Matt Mullican
Representing the Work, 2018-2019
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Set of 64 bedsheets.
Mixed media
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Installation view: Matt Mullican - Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019
Photo: Oscar MonsalveRepresenting the Work, 2018-2019
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Set of 64 bedsheets.
Mixed media
Unique
Installation view: Matt Mullican - Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019Photo: Oscar MonsalveRepresenting the Work, 2018-2019
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Set of 64 bedsheets.
Mixed media
Unique
Installation view: Matt Mullican - Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019Photo: Oscar MonsalveRepresenting the Work (Chart), 2019
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Gesso and acryl on cotton
260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizRepresenting the Work (Who feels the most pain?), 2019
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Gesso, paper, ink and pencil on cotton
260 x 240 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizRepresenting the Work (Who feels the most pain?), 2019. (Detail)
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Gesso, paper, ink and pencil on cotton
260 x 240 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizRepresenting the work (Photo + drawing), 2019 (part 1)
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.Gesso and oilstick on cotton
Set of 3 bed sheets, two of 260 x 240 cm and one of 260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Philippe De GobertRepresenting the work (Stick Figure + Sign), 2019 (part 2)
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Gesso and oilstick on cotton
Set of 3 bed sheets, two of 260 x 240 cm and one of 260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Philippe De GobertRepresenting the work (Man broken up + elements, 2019 (part 3)
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Gesso and oilstick on cotton
Set of 3 bed sheets, two of 260 x 240 cm and one of 260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Philippe De Gobert.Representing the work (Physical experiments within imaginary studio. 1974), 2019
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Gesso, china marker and ink on cotton
260 x 240 cm
UniquePhoto: Philippe De GobertRepresenting the Work (Dead comic book characters. 1973), 2019
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Archival inkjet prints and gesso on cotton
260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizRepresenting the Work (Dead comic book characters. 1973), 2019. (Detail)
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Archival inkjet prints and gesso on cotton
260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizRepresenting the Work (Gouaches – Heaven), 2019
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Acryl, gesso on cotton
260 x 150 cm
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizInstallation view: Matt Mullican – Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019
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Photo: Oscar MonsalveInstallation view: Matt Mullican – Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019
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Photo: Oscar MonsalveUntitled (Pavilion), 2019
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World Framed Drawings
8 drawings and table
Overall measure: 100 x100 x 80 cm
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Installation view: Matt Mullican - Representing the Work, NC Arte, Bogotá, 2019
Photo: Oscar MonsalveUntitled (5 Lecture Boards), 2018
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Set of 5 boards, marker on whiteboard
190 x 157 x 60 cm each
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizUntitled (5 Lecture Boards), 2018 (Detail)
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Set of 5 boards, marker on whiteboard
190 x 157 x 60 cm each
UniquePhoto: Roberto RuizInstallation view: The Feeling of Things, Pirelli Hangar Biccoca. 2018
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Photo: Agostino OsioInstallation view: The Feeling of Things, Pirelli Hangar Biccoca. 2018
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Photo: Agostino OsioInstallation view: The Feeling of Things, Pirelli Hangar Biccoca. 2018
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Photo: Agostino OsioUntitled (Four Worlds Between Five), 2018
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Polyester and metal cords, 4 parts
500 x 400 cm each
UniqueLeft: Untitled (Time Zones), 2014.
Right: Untitled (12 Hours), 2014
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Right: Untitled (12 Hours), 2014
Gouache and oilstick on canvas
151 x 151 cm each
Unique works
Photo: Roberto RuizLeft: Untitled (Days of the Week), 2014.
