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 Most exhibitions in: |
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| France | 26 |
| USA | 23 |
| Germany | 12 |
| Switzerland | 8 |
| United Kingdom | 7 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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Kunsthalle Zürich, Switzerland |
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Galerie Chantal Crousel, France |
4 |
Biography: 
Paris (FR)
Claire Fontaine is a Paris-based collective, founded in 2004. After lifting her name from a popular brand of school notebooks, Claire Fontaine declared herself a "readymade artist" and began to elaborate a version of neo-conceptual art that often looks like other people's work. Working in neon, video, sculpture, painting and text, her practice can be described as an ongoing interrogation of the political impotence and the crisis of singularity that seem to define contemporary art today. But if the artist herself is the subjective equivalent of a urinal or a Brillo box - as displaced, deprived of its use value, and exchangeable as the products she makes - there is always the possibility of what she calls the "human strike." Only two years old, Claire Fontaine uses her freshness and youth to make herself a whatever-singularity and an existential terrorist in search of subjective emancipation. She grows up among the ruins of the notion of authorship, experimenting with collective protocols of production, détournements, and the production of various devices for the sharing of intellectual and private property.
Recent shows include, Grey Flags, The Sculpture Center, New York, Group Therapy, Museo d'arte moderna e contemporanea, Bolzano, Incipit, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris and The Look of Law, University of California, Irvine. Claire Fontaine is represented by Reena Spaulings Fine Art in New York.
She is now preparing a book to be published by les Editions La Fabrique, Paris around the concepts of ready-made artist and human strike.
Paris, September 2006
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Public exhibitions 111
from 2.6.2010
from 11.12.
from 28.11.
until 10.1.2010
Solo shows 23
2009
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| Claire Fontaine - Recessions - Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna |
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| The Exhibition Formerly Known as Passengers: 2.10 Claire Fontaine - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Interior Design for Bastards - T293, Naples |
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| Destroy and Rejuvenate - Regina Gallery, Moscow |
2008
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| Claire Fontaine - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Hazard Lights - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Feux de détresse - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| Claire Fontaine - Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO |
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| Asleep - Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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| CLOSED FOR PRAYERS - Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin |
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| Claire Fontaine - Change - Galerie NEU, Berlin |
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| Counter-Poison - Komplot, Brussels |
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| Claire Fontaine - Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam |
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| Instructions for the sharing of private property - The Kitchen, New York City, NY |
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| Capitalism is not working - House of Gaga, Mexico City |
2007
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| Equivalences - Villa Arson, Nice |
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| Get Lost - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
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| CLAIRE FONTAINE «HOW TO?» / How to cook a Wolf - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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| Di Guerra Incivile - T293, Naples |
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| Telephone Arabe - Air de Paris, Paris |
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| Footnotes on the state of exception - Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York City, NY |
2006
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| Claire Fontaine - Zoo galerie, Nantes |
2005
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| Foreigners Everywhere - Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York City, NY |
Group shows 84
2009
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| Pivot Points 3 - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Eppur si muove - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
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| It won't stop until we talk - Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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| Oppositions & Dialogues - Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover |
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| Living Together. Estrategias para la convivencia - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Problem Solving: Espress Yourself - Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, VIC |
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| Take the Money and Run - De Appel, Amsterdam |
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| Return to Function - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Shifting Identities. (Swiss) Art Now - Contemporary Art Center Vilnius (CAC), Vilnius |
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| Fragile Currency - Klemm's Berlin, Berlin |
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| The Real Thing - MU, Eindhoven |
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| No More Reality - Depo, Istanbul |
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| Audio, video, disco - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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| Living Together - Centro Cultural Montehermoso, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
2008
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| Jahresgaben 2008 - Kunstverein München, Munich |
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| The Possibility of an Island - MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami, FL |
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| Over the rainbow - Galerie de l´ Erban, Nantes |
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| Getting Even - Oppositions + Dialogues in Contemporary Art - Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork |
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| REVIEW - Galerie NEU, Berlin |
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| Interstitial Zones - Historical Facts, Archaeologies of the Present and Dialectics of Seeing - Argos, Brussels |
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| After October - Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Constructs for Illumination - Allsopp Contemporary, London (England) |
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| Salon of the Revolution - HDLU - Croatian Association of Artists, Zagreb |
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| All's Fair in Art and War: Envisioning Conflict - 21c Museum, Louisville, KY |
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| Art Focus Jerusalem 2008 - Art Focus Jerusalem, Jerusalem |
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| La gran transformacion - Arte y magia tactica - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Occupancy by More Than 6'682'685'387 Persons is Dangerous and Unlawful - Part One - Bugada & Cargnel (fromer Cosmic Galerie), Paris |
