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Born 1948 in Pasadena, California, B. Wurtz is best known for his playful and compelling sculptures constructed from discarded materials like produce packaging, construction lumber, and plastic bags. He received a BA from the University of California at Berkeley in 1970, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, in 1980. The sculptor and painter currently lives and works in New York, New York.
B. Wurtz's repurposing of everyday flotsam into joyous, humorous, and beautiful objects undermine grand artistic gesture while elevating the commonplace. The artist's transformative amalgams of found materials have tended to coalesce around the subjects of "sleeping, eating, and keeping warm"—the foundational human needs named in his 1973 drawing Three Important Things. While his sculptures are often modest in scale, in 2018, the artist created his now iconic Kitchen Trees for the New York City Public Art Fund, transforming City Hall Park with towering columns of colorful colanders exploding with plastic fruit.
Wurtz has been the subject of over 52 solo exhibitions at prestigious venues including: Feature Inc. (1987, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2003, 2006, New York); Gallery 400 (2000, Chicago); White Flag Projects (2012, St. Louis); Kunstverein (2015, Freiburg, Germany); and the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, (2015, Ridgefield, Connecticut). In 2015, the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, United Kingdom mounted a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work that traveled to La Casa Encendida, Madrid through 2016. In 2018, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles mounted a major solo exhibition of his work, This Has No Name.
His work has also been included in over 174 group exhibitions including: Pandora's Box: Joseph Cornell Unlocks the MCA Collection (2011, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago); Building Blocks: Contemporary Works from the Collection (2011, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence); and Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s (2018, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC)
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EDUCATION
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1980
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M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, USA.
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1970
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B.A., University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2024
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B. Wurtz, The Pit, Palm Springs, California, USA.
B. Wurtz: Organic Yogurt and the Poetics of a Sock, SE Cooper Contemporary, Portland, Oregon, USA.
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2023
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"You Know, This Is How He Is", Office Baroque, Everdijstraat 30, 2000 Antwerp.
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2022
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B. Wurtz: Monuments, Garth Greenan Gallery, New York, USA.
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2021
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B. Wurtz: Monday, Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain.
Four Rooms, featuring four concurrent, one-room solo presentations by Gülşen Çalik, Joanne Greenbaum, Peter Treiber Jr. and B. Wurtz, VSOP Projects, Greenport, New York, USA.
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2019
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B. Wurtz, Kate MacGarry, London, UK.
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2018
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The thin gate clanged (with Paul P.), Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada.
B. Wurtz, Richard Telles, Los Angeles, USA.
This Has No Name, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA.
Domestic Space, Metro Pictures, New York City, USA.
Kitchen Trees, City Hall Park, New York City, USA.
The First Twenty Years, Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany.
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2017
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B. Wurtz, Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico.
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2016
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B. Wurtz, Obras escogidas, 1970-2016, La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain.
B. Wurtz, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium.
B. Wurtz, Metro Pictures Gallery, New York City, USA.
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2015
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B. Wurtz: Selected Works, 1970-2015, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK.
B. Wurtz: Four Collections, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA.
B. Wurtz: Works in Handmade Paper 2013-2015, Dieu Donné, New York City, USA.
B. Wurtz, World Food Books, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
B. Wurtz, Daily life, continued, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.
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2014
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Maisterravalbuena, Madrid, Spain.
Jim Isermann and B. Wurtz, Mary Boone Gallery, New York City, USA.
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
Subjective Histories of Sculpture: B. Wurtz, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School, Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, New York City, USA.
The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada.
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2013
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Galerija Gregor Podnar, Berlin, Germany.
Kate MacGarry, London, UK.
Recent Works, Metro Pictures, New York City, USA.
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2012
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White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
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2011
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B. Wurtz: Works 1970-2011, Metro Pictures, New York City, USA.
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2010
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The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada.
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2007
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Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
B. Wurtz: Photo/Objects, 871 Fine Arts, San Francisco, USA.
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2006
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The Suburban, Oak Park, Illinois, USA.
Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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2003
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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2001
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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2000
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B. Wurtz: 70+30=2000, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
buttons. part 1, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
buttons. part 2, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1999
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Salle de Bains, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Spak, Umeĺ, Sweden.
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1998
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1997
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
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1996
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Ynglingagatan 1, Stockholm, Sweden.
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1995
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Mandalas, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1993
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Daily Life, 1970-1993, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1992
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1991
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Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1990
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Life, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1989
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Survival, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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1988
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Bess Cutler Gallery, New York City, USA.
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1987
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Feature, Chicago, USA.
Bess Cutler Gallery, New York City, USA.
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
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Beyond the Surface: The Art of Handmade Paper, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Like a Nightingale with a Toothache, Off Paradise, New York City, USA.