Right: Untitled (Months of the Year), 2014
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Right: Untitled (Months of the Year), 2014
Gouache and oilstick on canvas
184 x 123 cm each
Unique works
Photo: Roberto RuizInstallation view: Matt Mullican: Nothing Should Exist, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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Photo: Reto KaufmannInstallation view: Matt Mullican: Nothing Should Exist, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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Photo: Reto KaufmannInstallation view: Matt Mullican: Nothing Should Exist, Kunstmuseum Winterthur
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Photo: Reto KaufmannInstallation view: Matt Mullican. The Sequence of Things, 2016-2017, Camden Arts Centre, London
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Photo: Mark BlowerInstallation view: Matt Mullican. The Sequence of Things, 2016-2017, Camden Arts Centre, London
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Photo: Mark BlowerUntitled,1988
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Portfolio of 16 etchings and aquatints on Magnani Incisioni paper
22.5 x 14.75 each
Ed. 64
Photo: Mark BlowerThe Meaning of Things, 2014
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Set of 676 collages on paper
29,7 x 21 cm each
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Photo: Roberto RuizThe Meaning of Things, 2014 (Detail)
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Set of 676 collages on paper
29,7 x 21 cm each
Unique
Photo: Roberto RuizThe Meaning of Things, 2014 (Detail)
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Set of 676 collages on paper
29,7 x 21 cm each
UniqueThe Meaning of Things, 2014 (Detail)
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Set of 676 collages on paper
29,7 x 21 cm each
UniqueInstallation view: City, ProjecteSD, Barcelona, 2011
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Installation view: City, ProjecteSD, Barcelona, 2011
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Untitled (City Charts), 1990’s
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44 works on paper including 8 drawings, 4 gouaches, prints and prints with pencil notes, pins; mounted on board
Overall dimension; 305 x 141 cm
UniqueInstallation view: City, ProjecteSD, Barcelona, 2011
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Untitled (Computer City Project and Five into One), 1986 – 1992
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87 works on paper including 5 original drawings, 9 xeroxes with pencil notes, 1 blueprint, 8 computer prints, 64 scans out of books + video "Five Into One"
Variable dimensions
UniqueUntitled, 2000
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Set of 5 colour duratrans in lightboxes
40,6 x 50,8 x 12,7 cm each part
Ed. 6/8Untitled (City Charts, Sketches for Glass Pieces # 1), 1992
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Pencil on graph paper
Framed: 103 x 127,7 cm
UniqueIntallation view: Matt Mullican, STUK Artcenter Leuven, 2009
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Photo: L. BernaertsUntitled (Animated Fictional Details: Dying Stick Figure), 2002
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Computer animation, DVD-R
Duration 32 "
AP I/I (3)Installation view: Matt Mullican, 12 By 2, IAC Villeurbaine, France, 2010
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Installation view: Matt Mullican, 12 By 2, IAC Villeurbaine, France, 2010
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Notating Cosmology, 2008
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123 drawings, marker on paper
109 28 x 21, 6 cm + 14 21, 6 x 28 cm
Unique workNotating Cosmology, 2008
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123 drawings, marker on paper
109 28 x 21, 6 cm + 14 21, 6 x 28 cm
Unique workUntitled (Animated Cosmology- 9 panels), 2005
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Computer animation
DVD-R
Ed. 3 + 1 APUntitled (Default Atmospheres No. 9), 2003
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Duratrans in lightbox
93,8 x 125,3 x 10,2 cm
UniqueUntitled (Default Atmospheres No. 11), 2003
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Duratrans in lightbox
93,8 x 125,3 x 10,2 cm
UniqueUntitled (Learning From That Person’s Work: C/G), 2007
