Mario Merz

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2024

Mario Merz. Qualcosa che toglie il peso, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2022

Mario Merz, Balla, Carrà, de Chirico, de Pisis, Morandi, Savinio, Severini. Roma 1978. Mostre in Mostra, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
 

2020

Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York, USA
 

2019

Time Is Mute, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
 

2018

Igloos, Pirelli Hangar Biococca, Milan, Italy

Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2016

Mario Merz. La natura è l'equilibrio", Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

Marisa and Mario Merz, Museum of Contemporary Art Rome, Italy

Mario Merz, Thomas Schütte Stiftung - Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany

2015

Mario Merz: Cittá Irreale, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy

Making of Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2012

What is to be done, Bildmuseet, Umea, Sweden
 

2011

What is to be done, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK

2010

Che Cosè una casa, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

2008

Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany

Arts Club of Chicago, IL, USA
 

2007

Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
 

2005

Mario Merz - retrospettiva, Castello Di Rivoli Museo D'arte contemporanea, Turin, Italy

Galleria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea, GAM, Turin, Italy
 

2003

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
 

2002

Obra histórica, Instalaciones, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

2001

Die Katze, die durch den Garten geht, ist mein Arzt, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
 

2000

Galleria civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

Carré d'art, Musée d'art contemporain de Nimes, France
 

1998

MoMA PS1, New York, USA

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
 

1995

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

1993

Fundacion Antoni Tápies, Barcelona, Spain

1991

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1990

Terra elevata o la storia del disegno, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Turin, Italy

1989

Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA

1987

Triplo igloo: Mario Merz, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1985

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 

1984

Mario Merz, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

1983

Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
 

1982

Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany

1981

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1980

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
 

1979

Ima institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

1976

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1972

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
 

1970

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1969

Che fare, Galleria l'Attico, Rome, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2024

arte povera. Giovanni Anselmo, Mario Merz, Giuseppe Penone, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin

Arte Povera, Bourse de Commerce, Pinault Collection, Paris, France
 

2017

Natural Histories: Traces of the Political, Mumok, Vienna, Austria

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
 

2014

Intenzione manifesto. Il disegno in tutte le sue lingue e forme Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy

Arte Povera, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
 

2012

Arte Povera, Neues Museum Weimar, Germany

Arte povera, der grosse Aufbruch, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

2011

Arte Povera 1967- 2011, La triennale di Milano, Design Museum, Milan, Italy
 

2009

1968. Die Große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
 

2008

Biennale of Sydney 2008 Biennale Sydney, Australia

Carnegie International 2008 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PN USA
 

2006

Where are we going, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

Transformation, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

2003

La Poetica dell' Arte Povera, Kunstmuseum Kloster unser lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany

2002

Arte Povera: Art from Italy 1967 – 2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia

2001

Zero to infinity: Arte Povera 1969 – 1972, TATE Gallery, London and: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA

1997

Arte Povera. Arbeiten und Dokumente aus der Sammlung Goetz 1958 bis heute, Neues Museum Weserburg, und Nürnberg, Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany

1994

The Italian Metamorphosis, 1943-1968, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

1993

Un‘avventura internazionale. Turin e le arti 1950-1970, Castello di Rivoli, Turino, Italy

1992

Documenta 9, Neue Documenta Halle, Kassel, Germany

1990

Concept Art, Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Land Art. Sammlung Marzona, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany

1989

Bilderstreit, Rheinhallen, Cologne, Germany

Magiciens de la terre, Centre Georges Pompidou et La Villette, Paris

1987

Skulptur-Projekte in Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany

1986

Chambres d‘amis, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent

The Spiritual in Art: Abstract Painting 1890-1985, Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, CA and: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, Netherlands

1985

Del Arte Povera a 1985, Palacio de Velazquez und Palacio de Cristal, Madrid, Spain

The European Iceberg, The Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

The Knot: Arte Povera at P.S.1, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY, USA

1983

L‘arte povera et les mythologies individuelles, Musée d‘art contemporain, Montréal, Canada

1982

Arte Povera, Sculptures 1966-1969, capcMusée d‘art contemporain, Bordeaux, France

60-‘80: Attitudes/Concepts/Images, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

1981

Westkunst: Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939, Rheinhallen, fair, Cologne, Germany

Identité Italienne. L‘art en Italie depuis 1959, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1980

Pier + Ocean Construction in the Art of the Seventies, Hayward Gallery, London, UK; Otterlo, Netherlands

1979

European Dialogue, 3rd Biennale of Sydney, The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

1978

Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA

Dalla natura all‘arte, dall‘arte alla natura, XXXVIII Biennale Venedig, Venice, Italy

