Michael Stevenson

Professor for Sculpture

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Monash University Museum of Art, 2019. Installation view. Mixed media installation. Dimensions variable.

Commissioned by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki with commissioning partners the Biennale of Sydney 2018 and Monash University Museum of Art | MUMA Commission supported by the Contemporary Benefactors of Auckland Art Gallery, Chartwell Trust, Auckland Contemporary Art Trust, Auckland Art Gallery International Ambassadors, and Michael Lett, Auckland.

Photograph Andrew Curtis. Courtesy of Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, Fine Arts, Sydney, Carl Freedman Gallery, London.

A Life of Crudity Vulgarity and Blindness, 2012
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 2012.

Proof of the Devil, 2013
Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, 2013.

Strategic-Level Spiritual Warfare, 
​Liverpool Biennial, 2014

The Fountain of Prosperity, 2006
​SculptureCenter, New York, 2015. 
Collection Patricia Phelps de Cisneros

Signs and Wonders, 2015
​Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, 2015

Michael Stevenson, picture Tomasz Skibicki, 2015

Vita

Michael Stevenson ist 1964 in Neuseeland geboren. 

 

  • 1986 - BFA-Abschluß (Bachelors of Fine Atrs) an der Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
  • 2000 - wohnt und arbeitet er in Berlin
  • 2002 - Künstlerhaus Bethanien Atelierprogramm
  • 2001 - Stipendium am Art Center Pasadena
  • 2005 - Arbeitsstipendium der Senatsverwaltung für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin
  • 2006 - Capp St Künstlerprogramm am CCA, San Francisco
  • seit 2011 Professor für Bildhauerei an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg

 

Austellungen 

seit 2000 (Auswahl)

 

2021

  • »Disproof Does Not Equal Disbelief«, KW Berlin 03.07.-19.09.21 (Einzel)

2019

  • »Michael Stevenson, Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183« Monash University Museum of Art 22.05. - 06.07.19 (Einzel) 

2014

  • »The Chronicle of Interventions« Tate Modern, London level 2 01.05.14-13.07.14
  • Berlin Biennale, Dahlem Museum, Berlin 8 29.05.14-03.08.14
  • Liverpool Biennial

  2013

  • »Proof of the Devil« Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland 23.09.13-28.10.13
  • »Living in the Ruins of the 20th Century« UTS Gallery, Sydney curator Adam Jasper 16.04.13-18.05.13

  2012

  • »The Black Whale« Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, curator Pedro de Llamo 05.10.12-31.03.13
  • Tamayo Contemporary Art Museum, Mexiko-Stadt (Einzel) 
  • Portikus, Frankfurt am Main (Einzel)

  2011

  • »The Global Contemporary, Kunstwelten nach 1989« ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Kuratoren Andrea Buddensieg und Peter Weibel 01.10.2011–05.02.2012
  • »Un'Espressione Geografica« Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin (mit Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek), Kurator Francesco Bonami 19.06.11-27.11.11
  • »Dystopia« CAPC Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, Kuratoren Alexis Vaillant und Mark von Schlegell 14.05.11-28.08.11
  • »Michael Stevenson« Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney, Australien (Retrospektive) 04.03.11-18.06.11

  2010

  • The Mirage of History Kaleidoscope Project Space, Milan 16.12.10-17.12.10
  • Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts) Camden Arts Centre, London, Kurator Simon Starling 16.12.10-20.02.11
  • Les rendez-vous du Forum Session 4 : Fun Palace Centre Pompidou, Paris 21.10.10-31.10.10
  • Breaking Windows Feinkost, Berlin 22.10.10-07.11.10
  • A Cidade Interpretada - Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC)/Concellería de Cultura/ Xacobeo 2010, Santiago de Compestela, Kurator Pablo Fernandez Fanego 01.10.10-28.11.10
  • 6. Berlin Biennale Berlin, Kuratorin Kathrin Rhomberg 11.06.10-08.08.10
  • Morality IV - Witte de With, Rotterdam, Kuratoren Juan A. Gaitan und Nicolas Schaffhausen 13.05.10-29.08.10 
  • Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon - 4th Auckland Triennial, Kuratorin Natasha Conland 12.03.10-20.06.10
  • There is no Alternative Romanian Cultural Institute, Stockholm, Sweden 10.03.10-16.05.10 
  • Introduccion a la Teoria de la Probabilidad Etablissement d'en face, Brussels 20.02.10-06.03.10
  • Ou la Vie Saisie par l'Art CAPC Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux 06.02.10-21.11.10
  • A Question of How Things Behave Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp (Einzel) 20.01.10-20.03.10