Michelle Grabner and B. Wurtz, Laurel Gitlen, New York City, USA.
15th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, Carriage Trade, New York City, USA.
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2023
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Band Together, Setareh, Berlin, Germany.
Local Objects, International Objects, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Drawings by Sculptors, organized by Carl D'Alvia, Helena Anrather, New York City, USA.
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2022
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Still, Platform Project Space, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
TWENTY, Kate MacGarry at No. 9 Cork Street, London, UK.
Scott Treleaven, Cemrenaz Uyguner & B. Wurtz, Unit 17, Vancouver, British Columbia.
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2021
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La Boîte-en-Valise, an online exhibition curated by Wim Peeters and Marie Denkens, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium.
Happy Mechanics, Hollybush Gardens, London, UK.
C. Hodgson with B. Wurtz, Arcade, Brussels, Belgium.
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2020
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Energy in All Directions, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
Encuentro IV. Discusión pelea o rińa, Antonio Ballester Moreno, Luis Gordillo, Eduardo Paolozzi y B. Wurtz, Maisterravalbuena Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
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2019
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Friends and Family, curated by Keith Mayerson, Peter Mendenhall Gallery, Pasadena, California, USA.
Sculpture Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA.
Cuty Prince/sses, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts, USA.
Kith + Kin, Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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2018
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The thin gate clanged, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada.
When Geometry Smiles, Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York City, USA.
Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA.
A Page from My Intimate Journal (Part I), Gordon Robichaux, New York City, USA.
Alan Shields Project, Van Doren Waxter, 195 Chrystie St, New York City, USA.
Strange Attractors, The Anthology of Interplanetary Folk Art Vol. 2: The Rings of Saturn, Organized by Bob Nickas, Kerry Schuss, New York City, USA.
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2017
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N. Dash, Virginia Overton, B. Wurtz, Maisterravalbuena, Lisbon, Portugal.
aroundabout Jack Jaeger, Kunstverein Langenhagen, Langenhagen, Germany.
Poor Timing, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland, New Zealand.
A still life by Chardin, Lisson Gallery, London, UK.
Social Photography V, Carriage Trade, New York City, USA.
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day, Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
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2016
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Redeux (Sort of), Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York City, USA.
Exquisite Corpse, Planthouse, New York City, USA.
Pure Pulp, Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, USA.
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2015
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La trampa en la sonrisa, Colección ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria, Spain.
The Lulennial: A Slight Gestuary, Lulu, Colonia Roma, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico.
Zabriskie Point, Jack Hanley Gallery, New York City, USA.
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2014
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Displayed, Anton Kern Gallery, New York City, USA.
Chat Jet (Part 2). Sculpture in Reflection, Künstlerhaus KM — Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz, Austria.
Home Again, Again II, The Journal Gallery, New York City, USA.
Joyride, Marlborough Broome Street, New York, USA.
This One's Optimistic: Pincushion, New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, USA.
Stay in Love, Lisa Cooley Fine Art, New York, USA.
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2013
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Activate NY, Abrons Art Center, New York City, USA.
Café Horizon (You slowly look around now — hold it), Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany.
Prague Biennale, Prague, Czech Republic.
Neomaterialism, MoBY — Museums of Bat Yam, Israel.
Work (organized by Sara Greenberger Rafferty), Klaus Von Nichsstagend, New York, USA.
LAT. 41° 7' N., LONG. 72° 19' W, Martos Gallery, East Marion, New York, USA.
Ten Years, Wallspace, New York, USA.
The Cat Show, White Columns, New York, USA.
History Works, Bureau, New York City, USA.
Alexandre da Cunha, Michael Rey, Michael Williams, B. Wurtz, Office Baroque, Antwerp, Belgium.
Celluloid Brushes, Ludlow 38, New York, USA.
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2012
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C-o-o-l Art, Misako & Rosen, curated by Rob Halverson, Tokyo, Japan.
Josh Tonsfeldt & B. Wurtz, ANNAELLEGALLERY, Stockholm, Sweden.
Bulletin Boards, Venus Over Manhattan, curated by White Columns, New York City, USA.
All In Line, Adam Baugold Gallery, New York, USA.
Everyday Abstract — Abstract Everyday, James Cohan Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs, New York City, USA.
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, Martos Gallery, organized by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, New York, USA.
The Art of Cooking, Royal/T, Culver City, California, USA.
Everyday Things: Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
I Surrender, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago, USA.
New Traditionalists, Martos Gallery, New York City, USA.
Les Détours De L'abstraction, MUDAM — Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
B. Wurtz & Co., Richard Telles Fine Art, curated by Matthew Higgs, Los Angeles, USA.
Cheat Chains and Telephone, Kansas Gallery, New York City, USA.
Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Anagram City, Golden Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City, USA.
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2011
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Moment, Ynglingagatan 1, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Antic measures, Galerija Gregor Podnar, curated by Chris Sharp, Berlin, Germany.
Underemployed (curated by Josh Blackwell), Zurcher Studio, New York, USA.
Pandora's Box: Joseph Cornell Unlocks the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA.
The 2011 Bridgehampton Biennial, Martos Gallery, organized by Bob Nickas, Bridgehampton, New York.
Two Fold, Michelle Grabner / Brad Killam home, curated by Colleen Asper & Ethan Greenbaum, Oak Park, Illinois, USA.
Building Blocks: Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, USA.
Salon Zürcher, Zürcher Studio, New York City, USA.
The Potential of Twist Ties Remains Elusive, an online project curated by Jo-ey Tang; papermonument.com.
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2010
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Stuff Art, U-turn Art Space, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
S(l)umm(er)ing on Madison Avenue, The Notary Public, New York City, USA.
The Same Sight Slighter, Renwick Gallery, New York City, USA.
Mean and Sneaking, FiveMyles, curated by Vicki Sher, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
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2009
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Skulture, Feature Inc., New York, USA.
Hello Goodbye Thank You, Again, Castillo/Corrales, curated by Anthony Huberman, Paris, France.
Exposed Terrain, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, curated by Amra Books, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.
Another '80s, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, USA.
Curated By — Vienna 09: B. Wurtz & Noam Rappaport @ Galerie Steinek, curated by Matthew Higgs, Vienna, Austria.
N'importe Quoi (Anything), Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, curated by Vincent Pécoil and Olivier Vadrot, Lyon, France.
Phot(o)bjects, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver and Lawrimore Project, curated by Bob Nickas, Seattle, Washington, USA.
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2008
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Peanut Gallery, The Journal Gallery, curated by Joe Bradley, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.
The Box, Norma Desmond Productions, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Marcel Broodthaers, Jan Dibbets, Gaylen Gerber with B. Wurtz, David Lieske, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, USA.
Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Stephen Prina, James Welling, B. Wurtz, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Object Salon, Honey Space, curated by Bob Nickas, Kathy Grayson, Pascal Spengemann, Brooke Geahan, and Thomas Beale, New York City, USA.
Styrofoam, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, USA. (brochure)
Shit, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Field Work, The Apartment, Vancouver, Canada.
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2007
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Chistopher Knowles and B. Wurtz, Allston Skirt Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs, Boston, USA.
Open End, Kinkead Contemporary, curated by David McDonald, Culver City, California.
You Always Move in Reverse, Leo Koenig Inc., curated by Bjarne Melgaard, New York City, USA.
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2006
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B. Wurtz, Christopher Knowles, Herald Street Gallery, London, UK.
The Chair, Reconsidered, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.
Eldorado, Mudam Luxembourg, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg.
Dereconstruction, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, curated by Matthew Higgs, New York City, USA.
Kresge Foundation Gallery, Ramapo College, curated by MatCH-Art, Mahwah, New Jersey, USA.
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2005
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Looking at Words, Andrea Rosen Gallery, conceived by Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, New York City, USA.
The O Show, Shore Institute of the Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA.
Studio: Seven Months of My Aesthetic Education (Plus Some) NYC Version and Climaxed, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, USA; Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. (web catalogue)
The sun rises in the evening, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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2004
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Word of Mouth, A Selection: Part 1, Dinter Fine Art, New York City, USA.
Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, curated by Bob Nicklas and Steve Lafreniere, Long Island City, New York, USA.
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2003
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Small Sculpture and Anonymous Tantra Paintings on Paper, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
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2002
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All That Glitters, Islip Art Museum, curated by Karen Shaw, East Islip, New York, USA. (cat.)
GTt2, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, curated by ANP, San Francisco, USA. (cat.)
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2001
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Sharon Kaitz / B. Wurtz, Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, Massachusetts, USA.
Double Visions, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, USA.
Texty, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Canada.
W, Museé des Beaux-Arts, curated by Bob Nicklas, Dole, France. (cat.)
Not a. Lear, Gracie Mansion Gallery, New York City; Allston Skirt Gallery, curated by ANP, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Een Goed In De Weg Staande Tafel, Galerie van Gelder, curated by Jack Jaeger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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2000
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Bubbles, Center for Contemporary Non-Objective Art, curated by Edith Doove, Brussels, Belgium. (cat.)
3ness, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, curated by Edith Doove, Dike Blair and Jimi Dams, Deurle, Belgium.
Not a. Lear, Torch, Amsterdam; Art Process, Paris; Galerie S. & H. De Buck, Ghent, Belgium. Curated by ANP.
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1999
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Would have had, Cabinet, London, UK.
