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During the Night Frieze Art Fair Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics Irrkunst ten thousand things Works
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During the Night
Kunshistoriches Museum, Vienna
10 October 2016 – 29 January 2017
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
During the Night, installation view
During the Night, installation view, 2016
Frieze Art Fair
Gagosian Gallery, Regent's Park, London
6 – 9 October 2016
elegy, everything you remember, I-III, the reader, installation view
elegy, everything you remember, I-III, the reader, installation view, 2016
elegy (Odessa)
elegy (Odessa), 2016
everything you remember, I

everything you remember, I, 2016

everything you remember, III, white sail, the reader, installation view
everything you remember, III, white sail, the reader, installation view, 2016
white sail
white sail, 2016
the reader, white sail, in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), installation view
the reader, white sail, in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), installation view, 2016
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan)
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), 2016
the reader, what's left, II & V, lacrimae, I-III, installation view
the reader, what's left, II & V, lacrimae, I-III, installation view, 2016
lacrimae, IV
lacrimae, IV, 2016
lacrimae, IV (detail)
lacrimae, IV (detail), 2016
infra
infra, 2016
to break your heart, II-IV, what's left, II & V, the reader, installation view
to break your heart, II-IV, what's left, II & V, the reader, installation view, 2016
what's left, IV
what's left, IV, 2016
everything you'll ever need, II, what's left II & V, to break your heart, II-IV, installation view
everything you'll ever need, II, what's left II & V, to break your heart, II-IV, installation view, 2016
give it shadow enough
give it shadow enough, 2016
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), what's left, II & V, lachrimae I-IV, installation view
in Czernowitz (for Paul Celan), what's left, II & V, lachrimae I-IV, installation view, 2016
music at night

music at night, 2016

i.m.
i.m., 2016
Kneaded Knowledge: The Language of Ceramics
Universalmuseum Joanneum, Graz
24 September 2016 – 29 February 2017
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view
Kneaded Knowledge, installation view, 2016
Irrkunst
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
29 April – 16 July 2016
fundbüro, installation view
fundbüro, installation view, 2016
fundbüro
fundbüro, 2016
archiv
archiv, 2016
archiv (detail)
archiv (detail), 2016
archiv
archiv, 2016
Irrkunst
Irrkunst, 2016
Vitrine containing 1 notebook, 2 typescript pages and 12 handwritten documents from the Walter Benjamin Archives
Vitrine containing 1 notebook, 2 typescript pages and 12 handwritten documents from the Walter Benjamin Archives, 2016
Irrkunst
Irrkunst, 2016
Irrkunst
Irrkunst, 2016
fundbüro, on the eve of departure, installation view
fundbüro, on the eve of departure, installation view, 2016
on the eve of departure
on the eve of departure, 2016
on the eve of departure, once is as good as never, installation view
on the eve of departure, once is as good as never, installation view, 2016
once is as good as never
once is as good as never, 2016
sudelbücher I-V
sudelbücher I-V, 2016
sudelbücher, III
sudelbücher, III, 2016
#835, the task of the critic, installation view
#835, the task of the critic, installation view, 2016
the task of the critic
the task of the critic, 2016
late, installation view
late, installation view, 2016
late
late, 2016
Portbou, the task of the critic, installation view
Portbou, the task of the critic, installation view, 2016
Portbou
Portbou, 2016
my problem with the Frankfurt School, Portbou, installation view
my problem with the Frankfurt School, Portbou, installation view, 2016
my problem with the Frankfurt School
my problem with the Frankfurt School, 2016
ostracon

ostracon, 2016

ostracon (detail)
ostracon (detail), 2016
ragpicker
ragpicker, 2016
ragpicker (detail)
ragpicker (detail), 2016
against poetry
against poetry, 2016
Library Work
Library Work, 2016
Library Work
Library Work, 2016
Library Work
Library Work, 2016
Library Work, installation view
Library Work, installation view, 2016
Irrkunst, installation view
Irrkunst, installation view, 2016
Irrkunst (detail)
Irrkunst (detail), 2016
Irrkunst (detail)
Irrkunst (detail), 2016
Irrkunst
Irrkunst, 2016
Irrkunst (detail)
Irrkunst (detail), 2016
Irrkunst (detail)
Irrkunst (detail), 2016
a Berlin chronicle (installation view)
a Berlin chronicle (installation view), 2016
ten thousand things
Gagosian, Beverly Hills
14 January – 18 February 2016
bauspiel; a lecture on the weather, Lichtzwang; installation view

bauspiel, 2014; a lecture on the weather, 2015; Lichtzwang, 2015; installation view

black milk
black milk, 2016
Lichtzwang, black milk, installation view

Lichtzwang, 2014; black milk, 2015; installation view

a lecture on the weather

a lecture on the weather, 2015

three sounds

three sounds, 2015

a new ground I-III

a new ground I-III, 2015

a new ground, II
a new ground, II, 2016
composition for three voices

composition for three voices, 2015

#835

#835, 2015

a word, a name a place; to speak to you; installation view

a word, a name a place, 2015; to speak to you, 2015; installation view

a word, a name, a place
a word, a name, a place, 2016
to speak to you
to speak to you, 2016
a word, a name, a place; to speak to you; the ten thousand things, for John Cage; installation view

a word, a name, a place, 2015; to speak to you, 2015; the ten thousand things, for John Cage, 2015; installation view

Edmund De Waal Gagosial La A New Ground Room 2

the ten thousand things, for John Cage; 2015, a new ground, 2016; installation view

the ten thousand things, for John Cage, II

the ten thousand things, for John Cage, II, 2015

Edmund De Waal Gagosial La A New Ground Room 1

a new ground, 2016; two sounds, 2015; installation view

two sounds, III

two sounds, III, 2015

Works
during the night
during the night , 2016
during the night (detail)
during the night (detail), 2016
during the night (detail)
during the night (detail), 2016
a white city
a white city, 2016
another sky
another sky, 2016
infra
infra, 2016
Lebensstürme
Lebensstürme, 2016
oir-thir
oir-thir, 2016
senza fretta
senza fretta, 2016
spur
spur, 2016
spur (detail)
spur (detail), 2016
the golden mean
the golden mean, 2016
the world of things, I
the world of things, I, 2016
a short history of the China trade
a short history of the China trade, 2016
A Short History Of China Trade D4
A Short History Of China Trade D4, 2016
A Short History Of China Trade D1
A Short History Of China Trade D1, 2016
the light in the west
the light in the west, 2016
fetched home (for Sheffield)
fetched home (for Sheffield), 2016
tacet I
tacet I, 2016
tacet II
tacet II, 2016
the world of things III
the world of things III, 2016
micromegas, I

micromegas, I, 2016

micromegas, II
micromegas, II, 2016
micromegas, III

micromegas, III, 2016

another night
another night, 2016
lacrimae rerum, II
lacrimae rerum, II, 2016
lacrimae rerum, II (detail)
lacrimae rerum, II (detail), 2016
what's left, I
what's left, I, 2016
what's left, III
what's left, III, 2016
what's left, VIII
what's left, VIII, 2016
what's left, IX
what's left, IX, 2016
silentia
silentia, 2016
esychia, II
esychia, II, 2016
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