  2009

  • Michael Stevenson - Meyer- Riegger Galerie, Karlsruhe (Einzel) 21.11.09-23.01.10
  • The Malady of Writing - MACBA, Barcelona, Kuratorin Chus Martinez 09.10.09-09.02.10
  • New World Records - Sutton Gallery, Melbourne 09.07.09-08.08.09
  • Heaven - 2nd Athens Biennale, Faliro Olympic Complex, Athens 15.06.09-04.10.09 
  • Introduccion a la Teoria de la Probabilidad - Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney (Einzel) 27.06.09-25.07.09
  • Snow Melts in the Upper Clutha - Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington (Einzel) 06.06.09-04.07.09
  • Dreaming the Mainstream - Vilma Gold, London 30.05.09-28.06.09
  • A Despot in Flora’s Garden - Simon Preston Gallery, New York, Kurator Jasper Sharp 23.05.09-31.07.09

  2008

  • History Acts - Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg, 25.10.08-11.01.09
  • Lender of Last Resort - Vilma Gold Stand, Frieze Art Fair, Regents Park, London, 16.10.08 – 19.10.08
  • The Sweet Burnt Smell of History - Panama Art Biennial 8, Panama-Stadt, Kuratorin Magali Arriola, 10.09.08 – 21.10.08
  • Not Quite How I Remember It - The Power Plant, Toronto, Kanada, Kuratorin Helena Reckitt, 07.06.08 – 01.09.08
  • Master Humphrey's Clock - Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, Holland, (ein Projekt vom Appel Kuratorenprogramm),12.05.08 – 08.06.08
  • Earth Matters: Work from the contemporary collections of the Auckland Art - Gallery Auckland, Neuseeland, Kuratorin Natasha Conland, 01.05.08 – 28.09.08
  • Lender of Last Resort - (als Teil der Ausstellung The Place to Be) Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Holland, Kurator Marcus Lütkemeyer, 03.04.08–01.06.08
  • Persepolis 2530 - Arnolfini, Bristol (Einzel), 02.02.08–30.03.08

  2007

  • Wiedereröffnung des Museum - Abteiberg Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Kuratorin Susanne Titz, 05.11.07-
  • The Irresistible Force - Tate Modern, London, Kuratoren Ben Borthwick und Kerryn Greenberg, 20.09.07-25.11.07
  • Answers to Some Questions about Bananas - Vilma Gold, London (Einzel), 13.07.07–12.08.07
  • Persepolis 2530 - Art Unlimited, Art Basel 38, 13.06.07–17.06.07
  • Reboot – The Jim Barr & Mary Barr Collection - Christchurch Art Gallery, Neuseeland 17.03.07-01.07.07
  • Design by Accident - CroyNielsen, Berlin, 20.01.07-17.02.07

  2006

  • APT 5 - Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australien 02.12.06-27.05.07
  • c/o the Central Bank of Guatemala - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (Einzel), 28.11.06–24.02.07
  • Abgebrannt - Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, 27.08.06-15.10.06

  2005

  • Monuments for the USA - White Columns, New York, Kurator Ralph Rugoff, 15.12.05-28.01.06
  • Ian Fairweather – artist of the 21st century - Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, Australien 02.12.05-21.01.06
  • Art of the Eighties and Seventies - Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach (Einzel), 11.09.05–29.01.06
  • The Gift: the form and reason for exchange in archaic societies - Twodo Projekt NAK, Aachen (Einzel), 28.08.05–02.10.05
  • Small World, Big Town – Contemporary Art from Te Papa - Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, Neuseeland 10.07.05-30.10.05
  • Saltuna – the Baltic Sea Experience - Rooseum, Malmö, 21.05.05-17.07.05
  • Die Aufteilung - (ein Event) NAK, Aachen (Einzel), 21.05.05
  • The Smiles are not Smiles - Vilma Gold, London (Einzel), 30.04.05–29.05.05
  • Monuments for the USA - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, Kurator Ralph Rugoff, 07.04.05-14.05.05

  2004

  • Rakit - Herbert Read Gallery, KIAD, Canterbury (Einzel), 26.11.04-23.12.04
  • Kurzdavordanach - Photograpische Sammlung, Stiftung Kultur, Köln, 21.10.04-09.01.05
  • Black Friday - Exercises in Hermetics - Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Kurator Christoph Keller, 10.07.04-11.09.04
  • Argonauts of the Timor Sea - Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australien (Einzel), 11.05.04–05.06.04
  • Keim - (mit Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek) Galerie Kamm, Berlin, 07.02.04-27.03.04
  • Berlin North - Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 31.01.04-12.04.04

  2003

  • Korrekturen - Galerie Kamm, Berlin, 18.10.03-29.11.03
  • The Invisible Hand - (ein Event) Portikus im Leinwaldhaus, Frankfurt am Main, 10.10.03
  • Nine Lives – The Chartwell Collection - Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, Neuseeland 13.09.03-23.11.03
  • This is the Trekka – Neuseeländischer Pavillon, 50. Biennale von Venedig (Einzel), 12.06.03–02.11.03
  • To our German Friend, Vilma Gold, London (Einzel), 14.03.03-13.04.03