1977

1960-1977 Arte in Italia, Galleria Civica d‘Arte Moderna, Turino, Italy

Documenta 6, Kassel, Germany

Europe in the Seventies: Aspects of Recent Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA
 

1976

XXXVII Biennale Venedig, Venice, Italy

1972

XXXVI Biennale Venedig, Venice, Italy

Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
 

1971

Guggenheim International Exhibition 1971, Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA

Prospect 71. Projection, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf
 

1970

X. Tokyo Biennale, Municipal Art Museum, Kyoto, Japan

Conceptual Art, Arte Povera, Land Art, Galleria Civica d‘Arte Moderna, Turino, Italy

1969

Verborgene Strukturen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

Op losse schroeven: Situaties en cryptostructuren, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Live in your head, Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
 

1968

Prospect 68, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf

1967

Arte Povera, Centro Arte Viva Feltrinelli, Trieste, Italy

SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
 

2011

Amstrong, G.: What is to be done, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
 

2007

Schwarz, Dieter, ed., Mario Merz: Disegni, Merz, Turin
 

2005

Beccaria, Marcella, and Christov-Bakargiev, Carolyn, Mario

Merz, Mario Merz: The Monograph, Fondazione Merz, Turin
 

2003

Guglielmino, Giorgio, Fragasso, Lucas, and Petruschansky, Hugo, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster, Turin

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

2000

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: il gatto che attraversa il giardino e il mio dottore, Hopefulmonster/Carre d'Art Musee d'art contemporain, Turin/Nimes
 

1999

Todoli, Vincente, Mario Merz, Hopefulmonster/Fundacao Serralves, Turin/Porto
 

1996

Cora, Bruno, Mario Merz: L'Horizon De Lumiere Traverse Notre Verticale Du Jour, Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

1995

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition catalogue from Galleria civica d'art contemporanea, Trento), Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

1993

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Fundacio Antoni Tapies, Barcelona
 

1990

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition Catalogue from Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato), Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

1989

Celant, Germano, Mario Merz, Rizzoli/Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz at MOCA, Fabbri editori/Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Milan/Los Angeles

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: I Want to Write a Book Right Now, Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

1988

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Institute of Contemporary Art Nagoya, Nagoya

Merz, Mario, Parkett No. 15 Mario Merz
 

1985

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz, Pascale Petit/Pietro Sparta, Chagny
 

1984

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: Pittore in Africa, Sperone Westwater, New York
 

1983

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz (Exhibition Catalogue from the Palazzo Congressi ed Eposizioni), Mazzotta, Milan
 

1982

Merz, Mario, Mario Merz: Disegni, Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES/GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
 

2011

Christel, S.: my home's wind, Raussmüller Collection, Basel
 

2010

Meneguzzo, M.: The Gallant Apparel: Italian Art and the Modern. Remo Bianco, Alighiero Boetti, Agostino 

Bonalumi, Agostino Castellani, Edoarda Maino Dadamaino, Gino de Dominicis, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni, Mario Merz, Giulio Paolini, Paolo Scheggi, Ettorre Spalletti, Robilant + Voena, London

Brödelin, M./ Broeker, H.: Rudolf Steiner und die Kunst der Gegenwart : Mario Merz, Joseph Beuys, Giuseppe Penone, Anish Kapoor, Helmut Federle, Tony Cragg, Olafur Eliasson, Spencer Finch, Katharina Grosse, Carsten Nicolai, Jan Albers, Meris Angioletti, Kalin Lindena, Simon Dybbroe Müller, Claudia Wieser, Manuel Graf, Bernd Ribbeck, dUmONT, Köln

Sauer, C.: Mario Merz : Architettura fondata dal tempo - architettura sfondata dal tempo, Frauenfeld, Basel
 

2007

Tomassoni, I.: Anni Settanta: Artisti italiani fra cronaca e mito, Editori Laterza, Bari

Sabau, L.: Dialogues and Attitudes, Hatje Cantz, Stuttgart

De Corral, M./ Lane,J.: Fast Forward: Contemporary Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art, Yale University Press, New Haven/London
 

2006

Herman Fuchs, R.: Accumulazioni: Jan Dibbets, Mario Merz, Sol Lewitt, Centro d'arte, Zerynthia, Paliano, Italy
 

2005

Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06, Frieze Art Fair, London
 

2004

Bianchi, D./ Merz, M./, Hopefulmonster, Turin

L'art du Xxe Siecle: De l'art Moderne a l'art Contemporian 1939- 2002, Citadelles and Mazenod, Paris

