Dan Colen
Gelitin
Rashid Johnson
Nate Lowman
Paola Pivi
Rob Pruitt
Yan Pei-Ming
Kaari Upson
Aaron Young
Gelitin
Rashid Johnson
Nate Lowman
Paola Pivi
Rob Pruitt
Yan Pei-Ming
Kaari Upson
Aaron Young
Rob Pruitt
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BibliographyRob Pruitt
Born 1964, Washington D.C.
Lives and works in New York
Born 1964, Washington D.C.
Lives and works in New York
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Rob Pruitt, Air de Paris, Paris, F
2010
ROB PRUITT: POP TOUCHED ME, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
2009
Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, Tate Modern, London, UK
Rob Pruitt Present the first Annual Art Awards, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY.
iPaintings, Franco Noero Gallery, Turin, IT
Look What I’ve Done, Carlson, London, UK
2008
Master Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Power House, Memphis, TN
iPhotos, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2007
Rob Pruitt’s Flea Market, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
2006
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York
Bergdorf Goodman window display, sponsored by the New Museum, New York
Air de Paris, Paris
2004
Paris in Rome, Roma Roma Roma, Rome, IT
Paris in Tokyo, Gallery Side 2, Tokyo, JP
2003
Surreal Estate with Jonathan Horowitz, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2002
China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Colette, Paris, France, F
Consortium, Dijon, France,F
Air de Paris, Paris, France, F
2001
101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH
Pandas and Bamboo, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Corp., NY
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, Italy, I
2000
Psychic Predictions For The New Millennium & Things To Do With Lemons, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
Flea Market, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
1999
101 Art Ideas You Can Do Yourself, Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York, NY
1993
Mulier & Mulier, Knokke, Belgium, B
Galleria Il Capricorno, Venice, Italy, I
1992
Galerie Rachel Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland, CH
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, NY
1991
Daniel Buchholz, Koln, Germany, D
Esther Schipper, Koln, Germany, D
Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
APAC, Centre d'art Contemporian, Nevers, France, F
1990
303 Gallery, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
2011
Bed Bugs, Nate Lowman and Rob Pruitt, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
2009
Mapping the Studio, curated by Alison Gingeras and Francesco Bonami, Punta Della Dogana/Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy, I
Whaddaya Wanna Be, a Flower?!, Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
The living and the dead, Gavin Brownʼs enterprise, New York, NY
Pop Life: Art in a Material Word, Tate Modern, London, UK
2008
Sunshine, curated by Darren Bader and Ritter/Zamet Rental Gallery, New York, NY
Who’s Afraid of Jasper Johns? conceived by Urs Fischer and Gavin Brown, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Pretty Ugly, curated by Alison Gingeras, Gavin Brown's enterprise and Maccarone, New York, NY
Malcolm McLaren - Musical Paintins, curated by Bernd Wulitzer, Schiebler Mitte, Berlin, Germany, D
The Station, co-curated by Shamim Monin and Nate Lowman, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
2006
Strictement Confidentiel. A partir de la collection Gensollen, curated by Chiara Parisi, Centre International d’art et du paysage, Ile de Vassiviere, France, F (catalogue)
The Name of the Show Is Not ‘Gay Art Now’, curated by Jack Pierson, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
Celebrity, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
The Inside Game, curated by Joel Leib, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR
2005
100 artists see God, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
The Finale Floor Show, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp, Belgium, B
Trade, White Columns, New York, NY (brochure)
Seeing Double, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Drunk Vs. Stoned 2, Gavin Brown’s enterprise , New York, NY
General Ideas: Rethinking Conceptual Art 1987-2005, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA
Interstate, curated by Adam McEwen, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
2004
No More Reality, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark, DK
For all, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Netherlands, NL
Open, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2003
Bright Lights, Big City, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY
…still or sparkling? John Connelly Presents, New York, NY
Following and to Be Followed (coming back), Le Consortium, Dijon, France, F
Summer Group Show, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, Italy, I
Inaugural Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, NY
2002
De Gustibus, Palazzo dela Papesse, Siena, Italy, I
Spot the diferrence, Galerie van Gelder, Amsterdam, NL
Something, Anything, curated by Nayland Blake Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY
Shanghai Biennale, Shangai Art Museum, Shanghai, China (catalogue), CN
2001
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London, UK
Vantage Point, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, IRL
Two Friends and so on, curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt, Marc Foxx, Los Angeles, CA
The Americans New Art, Barbican Gallery, London, UK
China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Greater New York, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY
Post - POP, Post – PUNK, Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C.
