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Wolfgang Laib

1950
born in Metzingen, Germany
lives and works in a small town in South Germany
 

AWARDS

2015
Praemium Imperiale Prize for Sculpture
 

Link to the movie 
Wolfgang Laib – Here, Now and Far Beyond

https://westendtv.vhx.tv/

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

A Mountain not to climb on. For Monet, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris

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
?
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.

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