Allen Ruppersberg

Nato a Cleveland, Ohio nel 1944. Vive e lavora a  Los Angeles e New York.

Mostre personali dal 1990

2019
Allen Ruppersberg, Intellectual Property 1968 – 2018 , Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
2017
Past Present Future, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
The Novel That Writes Itself, Greene Naftali, New York
2016
Accrochage #1: Allen Ruppersberg et al., ProjecteSD, Barcelona
GET SET FOR ACTION, Air de Paris, Paris
2015
What is a Stamp?, Jumex Foundation of Contemporary Art, Mexico City
The singing Posters, Skirball Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Allen Ruppersbarg, JBecker Galerie, Hamburg
The Novel that Writes Itself, mfc.Michéle Didier, Paris
No Time Left to Start Again and Again, WIELS, Institute for Contemporary Art, Brussels
For Collectors only (everyone is a collector), Greengrassi, London
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles
Drawing and Writing, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles
2013
The Birth and Death of Rock n’ Roll, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
The Umbrella Corner 6/6, curated by Moritz Kung, ProjecteSD, Barcelona
2012
No time left to start again/The B and D of R’nR’, Art Institute Chicago
Allen Ruppersberg, Old/New – New/Old, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
2010  
Allen Ruppersberg, No Time Left to Start Again 2, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Allen Ruppersberg, No Time Left to Start Again, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Allen Ruppersberg, Greene Naftali, New York
2009 
Allen Ruppersberg, You and me or the art of give and take, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Allen Ruppersberg, As the Crow Flies/How I miss the Avant-garde, greengrassi, London, UK
2008 
Allen Ruppersberg, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
Studio Guenzani, Milano (in collaborazione con Allan McCollum)
Allen Ruppersberg, Selected Works, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Alterations, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer. Anversa
2006
Allen Ruppersberg: The Singing Posters, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT
Allena Ruppersberg: The Singing Posters, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Photo Works 1970-1973, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Poetry and Rearrangemen, Galerie Martin Janda Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna
2005
One of Many-Origins and Variants, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee,
Scotland (2006), Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo, Sevilla, Spain (2006)*
Free Trade. Art and Poetry, greengrassi, London
Allen Ruppersberg: The Singing Posters, Parts II & III, Jurgen Becker; Karin Guenther /Nina Borgmann Galleries, Humburg, Germany
Allen Ruppersberg: The New Five Foot Shelf, Texas Gallery, Houston
Allen Ruppersberg: Line Drawings, Book Pages, Games and Puzzle, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
2004
Allen Ruppersberg: The Singing Posters, Rice university, Sewell Gallery, Houston, TX
Allen Ruppersberg: The New Five Foot Shelf an Other Projectsm Margo leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Allen Ruppersberg: The New Five Foot Shelf, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands
2003
The Singing Posters, Studio Guenzani, Milano
The Singing Posters, Gorney Bravin + Lee, New York,
The New Five Foot Shelf, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, Olanda
2002 
Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerpen, Belgio
The New Five Foot Shelf, Galerie Erna Hecey, Lussemburgo
Allen Ruppersberg, Drawings,1973-1980,  Christine Burgin, New York,
2001
Colby College Museum of Art (Skowhegan School), Waterville, Maine
Galerie Micheline Szwaqjcer, Antwerp, Belgio
Allen Ruppersberg: The Novel That Writes Itself; Honey I Rearrange the Collection,
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles,
2000
Allen Ruppersberg: The Novel That Writes itself, ArtPace, San Antonio,
Honey, I Rerranged the Collection, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
1999
Studio Guenzani, Milano
Allen Ruppersbrg – One Man Show, Frac Limousin, Limoges
Château de Lavigny, Lavigny, Svizzera
Honey, I Rearranged the Collection While You Were Gone, GreenGrassi, London
The Novel That Writes Itself, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1998
Letter to A Friend, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
1997
Letter to A Friend, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germania
Allen Ruppersberg: Proofs, Frac Nord Pas-de-Calais, Dunkerque, Francia
Where’s Al?, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, Francia; *
1996
Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Larry Johnson/Allen Ruppersberg, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
1994
Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Parigi
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam
Raum für Aktueller Kunst, Vienna
Looking Backward. 2000 – 1887 Paintings, Sculpture, Drawings, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
1993
Linda Cathcart Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; “How to Remember A Better Tomorrow”
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY; “What was literature?”
Siste Viator, Arnhem, The Netherlands, June – October
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy
Situation Gallery, London, England,
1992
Frac Limousin, Limoges, France; “Personal Art II, 1974, 85, 92”
Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; “The Difference between Analytic and Poetic Language”
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Germany
Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY; “Personal Art”
1991
Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.)
Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris, France; “The Myth  of Metaphor”
1990 
Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Installation: “Zoetrope from André Breton, Ponce de Leon and the Fountain of Youth”
John Weber Gallery, New York, NY; “How to Remember A Better Tomorrow”
Christine Burgin Gallery, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions (selection)