Sentimental Education, curated by David Rimanelli, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Two friends and so on, curated by Jonathan Horowitz and Rob Pruitt, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Protest and Survive, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
New York Projects, Delfina, London, UK
1999
Enter Yes, No, Don’t Know, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Neither / Nor, curated by Bill, Arning Grand Arts, Kansas City, MI
Glassbox, Paris, France
Village Disco, Cabinet Gallery, London, UK
Free Coke, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
1998
Hey, You Never Know, curated by Kenny Schachter, New York, NY
Sassy Nuggets, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
Superfreaks; Post Pop and the New Generation, Part 1 : Trash, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
Home and Away, curated by Kirsty Bell, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
1997
Utopian Art Fair, Hotel 17, New York, NY
Inside Out Art Fair, curated by Kenny Schachter, New York, NY
Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Recent Acquisitions, Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Thriller, curated by Tom Borghese, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
Screentest, Oasis Performance Series, New York, NY
1996
Circus of the Stars, Hotel 17, New York, NY
1995
It's Only Rock and Roll, travelling exhibition, curated by David S. Rubin; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH; Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Peoria, IL; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix , AZ; Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Virginia Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, VA; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville , FL; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
Photocollages, Le Consortium, Dijon, France, F
In a Different Light, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, CA
Alternative Art Fair, Hotel 17, New York, NY
1993
Translations, Center for Contemporary Art, Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, Poland, PL
Under 30, Galerie Metropol, Wein, Austria, A
Fortryck, Galleri Enkeshuset, Stockholm, Sweden, S
In Search of Self, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Teddy & Other Stories, curated by Luca Beatrice and Cristiana Perrela, Cladio Botello Arte & Galleria In Arco, Turin, I
Avantgarde & Kamgagne, curated by Jurgen Harten, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany, D
1992
How It Is, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris, Paris, France, F
Molteplici Culture, curated by Liam Gillick, Rome, Italy, I
Rudolph Zwirner Gallery, Koln, Germany, D
Post Human, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, FAE Musee D'Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland, CH; Castello di Rivoli, Museo d' Arte, Contemporanea, Rivoli, Italy, I; Deste Foundation for contemporary Art, Athens, Greece, GR; Deichorhallen, Hamburg, Germany, D;
Objects, Casteli Graphics, New York, NY
1991
No Man's Time, Villa Arson, Nice, France, F
Selections, FAE Musee D’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland, CH
Louder, curated by Kathryn Hixon, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago IL
New Work by Gallery Artists, 303 Gallery New York, NY
New Generations: New York, Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
The Store, Richard Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990
Stuttering, Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Total Metal, curated by Richard Phillips, Simon Watson, New York, NY
Stendhal Syndrome: The Cure, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Paintball, with Richard Prince and Tom Henry III, 303 Gallery New York, NY
Brut '90, White Columns, New York, NY
Strathmore Hall Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
1989
Video presentation by Colin de Land, Art Cologne, West Germany, American Fine Arts Co.
Group Show, American Fine Arts Co., New York, NY
Print
Bibliography
2011
Nathan, Emily, 'The Andy Monument; Warhol and Pruitt together at last', March 30
2009
Sonnenborn, Katie, 'Review', Frieze, Jan-Feb, p. 153-4
2008
Uovo Magazine, Collaboration with Jonathan Horowitz, Issue 15, Oct – Dec., p. 286-89, 312-13
“Work of Art: New Work by Rob Pruitt” and cover image, Pluk Magazine, Issue 37
Thornton, Sarah, ‘Flea Circus,’ Artforum.com, October 12
Searle, Adrian, ‘Tenner for your thoughts, Dinos?’ Guardian UK, October 11
Salsbury, Britany, 'Criticsʼ Picks', Artforum.com, September 25
“Rob Pruitt on Humor,” interview with James Fuentes, Paper Magazine, October, p. 86-87
Lyall, Sarah, ‘In London, Art and Commerce Scratch Backs,’ New York Times, October 13
Higgins, Charlotte, ‘A Fleamarket at Frieze? This is Fun.’ Guardian Art Blog, October 10
