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CAMERAS
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
aldrichart.org
21 June 2009 -- 16 September 2009
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Examining years of obsession with cameras from 1974 to 2009, CAMERAS is the first exhibition that explores Sachs' fascination with these modern objects. The show includes replicas, functioning cameras, and related objects made from foamcore, bronze, wood, steel, clay, and plastic.
BRONZE COLLECTION
Lever House, New York City
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
2008
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Large scale bronzes of foamcore Hello Kitty, My Melody, and Miffy models debut at Lever House in New York City. Other bronze casts, including stacks of car batteries and skateboarding ramps, accompany these bronzes. Editions follow at Baldwin Gallery in Aspen, Colorado and at the Trocadero in Paris, France.
ANIMALS
Sperone Westwater
415 West 13 Street
New York, NY 10014
speronewestwater.com
8 May 2008 -- 21 June 2008
ABOUT THE SHOW:
ANIMALS consists of ten small rooms, each containing individual works. Whether literally depicted, or figuratively alluded to, animals dominate the 25 freestanding and wall-mounted paintings and sculptures exploring the presence of the “animalistic” in our everyday lives.
SPACE PROGRAM
Gagosian Gallery
456 N Camden Drive
Beverly Hills, California, 90210
gagosian.com
8 September 2007 -- 13 October 2007
ABOUT THE SHOW:
SPACE PROGRAM: A complete trip to the moon and back. Elaborate systems and processes yielded a large body of work as well as a compelling demonstration at Gagosian Gallery in Beverly Hills,California September 2007.
LOGJAM
Des Moines Art Center
4700 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312
desmoinesartcenter.org
25 May 2007 -- 26 August 2007
ABOUT THE SHOW:
LOGJAM details the working and living environments of the Tom Sachs world. Included are workstations, toolboxes, and other items that reveal the ubiquity of bricolage in Tom's life and showcase the process that has driven his work as an artist.
ISLANDIA
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
7 Rue Debelleyme
Paris, FRANCE 75003
ropac.net
20 January -- 24 February 2007
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Lists, pesticides, air conditioners -- these are all items we use to manipulate and comprehend the world we live in. ISLANDIA is a collection of such objects that pervade modern life and culture.
TOM SACHS
Fondazione Prada
via Fogazzaro 36
20135 Milan, ITALY
http://www.fondazioneprada.org/
7 April -- 11 June 2006
ABOUT THE SHOW:
The Fondazione Prada holds a retrospective of Tom's work, including a few new large works made specifically for the show. These include The Island, a replica of the Enterprise CVN bridge, and Balaenoptera Musculus, a foam core whale inspired by the Museum of Natural History's famous model.
TOM SACHS: SURVEY
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst
Postboks 1158
0107 Oslo, NORWAY
http://afmuseet.no/
14 January - 23 April 2006
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Oslo's Museum of Modern Art holds a survey of Tom's work up to 2004.
NUTSY'S
Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin 2003
Bohen Foundation, New York City 2002
Hester St Studio, New York City 2001
ABOUT THE SHOW:
A grand and comprehensive tour of today's American city from the perspective of a Mini-Z racer. Stops include McDonald's, Le Corbusier's Unite, the ghetto, and a sculpture garden. Don't forget your bong hit too.
WHITE
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
7 Rue Debelleyme
Paris, FRANCE 75003
ropac.net
20 January -- 24 February 2001
ABOUT THE SHOW:
Themes of space and modern technology pervade Tom's second exhibition at Thaddaeus Ropac Galerie in Paris.
HAUTE BRICOLAGE
Mary Boone Gallery
745 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10151
maryboonegallery.com/
11 September 1999 -- 23 October 1999
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CULTURAL PROSTHETICS
Morris-Healy Gallery
New York
9 December 1995 -- 16 January 1996