2016
Briser la Glace, Magasin, Grenoble
Pages, La Halle – Lieu d’art, Pont-en-Royans
The Beat Generation, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2015
Les ruses de l’intelligence, Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux
Mark My Words, Gemini G.E.L., Joni Moisant Weyl Gallery, New York, NY
Made in USA, V-A-C Foundation, Moscow
Works on Paper, Greene Naftali, New York
Rotation 1: Contemporary Art From the Peter Norton Gift, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MI
Best Culture, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Pliure. Epilogue (La bibliothèque, l’univers), Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Paris
Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minnesota
More Konzeption Conception Now, Museum Morsboich, Leverkuseun
Exhibition^3: Documenta5, Harald Szeemann, The Artists, University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh
2014
Literary Devices, Fisher Landau Center of Art, Long Island City, New York
Thema exposite De Slag om Arnhem-De lege stad, Rozet, Arnhem
Petals on Wind, Galerie micheline Szwajcer, Bruxelles
Bad Thoughts, Stedlijk Museum, Amsterdam
Legacy: The Emily Fisher Landau Collection, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose
Sites of reason. A selection of Recent Acquisitions, MoMA, New York
1984-1999. The Decade, Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz
The Crime Was Almost Perfect, curated by Cristina Ricupero, Witte de With Rotterdam
Codex, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
2013
In Parts, curated by David Kiehl, Whitney Museum of Art, NY
Paginations & Machinations, Air de Paris
Drawing Time, Reading Time, curated by claire Gilman, The Drawing Center, New York
Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form, curated by Germano Celant with Thomas Demand and Rem
Koolhaas, Fondazione Prada, Venice
Kaboom!Comics in Art, Weserburg museum fern Kunst, Bremen Germany
Honey I rearranged the collection. Bronx Museum, New York
Made in Space, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York
2012
Pairings: The Collection At 50, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
Art Foundation Mallorca Collection – CCA Andratx, Andratx
Cultural Production, Andrea Rosen, NYC
First Among Equals, ICA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Tercera Trienal Poli/Grafica de San Juan, Trienal Poli/Grafica de San Juan, San Juan
Drawn, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Regard sur nos productions – Part II, Michele Didier, Paris

2011
Helene Winer at Pomona, Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA
Compass – Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Entertainment, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, NY
Echoes, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
Dan Graham – Allen Ruppersberg, Galerie Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp
Showcase Project, organized by the cneai, Musac, Leon (curated by Sylvie Boulanger & María Inés Rodríguez)

2010
The Last Newspaper, New Museum, NYC
You can’t get there from here but you can get here from there, Apexart, New York City, NYC
Third Thoughts, CCA Andratx, Mallorca (curated by Barry Schwabsky & Carol Szymanski)
89 Km. Colección CGAC, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
Au verso des images, Mamco – musée d ́art moderne et contemporain, Geneva
On the Road, Artpace – San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
Works in Edition, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
25 OR 30 YEARS GALLERY: PART II, Carta, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
How Many Billboards? Art In Stead, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, West Hollywood, CA
DOUBLE BIND / Arrêtez d’essayer de me comprendre !, Villa Arson, Nice
Caractères, FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême
101 Collection: Route 1 – R for Replicant, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA

2009
MOCA ́s First Thirty Years, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Art Foundation Mallorca, Centro Cultural Andratx – CCA, Andratx
Picture(s): Your California Dream, Civic Room, London
Là où je suis n’existe pas, les Abattoirs de Toulouse, Toulouse
William Leavitt, Allen Ruppersberg, Ger van Elk, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
LA SUITE[reset], Air de Paris, Paris
Black Hole, Centro Cultural Andratx – CCA, Andratx
In & Out of Amsterdam: 1960–1976, MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, NYC
And Other Essays, Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman, NYC
Sound of Music, Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent
Selective Knowledge, ITYS – Institute of Contemporary Art and Thought, Athens
On second reading, Galería Estrany – De La Mota, Barcelona
Reading Standing Up, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008
La gran transformacion, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
L’ÉTÉ, Galerie Martin Janda, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna
HOTEL CALIFORNIA, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Arts Le Havre 2008, Musée Malraux, Le Havre (curated by Ger Van Elk)
The Great Transformation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main
The artist is a mysterious entertainer, De Appel, Amsterdam
Summer 2008, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Headlines & Footnotes, Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden
Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
Selective Knowledge, The National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation, Athens
Book/Shelf, MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, NYC
The Collector: Sound of Music, Marres – Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Allan Kaprow-Art as Life, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
La Petite Histoire, Kunstraum Noe, Vienna (curated by Gyonata Bonvicini)

2007
Im Wort, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, MoMA – Museum of Modern Art, NYC
If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson, une exposition, CAPC, Bordeaux
A Theater without Theater, Berardo Museum, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon; MACBA, Barcelona
Who Remebers Where They Are From, Galerie Martin Janda; Vienna Passage Du Temps; Collection Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice
Tiempo al Tiempo, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
Romantischer Konzeptualismus, Bawag Contemporary – Bawag Foundation, Vienna; Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg
If Everybody had an Ocean: Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition, Tate St. Ives, St. Ives, Cornwall (curated by Alex Farquarson)
SUBLIME OBJECTS. Collections sans frontières V, National Museum of Contemporary Art (MNAC), Bucharest
From Close To Home, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Drapeaux gris, CAPC, Bordeaux
THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, NYC
Kunst aus Los Angeles der 60er bis 90er Jahre, Kunstverein Braunschweig e.V., Braunschweig
Matthew Buckingham, Alejandro Cesarco, Louise Lawler, Allen Ruppersburg, Murray Guy, NYC
Description busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Twice Drawn, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Description The Past Made Present: Contemporary Art and Memory, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, NYC
Arquivar Tormentas, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Allen Ruppersberg – Guy de Cointet, Air de Paris, Paris
20ème anniversaire, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris

2005
De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman, Galerie de France, Paris
After Cézanne, MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Sculptures, la tentation de la figure, FRAC – Limousin, Limoges
Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY
Expérience de la durée, 8e Biennale de Lyon, Experiencing Duration, Lyon
Kramlich Collection, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Private View 1980-2000 – Collection Pierre Huber, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne
100 Artists See God, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
The Last Picture Show – Artists using Photography 1960-1982, Miami Art Central, Miami, FL
Description and image A Walk to Remember, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LA, CA
Ascenseur pour Rio, FRAC – Bourgogne, Dijon
From A to B and Back again, Galerie Chez Valentin, Paris

2004
L’artiste éditeur, FRAC – Limousin, Limoges
Description and image 100 Artists See God, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
The last picture show, MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Description and image The Last Picture Show – Artists Using Photography, 1960- 1982, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Un conte d’hiver, FRAC – Limousin, Limoges

2003
Raid the Icebox, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

2002
To Whom It May Concern, CCAC Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
JRP Editions, Raum Aktueller Kunst, Vienna, Austria
Lost Past 2002 – 1941 Memorial signs for the present, Anno 02 in corporation with Stedelijke
Musea Ieper, Ieper, Belgium
Cadavre Exquis, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Gorney Bravin Lee, New York
ConArt, Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
My Modern Summer, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2001
Chouinard: A Living Legacy, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
A Private Reading, The Book as Image and Object, Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York
Art Express: Art minimal et conceptual américain: état d’un collection’, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