Cookie Snow Feature, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Pretty Happy Painting (with Michael Lazarus and David Moreno), M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Canada.
Sticker Shock: Artists' Stickers, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA. (cat.)
Surface As Structure, Claremont Graduate University, curated by Sue Spaid, Claremont, California, USA. (cat.)
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1998
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office: Dike Blair, Jerry Phillips, B. Wurtz, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Word Perfect, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
f.i.s.t., ANP, Antwerp, Belgium
Science, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Opens, M du B, F, H & g, Montreal, Canada.
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1997
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Fake Ecstasy With Me, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA.
Normotic, One Great Jones, curated by David Humphrey, New York City, USA.
At the Threshold of the Visible: Minuscule and Small-Scale Art, 1964-1996, curated by Ralph Rugoff, Herbert F. Johnson, Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Maryland Institute College of Art, Decker Galleries, Baltimore, MD; Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario; Beach Center for the Arts, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA; Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, Washington, USA; Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, USA (cat.).
Bring Your Own Walkman, W139, curated by Jack Jaeger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (cat.).
Hello (with Dike Blair, Vincent Fecteau and Richard Hawkins), Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Flying Buttress Please, Torch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Twist (with Jean-Philippe Antoine and Stephan Melzl), Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France.
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1996
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Acts of Obsession, Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York City, USA.
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1995
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It's Only Rock and Roll: Rock and Roll Currents in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. (cat.)
Representational Drawings, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Strung into the Apollonian Dream. . . , Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians Gallery, curated by Sarah Seager and Thaddeus Strode, New York, USA.
Stretch Out and Wait (with Keith Mayerson and Megan Williams), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
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1994
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Lessons in Life: Photographic Works from the Boardroom Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, USA.
Sex, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York City, USA.
Paintings, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Projets et Dessins, Galerie Claire Burrus, Paris, France.
Wood Works, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York City, USA.
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1993
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Influx, Gallery 400, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.
Les petits riens de la vie, La Galerie Volée ŕ Une Muse, Lyon, France.
The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, curated by Ann Philbin and Ingrid Schaffner, The Drawing Center, New York City; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Forum for Contemporary Art, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Fundación para el Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Santa Monica Art Museum, Santa Monica, California, USA. (cat.)
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1992
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Another Subjectivity, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (cat.)
Jori Felice, Richard Hawkins, B. Wurtz, Roy Boyd Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA.
Tattoo Collection, Galerie Jennifer Flay and Urbi et Orbi, Paris, France; Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany; Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, USA; Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain, Nantes, France. Air de Paris, Nice, France. curated by Air de Paris and Urbi et Orbi.
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1991
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Objectionable Beauty, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
Rocking Horses for Children in Crisis, Lorence-Monk Gallery, New York City, USA.
Directly On and Off the Wall, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, curated by Kip Eagen, Lake Worth, Florida, USA.
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1990
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Work on Paper, Paula Allen Gallery, New York City, USA.
The Thing Itself, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Perspectives on Place: Attitudes Towards the Built Environment, University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA.
The New School Collects: Recent Acquisitions, Parsons School of Design, curated by Kathleen Goncharov, New York City, USA.
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1989
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Marta Cervera Gallery, New York City, USA.
Buttinsky, Feature, New York City, USA.
Cinderella Rockefeller, Feature Inc., New York City, USA.
Poetic Objectives, Curt Marcus Gallery, curated by Gordon VeneKlasen, New York City, USA.
Romancing the Stone, Feature Inc., New York, USA.
Dorothy, Center for Contemporary Art, curated by Hudson, Chicago, USA.
Double Take, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
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1988
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Photo Poetics, Jack Shainman Gallery, Washington DC, USA
The Logic of Display, PS1, The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Long Island City, New York City, USA. (cat.)
Re:Placement, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, curated by Joy Silverman and Marc Pally, Los Angeles, California, USA.
A Visible Order, Otis/Parsons Exhibition Center, curated by Paul Laster and Renee Riccardo, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Near Miss, Feature, Chicago, USA.
Photography on the Edge, Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. (cat.)
Information as Ornament, Feature and Rezac Gallery, curated by Hudson and Susan Rezac, Chicago, USA. (cat.)
New Strategies, Jan Kesner Gallery, curated by Clayton Press and Gregory Linn, Los Angeles, California, USA. (cat.)
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1987
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(of Ever-Ever Land i speak), Stux Gallery, curated by Christian Leigh, New York City, USA. (cat.)
Small Scale Sculpture, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. (cat.)
Actualities, Ledis Flam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York City, USA. (cat.)
Signs of Intelligent Life, Greathouse Gallery, New York City, USA.
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sculpture, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York City, USA.
Post-Abstract Abstraction, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Eugene Schwartz, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA. (cat.)
