Essay by Lynne Cooke
Exhibition Images
Texts by Juan Juan Muñoz
Press Release
Selected Bibliography
Biography
Funding

Spanish artist Juan Muñoz has transformed the 7500 square foot gallery into a street-like environment. The residual spaces are inhabited by groups of sculptural figures who engage with each other in ways that transform the sites into highly charged arenas.


Selected Bibliography

Juan Muñoz: Sculptures de 1985 à 1987. Bordeaux: capc Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, 1987.

Juan Muñoz. Nimes: Carré d'Art-Musée d'art contemporain, 1994.

Juan Muñoz: Conversaciones. Valencia: IVAM Centre del Carme, 1992.

Silence Please: Stories After the Works of Juan Muñoz. Dublin: The Irish Museum of Modern Art and Scalo, Zurich, 1996.

"Juan Muñoz," Parkett 43 (1995). Essays by Lynne Cooke, Alexandre Melo, James Lingwood, and Gavin Bryars.


Biography

Born in Madrid in 1953, Juan Muñoz had his first one-person show in 1984. In addition to exhibiting widely in Europe and elsewhere since then, he has also devised a number of radio programs and published several books containing both his own texts and found material which he has modified or edited.


Funding

Support for this exhibition has been provided by The National Endowment for the Arts; Altria Group, Inc.; Lannan Foundation; and the members of the Dia Art Council.




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