Castaldi, M./Merz, M.: What To Do, Hopefulmonster, Turin
 

2002

Babel 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
 

1996

Botta, M./ Merz, M.: Im Gespräch mit Marlies Grüterich, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
 

1994

Zwirner, D.: Drawing Room: Zeichnungen & Skulpturen aus der Sammlung Speck, Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern
 

1993

Braders, S./ Taylor, C.: Gravity & Grace: The Changing Condition of Sculpture 1965-1975, The South Bank Centre, London
 

1985

Mario Merz, Sol Lewitt, Edizioni Pieroni, Rome

Celant, G.: The Knot: Arte Povera at PS 1, PS 1, New York
 

1984

Knight, G./ Ghez, S.: Contemporary Italian Masters: Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Enzo Cucchi, Mario Merz, Mimmo Paladino, Chicago Council on Fine Arts, Chicago

Celant, Germano, Coerenza in coerenza: dall'arte povera al 1984, Arnolo Mondadori Editore, Milan
 

1983

Comi, E.: Archaic Contemporary: with Tony Cragg/Mario Merz/Bill Woodrow in the Land of the Samnities, Museo del Sannio-Benevento/ The British Council, Milan

SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
 

2008

Ebony, D.: Italy's Northern Lights, Art In America, February 2008, pg. 49
 

2006

Merz Foundation in Turin, Art In America, September 2006, pg. 41
 

2005

Forino, I.: Merz Foundation in Turin, Abitare, January 2006, pg. 128-131

Douglas, K.: Richard Flood, Contemporary 21, no. 77 2005, pg. 54

Lumley, R.: Founding Father, Artforum, Summer 2005, pg. 131-134

Verhagen, E.: Mario Merz, Art Press no. 311, pg. 76-77

Mandrini, R.: Fuori dal confine del quarto / Beyond the frame, Domus no. 878, pg. 6

Verlichak, V.: Fundacion Proa, territory for Action: An interview with Adriana Rosenberg, ARCO Contemporary Art. Spring 2005, pg. 38-43
 

2004

Celant, G.: Sphere of Influence, Artforum. January 2004, pg. 25-26

Povoledo, E.: Poet of ?Arte Povera?, ARTnews. January 2004, pg.60
 

2003

Galloway, D.: Mario Merz: Kewenig, Cologne, ARTnews vol. 103 no. 9, pg. 202, 2003

Kounellis, J.: For Mario Merz, Domus no. 872, pg. 80-83, 2003

Wasserman, S.: Report from Italy: Roma Renovatio, Art in America, June 2003, pg. 55-59

Tansini, L., To Live an Idea: A Conversation with Mario Merz, Sculpture (Washington D.C.), December 2003, pg. 26-31

Boutoux, Thomas. Hans Ulrich Obrist Interviews. Volume 1: Edizioni Charta: Milan, 2003
 

2001

Vendrame, S.: Harald Szeemann, Tema Celeste, March - April 2001, pg. 48-54

Crow, T.E.: Zero to Infinity: Arte Povera 1962-1972, Tate Modern, London,? Artforum, September 2001, pg. 186-188
 

2000

Kapoor, A.: Mario Merz, The Whitechapel Art Gallery Centenary Review, pg. 114

Kimmelman, M.: A Temple of Modern Art and Spectacle, The New York Times, 10 May 2000, pg. E1, E2

Sussman, E.: Report from Oporto: Sortion Out the 60s, Art in America, March 2000, pg. 58-63
 

1999

DeBord, M.: Preview: Mario Mertz, La Casa Fibonacci, Artforum. January 1999, pg.56

Garcia-Anton, Katya. Rock of Ages, Tate, Summer, 1999

Mario Merz, Das Kunstmagazine, April 1999, pg.19
 

1997

Hilton, T.: Arts: It's Only Art, You Know, Independent on Sunday,19 October 1997, pg. 29

Lotz. C.: Art & Artists: Still, But Very Real, Socialist, October 1997, pg. 10

Feaver, W.: Art: Meaning What, Exactly, Observer, 10 December 1997
 

1995

Meneguzzo, M.: Mario Merz at the Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Artforum, September 1995, pg.98

Kohlmeyer, A.: Foreign Artist: Mario Merz: Merz, the Spiral, World-House and the Mountains, Gana Art, November/December 1995, pg. 18, 127-133
 

1994

Brock, H.: Mario Merz, ARTnews, September 1994, pg. 166-167
 

1993

Porges, M.: Art of Glass: Looking Through History, Sculpture, January /February 1993, pg. 42 - 47
 

