biography of Gerhard MERZ (1947)

Personal data

Birth : 1947 - Munich, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - Italy

Address

Berlin, Germany

Representatives

Galerie Michael Neff – Hnauer Landsrtrasse 52 – Frankfurt, Germany

Professional data

Work and Life

He also lives and works in Pescia, Italy.

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Installation - Object

Subject

architecture
color
still life
nude

Works

Untitled, Berlin
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Pigment
Supports : canvas
Size : 360 x 720 cm
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1992
Medium : Installation
Process : painting
Supports : wall
Size : 300 x 10 x 10 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2002

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
02/23/2002 – 09/15/2002

1998

Helmhaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1998

1992

Deichtorhallen – Hamburg, Germany
1992

1987

Gerhard Merz
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden – Baden-Baden, Germany
1987

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Konrad Fischer Galerie – Platanenstrasse 7 – Düsseldorf, Germany

2003

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Piazza dei Martiri 58 – Naples NA, Italy

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2002

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2001

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Gentili – Via Vacchereccia, 12 – Vangile, Italy

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Alfonso Artiaco – Corso N. Terracciano, 56 – Pozzuoli NA, Italy

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Philomene Magers – Maria-Hilf-Strasse, 17 – Cologne, Germany

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Joost Declercq – Gewad 23 – Gent, Belgium

Group exhibitions

2006

Trait, ligne, écrire l’espace
Galerie nationale de la tapisserie – Beauvais, France
11/22/2006 – 03/14/2007

2003

Le Cabinet d’Ann Philbin
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Picardie – Amiens, France
06/13/2003 – 07/26/2003

1997

Descubierta de la Colección
MACBA – Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
1997

Un Musée imaginé par des artistes
Espace de l’Art Concret – Mouans-Sartoux, France
1997

A house is not a home. Everyday objects in contemporary sculpture
Rooseum Center for Contemporary Art – Malmo, Sweden
10/18/1997 – 12/14/1997

Futuro, presente, passato – 47° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/15/1997 – 11/09/1997

1992

Archipittura
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles CA, United States
1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

1987

Documenta 8
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/12/1987 – 09/20/1987

L’Epoque, la Mode, la Morale, la Passion. Aspects de L’Art Aujourd’hui, 1977-1987
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
05/21/1987 – 08/17/1987

1982

Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

1999

Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934

Legals