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Biography
1934 born in Pittsburgh, USA 1952-1956 Studies at the University of Michigan: contrabass, composition and conductor 1960 Concerts in various symphony orchestras in Canada, USA and Germany, where he meets John Cage in Cologne 1961 in Paris works together with Robert Filliou 1962 organisation of the International Fluxus Festivals in Wiesbaden together with George Maciunas 1963 emigration to New York 1988 emigration to Wiesbaden
Ben Patterson lives and works in Wiesbaden and New York
Benjamin Pattersons compositions „Paper Piece“ and „Variations for Double bass“ are today regarded as classic Fluxus peaces. Groupexhibitions (selection) with: Eric Andersen, Nanni Balestrini, Joseph Beuys, William S. Burroughs / Brion Gysin, George Brecht, Stanley Brouwn, John Cage, Giuseppe Chiari, Henning Christiansen, Philip Corner, Robert Filliou, Ludwig Gosewitz, Al Hansen, Geoffrey Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Hi Red Center, Joe Jones, Ute Klophaus, Milan Knizak, Alison Knowles, Arthur Köpcke, Shigeko Kubota, Manfred Leve, George Maciunas, La Monte Young, Yoko Ono, Robin Page, Nam June Paik, Benjamin Patterson, Robert Rehfeldt, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Takako Saito, Tomas Schmit, Daniel Spoerri, Endre Tót, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Robert Watts, Emmett Williams, Marian Zazeela ...
Solo exhibitions
2009 performIC Innsbruck Contemporary Gaylard / Brown / Reynolds / Wendel / Patterson Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden International Collection of Contemporary Art, 5th Edition Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 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...“, allery 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 Boxm“ 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, Northern Italy 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 „A la carte & live an ihrem Tisch,“ Hotelship on the Rhein, Cologne 1995 „Bolero,“ Galerie Am Kleinen Markt, Mannheim „Three Operas,“ Concerthall of the city 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), Cologne 1960 meets John Cage, performance „Contre-Festival zum IGNM“ Atelier M. Bauermeister, Cologne
Group exhibitions (Selection)
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 Venice 1983 Biennale of Sao Paulo, Brazil 1969 Performance „Variation
Performances
2007/8 „The Seven Deadly Sins“ (Die 7 Todsünden) with David Moss 2007 „Conversations along the wall“ Studio D’Arte Fioretti, Bergamo 2006 Various performances and exhibitions in Germany, France and 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 to Tokyo 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, Krakow 2000 „Digging,“ Artists Museum, Bythgosch (Poland) „The Three Operas“ New Plymouth (New Zealand) „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, Cologne „The Three Operas,“ Athens „Bolero,“ Divadle Na Zabradli, Prague 1996 „Beauty lurks in the chaos of the beholder“ Galerie Caterina Gualco, Genova „Remembering Al Hansen“, Interims Kunsthalle Berlin, Berlin
Bibliography
1965 „The Four Suits,“ Something Else Press, New York

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