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Biografie
1934 | geboren in Pittsburgh, USA | 1952-56 | Studium an der University of Michigan: | | Kontrabass, Komposition und Dirigent | 1960 | Konzerte in verschiedenen | | Symphonieorchestern in Kanada, | | den USA und Deutschland, | | wo er John Cage in Köln trifft | 1961 | in Paris und arbeitet mit | | Robert Filliou zusammen | 1962 | Organisation des Internationalen | | Fluxus Festivals in Wiesbaden | | zusammen mit George Maciunas | 1963 | Übersiedlung nach New York | 1988 | Übersiedlung nach Wiesbaden | | | | Ben Patterson lebt und arbeitet | | in Wiesbaden und New York |
Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
2011 | My Thirteen Presidents and Other | | Curiosities, Emerson Gallery Berlin | 2009 | performIC Innsbruck Contemporary | | Gaylard / Brown / Reynolds / | | Wendel / Patterson, | | Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, | | International Collection of Contemporary | | Art, 5th Edition Centre for | | Contemporary Art, Warschau, | | Benjamin Patterson "ben thinks to learn | | chinese“, Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt | 2008 | FLUXUS EAST KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn | | Fluxus Scores and Instructions, | | Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde | | The Photograph: Fluxus in | | Germany from 1962-1994 | | National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi | | FLUXUS EAST, Ludwig Museum Budapest, | | Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, | | Barbican Centre, London | | FLUXUS EAST, Bunkier Stzuki, Krakau | 2007/08 | FLUXUS EAST, Contemporary | | Art Center, Vilnius | | Feindbilder, Emerson Gallery Berlin | 2007 | FLUXUS EAST, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, | | Berlin | | Vertigo MAMbo, Bologna | | Fluxus in Deutschland MALBA - Coleccion | | Costantini, Buenos Aires | 2004 | Interrupted fairy Tales..., | | Gallery 360 Degrees, Tokio | 2003 | Happenings & Fluxus, | | Galerie Vostell, Madrid | 2001 | ..Now, Gallery 2211, Los Angeles | 1999 | No Poetry, no Concept, | | Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, | | Fluxus in Germany 1962 - 1994, | | Helena Rubinstein Museum, Tel Aviv | 1998 | Topologie des Denkens - no poetry.no, | | Galerie Vostell, Berlin | 1997 | Dadaismo, dadaismi, da Duchamp | | a Warhol, Galleria d’Arte | | moderna e contemporanea, Verona, | | One Day of My Life in a Box, | | Ultimate Academy, Köln | 1996 | Extreme Measures; the great American | | Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, | | Museum for the Sub Conscious, | | Michelsberg, Okandukaseibe (Namibia) | | New Works, Galerie Vostell, Berlin, | | Tour Guide Reisebüro Fluxus, | | verschiedene historische Fluxusorte, | | Paris, Stuttgart, Nizza, Norditalien | 1994 | Reisebüro Fluxus, PrivArt, Wiesbaden | 1992 | Getting Ready for 2000 A.D., | | Fondazione Mudima, Mailand, | | Rabbit Concert, 25 Columbia | | Place, Brooklyn, NY | 1998 | What is on my mind?, | | Galerie Schuppenhauer, Köln | 1991 | How Man Makes Sense, | | Galerie J&J Donguy, Paris, | | Fluxus Deluxe, Pittsburgh | | Center of the Art, Pittsburgh | 1990 | Cena Rossa, La Mangiatoia, | | San Gimignano | 1989 | What makes People Laugh?, | | Emily Harvey Gallery, New York | 1988 | Ordinary Life, Perfomance, Objekt, | | Emily Harvey Gallery, New York | 1964 | Fluxus Concert, | | 365 Canal Street, New York | 1963 | Fluxus Festival of Total Art(Tour), | | Street of the City, Nizza | 1962 | Puzzle Poems, Galerie | | Legitime-Robert Filliou, Paris |
Performances (Auswahl)
2007/08 | The Seven Deadly Sins | | (Die 7 Todsünden) mit David Moss | 2007 | Conversations along the wall, | | Studio D’Arte Fioretti, Bergamo | 2006 | Verschiedene Performances und | | Ausstellung in u.a. Deutschland, | | Frankreich und England | 2005 | A Simple Opera, | | Künstlerhaus Dortmund, | | Professional Philosophers observing us, | | Galerie Wildwechsel, Frankfurt/Main | 2004 | My Grand 70 Birthday Tour, Russland, | | China, Japan - Moskau bis Tokio | 2003 | Sweet Nothings, | | Galleria Caterina Gualco, Genova | 2002 | Hello! B.P. Welcomes you to his life in | | Real Time, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, | | Fluxus Classics, | | Menagerie de Verne, Paris | 2001 | Explaining Fluxus in Polish, Krakau | 2000 | Digging, Artists Museum, | | Bythgosch (Polen), | | The Three Operas, New Plymouth | | (Neuseeland) | | The Creation of the World, Le Lieu | | Centre en Art Actuel, Quebec | 1999 | The Evolution of Wisdom, | | OF Kunstraum, Offenbach | 1998 | Creation of the World, | | Galerie Schuppenhauer, Köln, | | The Three Operas, Athen | | Bolero, Divadle Na Zabradli, Prag | 1996 | Beauty lurks in the chaos of the | | beholder, Galerie Caterina Gualco, | | Genova, | | Remembering Al Hansen, Interims | | Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin | | A la carte & live an ihrem Tisch, | | Hotelschiff auf dem Rhein, Köln | 1995 | Bolero, Galerie Am Kleinen Markt, | | Mannheim, | | Three Operas, Konzertsaal der | | Stadt Gera, Gera, | | Classic 6 Contemporary Fluxus, | | Mimar Sinan Universität, Akademie | | der Künste, Istanbul | 1989 | Taking Fluxus Around, | | Der Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn | 1985 | Artist/B. Patterson Questionare, | | 3 Avenue Cinema, New York | 1961 | Paper Piece, Galerie Lahaus | | (Vostell Exhibition), Köln | 1960 | trifft John Cage, Performance | | Contre-Festival zum IGNM, Atelier M. | | Bauermeister, Köln |
Ausstellungsbeteiligungen (Auswahl)
2006/07 | Fluxus in Deutschland MALBA, | | Coleccion Costantini, Buenos Aires | 2006 | Fremd bin ich eingezogen, Kunsthalle | | Fridericianum, Kassel | | Fluxus in Deutschland, Goethe | | Institut Sao Paulo | 2005 | Multiple Strategies, Contemporary | | Arts Center, Cincinnati, | | Ben Vautier / Ben Patterson, | | Galerie Schüppenhauer, Köln | 2004 | Fluxus in Germany 1962-1994, | | National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik | 2002 | La Fluxus Constellation, Villa Croce | | Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Genua | | Fluxus in Amerika, Galerie Vostell, Berlin | 1990 | 44. Biennale Venedig | 1983 | Biennale von Sao Paulo, Brasilien | 1969 | Performance Variation |
Bibliografie
1965 | The Four Suits, Something Else Press, | | New York |
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