2000
Allen Ruppersberg: The Novel That Writes Itself, ArtPace, San Antonio, TX
Protest & Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, (curated by Matthew Higgs and Paul Noble)
Das Gedachtnis der Kunst, Schirn Kunsthalle and Historisches Museum, Frankfurt
LA: David Deutsch & Phil Grauer, Larry Johnson, Mike Kelley, Rachel Khedoori, Sharon Lockhart, Paul McCarthy, Jason Meadows, Catherine Opie, Raymond Pettibon, Allen Ruppersberg, Paul Sietsma, Frances Stark, James Welling, Monika Sprüth Gallerie, Cologne

1999
Sordide Sentimental, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Wallace Berman & Jeff Koons, Allan McCollum, Al Ruppersberg, Andy Warhol, Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
Wallace Berman, Kenneth Goldsmith, Allen Ruppersberg, Gorney Bravin and Lee
Radical P .A.S.T: Contemporary Art in Pasadena 1960-1974, Armory Center for the Arts, Williamson Gallery at Art Center College of Design, and Norton Simon Museum of Art, Pasadena

1998
One Step Backwards, Centre Genevois de Gravure Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
Mai 98, Köln Kunsthalle
TransFiction I: Point Blank, Charim Klocker, Vienna, Austria
West Coast, FRAC, Poitou-Charentes
Siste Viator (Stop Traveller), Musée d’Art Moderne Contemporain (MAMCO), Geneva
90069, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles

1997
The Best of All Possible Worlds, Skulptur Projekte in Münster, Germany, (curated by Kasper König and Klaus Bussman)
Sunshine & Noir. Art in LA 1960 – 1997, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy; UCLA at The Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Collaboration/Transformation: Lithographs from the Hamilton Press, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona
College, Pomona, CA; Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art; The University of Oklahoma, Norman
West Coast: la Photographie Américaine dans la Collection du Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Poitou-Charentes, Hotel Saint-Simon, Angouleme, France
Fake Ecstasy with Me, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The View from Denver, Museum Moderne Kunst, Vienna, Austria, (curated by Dianne Vanerlip)
l’Espace Construit: Collection du F.R.A.C. Centre , Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans; le Carré
St. Vincant, Scene National; l’Institut d’Arts Visuels, Orléans, France;
Lyon Bienale, Lyon, France, (curated by Harold Szeemann)
Moment Ginza, Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France, (organized by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster)
Art Lab: 13, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY,
Curators/One Collection, (curated by first year students)
SLAD: Jean Blackburn, Jeanne Dunning, Rochelle Feinstein, Allen Ruppersberg, Jim Shaw, Thomas Trosch, Lisa Yuskavage, Apex Art, New York, NY, (curated by Janice Krasnow and Mary Jones)
A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press, Museum of Modern Art, New York

1996
Paul McCarthy, Paul Noble, Allen Ruppersberg, Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York
Some Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Just Past: The Contemporary in MoCA’s Permanent Collection, 1975-1996, MOCA, Los
Art at the End of the 20th Century: Selections from the Whitney Museum of American
Art National Gallery, Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens*
Thinking Print: Books to Billboards 1980-95, The Museum of Modern Art, New York* Some Grids, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Disneyland After Dark, Kunstamt Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
Hall of Mirrors: Art and Film Since 1945;The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus,
OH; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago*
Acquiring Minds: Contemporary Art in Santa Barbara Collections, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
Reel Works: Artists Films and Videos of the ‘70’s’, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL;
Controfigura, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy

1995

Drawings from the Collection of Agnes Gund, The Century Association, New York
25 Years: An Exhibition of Selected Works, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Photocollages, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Commercial Art – Christian Marclay, Allen Ruppersberg, Alexis Smith, Galerie Paule Anglim, San Francisco
Untitled (Reading Room), Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Dialogues de Paix, Parc de l’Ariana and Palais des Nations, United Nations, Geneva
Works by Raul Guerrero, William Leavitt and Allen Ruppersberg, Gallery 3770 Park Boulevard, San Diego
Articulations: Forms of Language in Contemporary Art, Fisher Landau Center, Long Island