Halle, Howard. “ An I for an Eye,” Time Out New York, Sept. 11-17, p. 70
Gleadell, Colin, ‘Art Sales: Frieze Art Fair,’ Telegraph UK, October 9
2007
Rehberg, Vivian, 'Review', Artforum.com, January
Mooney, Christopher, ‘In the Pink: Rob Pruitt,’ ArtReview, January, p. 41
Jones, Jonathan, ‘My Frieze Art Fair Top 10,’ Guardian Art Blog, October 10
2006
Saltz, Jerry ‘Our Crowds: a two-headed butterfly flapping its wings,’ Village Voice, July 6
Kitnick, Alex, 'Review', Time Out New York, October 5-11, p. 96
Colman, David, ‘Smitten With a Plain Jane,’ New York Times, Sept. 24
Rimanelli, David, ‘Survivor,’ published by Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY
'The Artists’ Artists', Artforum, December, p. 115
2005
Maekawa, Akane, Ryuko Tsushin vol. 505, July, pp. 62-63
‘A Peacock Hill Family Album', Zing Magazine, Winter 2005
Gingeras, Alison, ‘Purple News,’ Purple Fashion, No. 3, Spring/Summer, p. 34
Comita, Jenny ‘Northern Exposure,’ W, September, pp. 458-64
2004
Studio Voice, Vol 345, September, pp.43
‘My Pop,’ Artforum, October, Vol XLIII, No. 2, p. 255
Bollen, Christopher, 'Interview', Vman, Issue 3, Fall/Winter, p. 71
2003
‘Sculpture Forever,’ Flash Art, May-June 2003, p. 128
Mulvihill, Keith, ‘American Gothic,’ Time Out New York, May 29-June 5, pp. 28-29
Johnson, Ken, review, New York Times, June 6, p. E33
Schwendener, Martha, review, Artforum.com
Review, Village Voice, June 11-17, p. 90
‘Little House on the Prairie,’ ArtReview, June, p. 25
Lafreniere, Steve, Index, September-October, pp. 62 – 68
Garrett, Craig, ‘Review, Flash Art International, October, pp. 56-57
Wilson, Michael, ‘Bright Lights, Big City,’ Review, Frieze, November-December, pp. 101-102
2002
Troncy, Eric, ‘Bad Boy’, Numero, France, March 2002, pp. 296-301
Pruitt, Rob and Horowitz, Jonathan, ‘Home Making Part 1: House Hunting,’ Index, April
Thely, Thierry and Colard, Jean-Max, ‘Coke en Stock,’ Les Inrockuptibles, June 19-25, p. 79
‘A Short Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away…,’ Interview, June, p. 87
Coleman, David, ‘House of 8 Gables, Back in Black,’ The New York Times, House & Home, pp. 1-F5
Troncy, Eric, Infinite Justice, No. 2, Summer, pp. 6-13
Gingeras, Alison M., Vitamin P, Phaidon Press, London, pp. 258-261
2001
Darwent, Charles, The Independent on Sunday, London, October 28
Packer, William, Financial Times, London, October 30, p. 20
What’s On London, October 31, p. 23
Guner, Fisun, What’s On London, November 7
2000
Slocombe, Steve, ‘Don’t Call it a Cokeback’, Sleazenation.com, July
‘Pick of the Galleries: Something to declare’, The Independent on Sunday, September 24
Ward, Ossian, ‘Don’t Just Seat There’, The Art News Paper, September, p. 21
Turner, Grady T., ‘Aperto New York’, Flash Art, summer, pp. 57-58
The New Yorker, 'Review', January 22, p. 16
‘Panda Express’, V magazine, Vol. X, March-April
Levin, Kim, 'Review', Village Voice, March 10
Wehr, Anne, ‘The Panda Man can,’ Time Out New York, February 22-March 1
Beyer, Charles, ‘Rob Pruitt’s Panda-Monium,’ Gotham, March, p. 204-205
Griffin, Tim, ‘A Man, a Plan, a Panda,’ Time Out New York, March 1-8, pp. 51-52
Issue 5, ill. p. 144
Dailey, Meghan, 'Review', Artforum, May, pp. 177-178
Gilmore, Jonathan, 'Review', Tema Celeste, May-June, p. 86
Pride. 01, June, p, 61
Grabner, Michelle, 'Review', Frieze, June-August, p.111-112
Fineman, Mia, ‘Back in the Arms of the Art World’, The New York Times, Sunday June, pp. 30-33
Fineman, Mia, ‘Rob Pruitt’s Star on the Rise Again’, International Herald Tribune, Saturday- Sunday, June 23-24, p.6
Ratnam, Niru, ‘Oh Please it Mean Something’, The Face, October, pp. 174-183
ZOO, September, pp.272-273
Rimanelli, David, ‘Top Ten’, Artforum, December, pp 110-111.
Hackworth, Nick, Evening Standard, London November 6th
Guner, Fisun, Metro London, October 26
1999
Arning, Bill, 'Review', Time Out, New York, February 18th-25th
Halle, Howard, Review, Time Out, New York
Saltz, Jerry, ‘Realm of the Senses’, Village Voice, July 11th, p. 65
Dawson, Jessica, ‘Nelson’, Washington City Paper, April 28th, p. 60
Hunt, David, 'Review', Time Out, New York, July 27th-August 3rd, p. 58
'Review', Village Voice, July 25th
Johnson, Ken, 'Review', The New York Times, July 21st
Griffin, Tim, 'Review', Time Out, New York, July 20th-27th,
Berwick, Carly, ‘SaleAway’, ArtNews, Arttalk, September, p.38
1998
‘99 People to Watch in 1999’, Time Out New York, January 28th-February 4th
Clifford, Katie, ‘Rob Pruitt’, ARTnews, summer
Gilman-Sevcik, Frantiska and Tim, 'Review', Flash Art, May/June
Interview with John Kelsey, Bernadette, ‘Rob Pruitt & Johnathan Horowitz’, Made in USA, Fall/Winter, pp. 58-62
Thorson, Alice, ‘But Seriously…or Not’, The Kansas City Star, Sunday, July 4th
1989
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