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Michael ELMGREEN & Ingar DRAGSET



GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008
  • Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
    Peer to Peer, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Tirol
    Ad Absurdium/Energien des Absurden- von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
    Walls in the Street, Muzej savremene unmetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
    Other Than Yourself- An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space,
2008
  • Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
    Peer to Peer, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
    The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Tirol
    Ad Absurdium/Energien des Absurden- von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
    Walls in the Street, Muzej savremene unmetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
    Other Than Yourself- An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space,
    T-B A21- Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
    Thyssen-Bornemisza, Art Contemporary- Sammlung als Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
    La marge d'erreur, Centre d'art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, delme, France
    S.T.O.R.A.G.E: Ludovica Gioscia, The Agency Gallery, London, United Kingdom
    Schöner Bauen- Besser Schauen, Arcjitektur- und Denkbilder, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland
    All Inclusive, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007
  • Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
    Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
    For Sale, Christina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal
    Double Vision, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, USA
    Cuestión Xeracional, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    When We Build Let Us Think We Build the Future, BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, United Kingdom
    Gjensyn & Fremtiden, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
    Pensa/Piensa/Think, Centre d'art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
    Bodypoliticx, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    La cittá che sale, ARCOS, Sannio Contemporary Art Museum, Benevento, Italy
    Silly Adults, Galeri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Rockers Island, Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
    The Price of Everything, Whitney Museum of American Art/Independent Study Program Exhibition, USA
    2. Moscow biennale of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
    Mapas, cosmogonias e pumtos e referencia, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    Into Me/Out of Me, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany/ MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
    Cross-Border. Fotografie und Videokunst aus dem MUMOK Wien, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
    Un Fair/trade- Die Kunst der Gerchtigkeit, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseeum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
    Made In Germany, Sprengel Museum Hannover/Kunstverein Hannover/kestnergesellschaft Hannover, Germany
    Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006
  • This is not for you: Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
    All Our Tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
    Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
    Fever Variations, Gwangju Biennale 2006, Seoul, South Kore
    When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
    Into Me/ Out of Me, P.S.1, New York, USA
    Anstoss Berlin- Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
    Why Pictures Now, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
    Culture Bound/East Wing Collection VII, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom
    Kontacom 06, Contemporary Festival, Salzburg, Austria
    Wrong, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
    Broken Surface, Sabine Knust Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
    Exportable Goods, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
    Group Therapy, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
    Surprise, Surprise, ICA, London, United Kingdom
    My Blue Genes, Vigerslevvej 44, 1.tv., Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
  • Kiss the Frog. The Art of Transformation, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Oslo, Norway
    Universal Experience, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (catalogue)
    Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA (catalogue)
    Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel - Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
    Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
    Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
  • Modus Operandi, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
    Artists' Favourites, Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England
    Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway (catalogue)
    A arañeira. A colección. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
    Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany (catalogue)
    Sammlung Plum, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany (catalogue)
    Works and Days, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebæk, Denmark
    10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Reordering Reality, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    Revolving Doors, Fundación Telefonica, Madrid, Spain
2003
  • Living Inside the Grid, The New Museum, New York, USA (catalogue)
    Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
    The Living Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (catalogue)
    Utopia Station, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
    Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Münster, Germany (catalogue)
    nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (catalogue)
    Out.Look, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
    Spectacular, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002
  • 25th Bienal de Sao Paolo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)
    Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. A.M., Germany (catalogue)
    Critcal & Radical, Olivetti Fondazione, Rome, Italy
    Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
    Beyond Paradise, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
    Bienal de Arte Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain (catalogue)
    Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
    Living Inside The Grid, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
    Pause, Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, South Korea (catalogue)
    No Return, Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (catalogue)
    Sudden Glory: Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC, San Francisco, USA (catalogue)
2001
  • Inside Space, MIT List Centre, Boston, USA (catalogue)
    TV Tokyo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
    Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
    Strategies Against Architecture II, Fondazione per l'arte, Pisa, Italy
    The End of All things, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
    Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue)
    Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
    Schauspiel Haus, Hamburg, Germany
    Neue Heimat, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (catalogue)
    AUDIT, Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg (catalogue)
2000
  • Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia (catalogue)
    Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
    5 shows, 5 curators, Staff USA/AC Project Room, New York
    Waiting, Mjelby Art Centre, Halmsted
    Sightings, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
    Use your illusion, part 3, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
    Sporting. Life, MCA, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
    Leaving the Island, Pusan Art Festival, Pusan
    Century of Innocence, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (catalogue)
    The works shown in this space..., neugerriemscneider, Berlin, Germany
    AC Project Room/Staff USA, New York, U.S.A. (Curated by Connie Butler, MOCA)
    IASPIS Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden. (Curated by Daniel Birnbaum)
    What if..., Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. (Curated by Maria Lind) (catalogue)
    Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, U.S.A. (Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak)
    Echigo-Tsumarigo Triennial, Japan. (Curated by Nancy Spector) (catalogue)
1999
  • Signs of life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia (catalogue)
    Opening, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Pavement, Martinez Gallery, New York, USA
    Parking, Public Art Work, High Bridge Park, New York, USA
    Extinction des feux, Art and Public, Geneve, Switzerland
    Lè Grând Præmière Opénïng Shöw, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Search for the Spirit, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
1998
  • Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Germany (catalogue)
    Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, USA (catalogue)
    Zone Franche, Grand Halle de Villette, Paris, France
    Warming, The project, New York, USA
    Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalogue)
    Wrapped, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark
    Junge Szene, Secession, Wien, Austria (catalogue)
    High Infidelity, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
    Bicycle Thieves, Gallery 400, Chicago, USA
    Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss, Norway (catalogue)
    Nuit Blanche, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (catalogue)
    Underground, Galleri Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
  • Full House, Galerie Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany
    The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (catalogue)
    6. Muestra de Performance Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico
    The April Sessions, ICA, London, England
1996
  • The Scream, Borealis 8, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
    Between You & Me, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Update, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Meningsdannelse 2, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
  • Art Against AIDS, Gallery Nicolai Wallner and Michael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark Fan Också (Damn), Forumgalleriet, Malmø, Sweden
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Elmgreen and Dragset
THE BRIGHTNESS OF SHADY LIVES, 2005
Shelves and 364 photographs, framed
Dimensions variable
Installation view
Courtesy of the artist and Helga de Alvear