BEN PATTERSON
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 |