Gallery Artists, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York City, USA.
Nature, Feature, Chicago, USA.
INTAR Latin American Gallery, curated by Hudson, New York City, USA.
CalArts: Skeptical Belief(s), Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago; Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California, USA. (cat.)
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1986
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Promises, Promises, Feature, Chicago, USA.
Six Sculptors, Artists Space, New York City, USA. (cat.)
Religion: Painting and Sculpture, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York City, USA.
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1985
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Post Olympic Art, Galerie Beau Lezard, Paris, France.
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1984
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Post Olympic Art, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA. (cat.)
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1981
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Lynne Henkel, B. Wurtz, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA.
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FILMS
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1989
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Films (group screening), Christine Burgin Gallery, New York City, USA.
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1982
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B. Wurtz: Super-8 Film Presentation, Beyond Baroque Literary/Art Center, Venice, California, USA.
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1981
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Group screening (Super-8), Empty Space Theater, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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1980
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Group screening (Super-8), FILMEX (Los Angeles International Film Exposition), Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Jetzer, Gianni, Leah Pires, and Bob Nickas. Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980's. Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC and Rizzoli Electa, New York: 135.
Herbert, Martin. "Gallery Weekend Berlin," Frieze (June, July, August): 176-177.
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Heinrich, Will. "B. Wurtz," The New York Times (October 11): C17.
"B. Wurtz: How to Rule Over Readymades and Help Art Students (An Interview)," ConceptualFineArts.com (November 2).
Hass, Nancy. "Adrift Things: New Spins on Kinetic Sculpture that Reference—and challenge—Alexander Calder's Classic Mobiles," T Magazine (December 2): 105-106.
Campbell, Andy. "Reviews," Artforum (December): 218.
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2017
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Kopel, Dana. "B. Wurtz: Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico," Frieze (May 2017): 198-199.
Simonini, Ross. "B. Wurtz: 'I don't want to get obsessive,'" ArtReview (Summer): 84-89.
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2016
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Hainley, Bruce and Winer, Helene. B. Wurtz: Selected Works. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK and La Casa Encendida, Madrid.
Hainley, Bruce and Winer, Helene. B. Wurtz: Obras escogidas. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK and La Casa Encendida, Madrid.
"In conversation: B. WURTZ with Sara Roffino," The Brooklyn Rail (June): 32-34.
Cumming, Laura. "B Wurtz: Selected works 1970-2015 review—everyday rubbish reimagined," TheGuardian.com (January 3).
Krasinski, Jennifer. "The Slightest Move: On Two Artists Who Possess A Profoundly Light Touch," VillageVoice.com (March 8).
Sam, Sherman. "B. Wurtz: Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art," Artforum (February): 250.
Hanley, Sarah Kirk. "Edition Reviews: B. Wurtz," ArtInPrint.org (April 1).
O'Donnell, Annie. "Review: B. Wurtz, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead," Corridor8.co.uk (January).
Russeth, Andrew. "Around New York," ARTnews (Summer): 118-121.
Wurtz, B. "Rocks and Star Stuff," Art in America (November): 58-59.
Higgs, Matthew. "Best of 2016," Artforum (December): cover, 210.
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2014
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Prince, Mark. "B Wurtz: Kunstverein Freiburg," flashartonline.com (June 2).
Wurtz, B. "Collectors: The Sculptors on Recent Acquisitions," Aperture (Summer): 12.
Prince, Mark. "B. Wurtz at Gregor Podnar, Berlin," Frieze d/e (March/April): 127-9.
Vrancken, Judith. "B. Wurtz at Gregor Podnar, Berlin," Flash Art (January/February): 103-4.
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2013
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Hall, Emily. "B. Wurtz at Metro Pictures," Artforum (Summer): 359.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "B. Wurtz," New Yorker (April 15): 14.
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2012
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Baran, Jessica. "B. Wurtz at White Flag Projects," Art in America (December): 192.
"John Newman and B. Wurtz," BOMB (Summer): 24-33.
Wurtz, B. and Steel Stillman. B. Wurtz: Food and Watercolors, Publication Studio, Portland, Oregon, 2011.
Rosenberg, Karen, "Check Out the Gallery in the Freezer, 'Creature From the Blue Lagoon,' in Bridgehampton," New York Times (August 12): C21.
Gass, William, "Making an Understatement: B. Wurtz at White Flag Projects," St. Louis Magazine (September 24).
Heidenry, Rachel, "'B. Wurtz' demands attention at White Flag," St. Louis Beacon (September 26).
Pagel, David. "B. Wurtz & Co. at Richard Telles Fine Art," Los Angeles Times (March 29).
Soto, Paul. "B Wurtz's Legacy Is Unfinished," Art in America (April 4).
