PIOTR UKLANSKI
Born 1968, Warsaw, Poland
Lives and works in New York and Warsaw
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Kunsthalle , Basel, Switzerland (cat.)
2003 ‘new paintings’, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
2002 Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris
Massimo de Carlo, Milan
2001 ‘Sneak Preview’, Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
‘The Deep’, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2000 ‘A Norwegian Photograph’, Fotogaleriet, Oslo, Norway
‘Nazisci’, Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw, Poland
'The Nazis', Kunstwerke, Berlin, Germany
'Project', Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1999 A mosaic at DH ‘Smyk’, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
1998 'The Nazis', Photographers Gallery, London, UK
'Some of More Joy of Photography; Sabine Knust Galerie & Edition, Munich
'More Joy of Photography', Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1997 'Joy of Photography', Galerie Voges & Desein, Frankfurt, Germany
1996 A dance floor at Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NYGroup Exhibitions
2005 ‘Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye,’ MCA, Chicago, curated by Francesco Bonami
2004 ‘Cold War,’ Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan Italy
‘(My Private) Heroes,’ MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
‘Art After Image,’ Neues Museum, Bremen, Germany
Sao Paolo Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2003 ‘The Moderns,’ Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy (cat)
50th Venice Biennale, Venice
2002 ‘Art after Art,’ Neues Museum, Bremen, Germany, curated by Peter Friese (cat.)
‘Mirroring Evil: Nazi Imagery/ Recent Art’, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
‘My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love’, Charlottenbourg Exhibition Hall, Copenhagen, Danemark
2001 ‘Arte Contemporaneo Internacional’, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico
‘Casino 2001,’ Gent, Belgium (cat.)
‘The Americans New Art,’ Barbican Gallery, London, UK (cat.)
‘Let’s Entertain,’ Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
‘Minimal Maximal’, The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; City Museum of Modern Art, Chiba; City Museum of Modern Art, Fukuoka, Japan; National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
‘The Love of Look’, Galerie Kerstin Engholm, Vienna, Austria
‘Uniforme Ordine e Disordine’, Pitti Immagine, Florence, Italy (cat.)
2000 ‘Au-Dela du Spectacle’, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
‘Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
'Let's Entertain', Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (cat.)
'Greater New York', PS1, Long Island City, NY (cat.)
1999 ‘Minimal-Maximal,’ Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany; Centro Galeo de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
'Peace', Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (cat.)
'Two Doors-True Value', Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
1998 'I Love NY', Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (cat.)
'Minimal-Maximal', Neues Muesuem Weserburg, Bremen, Germany (Cat.)
'Manifesta II', Luxemborg (cat.)
‘Lovecraft’, Spacex Gallery, Essex, UK
'Superfreaks', Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
1997 A dance floor at the ICA, London in 'Assuming Positions' (cat.)
A dance floor at the CCA, Glasgow in 'Waves in, Particles out'
1996 'Departure Lounge', P.S.1 Museum at the Clocktower, New York, NY
1995 'Just do it', Cubitt Gallery, London
Bibliography
2004 Lunn, Felicity, Review, Artforum, December, p. 206
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Fluid, June, Issue 42, Cover
Gingeras, Alison, “Painting Without Canvas or Sculpting With Paint,” Contemporary, No. 64, p. 22-25.
Uklanski, Piotr, and Biuro, Rodeo, “Earth, Wind, and Fire,” published by Hatje Cantz, , Ostfildern-Ruit, Germany, and Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Dailey, Meghan, “Wie? Ik? Hoezo?,” Metropolim, No. 3, June, pp. 81 - 85
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2000 Brockington, Horace, “Let’s Entertain: Life’s Guilty Pleasures”, NY Arts, May,
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Wolfs, Rein and Jetzer, Gianni, in catalogue “Peace” at Migros Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland
1999 Bang Larsen, Lars, “Ondskabens glamour”, Politiken, Lørdag 11, December
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"Gavin Brown's enterprise", Elle Japan, September, p. 39
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1998 Die Zeit, Dec 30, p. 12
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Biblia, No 6, Dec., p. 53
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Gross, Ulrike, and Markus Mueller, Make It Funky, pp. 118-119, Oktagon Verlag, Koeln, Germany
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Plath, Carina, "Der Slogan Von Der Einkaufstuete", Stadt Revue, Nov., pp. 11-14
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Ascherson, Neal, "It's only David Niven dressed up. Why do we feel a chill?", The Observer, Aug. 23, p. 9
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Jones, Jonathan, "Faces of Evil", The Guardian, Aug. 18, p. 12
Girao, Ligia, "O Nazismo Chicque Da Embalagem Hollywoodiana", O Globo, Aug 15, p. 14
Edwards-Jones, Imogen, "Arty Animal", The Times, Aug. 15-21, p. 3
Buzinska, Irena, "Izsuvumi Manifestas Lenta", Mare Articum, Aug 13
G., S., "Piotr Uklanski: Nazis", The Guide, Aug 8-14, p. 9
Corner, Lena, "Sinatra. Eastwood. Fiennes. Why do we love a man in uniform?", The Big Issue, Aug. 3-9
Stringer, Robin, "Outrage as London Gallery Highlights 'glamour of Nazism' ", The Evening Standard, July 28th
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"Super Freaks", review, NY Arts Magazine, No 19, March
Burrows, David, "Waves In Particles Out", Art Monthly, No 123, Feb., p. 25
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1997 "Happening Hop", The Scotsman, Nov 29
Pesch, Martin, "Romantischer Profi", review, Frankfurter Rundschau, Nov. 6
Mahoney, Elizabeth, "Waves In Particles Out", The Scotsman, Nov. 5
Bradley, Will, "Waves in, Particles out", Siksi XII No. 4 , p. 85
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Nov.,p. 35
"On Fire", Fat Magazine, Issue 3, p. 18
Gibb, Eddie, "Exploring the Art of Hedonism", The Guardian, Oct. 27
Dibdin, Thom, "Jive Talkin' ... Sound Art", The Scotsman, Oct. 23
Slyce, John, ICA Review, Art, August, p. 17
"The Light Fantastic Floor-Courtesy of Tate", Contract Flooring Journal, Sep.
"Blurred and Distorted", Creative Review, September
Musgrave, David, Assuming Positions-Review, Art Monthly, September, p. 40
Dorment, Richard, "It's Clever but is it Art?", The Daily Telegraph, Aug. 27
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