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Dypthic, acrylic and oilstick on canvas
122 x 91,5 cm each
UniqueInstallation view: Breaking up is hard to do, ProjecteSD, 2006
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Photo: Francesc DanielLearning From That Person’s Work (Under My Skin), 2005
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9 drawings, ink on paper mounted on cotton sheets
2 parts. Each drawing: 82 x 68 cm
Each sheet: 262 x 230
Unique
Photo: Roberto RuizLearning From That Person’s Work (Under My Skin), 2005 (Detail)
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9 drawings, ink on paper mounted on cotton sheets
2 parts. Each drawing: 82 x 68 cm
Each sheet: 262 x 230
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Photo: Roberto RuizLearning From That Person’s Work (Working Day & Recipes), 2006
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9 drawings, ink on paper mounted on cotton sheets
2 parts. Each drawing: 82 x 68 cm
Each sheet: 262 x 230
Unique
Photo: Roberto RuizLearning From That Person’s Work (Working Day & Recipes), 2006 (Detail)
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9 drawings, ink on paper mounted on cotton sheets
2 parts. Each drawing: 82 x 68 cm
Each sheet: 262 x 230
Unique
Photo: Roberto RuizLearning From That Person’s Work (I Love to Walk to School & Weird Feet), 2005
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9 drawings, ink on paper mounted on cotton sheets
2 parts. Each drawing: 82 x 68 cm
Each sheet: 262 x 230
UniqueUntitled, 2006
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7 glass spheres, wire, white stripe
Variable dimensions
UniqueUntitled, 2006 (Detail)
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7 glass spheres, wire, white stripe
Variable dimensions
UniqueReconstructing the Fifth World, 2004
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Melted telephones
30 x 60 x 12 cm each
UniqueUntitled (Fictional Details (Details from an Imaginary Universe), 1975-76
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Rapidograph, ink, pencil on paper
Framed: 61 x 76 x 2,5 cm
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Biography
Born in Santa Monica, USA, 1951
Lives and works in Berlin and New York
Developed over a period of three decades, the works of Matt Mullican are considered some of the most influential contributions contemporary art has seen in recent years: his oeuvre is both mysterious and clear, and remarkable for the myriad of media used. Central to his work is the systematization, structuring, and ordering of personal worldviews that oscillate between subject and object, between a personal and a universal worldview. Mullican’s works circle around the perception as unconscious interpretation of sensible reception of realities. Underlying Matt Mullican´s work is an artistic concept which encompasses a world-view. His works can only be read in relation to each other. A relation that exists through language and signs, through repetition, rhyme and association. Together the works form a continually semantic network.
Selected Texts
- 2010Gallien DéjeanMatt Mullican, 12 by 2
- 2009Tim GriffinWhat is that person thinking?
- 2008Frances Follin'That Person's Workbook' or Enquire Within About Everything
- 2005Kasper König & Ulrich WilmesForeword - That Person
- 2001Michael TarantinoDetails: An Interview with Matt Mullican
- 1987Holland CotterMatt Mullican: Public Paradise
- 1980Allan McCollumMatt Mullican's World
Exhibitions
- 02 October — 14 November 2015
- 17 November 2018 — 12 January 2019
- 01—28 February 2023
- 07 May — 29 July 2022
- 15 February — 19 March 2020
News
- 30 October 2022 — 8 January 2023
Solo show: Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck
- 16 February — 18 October 2020
SOLO SHOW: MAC's, GRAND-HORNU
- 27 September 2019 — 12 January 2020
GROUP SHOW: MUSAC, LEÓN
- 19 July — 3 November 2019
GROUP SHOW: EL PALATINO, ROME
- 29 May — 15 September 2019
GROUP SHOW: G2 KUNSTHALLE LEIPZIG
- 2 May — 30 June 2019
GROUP SHOW: GRAPHISCHE SAMMLUNG, ETH, ZURICH
- 5 April — 11 August 2019
SOLO SHOW, SKULPTURENHALLE, NEUSS
- 23 March 2019 — 8 June 2020
SOLO SHOW: NC-ARTE, BOGOTA
- 9 March 2019 — 26 January 2020
SOLO SHOW: DE YOUNG MUSEUM, SAN FRANCISCO
- 12 September 2018 — 12 January 2019
GROUP SHOW, Forum Arte Braga, Portugal
- 7 September — 9 December 2018
GROUP SHOW, 33RD SÃO PAULO BIENNALE
- 12 April — 26 September 2018
Solo show, Pirelli Hangarbicocca, Milan