Motley, John. "Unlikely Pair of Artists Share Obsession with Time," The Oregonian (March 7).
Khazam, Rahma. "Antic Measures," Artforum.com (January 5).
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2011
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Baker, R.C. "The Best NYC Art Shows of 2011," Village Voice (December 28).
Prince, Mark. "Antic Measures," Frieze (December 15).
Smith, Roberta. "Substance and Spectacle," New York Times (December 16).
Smith, Roberta. "Best of 2011," nytimes.com (December 16).
Reber, Simone. "Antic Measures," artnet.com, (December 22).
Levin, Kim. "Review," Artnews (November).
Reisman, David. "Review," Frieze (October).
Wilson, Siona. "Review," ArtReview (October).
Neustein, Andrea. "Review," Flash Art (October).
Turvey, Lisa. Artforum (October).
MacQueen, Kathleen. "Shifting Connections: Summer Shorts," BOMBlog (September 2).
Rosenberg, Karen. "All Nooks, Crannies, Bedrooms and Trees are Backdrops for Art," New York Times (August 7).
Indrisek, Scott. "The Pleasures of the Prosaic at the Bridgehampton Biennial," Modern Painters (August 15).
Sharp, Chris. "The Big Picture," Ian Pedigo, 11-18.
"Goings On About Town," New Yorker (August 8).
Salsbury, Britany. "B. Wurtz," Artforum.com (July 26).
Esplund, Lance. "Review," Wall Street Journal (July 23).
Smith, Roberta. "An Artist Who Makes Much Out of Very Little," New York Times (July 1): C23.
Kimball, Whitney. "B. Wurtz: Works at Metro Pictures," artfagcity.com (June 29).
Sterns, Jamie. "B. Wurtz, 1970-2011-Metro Pictures," Ya Ya Ya (June 27).
Baker, R.C. "Best in Show: B. Wurtz at Metro Pictures," Village Voice (July 6).
Wilson, Michael. "B. Wurtz and Peter Nadin Prove It's Easy Being Green," New York Observer (July 5).
Barliant, Claire. "Review: B. Wurtz, 'Works 1970-2011,'" Time Out New York (July 5).
Indrisek, Scott. "Simple Quirks: B. Wurtz Gets Appreciated," Modern Painters (Summer): 21.
McClemont, Doug. "Dough McClemont's Top Ten New York Shows in July," Saatchi Online Magazine (July 13).
Miranda, Carolina A. "This Week: Must-See Arts in the City," WNYC Culture (June 23).
Rosenberg, Karen. "Review of Salon Zürcher," New York Times (March 4): C25.
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2010
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Grabner, Michelle and Brad Killam. Can I Come Over to Your House? The First Ten Years of The Suburban, 1999-2009, Poor Farm Press, Manawa, Wisconsin.
Peck, Aaron. "Review," Artforum.com (Summer).
Smith, Roberta. "Same Sight Slighter," New York Times (May 13).
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2009
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Adler, Dan. "Phot(o)bjects," Frieze (September).
Griffin, Kevin. "Breaking through dimensions: Photo show challenges convention," Vancouver Sun (May 22).
Vogel, Sabine B. "Correspondences," Artforum.com (May 18).
Horny, Henriette. "Fremde Herren in den eigenen Geschäften", Kurier (May 4).
Fessler, Anne Katrin. "Alternativkommandos und geladene Störköche" Der Standard (May 8).
"Slideshow: Viennafair 2009," Art—Das Kunstmagazin (May 11).
Cotter, Holland. "Review of Peanut Gallery," New York Times (January 30).
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2008
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Hodge, Brook. "Seeing Things: Flower Power," The Moment: The New York Times Style Magazine Blog (June 26).
McQuaid, Cate. "Breaking Down the Beauty of Styrofoam," Boston Globe (March 28).
Smith, Roberta. "Begin Again Right Here," New York Times (October 3).
Steele, Robin. "RISD Museum's 'Styrofoam' Features Kilted Lincoln," Brown Daily Herald (March 31).
Van Siclen, Bill. "Flights of Foam at RISD," Providence Sunday Journal (March 9).
Velasco, David. "Nayland Blake at Matthew Marks," Artforum.com (Febaruy 22).
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2007
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Baker, Kenneth. "Wurtz Plays with Architecture, Illusion," San Francisco Chronicle (November 3): E10.
Brooks, Amra. "Our Favorite Shows and Artifacts,: Art to Live For, by LA Weekly Critics," LA Weekly (December 26).
Clark, E. K., "Back to Basics," NY Arts (January/February).
Frank, Peter. "The Big Picture and the Small," LA Weekly (February 14).
Helfand, Glen. "B. Wurtz at 871 Fine Arts," Artforum.com (November 8).
