Ian Wilson
1940
2020

Born in Durban, ZA
Died in New York, US

Selected Exhibitions and Discussions
2022
Archiving Ian Wilson, Jan Mot, Brussels, BEWorks on Paper, TARO NASU, Tokyo, JP
2021
Ian Wilson, David Lamelas. Traces of Speech and Time in Michel Claura's Miscellanies, JanMot, Brussels, BE
2020
Perfect, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
Not in So Many Words, Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo, NL
Out of Order. Works From The Haubrok Collection, Part 2, Neues Museum Nürnberg,Nürnberg, DE
I am before, I am almost, I am never, Contemporary Art Center Parc Saint-Léger, Pougues-lesEaux, FRPaper Works, TARO NASU, Tokyo, JP
2019Harbinger II: Subtle Collisions, Gent University Botanical Garden, Gent, BE
Ian Wilson, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
Points de Rencontres, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR
Présences voyageuses, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, FR
2018
Time extended / 1964-1978. Works and Documents from the Herbert Foundation. Part III,Herbert Foundation, Gent, BE
Bandes à part, Le Musée régional d'art contemporain, Sérignan, FRTalk Show Festival, La Panacée, Montpellier, FR
The Transported Man, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, EastLansing, US2017
FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin, DE
The Transported Man, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing, US
Modus Operandi, Societé, Brussels, BEDu verbe à la communication. La collection de Josée et Marc Gensollen, Carré d'Art, Musée d'art
contemporain, Nîmes, FR
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion, Tate Modern, London, UK
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
Ian Wilson, KW Berlin, DE (solo)
Ian Wilson, TARO NASU, Tokyo, JP (solo)
2016
Du verbe à la communication. La collection de Josée et Marc Gensollen, Carré d'Art, Musée d'art
contemporain, Nîmes, FR
Daniel Buren. A Fresco, Bozar, Brussels, BE2015
A Fragile But Marvelous Life, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, USHotel Theory, REDCAT, Los Angeles, USManon de Boer - Joachim Koester - Ian Wilson, Jan Mot, Brussels, BEArtZuid, Amsterdam, NL
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion, P420, Bologna , ITThe Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion, Jan Mot, Brussels, BEThe Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, US2014
Yokohama Triennale 2014, Yokohama Museum of Art / Shinko Pier, Yokohama, JPSapporo International Art Festival 2014, Sapporo, JPDER LEONE HAVE SEPT CABEÇAS, CRAC Alsace, Altkirch, FR
3rd Biennale of Bahia, BR
The Distance Between You And Me, Haubrok Foundation, Berlin, DE
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions, Dia:Beacon, Beacon, USFlatland. A Plateau of Sculptures, Mamco, Geneva, CH
2013
There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's 4'33, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, US
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions, Dia:Chelsea, New York City, US
Statements, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute, Discussions, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, ATGrazer Kunstverein, Graz, AT(certificate of the discussion presented permanently at the Grazer

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2005Kunstverein)
Art Institute Chicago, Chicago, US
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions, DIA:BEACON, Beacon, US
Statements, Jan Mot, Mexico City, MX
Materializing Six Years: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art, Brooklyn Museum,Brooklyn, USDiscussion, Villa Reale, Milano, IT
Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute in Art, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute, DIA BEACON, Beacon, US
Positions on Conceptual Art, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions, Dia: Beacon, New York, US (Discussions)
People and Time, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
Geste serpentine et autres prophéties, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, FR
The Passenger, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, NLUnderwood, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, FRLe moins du monde, 49 nord 6 est - FRAC Lorraine, Metz, FRHabiter poétiquement, Musée d’art moderne Lille Métropole, Lille, FRArt Unlimited, Art 41 Basel, Basel, CHA l’ombre d’un doute, FRAC Lorraine, Metz, FRPlay Van Abbe – Part 2: Time Machines: Inbetween Minimalisms, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Discussioni individuali, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT (solo)
Ian Wilson, Kunstverein, Amsterdam, NL (solo)
Dans l’abîme du Temps, Oeuvres des collections du Frac Lorraine, Musée départemental d’art ancien etcontemporain, Epinal, FR
Quelque chose du temps, Frac Lorraine, Centre de Détention, Toul, FR
Collected Things Connected, Haubrokshows, Berlin, DE
Mario Garcia Torres, Ian Wilson, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
MAMCO, Geneva, CH (Discussion)
Play Van Abbe, Repetition: Summer Display 1983, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NLThis Is Not a Void, Galerie Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo, BR
Plug In #47, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Peripherical Vision and Collective Body, Museion, Bolzano, IT
One Early Sculpture, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
Time Pieces, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
In the Stream of Life, Bétonsalon, Paris, FRA Discussion / Ian Wilson At Yvon Lambert New York, Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York, US
Before the End, L’Usine, Dijon, FR
A Theatre Without Theatre, Museu Berardi, Lisboa, PT
A Theatre Without Theatre, MACBA, Barcelona, ES
A Spoken Word Exhibition, Swiss Institute, New York, USArt 38 Basel, Jan Mot, Basel, CH
Art & Language. Stephanie Brooks, Helen Mirra and Ian Wilson, Peter Blum Chelsea, New York, USProgramme, Jan Mot, Brussels, BEA Discussion / Ian Wilson at Jan Mot, Jan Mot Brussels, BEPublic Space / Two Audiences. Works and Documents from the Herbert Collection, MACBA, Barcelona,ESInventory. Works from the Herbert Collection, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, AT
The Known and the Unknown, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, DK
EindhovenIstanbul, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
There Was a Discussion. EA C, Expat-art Centre, Bizart, Shanghai, CN
MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, UKJan Mot, Frieze Art Fair, London, UKA Discussion / Ian Wilson, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, DEA discussion with Ian Wilson, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DEGalerie Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe, DE (solo)
Today is Just a Copy of Yesterday, Jan Mot, Brussels, DE
Strictement confidentiel. A partir de la collection de Marc et Josée Gensollen, Centre d’Art, Vassivière, FR

