PROJECTS: 1997 Promised Relations; or, thoughts on a few artists' contracts. Work by Marcel Broodthaers, Paula Hayes/Wild Friends, Ed Kienholz, Yves Klein, Komar & Melamid, Seth Siegelaub & Bob Projansky, and Verbal Contracts. Ac Project Room, NY. catalogue. 1996 Prospectus, on the street, in one person's home, and in a gallery, NY If you smile at me. Part One: on the street with eleven strangers, NY; Part Two: Work by Johannes Baader, Joseph Beuys, Daniel Buren, James Collins, the Rosario Group, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, and Ilya and Larionov Zadanevich. Basilico Fine Arts, NY. catalogue. Somebody's SoHo. with six various community health organizations and Our Blessed Lady of Pompeii Street Fair, Lucky Strike Restaurant, the New Museum, and the Lobby of the Gramercy Hotel, NYMaterialization of Life: into alternative economies. Work by Joseph Grigely, Paula Hayes, On Kawara, Gordon Matta-Clark, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Printed Matter, NY. catalogue. It's easier to talk about art while washing dishes, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT It's easier to talk about art while washing dishes, Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, UK Beautiful, Newlyn. on the street and in various homes, Penzance, UK 1995 Exchange, in a clothing store (agnes b), NY We both belong. http://adaweb.com and in various homes. Forse, Perhaps. on the street and in a home, Venice, ITALY Help, in a collector's home, Portland, OR Bed Service. Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco Congratulations. Diverseworks, Houston 1994 Ich werde Ihr schmutziges Geschirr waschen, I will wash your dirty dishes. on the street and in people's homes, Munich, GERMANY 1993 For you for me for painting. on the street and in a gallery, NY 1992 I need you. on the street, NY 1991 A prayer for greater compassion in the art world. with various Catholic and Protestant priests, USI trust you, I take you. Four Walls, Brooklyn Waffles for an opening. White Columns and in my home, NY 1990 I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie. on the street, NY & Cologne, GERMANY 1989 Kitchen Table. in my home, NY 1988 Carl Andre killed his wife, NY CATALYTIC TEXTS: Touching the other to pace the space in between. From p. 5 in the catalogue for "Promised relations," NY: self published. 1996. Let us be known by what we believe in. From "Prospectus." NY: self published. 1996. two-sided flyer on card stock. Your philanthropy is our sculpture. From "Somebody's SoHo." NY: self published. 1996. Illuminated acetate text; paper flyer wrapped around various community health brochures. And alone, we live. together. From p. 3 in the catalogue for "The Materialization of Life: into alternative economies." NY: self published. 1996. Passing through to another for finding out. From p. 6 in the catalogue for "Contemperaneou.s. New Work from New York." Penzance: Newlyn Art Gallery. 1996. We both belong. Thank you for entering this shared space, our third sculpture. From "We both belong" on http://adaweb.com. NY: ada 'web, 1995. Five color images and texts on computer screen. Perhaps. Slow down. From "Forse, Perhaps." NY: self published. 1995. Flyer. Please slow down and listen. From "Ich werde Ihr schmutziges Geschirr waschen, I will wash your dirty dishes." NY: self published, 1994. Flyer. We are here to give away 23 paintings. From "For you for me for painting." NY: self published, 1993. Flyer. I need you to help me make a sculpture. From "I need you." NY: self published. 1992. Flyer. We are the social sculpture!...This moment is for you. From "I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie." NY and Cologne: self published. 1992, Flyer. (German translation 1992.) We are the social sculpture!...From one to another I am for you. From "I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie." NY and Cologne: self published. 1991, Flyer. (German translation 1992.) We are the social sculpture!...I wish to share an understanding of life. From "I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie." NY and Cologne: self published. 1991, Flyer.(German translation 1992.) We are the social sculpture!...I wish to open up our understanding of life. From "I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie." NY and Cologne: self published. 1990, Flyer. (German translation 1992.) During the time of Casual Ceremony. From "Waffles for an Opening." NY: self published. 1991, paper plate. OTHER PUBLICATIONS: Blast 3: Remaking Civilization, "Dirty Dishes," NY: The X-Art Foundation, 1993 onwards. Innovatio, "Kunst im Raster der Aussteller, " July 1992. Catalogue project in "Casual Ceremony," with Kevin O'Halloran, on pages 16 & 18, NY:White Columns, 1991. SOLO EXHIBITIONS: 1993 Archives (I am for you, Ich bin fur Sie; I need you; For you for me for painting). Sandra Gering Gallery, NY 1992 Sculpture. Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, GERMANY 1991 Paintings. Sandra Gering Gallery, NY 1990 Sculpture. Tom Cugliani Gallery, NY 1989 Sculpture and Paintings. Tom Cugliani Gallery, NY Sculpture and Paintings. Sandra Gering Gallery, NY GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECT ROOMS: 1997 I met a man who wasn't there..., (with Francis Cape, Erik Hansen, Liam Gillick, et al.), curated by Margaret Murray, Basilico Fine Arts, NY 1996 Selections from the Mab Library, (with Joseph Grigely, Paula Hayes, Josiah McElheny, et al.), curated by Paul Bloodgood, Ac Project Room, NY In the Flow: Alternative Authoring Strategies, (with Group Material, Sol Lewitt, the X-Art Foundation, et al.), curated by Daniel Georges for Franklin Furnace, NY Joint Ventures, (with Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Philippe Parreno, Xavier Veilhan, et al.), curated by Nicolas Bourriaud for Basilico Fine Arts, NY After the Fact. (with Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Lawrence Weiner, et al.), Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT (brochure). Can we talk? (with hundreds of others, symposia, performances, etc.), Basilico Fine Arts, NY. book forthcoming. Trois collection d'artistes: Martin Disler, Gunther Forg, Olivier Mosset, (with hundreds of others) Musee des Beaux-Arts, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland We both belong: archive and distribution. Printed Matter, NY Contemporaneous. (with Byron Kim, Leona Macdonald, Christian Marclay, et al.) Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance, UK (catalogue); Sunderland Arts Centre, Sunderland, UK Blast Art Benefit. (with hundreds of others) , NY 1995 I will wash your dirty dishes archive. Sandra Gering Gallery (project room), NY Avant-Garde Walk in Venezia. (with Ann Hamilton, Marie-Ange Guilleminot, Marina Abramovic, et al.) curated by Marc Pottier during the Venice Bienalle, ITALY (two catalogues) The Artful Message: Contemporary Video. (with Tony Oursler, Carter Kustera, and Alan Rath, et al.), New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ (catalogue) Rezone. (with Kim Bridwell, Robin Kahn, and Lois Nesbitt et al.), Diverseworks, Houston, TX The International Library, (with Buzz Spector, Lawrence Weiner, et al.) The Center for Book Arts, NY (catalogue); Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN New Museum Benefit. (with hundreds of others), New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY 1994 Are you experienced? (with Carsten Holler, Josiah McElheny, Andrea Zittel, et al.), Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY Chiezo, Hernandez-Diez, Joo, Kinmont, Vielhan. (parts I and II; part II including Simon Finch), Sandra Gering Gallery, NY Presque Rein. (with Tom Friedman, Sean Landers, Kristen Oppenheim, et al.), Galerie Jennifer Flay, Paris, FRANCE Zwischen Menschen. (with Norbert Kottman, Kirsten Mosher, and Creisher/Siekmann, et al.), curated by Katharina Keller, Munich, GERMANY White Columns Benefit. (with hundreds of others) White Columns, NY Blast Art Benefit. (with hundreds of others) TZ 'Art & Co. Gallery, NY 1993 Outside possibilities. (with Fred Tomaselli, Elaine Tin Nyo, Paula Hayes, et al.), curated by Bill Arning, Rushmore Festival, Woodbury, NY Return of Cadavre Exquis: a benefit for the Drawing Center. (collaboration with Janine Antoni and Paul Ramirez-Jonas; hundreds of others in the benefit), Drawing Center, NY Four Walls Benefit. (with hundreds of others), David Zwirner Gallery, NY 1992 The Art Mall: a social space. (with Doug Aitken, Devon Dikeou, and Jeffrey Schultz, et al.), The New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY Bloodgood, Bullock, Cohen, Kinmont. Sandra Gering Gallery, NY White Columns Benefit (with hundreds of others), White Columns, NY 1991 The Projected Audience. (with Paula Hayes, Curtis Mitchell, and Hunter Reynolds, et al.), curated by Bill Arning, Brooklyn, NY Arriving. (with Rirkrit Tiravanija, Blue Eyed Rose, and Kim Jones, et al.), organized by Helen Horowitz, NY Casual Ceremony. (with Tom Friedman, Paula Hayes, and Joe Scanlan, et al.), White Columns, NY (catalogue) Micro-colonization. (with Barbara Broughel, Leanord Bullock, and Byron Kim, et al.), A/C Projectroom, NY Gallery Artists. (with Janine Antoni, Paul Bloodgood, and Kristen Mosher, et al.), Sandra Gering Gallery, NY Working with Wax : Ten Contemporary Artists. (with Maya Lin, Nachume Miller, and Joan Nelson, et al.), Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY Home for June. (with Thom Merrick, Rirkrit Tiravanija, and Jeffery Wisniewski, et al.) curated by Erik Oppenheim, Home for Contemporary Theater and Art, NY 1990 Programm 8. (with Thom Merrick, Laurie Parsons, and Jeffrey Wisniewski, et al.), Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne, GERMANY Ten Feet. (with Jarg Geizmar, Brigit Werres, and Simon Ungers), Sandra Gering Gallery, NY Eros/thanatos, death & desire. (with John Lindell, Jack Pierson, and Marlene McCarty, et al.), Tom Cugliani Gallery. NY Artworks/Artworkers. (with Paul Bloodgood, Robin Lowe, Hunter Reynolds, et al.), A/C Projectroom, NY Specific Metaphysics. (with Barbara Bloom, Saint Clair Cemin, and Liz Larner, et al.), Organized by Pat McCoy, Sandra Gering Gallery, NY White Columns Benefit. (with hundreds of others), White Collumns, NY 1989 Summer Exhibits. (with Leonard Bullock, Orshi Drozdik, and Vivienne Koorland, among others), Sandra Gering Gallery, NY 1988 Geismar, Kinmont, Merrick. Tom Gugliani Gallery, NY True Democracy, White Collumns, NY BIBLIOGRAPHY: Trippi, Laura. "Untitled Projects," in Eating Culture, (Seitz & Scarp eds.), NY: SUNY Press, forthcoming. (Interviews with Janine Antoni, Ben Kinmont, and Rirkrit Tiravanija.) Dunleavy, M. P. World Art Magazine, "The View from the Street," no3 1996, pp. 52-56. Rondeau, James. "After the Fact: Selections from the Lewitt Collection," Hartford: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1996 (brochure) Arning, Bill. Bomb Magazine. Editor's Choice. Summer. 1996. p. 9. Anon. The New Yorker, "Only Connect: Web Sightings." 22 April 1996, p. 18. Goodrow, Gerard. 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