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| Instantané (70), Porte-parole (épisode n°2) - FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou |
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| Zapping Unit, Les Petites Formes - La Ferme du buisson - centre d'art et de curiosités culturelles, Noisiel |
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| Die Wahrnehmung von Ideen führt zu neuen Ideen - Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf |
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| Manifesta 7 - Comitato Manifesta 7, Bolzano |
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| Fair Market - Rental Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| One Season In Hell - Mehringdamm 72, Berlin |
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| A Modest Proposal - Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland (England) |
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| 16th Biennale of Sydney - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| L'Argent - FRAC - Ile-de-France Le Plateau, Paris |
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| Présence Panchounette - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| The Great Transformation - Kunst und taktische Magie - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Shifting Identities – (Schweizer) Kunst heute - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Lost Paradise – Der Blick des Engels - Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern |
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| The Store - Tulips & Roses, Vilnius |
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| les ateliers de rennes - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes |
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| la chute d'eau - Circuit, Lausanne |
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| Where the Lions are - Para / Site Art Space, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Where the lions are - Sheung Wan Civic Centre, Hong Kong, SAR |
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| Records played backwards - The Modern Institute, Glasgow (Scotland) |
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| Italia italie italien italy wlochy - ARCOS - Museo di Arte Contemporanea del Sannio, Benevento |
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| Prêt-à-porter - Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel |
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| The Artist’s Library - Centre international d´art et du paysage de l´île de Vassivière, Ile de Vassivière |
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| Ghost in the Machine - Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo |
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| THE OBJECT IS THE MIRROR (PART II) - Wilkinson Gallery, London (England) |
2007
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| French Kissing in the U.S.A. - - The Moore Space, Miami, FL (closed, 2008) |
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| Unmonumental: The Object In The 21st Century - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| TERRIBLE VIDEO / How to cook a Wolf - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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| e-flux - PawnShop Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Irresistible force - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| 9e Biennale de Lyon 2007 - La biennale d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon |
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| 10th International İstanbul Biennial - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| poetical political - Simon Lee Gallery, London (England) |
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| Hello Goodbye Thank You - castillo/corrales, Paris |
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| Some proposals for the next future - PSG Art Gallery, Bangkok |
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| Someone else with my fingerprints - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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| OTRA DE VAQUEROS - CECCH - Centre d'édition contemporaine - Genève, Geneva |
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| Power Play - Artpace - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX |
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| Beneath the Underdog - Gagosian Gallery - Madison Avenue, New York City, NY |
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| 945 + 11 - FRAC - Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux |
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| Otra de vaqueros - Laboratorio Arte Alameda, Mexico City |
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| Quotidian - BUIA Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| inky toy affinitas - CerealArt, Philadelphia, PA |
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| Radio Danièle - Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich |
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| Massiv Analog Academy - Galerie Christian Nagel - Köln, Cologne |
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| For the People of Paris - Sutton Lane - Paris, Paris |
2006
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| Drapeaux gris - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| Incipit - Fondation d´entreprise Ricard, Paris |
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| Incipit - Espace Paul Ricard, Paris |
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| The look of law - Room Gallery at University of California, Irvine, CA |
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| Group Therapy - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Home Sweet Home - module n°1 - CCC - Centre de Creation Contemporaine, Tours |
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| Upping the Anti - The Physics Room, Christchurch |
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| La maman et la putain - Air de Paris, Paris |
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| Grey Flags - Sculpture Center, Long Island |
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| Mafia (Or One Unopened Packet of Cigarettes) - Standard (Oslo), Oslo |
2005
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| mots d'ordre mots de passe - Fondation d´entreprise Ricard, Paris |
| Dealer Directory 8 |
Austria
| | Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna
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France
| | Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
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Germany
Israel
Italy
Mexico
| | House of Gaga, Mexico City
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USA
| | Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York City, NY
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Public collections 11
France
| | FRAC - Collection Aquitaine, Bordeaux
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| | FRAC - Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
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| | FRAC - Nord-Pas de Calais, Dunkerque
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| | Kadist Art Foundation, Paris
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| | Musée d´art contemporain du Val-de-Marne MAC/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine
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Israel
| | The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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Italy
| | Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
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Mexico
| | Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City
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Puerto Rico
USA
| | Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL
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