1994

Cocido y Crudo, Museo Nacionale, Centre de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, 14
Five Longish Wood Sculptures, Feature, New York
In the Field: Landscape in Recent Photography, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Drawn in the 70s, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
The Century of the Multiple, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
Paper Work, John Weber Gallery, New York, NY
Sortir da sa Rrve, Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris
Sea Change: Benefit for Franklin Furnace, Josh Baer Gallery, NY
Tekenwerk / Drawing, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Ideas and Objects: Selected Drawings and Sculptures from the Permanent Collection, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated by Adam Weinberg and Beth Venn
L’Hiver de l’Amour, ARC, Musd’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; P.S.1 Museum, Long Island City, NY, curated by Elein Fleiss, Dominique Gonzalez–Foerster, Bernard Joisten, Jean–Luc Vilmouth & Olivier Zahm
For 35 Years: Brooke Alexander Editions, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Crime, Solo Impression Inc. / Solo Gallery, New York
Sampler: Southern California Video Tape Collection 1970 1993, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy, curated by Paul McCarthy
Don’t Look Now, Thread Waxing Space, New York, 22 January – 26 February, curated by Joshua Decter

1993

Tables: Selections from the Lannan Foundation Collection, Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles
Sampler: Southern California Video Tape Collection, 1970–1993, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Restaurant, Restaurant–Bar La Bocca, Paris, curated by Marc Jancou
Hotel Carlton, Hotel Carlton, Paris, curated by Hans Ulrich Obri
Summer Reading, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Sonsbeek 93, Arnhem, The Netherlands, curated by Valerie Smith
Moving, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam
Rendez–vous manqu Galerie Gabrielle Maubrie, Paris
Paul Etienne Lincoln, Andrew Topolski, Frans Jacobi, Angela Bohnen,
Allen Ruppersberg, Galerie Von der Tann, Berlin
The Elusive Object: Recent Sculpture from the Permanent Collection of The Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, CT
Sculpture and Multiples, Brooke Alexander Gallery and Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
Hans–Peter Feldmann, Rodney Graham, Allen Ruppersberg, 303 Gallery, New York

1992

Postcards from Alphaville: Jean–Luc Godard in Contemporary Art, P.S. I Museum, Long Island City, NY, curated by Meyer Raphael Rubenstein
Proof: Los Angeles Art and the Photograph, 1960 –1980, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
One + One, La Galerie du Mois, Paris, France
Harry Shunk/Projects, Musd’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Pier 18
Brain: Internal Affairs, Beatrixziekenhuis Gorinchem, Gorinchem, The Netherlands
Lincoln, Topolski, Jacobi, Bohnen, Allen Ruppersberg, Galerie Von Der Tann, Berlin, Germany
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris and Galerie Urbi et Orbi, Paris
Drawings, Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
Overlays, Louver Gallery, New York
One Leading to Another, 303 Gallery, New York

1991 

A Passion for Art, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York
Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing?, The Hyde Collection,
Glens Falls, NY, curated by Dan Cameron,exhibition catalogue
L’Esprit Bibliothe, La Galerie du Mois, Paris
Artist’s Books from A to Z, Center for Book Arts, New York, curated by David Lee
1969, Daniel Newburg Gallery, New York, curated by Robert Nickas
The Invisible Body, Rempire Fine Art and Gallery, New York, curated by Alan Jones
Recent Editions by Gallery Artists, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
Letters, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
No Man’s Time, Villa Arson Nice, Nice, France
Nightlines, Centraal Museum Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Biennial 1991, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, exhibition catalogue
The Fetish of Knowledge, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, curated by Jim Hyde
Outside America: Going into the 90′s, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta,  urated by Collins & Milazzo
Collage: New Applications, Lehman College Art Gallery, New York
Group Show, Landfall Press, Chicago
Karen Kilimnik, Raymond Pettibon, Allen Ruppersberg, 303 Gallery, New York
Los Angeles 1970 – 75, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
Traveled to Richard Kuhlenschmidt Gallery, Los Angeles
20th Century Collage – A Survey Exhibition, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles
Musd’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France
In the Beginning, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, curated by William Radawec