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Two Works, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
Ian Wilson will be at the Jan Mot Gallery for discussions, Jan Mot, Brussels, BE
Expat-art Centre, ICA, London, UK
Don’t expect anything. Robert Barry, Tino Sehgal, Ian Wilson, Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, IT (cat.)
Mamco, Genève, CH
Les années 70, CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, FR (cat.)
Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Conceptual Art in the Netherlands and Belgium, 1965-1975, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL (cat.)
One Early Sculpture, Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels, BE (solo)
IIan Wilson: Discussions of the Absolute, Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen, CH
Ian Wilson. Works from 1966 to 2001, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, US (with Robert Ryman)
Discussions of the Absolute, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, US
Ian Wilson and Robert Ryman, Peter Blum Gallery, New York, US
Nothing in the Main Hall, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, UK
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Rooseum-Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö, SE (cat.)
Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute, Kunsthalle Basel, CH (organisation Galerie Mot & Van denBoogaard)
Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Genève, CH
Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored Objects, Works From theCollection of Annick and Anton Herbert, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d'Art Contemporain, LU (cat.)
Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute, Gensollen, Marseille, FR
Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BE(organisation Galerie Mot &Van den Boogaard)
Ian Wilson, Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels, BE (solo)
Perfect, Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels, BERobert Ryman + Ian Wilson, Genesta, London, UK (cat.)
1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, US (cat.)
Feux Pâles, Musée d’art contemporain Entrepôt, Bordeaux, FR (cat.)
L'art conceptuel, une perspective, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FR (cat.)That Which is Both Known and Unknown: A Discussion With Ian Wilson, (on the occasion of the printingof sections 35 and 36), Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
A Discussion with Ian Wilson, Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York, USAt 1 P.M., 13th January 1985, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Works of Conceptual Art from the Collection of David Bellman, Or Gallery, Vancouver, CAAt 20.00 P.M. 3rd June 1983, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NLDavid Bellman Gallery, Toronto, CAAt 20.00 P.M., Tuesday 22nd June 1982, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
At 20.00 P.M., 11th May 1981, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Une discussion avec Ian Wilson, Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou), Salon Kandinsky,Paris, FRAt 16.00 P.M., June 28th 1980, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Une depositiën d’artistes invité par Ian Wilson (lui-même y compris) brooste et organisée par Michel
Claura, 92, rue Saint-Lazare, Paris, FR
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, DE (Discussions)
On the 28th and the 29th of May 1979, Ian Wilson will be in the gallery for discussion from 2 PM to 6PM, Michele Lachowsky, Brussels, BE
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL (Discussions)
IAN WILSON sera présent à la galerie pour des discussions, Liliane & Michel Durand–Dessert, Paris, FR
On March 18, 1978 – at 20H, Ian Wilson will be at the Galerie Vega, for Discussion, Galerie Vega,
Neupre, BE (Plainevaux)March 15, 16 and 17, 1978, Ian Wilson will be in Eindhoven for Discussion, Van Abbemuseum,Eindhoven, NL
March 11, 12 and 13, 1978, Ian Wilson will be in Basel for Discussion, Rolf Preisig, Basel, CH
Villa Seurat, Paris, FR (Discussion)
Ian Wilson Will Be at the Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery for Discussion, DEPiramide Bldg.4F, 6-6-9 Roppongi Minatoku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPANT +81-(0)3-5786-6900 F +81-(0)3-5786-6902 info@taronasugalley.com www.taronasugallery.com