Knight, Christopher. "When Mere Gray Is More Than Gray," Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times (April 20).
McQuaid, Cate, Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment (March 15).
Ollman, Leah. Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times (January 12): E32.
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2006
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Andrews, Betsy. "The Chair, Reconsidered," Idaho Mountain Express (June 14).
Baker, R. C. "Chicken and Eggs," Village Voice (September 13-19): 58.
Jones, Kristin M. "Dereconstruction," Frieze (October): 259.
Masters, H. G. "Review," L Magazine, (August 30): 68.
McKinnon, John. "Review," Time Out Chicago (October 19).
Princenthal, Nancy. "Review," Art in America (December).
Velasco, David. "Review," Artforum.com (September 18).
Velasco, David. "Dereconstruction," Artforum (September): 374.
Winkleman, Edward. Artist of the Week, edwardwinkleman.blogspot.com (July 10).
Review, Art MoCo (October 31).
Update, Interior Design (June): 38.
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2005
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Cotter, Holland. "The Sun Rises in the Evening," New York Times (June 10): E44.
Hainley, Bruce. "Only Connect: The Art of B. Wurtz," Artforum (October): 242-247.
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2004
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White, Roger. "Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity," Brooklyn Rail (September): 17.
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2002
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Olson, Marisa S. "Guide to Trust No. 2 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts," Artweek (May).
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2001
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Cotter, Holland. "Review," New York Times (December 14): E40.
Cotter, Holland, "Not a. Lear," New York Times (October 12): E37.
Grabner, Michelle. "Review," Frieze (April): 96.
McQuaid, Cate. "Everyday Epiphanies," Boston Globe (April 19): D6.
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2000
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Johnson, Ken. "Review," New York Times (January 28): E37.
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1999
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Boström, Patrik. "Review," Västerbottens Folkblad (March 15): 3.
Hainley, Bruce. "Best of the 90's: Top Ten," Artforum (December): 130.
Ivy, Angus. "Wop: ANP Antwerp, Belgium," Zingmagazine (Spring/Summer): 230.
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1998
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Hainley, Bruce. "Boys will be Boys," Frieze (November/December): 42.
Schmerler, Sarah. "Review," Time Out New York (September 24): 61.
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1997
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Cotter, Holland. "A Show That Could Travel In Just a Carry-On Bag," New York Times (December 14): E44-45.
Doran, Anne. "Review," Time Out New York (August 7): 47.
Kandel, Susan. "Review," Los Angeles Times (May 16): F21.
Madestrand, Bo. "Review," Expressen (January 7): 4.
Peeters, Mark. "Review," NRC Handelsblad (January 17).
Rian, Jeff. "Letter from Paris," Artnet.com (March 24).
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1996
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Ericsson, Lars O. "Review," Dagens Nyheter (December 20): B3.
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1995
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Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices (March 28): 9.
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1993
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Levin, Kim. Village Voice, Choices (May 11): 75.
Princenthal, Nancy. "Artist's Book Beat," Print Collector's Newsletter (March/April): 28.
Robinson, Walter. "Music to Your Eyes: CD Covers Play Tribute to Modern Masterpieces," Mademoiselle (October): 102.
Saltz, Jerry. "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday," Art in America (September): 41-45.
Smith, Roberta. "Review," New York Times (May 14): C26.
Weidenbaum, Marc. "More Pictures + Music," Pulse! (August): 17.
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1992
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Pagel, David. "Review," ArtIssues (March/April): 34.
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1991
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"Goings On About Town," New Yorker (April 29): 17.
Schjeldahl, Peter. "The Salon of April," Village Voice (May 14): 86.
Schwan, Gary. "On and Off-The-Wall Art," Palm Beach Post (April 5): 35.
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1990
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Gutterman, Scott. "Natural and Unnatural Causes," Art International (Autumn): 58.
Harris, Patty. "Four Summer Art Shows," Downtown (August 29): 12-13.
Smith, Roberta. "The Group Show as Crystal Ball," New York Times (July 6): C1.
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1989
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Cooper, Dennis. "Review," Artforum (Summer): 143.
Haus, Mary. "Review," ARTnews (December): 169-170.
Hixson, Kathryn. "Dorothy," Chicago in Review (November): 110.
Smith, Roberta. "Romancing the Stone," New York Times (August 11): C21.
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1988
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Finnegan, Patrick. "Photo Poetics," Washington Blade (April 1): 21.
Grundberg, Andy. "The Logic of Display," New York Times (January 29).
Knight, Christopher. "Re:Placement Parts: Alternative Galleries Break Down Walls," Los Angeles Herald Examiner (March 20): E10.
McCoy, Pat. "(of Ever-Ever Land I speak)," Artscribe International (January/February): 73.