1990 

Word As Image, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wl; traveled to: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Re Framing Cartoons: In & Out of Context, Loughelton Gallery, New York
Hollywoodland, fiction/nonfiction, New York
Art Conceptuel, Formes Conceptuelles, Galerie 1900–2000, Paris, exhibition catalogue
All Quiet on the Western Front, Galerie Antoine Candau, Paris, curated by Collins and Milazzo
Brooke Alexander Editions: Selected Publications 1969–1989, Brooke Alexander Editions, New York
Black and White: Works on Paper, Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Boys and Girls, Men and Women, Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
Crossing the Line: Word & Image in Art, Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont
Pharmacy, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Cliff Benjamin
The Last Laugh: Irony, Humor, Self–Mockery and Derision, Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York
Information, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, curated by Robert Nickas
Unrealism, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York

1989

Amerikarma, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY,curated by Don Levin
Double Take: Advertising Reconsidered, Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY, curated by Hudson
Jessica Diamond, Mike Kelley, Allen Ruppersberg, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York
A Good Read: The Book as Metaphor, Barbara Toll Gallery, New York
New York Winners, The BMW Gallery, New York
Constructing a History: A Focus on the Permanent Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Words in Print, Landfall Press, Chicago
Seeing is Believing, Christine Burgin Gallery, New York

1988

The First Generation, 1940-1962, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA; Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. The Second Generation,
1957-87, series of three exhibitions titled: Lost and Found in California: Decades of Assemblage Art
Life Like, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, curated by Marvin Heiferman
A Drawing Show, Cable Gallery, New York, curated by Jerry Saltz

1987

L A. Hot & Cool, M.I.T. List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
Art Against AIDS, Multiple Galleries, New York
Collection Agnes et Frits Becht, Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain Midi Pyrenees, France
Perverted By Language, Hillwood Art Gallery, Long Island University, Greenvale, NY
L.A. Hot and Cool: Pioneers, Bank of Boston Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA

1986

Faculty Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Group Show, Cash/Newhouse Gallery, New York
When Attitude Becomes Form, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York
Awards in the Visual Arts, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Altered States, Procter Arts Center, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

1985

Language and Art, New Langton Arts, San Francisco
Imagine There’s a Future, Attack Gallery, Los Angeles
Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

1984

The Becht Collection: Visual Art from the Agnes and Frits Becht Collection, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1983

Imagine There’s a Future, Attack Gallery, Los Angeles
Inaugural Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Language, Drama, Source, and Vision, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York

1981

Shift L.A. / N.Y., Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, Traveled to: Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, NY
Stay Tuned, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Preview New Works, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

1980

Richard Artschwager, Claes Oldenburg, Allen Ruppersberg, J. Walter Thompson, New York

1979

Allen to Zucher, Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Christmas in July, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 9 June – 5 August
History/Religion/Biography, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles
Los Angeles – Toronto Exchange, A.C.T., Toronto, Canada, with Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
With a Smile, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

1977 

Book Works, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
American Narrative Story Art, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Winnipeg Art Center, Winnipeg, Canada; New Orleans Contemporary Art Center, LA
The Artist’s Book, Mandeville Art Gallery, University of California, San Diego

Theodoran Awards: Nine Artists, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, February

Paper Art, Pomona College Art Gallery, Claremont, CA

1976

Group Show, Art & Project, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
California Painting and Sculpture: The Modern Era, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco.
Art & Project Show, Fine Arts Building, New York
Exhibitions and Presentations, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Landing Service, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Via Los Angeles, Portland Center for the Visual Arts, Portland, OR
Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC

1975

Collector’s Choice: Where I’ve been – Where I’m Going, Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Environment and the New Art: 1960-75, University of California at Davis
Verbal / Visual, University of California at Santa Barbara
Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

1974

December Drawing Show, Claire Copley Gallery, Los Angeles
Selections from Cirrus Editions, Ltd., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
Contemporary Idioms: Some New Los Angeles Galleries, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ger van Elk, William Leavitt, Allen Ruppersberg, M.T.L./Art & Project, Amsterdam
Artisti della West Coast, Francoise Lambert, Milan, Italy

1973

Artist’s Books, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia
Festival of Contemporary Arts: Videotapes by Artists, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome

1972

12 Statements: Beyond the 60’s, The Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
Book as Artwork, Nigel Greenwood, London
Documenta V, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

1971

Pier 18, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
24 Young Los Angeles Artists, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles

1970

Studio Show, Helene Winer, Los Angeles
1970 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Continuing Surrealism, La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA
Art in the Mind, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH

1969
23 Pieces, 1969

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