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Mario Merz

1925 
born in Milan

died in 2003


 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selecteion)

Art Institute of Chicago
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
San Francisco Museum of Art
Tate Gallery, London
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Torino
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
Walker Art Center, Minnesota

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
 

2021

Mario Merz: Evidenza de 987, Tucci Russo Studio, Torre Pellice, Italy
 

2020

Dia Art Foundation, Beacon, New York, USA
 

2019

Time Is Mute, Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
 

2018

Igloos, Pirelli Hangar Biococca, Milan, Italy

Mario Merz. Sitin, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2016

Works from the 1980s, Sperone Wastewater, New York, USA

Early Works, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

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/Holzheim, Germany

2015

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

Making of Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2014

Mario Merz, Pace Gallery, London, UK
 

2013

Mario Merz, Gagosian Gallery, Paris, France

Mario Merz, Galerie Pietro Sparta, Chagny, France
 

2012

Mario Merz: Major works from the 1980s, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

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

Pageantry of painting, Corteo della pittura, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
 

2012

What Is to Be, Girogio Persano, Turin, Italy

Mario Merz: Major Works from the 1980s Sperone Westwater, New York, USA
 

2009

L'asocialità è coscienza. La socialità è struttua, Oredaria Arti Contemporanee, Rome, Italy


2008

Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA

Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany

Sprovieri, London, UK

Motiv 1-10-1993, Fibonacci, tables and igloos, Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, USA

Arts Club of Chicago, USA

Isola della frutta aspetta settembre, Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
 

2007

The Magnolia Table, Sperone Westwater, New York, USA

Buchmann Galerie, Berlin

Drawings, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

La pittura - lunga e veloce, Salvatore & Caroline Ala Galleria, Milan, Italy

Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
 

2006

Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
 

2005

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

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

2004

Dispositioning the Earth and Moon Along an Axis, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway

Mario Merz - In Memoriam, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne, Germany
 

2003

Galerie Tschudi, Zouz, Switzerland

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf

Chiesa di San Paolo, Modena, Italy

Galleria Giorgio Persano, Turin, Italy
 

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
 

1999

Arte Povera, Galeria M+R Fricke, Berlin
 

1998

MoMA PS1, New York, USA

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
 

1995

Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Italy

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

1993

Fundacion Antoni Tápies, Barcelona, Spain

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK


1991

Master Works, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1990

Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy

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


1989

Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York, USA
 

1988

Galleria in Arco, Turin, Italy

Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London, UK
 

1987

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

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1985

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
 

1984

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Mario Merz: paintings and constructions, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf

1983

Galerie nächst St. Stephan, Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna, Austria

Works from 1966 to 1983, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
 

1982

Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA
 

1981

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1980

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
 

1979

The Wind My Home, Ima institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia

Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA
 

1976

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1975

Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Germany
 

1972

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
 

1970

Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
 

1969

Che fare, Galleria l'Attico, Rome, Italy

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

2022

North – South. Perspectives on the Collection, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
 

2021

Torre Pellice: L'armonia Dell'Invenzione, Tucci Russo Studio, Torre Pellice, Italy

Il Giardino Dei Sogni, Tucci Russo Studio, Italy

Espressioni: The Proposition, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin, Italy

2020

The Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Canada
 

2019

A new room: Marisa Merz and Mario Merz, Annemarie Verna Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

Dream, Chiostro del Bramante, Italy

A Collection in Progress. Nature is what we see, Collezione Giancarlo e Danna Olgiati, Lugano, Switzerland
 

2018

Dawn of a Nation, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy

Rainbow 2018, Tucci Russo Studio, Torre Pellice, Italy

Challenging Beauty, The Parkview Museum Singapore, Singapore

Shaping light, Fondation CAB Brussels, Belgium
 

2017

Territories, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York

Ileana Sonnabend and Arte Povera, Lévy Gorvy, New York

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

É solo un inizio. 1968, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

Poor Art | Arte Povera: Italian Influences, British Responses, Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, UK

Arte Povera: Curated by Ingvild Goetz, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA

Energy Thought Beauty: Everything is Connected, Forte di Belvedere, Florence, Italy

Margherita Stein: Rebel With a Cause, Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, New York, USA

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

SCULPTURE ON THE MOVIE 1946 - 2016, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
 

2015

Accelerazione, 9 works by 8 artists of the Herbert Foundation, Herbert Foundation, Ghent, Belgium

tutttovero – La nostra città la nostra arte Torino 2015, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea /GAM/Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo/Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

BASICO (III), Turin, Italy
 

2014

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

Colección IX. Colección Fundación ARCO, CA2M Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Madrid, Spain

Da Rauschenberg a Jeff Koons - Lo sguardo di Ileana Sonnabend, Ca’ Pesaro, Venice, Italy