Raczka, Robert. "The Next Generation," Afterimage (November): 20-21.
Richard, Paul. "Photo Poetics," Washington Post (March 25).
Thorson, Alice. "Photo Poetics," Washington Times (March 31).
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1987
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Artner, Alan. "Review," Chicago Tribune (March 12): 9F.
Handy, Ellen. "The Four Corners of Abstraction," Arts (November) 108-109.
Zimmer, William. "Post-Abstract Abstraction in Ridgefield," New York Times (July 5).
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1984
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Drohojowska, Hunter. "An Exhibit to Lift Your Post-Olympic Spirits," Los Angeles Herald Examiner (September 7): 27.
Relyea, Lane. "Focus on Cultural Differences," Artweek (September 29): 6.
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1981
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Ricky, Carrie. "Art Attack," Art in America (May): 41-48.
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SELECTED PROJECTS, PUBLICATIONS, AND REPRODUCTIONS OF ARTWORK
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2023
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Wurtz, B. "You Know, This Is How He Is," Tutto, Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
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2022
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The Paris Review, Issue 241, Fall 2022.
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2020
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Wurtz, B. "Pan Paintings," Hunters Point Press, New York.
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2019
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Sculpture Milwaukee 2019. Exhibition booklet.
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2018
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Wurtz, B. "Philosophy from B to Z," Zulu Press.
Jetzer, Gianni, Robert Nickas, and Leah Pires. "Brand New: Art and Commodity in the 1980s." Edited by Gianni Jetzer. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Rizzoli Electa.
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2016
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Winer, Helene, Bruce Hainley, and Laurence Sillars. B. Wurtz: Selected Works 1970-2015. Exhibition catalogue. Gateshead, Madrid: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, La Casa Encendida.
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2012
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Wurtz, B. and Steel Stillman, "B. Wurtz: Food and Watercolors," Publication Studio, Portland, Oregon.
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2011
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Sharp, Chris. "The Big Picture." In Ian Pedigo: Works 2007-2010, edited by Lillian Davies and Chris Sharp. Exhibition catalogue, 11-18. Lethbridge: Southern Alberta Art Gallery.
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2010
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Sam Gordon & B. Wurtz, North Drive Press (#5).
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2008
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"Salon XXIV," The Journal, curated by Joe Bradley (#24).
"Begin Again Right Back Here," White Columns, curated by B. Wurtz, New York.
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2007
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Untitled publication, Feature Inc., New York (#1 Spring).
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2006
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"Blocks," onestar press, Paris.
"Some Blocks," Dinter Fine Art Project Room (March-April).
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2003
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Waters, John, and Bruce Hainley. Art: A Sex Book, Thames and Hudson, New York: 115, 121, 124, 135, 180.
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2001
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Nickas, Robert, Pecoli Vincent, and Anne Drary. W. Exhibition catalogue. Dole: Musée des Beaux-Arts.
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2000
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"Chelsea," Connaissance des Arts (November): 14-15.
Wurtz, B. 70+30=2000: I chose a Selection of My Artworks Made from a Thirty Year Period, 1970 until the Present. Exhibition catalogue. Chicago: Gallery 400.
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1995
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Hudson. "Stroboscopes," Documents sur L'Art, (#7 Spring): 9.
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1993
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"L'Endroit Idéal (Ideal Place)," edited by Eric Troncy, L'Ile du Roy, Centre d'Art et Jardin, Val de Reuil, France: 170-171.
"B. Wurtz: Daily Life, 1970-1993," text by B. Wurtz and E. C., Feature, New York.
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1992
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"Farm 5," with Raymond Pettibon and Dodie Bellamy, Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, New York.
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1989
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"LACE: 10 Years Documented," with Joy Silverman, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles: 36, 55, 82.
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1987
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"Farm 2 (Head Sex)," Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, Chicago.
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1986
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"Farm," Feature and Instituting Contemporary Idea, Chicago.
Smith, Valerie. "Six Sculptors: Villiam Harvey, Lisa Hoke, Steven Schiff, Ritsuko Taho, B. Wurtz, Yuriko Yamaguchi." Exhibition catalogue. New York: Artists Space.
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AWARDS AND HONORS
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2013
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The Lab Grant Program artist, Dieu Donné, New York
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2012
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Inc.
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2008
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Peter S. Reed Foundation
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1991
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Artist and Homeless Collaborative, Park Avenue Women's Shelter, New York
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1984
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National Endowment for the Arts, Honorarium (Post-Olympic Art)
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COLLECTIONS
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Art Institute of Chicago
Hammer Museum, University of California, Los Angeles
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
New School Art Collection, New York
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Progressive Art Collection, Mayfield Village, Ohio
Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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