  2002

  • Walters Prize - Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, Neuseeland 08.06.02-25.08.02
  • An evening with Jörg Immendorff - (ein Event) Hyatt Hotel, Auckland, Neuseeland (Einzel), 04.06.02
  • Can Dialectics Break Bricks? - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australien, Kurator Richard Grayson, 15.05.02-14.07.02
  • Prophets of Boom - Städtische Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, 13.04.02-16.07.02

  2001

  • Retake/Wiederaufnahme - NAK, Aachen, Kuratoren Susanne Titz und Ulrike Groos, 14.10.01-02.12.01
  • Audit - Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Kurator Boris Kremer, 29.09.01-02.12.01
  • Superman in Bed - Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, 25.03.01-24.06.01

  2000

  • Call Me Immendorff - Kapinos Gallery, Berlin (Einzel), 02.12.00-03.02.01
  • Circles °3 Los Angeles : Silverlake Crossings - ZKM, Karlsruhe, Kurator Christoph Keller, 25.11.00-08.01.01
  • Genealogy - (mit Steven Brower) Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Neuseeland 06.05.00-16.07.00
  • Drive: power>progress>desire Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Neuseeland Kurator Gregory Burke, 12.02.00-30.04.00

 

Bibliographie

seit 2000 (Auswahl)

  • Bywater, Jon »Michael Stevenson« Artforum, September 2011, S. 201.
  • Clark, Martin »The Party« (im) Celebration at Persepolis, Arnolfini und Christoph Keller Editions, JRP/Ringier, Zürich, 2008, S. 16-29.
  • Craig, David »The aircraft carrier, the paddy field, the late modern institution« (im) Art of the Eighties and Seventies, Stadtisches Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach und Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt, 2006, S. 77-121.
  • Craig, David »Post-Fordism, Neo-Trekkaiasm: or, the cultural contridictions of late provincial modernism« (im) This is the Trekka, Neuseelandpavillion, Biennal Venidig, Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt und City Gallery, Wellington, 2003, S. 41-61.
  • Dillon, Brian »Michael Stevenson« Frieze, Nr. 89, März 2005, S. 107.
  • Fitzgerald, Michael »Remastering the Record« Time Australien, August 29, 2005, S. 58-59.
  • Fitzgerald, Michael »Driving out Demons« Time Australien, Juni 30, 2003, S. 56-58.
  • Gleadell, Colin »Art Sales: building a new art hub« The Daily Telegraph, London, April 10, 2005.
  • Harvey, Nicola »Celebration at Persepolis« Frieze, Nr. 116, Juni – August 2008.
  • Heizer, Jörg »Art as a National Benchmark/Kunst im nationalen Leistungsvergleich« Neuseelandische Pavillion, Biennal Venidig, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2003.
  • Intra, Giovanni »Slave Artists of the Piano Cult: An Introduction« (im) Slave Pianos: A Reader, Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt, 2001, S. 37-48.
  • Jasper, Adam »Michael Stevenson« Frieze, Nr. 142, Oktober 2011, S.
  • Jasper, Adam »2nd Athens Biennale« Frieze, Nr. 127, November-Dezember 2009, S.
  • Labelle, Charles »Mike Stevenson and Danius Kesminas« Frieze, Nr. 53, Juni-August 2000, S. 122-123.
  • Mahoney, Elizabeth »Michael Stevenson« The Guardian, London, Freitag, Februar 8, 2008.
  • Moulton, Aaron »Michael Stevenson« Flash Art, 2005.
  • Taussig, Michael »Between Land and Sea« Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, 2011
  • Rugoff, Ralph »50th Venice Biennale« Frieze, nr. 77, Sept. 2003, S. 94-95.
  • Sorbello, Mirina »Michael Stevenson« Tema Celeste, März 2001, S. 103.
  • von Schlegell, Mark »Mike Stevenson and Danius Kesminas« Flash Art, Nr.212, Mai-Juni 2000, S. 117-118.
  • Withers, Rachel »Michael Stevenson« Artforum, April 2005, S. 201-202.
  • Wyndham, Constance »The Hydraulic Economy« Financial Times, Montag, August 6, 2007.

 

Publikationen 

seit 2000

  • »Animal Spirits: fables told in the parlance of our time« 112 S. gemeinsam durch Clouds, Auckland und JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, Zürich verlegt, (A Christoph Keller Editions Book), 2012
  • »Fables« 20 S. Kröller-Müller Verlag, 2008
  • »Celebration at Persepolis« 64 S., gemeinsam durch Arnolfini, Bristol und JRP/Ringier Kunstverlag, Zürich verlegt, (A Christoph Keller Editions Book), 2008
  • »c/o The Central Bank of Guatemala« 24 S., CCA Wattis Institute Verlag, San Francisco, 2006
  • »Art of the Eighties and Seventies« 128 S., Revolver – Archiv für Aktuelle Kunst Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2006
  • »This is the Trekka« 112 S., gemeinsam durch Creative New Zealand und Revolver – Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt am Main verlegt, 2003

 

 

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