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Checklist of Works
Selected Bibliography
Biography
Funding


Checklist of Works

Kulturgeschichte 1880-1983 (Cultural History 1880-1983), 1980-83.
1,590 Blätter (sheets)
19 Elemente/Skulpturen (elements/sculptures):

0. Bogenschütze (archer)
1. Gebetsglocke (prayer bell)
2. Halbmond (crescent moon)
3. Bibel (bible)
4. Kreuz (cross)
5. Regenmacher (rain maker)
6. Pferd (horse)
7. Schwan (swan)
8. Roboter (robot)
9. Litfass [-säule] (advertising pillar)
10. Bismarck (Bismarck)
11. Büste (Frau), (bust [woman])
12. Klausewitz (Uhr/Soldat, 1917), (Klausewitz [clock/soldier, 1917])
13. Sklavenpaar (slave couple)
14. Adenauer (adenauer)
15. Bäcker (baker)
16. Arzt (doctor)
17. Jogging-Paar (joggers)
18. Jeanspuppe/Teddybear (doll in denims/teddy bear)


Selected Bibliography

Bordaz, Jean-Pierre. "Hanne Darboven-or the Dimension of Time and Culture." Parkett 10 (1986), pp. 104-111.

Dickel, Hans. "Hanne Darboven, Bismarckzeit, 1978." Kunst + Unterricht, no. 121 (1988), pp. 52-54.

Hanne Darboven: Primitive Zeit/Uhrzeit: Primitive Time/Clock Time. Philadelphia: Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, 1990.

Lippard, Lucy. "Deep in Numbers." Artforum 12, no. 2 (October 1973),pp. 35-39.

Pohlen, Annelie. "Hanne Darboven's Time: The Content of Consciousness." Artforum 21, no. 8 (April 1983), pp. 52-53.

Van Bruggen, Coosje. "Today Crossed Out, an Introduction by Coosje van Bruggen to Today, a Project by Hanne Darboven." Artforum 26, no. 5 (January 1988), pp. 70-73.


Biography

Hanne Darboven was born in 1941 in Munich, Germany. Following a brief episode as a pianist, she studied painting at the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künst in Hamburg. Between 1966 and 1969, she lived intermittently in New York City, after which she returned to her family home in Hamburg where she continues to live and work. Darboven has participated in numerous international exhibitions including Documentas 5, 6, and 7 in Kassel, and the 1982 Biennale of Venice. She also has had numerous one-person shows in Europe and North America, including major presentations at the Ydessa Hendeles Foundation, Toronto, in 1991, and in Hamburg and Eindhoven in 1992.


Funding

Major funding for this exhibition has been provided by the Lannan Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Lufthansa German Airlines, with additional generous contributions by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany through the German Consulate General New York, and the members of the Dia Art Council.




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