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Discussion between Massimo Minini and Ian Wilson, Banco, Brescia, IT
Ian Wilson Will Present Plato's Epistemology of The Parmenides, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL(Discussion)
N.Y.U., New York, US (Discussion)
John Weber Gallery, New York, US (Discussions)
May 2nd through 4th 1976 Ian Wilson will be in Basel for discussion, Rolf Preisig, Basel, CHAt 8.30 P.M., April 27th 1976, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, for discussion, VanAbbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL
Maison des centraux, Paris, FR (Discussion)
John Weber Gallery, New York, US (Discussion)
Gian Enzo Sperone, New York, US (Discussion)
ICA, London, UK (Discussion)
Daniel Buren, Robert Ryman, Ian Wilson, Galerie MTL, Brussels, BE
Galerie M.T.L., Brussels, BE (Discussion)
Contemporanea, Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, Art Section, IT (cat.)On the 20th of September 1974 Ian Wilson will be present for discussion from 7p.m. to 10p.m., Rolf
Preisig, Basel, CH
On the 10th of September 1974 Ian Wilson will be in the Cusack Gallery for discussiant from 5 P.M to 8P.M., Houston, Texas, USNew York University, US (organized by Robert Ryman) (Discussion)
New York University, US (organized by Robert Ryman) (Discussion)
New York University, US (organized by Robert Ryman) (Discussion)
Le 4 Avril 1974, à 20 heures précises, 16-18 rue Littré, Paris, Ian Wilson sera présent pour un entretien
dont le sujet sera lu par Michel Claura, Paris, FRJack Wendler Gallery, London, UK (Discussion)
John Weber Gallery, New York, US(Discussion)
Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Deurle, BE
Galleria Toselli, Milan, 30 March, IT
Jack Wendler Gallery, London, UK (Discussion)
John Weber Gallery, New York, US (Discussion)
Can Something be “Made” Clear?, John Weber Gallery, New York, US
Le mercredi 28 mars, Ian Wilson discutera un sujet dont le thème sera annoncé dans la Galerie
M.T.L., Galerie M.T.L., Brussels, BE
Das Konzept ist die Form, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, DE
Galleria Toselli, Milan, IT (Discussion)
Ian Wilson ist da!, Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, DE
Arte de Sistemas, Centro de Arte y Communication, Buenos Aires, AR (cat.)
The Boardwalk Show, Protech-Rivkin, Washington D.C., US
At the moment, Doorway-Hall, Zagreb, HR (poster-catalogue)
John Weber Gallery, New York, US (Discussion)
California Institute for the Arts, US
Café de la Monnaie, Paris, FR (Discussion)
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, DE (Discussions)Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf, DE (Discussions)
18 PARIS IV 1970, rue Mouffetard 66, Paris, FR (cat.)
Robert Barry presents a Work by Ian Wilson, The work: Ian Wilson, Bronx, New York, US
One month, Seth Siegelaub (organizer), New York, US
Krefeld, DE(Discussion)
Köln, DE (Discussion)
Information, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, US (cat.)
Language IV, Dwan Gallery, New York, US
Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects, The New York Cultural Center, New York, in association with
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey, US (cat.)
Albergo Rosa, Milano, IT (organized by Michel Claura) (Discussion)
Nigel Greenwood, London, UK (organized by David Lamelas)
Museum of Modern Art, New York, US (curator Kynaston McShine)
Ian Wilson, Jack Wendler Gallery, London, UK
ICA, London, UK (Discussion)
557,087, Seattle Art Museum Pavilion (US), and traveled as 995,000 to Vancouver, CA (organized byLucy Lippard)(cat.)

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Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, CA (cat.)
Number 7, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, US
One month / March 1969, Various locations throughout the world; each artist an assigned day (cat.)(organized by Seth Siegelaub)
Konzeption - Conception, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, DE, 19 March
Time: A Pannel Discussion, The New York Shakespeare Theater, for the Benefit of the Student
Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, US (organized by Seth Siegelaub)
There was a discussion, in New York in 1968, on the idea of time, Bykert Gallery, New York, US

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