987. pp. 298 - 299.
Hubl, Michael, "Das Jahr danach," Kunstforum, Vol. 88, March/April, 1987. pp. 267 - 273.
Couderc, Sylvie, "Wolfgang Laib, die vitale Kraft des künstlerischen Aktes," Artefactum, Vol. 4, No. 18, April/May, 1987. pp. 6 - 11.
Ponti, Lisa, "Wolfgang Laib," Juliet, No. 31, April/May, 1987. p. 20.
Waspe, Roland, "Wolfgang Laib," Museumsbrief 60, (St. Gallen, Switzerland: Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, August, 1987)
Cooper, Dennis, "Art on the Amstel," Art in America, October, 1987. p. 34.
"Five Artists From Germany Exhibit Works at de Saisset Museum," Silicon Valley Visitors Guide, November, 1987.
Hinton, Susan, "A Counterbalance to Neoexpressionism," Artweek, Nov. 14, 1987.
Russell, John, "Thirteen Sculptors," New York Times, November 20.
Müller, Hans-Joachim, "Milch und Blütenstaub: Wolfgang Laib in der Galerie Buchmann," Basler Zeitung, December 30, 1987.
1986
Gintz, Claude, "Nature, Culture, Ecriture à propos de Wolfgang Laib, Lothar Baumgarten et quelques autres," art press, October, 1986. pp. 15 - 19.
Huser, France, "Lait et sang, Wolfgang Laib - Bruce Nauman," Le Nouvel Observateur, October 31, 1986.
Lascault, Gilbert, "Pollen jaune, calme, calme...," La Quinzaine Litteraire, October 31, 1986.
Smith, Roberta, "Wolfgang Laib," New York Times, November 7, 1986. p. C26.
Larson, Kay, "Wolfgang Laib," New York Magazine, November 24, 1986.
Soutif, Daniel, "L'être et le néon, Wolfgang Laib et Bruce Nauman," Libération, November 25, 1986. p. 32.
Levin, Kim, "Wolfgang Laib," Village Voice, November 26, 1986.
Lavonen, Kuuti, "Wolfgang Laib," Helsiingin Sanomat, December 27, 1986. p. 20.
1985
Seth, Nikki Ty-Tomkins," Art East and West," Sunday Observer, Bombay, February 10, 1985. p. 19.
Pohlen, Annelie, "Cosmic Visions from North and South," Artforum, March, 1985. pp. 76 – 81.
Russell, John, "Wolfgang Laib - Robert Ryman - Ian Wilson," The New York Times, May 24, 1985. p. C19.
Ottmann, Klaus, "The Solid and the Fluid. Bartlett, Laib, Kiefer," FlashArt, No. 123, Summer, 1985. pp. 48 - 49.
Hubl, Michael, "Askese des Abundanten: Wolfgang Laib," Kunstforum, Vol. 80, March, 1985. pp. 108 - 115.
Bizot, Jean-Francois, "c'est quoi la force? c'est quoi la beaute?," Actuel, No. 72, October, 1985. pp. 98 – 107.
1984
Newman, Cathy, "Pollen," National Geographic, Vol. 166, No. 4, October. pp. 518 - 519.
1983
Pohlen, Annelie, "Steinzeit - Endzeit - Meditationszeit, von Laib zu Beuys zu Knoebel mit einem Seitensprung zu Lechner," Kunstforum, Vol. 63/64, 8 July, 1983. pp. 346 – 348.
Pohlen, Annelie, "Wolfgang Laib, Städtisches Museum Mönchengladbach," Artforum, September, 1983. p. 82.
Lavonen, Kuutti, "Ars 83 on siitepolya," Helsingen Sanomat, October 12, 1983. p. 22.
1982
Müller, Hans-Joachim, "Sensibilissimus und die Natur," Die Zeit, February 19, 1982. p. 40
Hohmeyer, Jürgen, "Ernte im Hochmoor," Der Spiegel, Vol. 36, No. 20, May 17, pp. 246-247.
Meier-Grolman, B., "Da siebt einer den Blütenstaub und schüttet Milch auf Marmorsteine," Südwestpresse, June 8, 1982.
Hecht, Axel, "Ein Fest der Stille und der Farben," Art, No. 6, June, 9, 1982. pp. 132 – 135.
Russell, John, "Wolfgang Laib," New York Times, March 27, 1981. p. C17.
Zimmer, William, "Wolfgang Laib," Soho News, Vol. 8, No. 27, April 1 - 7, 1981. p. 47.
Cafopoulos, Catherine, "Wolfgang Laib," The Athenian, Vol. 6, No. 75, January, 1980.
1979
Senie, Harriet, "Wolfgang Laib," New York Post, January 20. p. 33.
Morschel, Jürgen, "Wolfgang Laib," Das Kunstwerk, February. p. 92.
Wells, John, "Wolfgang Laib," Arts Magazine, vol. 53, No. 7, March, 1979. p. 2.
Tatransky, Valentin, "Wolfgang Laib," Arts Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 7, March, 1979. p. 33.
Olejarz, Harold, "Wolfgang Laib," Arts Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 9, May 1979. p. 37.
Davis, Douglas, "Post Post Art,"Village Voice, June 25. p. 41.
1978
Ferrari, Corinna, "Wolfgang Laib, una mostra a Milano," Domus, No. 581, April, 1978. p. 48.
Dienst, Rolf-Günter, "Deutsche Kunst: eine neue Generation 6," Das Kunstwerk, December, 1978. pp. 18 - 19, 37.
WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - DOROTHEE FISCHER - IN MEMORIAM
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