Matt Mullican
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