Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset

Title Suspended Space (Installation View)
Artist Elmgreen & Dragset
Work Date 2002
Edition / Set of Unique
Materials Mixed media
Size Dimensions Variable


Title Traces of a never Existing History /
Powerless Structures. Fig. 222
(Installation view from 7th
International Istanbul Biennial)
Artist Elmgreen & Dragset
Work Date 2001
Edition Unique
Materials Mixed media
Size Dimensions Variable


Title Powerless Structures. Fig. 111
(Installation view from Portikus, Frankfurt)
Artist Elmgreen & Dragset
Work Date 2001
Edition / Set of Unique
Materials Mixed media
Size Dimensions Variable

Michael Elmgreen (Denmark) & Ingar Dragset (Norway)
Lives and works in Berlin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2002
"Suspended Space", Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
"How Are You Today", Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
"Powerless Structures, Fig. 229", Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
"Museum", Sala Montcada / Fondacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
"Museu de Arte da Pampulha", Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2001
"Powerless Structures, Fig 111", Portikus, Frankfurt A.M.
"A Room Defined...", Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Linien Str. 160", Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Opening Soon", Gallery Tanya Bonakdar, New York, U.S.A.
Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden
"Taking Place", Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich Switzerland

2000
"Zwischen anderen Ereignissen", Galerie fur zeitgenossiche Kunst, Leipzig, Germany.
Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

1999
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark.
"Powerless Structures Fig. 57-60", The Project, New York, U.S.A.

1998
"Powerless Structures, Fig. 45", Galleri Ingolfsstrｾti & Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island.

1997
"To Ken Ishii...", Galleri Struts, Oslo, Norway.
"Powerless Structures", Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark.
"12 Hours of White Paint", Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2002
25th Bienal de Sao Paolo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Pries der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Beyond Paradise, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Bienal de Arte Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Living Inside The Grid, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Pause, Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, South Korea
No Return, Abteiberg Museum, Moenchengladbach; Germany
Sudden Glory: Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC, San Francisco, USA

2001
Inside Space, MIT List Centre, Boston, U.S.A.
TV Tokyo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Schauspiel Haus, Hamburg.
Neue Heimat, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt A.M.
Istanbul Biannual, Turkey.
AUDIT, Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg

2000
Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Use your illusion, part 3, Arnolfini, Bristol, England.
Sporting. Life, MCA, Sydney, Australia.
Leaving the Iceland, Pusan Art Festival, Pusan
Century of Innocence, Rooseum, Malm, Sweden.
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)
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, U.S.A. (Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak)
Echigo-Tsumarigo Triennial, Japan. (Curated by Nancy Spector)

1999
Signs of life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia.
Pavement, Martinez Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Parking, Public Art Work, High Bridge Park, New York, U.S.A.
Extinction des feux, Art and Public, Geneve, Switzerland.
Le Grand Praemiere Opening Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Search for the Spirit, NGBK, Berlin, Germany.

1998
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Germany.
Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, U.S.A.
Zone Franche, Grand Halle de Villette, Paris, France.
Warming, The project, New York, U.S.A.
Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Wrapped, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Sorｿ, Denmark.
Junge Szene, Secession, Wien, Austria.
High Infidelity, Kunstraum der Universitat LYneburg, LYneburg, Germany.
Bicycle Thieves, Gallery 400, Chicago, U.S.A.
Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss, Noway
Nuit Blanche, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France.
Underground, Galleri Asbｾk, Copenhagen, Denmark.

1997
Full House, Galerie Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany.
The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark.
6. Muestra de Performance Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico.
The April Sessions, ICA, London, England.

1996
The Scream, Borealis 8, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, 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.

Selected bibliography

2001
Michael Hierholzer, Wenn sich Boden und Decke wslben, Frankfurter
Algemeine, 3.2.01
Sandra Danicke, Huch, Frankfurter Rundschau, 3.2.01

2000
Martin Pesch. Wegen Umbau Geoffnet, Frankfurter Rundschau
Nick Dent, Art Beats, Blue Magazine, no. 25
Daniel Birnbaum, Best Of 2000, ArtForum, December
Hugo Boss Prize 2000, Guggenheim, Catalogue
Lars Bang Larsen, White Out, Frieze, issue 53
Jens Hoffman, Aperto: Performance, Flash Art no. 214
Andreas Schlagl, Flash Art, no. 212
Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta III, catalogue
Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Galerie fur Zeitgenossische Kunst, Leipzig, catalogue

1999
A Fireplace in Harlem, Art/Text no. 66, Aug/Oct, by Lawrence Chua.
NU, issue no. 1/99, by Franklin Sirman.
Nordic Normads, Frieze issue 45, by Gregory Wiliams.
New York Times, Februar 19, by Holland Cotter.
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial. (catalogue)
Melting the ice, ArtNews, Jan 1999, by Alan Jolis.
Berlin Biennale, Kunstforum bd. 143, by T. Wulffen a.o.
Honcho, June 1999, by Bill Arning.

1998
Junge Szene, Secession. (catalogue)
Junge Szene, Springerin, Sept/Nov 98, by Ruth Mauer.
Momentum, Springerin, Sept/Nov 98, by Andrea Kroksnes.
Powerless Structures, Solo. (catalogue)
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale. (catalogue)
Drau､en und Drinnen, KunstForum, bd. 140, by Michael Hubl.
Nuit Blanche, Frieze, Isuue 40, by Sophie Berrebi.
Loisiana Exhibition, Art Forum, March 98, by Alexandre Melo.
Nuit Blanche, Musee dﾕart Moderne de la Ville de Paris. (catalogue)
Pakkhus, Momentum, (catalogue)
beyond the local context, Siksi, no. 3-4, by Lotte Sandberg.

1997
Powerless Structures, Frieze, issue 34, by Lars Bang Larsen.
Louisiana Exhibition. (catalogue)
Art/Text, no. 60, Terry S. Meyers.
Alternative Learning, Documents sur lﾕart, no. 11, by Lars Bang Larsen.

1996
Between You & Me, Danish Cultural Ministry's Exhibition Space for Young Art. (catalogue)
Borealis 8, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, 1995 Index, no. 3-4 95. (catalogue)