Arte Povera, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin

How Far How Near, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
 

2013

Arte Povera, Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels, Belgium

Neue Galerie - neu gesehen, Neue Galerie, Kassel, Germany

Von Beckmann bis Warhol - Die Sammlung Bayer, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
 

2012

Oltre il muro, Castello di Rivoli Museo d'arte contemporanea, Turin, Italy

The great Awakening, Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Basel, Switzerland

Arte Povera, Neues Museum Weimar, Germany

Arte povera, der grosse Aufbruch, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

To the Museum of Modern Dreams, Staatgalerie Stuttgart, Germany

Group exhibition, Galleria Cardi, Milan, Italy

An Accumulation of Information taken from here to there, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York, USA

Arte povera in città, Galleria d'arte moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italy

Artandpress, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Néon, who's afraid of red, yellow and blue, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

Panta Rei, Galleria Biasutti Giampiero, Turin, Italy

L'oeuvre et ses archives, CAPC, Musee d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France

A battle for narrative, Bonnenfantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
 

2011

Wiedereröffnung der Neuen Galerie Kassel, Germany

The Inaccessible poem, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

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

Manifold, Annemarie Verna Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland

Ileana Sonnabend: An Italian portrait, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, USA

Silence and time, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA

Gran Torino, Italian Contemporary Art, Frost Art Museum, Miami, USA

Sculpture in so many words: text Pieces 1960-75, Zieher Smith, New York, USA
 

2009

Gegen den Strich! 15 Jahre Sammlung des Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany

Gipfeltreffen der Moderne Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn, Germany

Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

Silences, MAMCS, Strasbourg, France

1968. Die Große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany

cycle rolywholyover 7: JEFFMUTE, Mamco, Genf, Switzerland

Spazio Libro d'Artista Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Italy
 

2008

Interieur/Exterieur: Wohnen in der Kunst Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany

sehen ganz nah und sehr fern Städtische Galerie, Erlangen, Germany

Biennale of Sydney 2008 Biennale Sydney, Australia

REAL Das Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Viaggio in Italia Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria

Mario Merz Sprovieri Progetti, London, UK

Neue Ansichten, Die Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany

Lauffs Collection, HAUSER & WIRTH, Zurich, Switzerland

Carnegie International 2008 Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, USA

Time and Place: Milan/Turin 1958-1968, Moderne Museet Stockholm, Sweden


2007

Kreis, Kugel, Kosmos, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany

From the Earth to the Moon, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy

Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf

Revue - Zehn Jahre Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany

100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany

Vertigo, MAMbo, Bologna, Italy

Frammenti dell'Arte Povera, Museum moderner Kunst Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Germany

Klio. Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

Numerica, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy

Kunst nach 1970, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
 

2006

Sol LeWitt - Mario Merz, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy

Lichtwerke, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria

Mario Merz: 8-5-3, Gagosian Gallery Britannia, London, UK

Metropolitanscape, Pallazo Cavour, Turin, Italy

Full House, St?dtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany

Where are we going, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

Italy Made In Art: Now, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China

Kreis, Kugel, Kosmos, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin

Transformation, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Inventur. Sammlung Herbert, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria

Was ist Plastik, 100 Jahre - 100 Köpfe, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

MACBA COLLECTION, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain

FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER!, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

busy going crazy, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France

Wrestle, CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, USA

Replacing Mashkov, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag, Netherlands
 

2005

Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany

EXIT_AUSSTIEG AUS DEM BILD, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Fundacion Juan March, Madrid, Spain

Logical Conclusions, Pace Wildenstein, New York, USA
 

2004

material - immaterial, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
 

2003

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

The Last Picture Show, Miami Art Central, Miami, USA

(my private) HEROES, Marta Herford Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Herford, Germany

BIG BANG, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Sammlung 2005 - Neupräsentation, K21 Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf

La scultura italiana del XX secolo, Fondacione Arnoldo Pomodoro, Milan, Italy

WAR IS OVER 1945 - 2005, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bergamo, Italy

La materia dell'Arte, Galeria Cardi, Milan, 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

 

50 Years of Konrad Fischer Galerie 1967-2017

08. Sep 2017 - 17. Nov 2017
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WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - DOROTHEE FISCHER - IN MEMORIAM

03. Jun 2016 - 23. Jul 2016
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Mario Merz

03. May 2013 - 15. Jun 2013
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Aber Schwarz ist keine Farbe

19. Mar 2010 - 30. Apr 2010
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arte povera

25. May 2007 - 28. Jul 2007
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Galerie mit Bleistift Fischer

06. May 2006 - 17. Jun 2006
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Mario Merz

13. Sep 2003 - 01. Nov 2003
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various artists projection

29. Mar 2003 - 21. Jun 2003
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