1992

Existessentialism art and upcoming fashion for a different world, Interview, January 1992, pg. 60 - 68

Greece: New Forms in Athens, FlashArt, January/Febraury 1992, pg. 155

Bass, R.: Mario Merz: Sperone Westwater, ARTnews, April 1992, pg. 116
 

1991

Goodman, A.: Madrid's ARCO Joins the Big League Art Fairs, The Journal of Art, February 1991, pg. 83

Decter, J.: Mario Merz, Arts Magazine, March 1991, pg. 97- 98

Munich: Arte Povera Revisited, FlashArt, Summer 1991, pg. 148

Bandini, M.: Turin in the 1970s: Fiat, Arte Povera, and Other Heroes, FlashArt, October 1991, pg. 104-109

Gruterich, M.: The Art of Coexistence, FlashArt, November/December, 1991 pg. 82-85

Moure, C.: Cumulus Aus Eurpopa - Reflections on a Space for Creation, Parkett No. 30, 1991, pg. 169-175
 

1990

Vetrocq, M. E., Mario Merz, Arts Magazine, January, 1990, pg. 84

Gomez, Edward M., Fumio Nanjo: Man In The Middle, ARTnews, March, pg. 107-8

Drateln, D.: Einleuchten, Contemporanea March 1990

Mahoney, R.: Mario Merz: The Cannibalim of Arte Povera, FlashArt, January/February, pg. 123

Johnson, K.: Mario Merz at the Guggenheim, Art in America, February 1990, pg. 171

Ruhe, B.: Merz' Igloos, Art World, November/December 1990, pg. 3

Blanchard, P.: Mario Merz,Tema Celeste, January-March 1990, pg. 62

Mahoney, R.: Mario Merz: Museum Guggenheim, FlashArt, April/May 1990, pg. 144

MacAdam, B. A., Kournellis, Fabro, Merz, Paolini: Salvatore Ala, ARTnews, May, pg. 220

Galloway, D, Report from Germany: Happening in Hamburg, Art in America, May 1990, pg. 77-89

Baum, S.: Konrad Fischer, Galeries Magazine, April/May 1990, pg. 142-149

Bourel, M.: La Collection Herbert, Galeries Magazine, April/May 1990, pg. 3, 150-169

Dagen, P.: Bordeaux Warehouse Musuem Reopens, The Journal of Art, October 1990, pg. 24

Verzotti, G.: Doppel Jeopardy, Artforum, November 1990, pg. 124-130

Pasini, F.: Mario Merz: Museo Comunale D'Arte Moderna, Artforum, December 1990, pg. 151-152

Ponton Temse: Citiwide Exhibtion Curated by Jan Hoet, FlashArt, November/December 1990, pg. 171

Goings on About Town, The New Yorker, 24 December 1990, pg.16

Heartney, E.: Mario Merz Makes an Igloo (and a Crocodile) Art News, January 1990, pg. 107, 108, 110
 

1989

De Sanna, J.: Mario Merz, Galleria Christian Stein, Artforum, February 1989, pg. 143

Atkins, R.: Mario Merz, Contemporanea. December 1989, pp. 89

Vetrocq, M. E.: Utopias, Nomads, Critics, Arts Magazine, April 1989, pg. 49-54

Feaver, W.: Italian Art in the 20th Century: Chauvinism and Chic, Artnews, May 1989, pg. 137-145

Exhibitions: Los Angeles, The Journal of Art, May 1989, pg. 9

Baker, K.: Mario Merz: Museum of Contemporary Art, Artforum, Summer 1989 , pg. 150-51

Parent, B.: Mario Merz: le souffle de la liberte, Artstudio, Summer 1989, pg. 52-63

Mario Merz in the Guggenheim, Lapiz, no. 61, October 1989, pg. 84

Conte, G.: The Garden of Myth, Tema Celeste, no. 20, April-June 1989, pg. 48-53

Larson, K.: Fall Previews: Museums, New York Magazine, September 11, 1989, pg. 66

Turner, J.: Italy: Trash and Treasure: The Essence of Alchemy, ARTnews, September 1989, pg. 143-147

Cueff, A.: Mario Merz: Nouveau Musee, Artscribe, International, November-December 1989, pg. 90-91

Smith, Roberta, "Mario Merz Works Complement the Guggenheim," The New York Times, Friday, September 29 1989, pg. C25

Los Angeles: Igloos, alligators, neon, and numbers, The Journal of Art, May 1989, pg. 9

Clio,M./ West, T.:Paris: Preparing for 1992," Art International 9, Winter 1989, pg. 20-21

 

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