ARTISTS >  Michael Wolf

Born in Munich, Germany
1971 – 1972 North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada
1972 - 1973 UC Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1976 Studied photography and visual communications at the University of Essen, Germany, with Otto Steinert; Degree in Visual Communication

Exhibitions

2010
“Architecture of Density”, Venice Biennale of Artchitecture, Venice, Italy
“Architecture of Density”, m97 Gallery at ART HK 2010, Hong Kong
“Paris Street VIews”, Foam Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2009
“Transparent City”, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
“Entropya/Art in Progress", Gallery, Naples, Italy
Gallery 51, Antwerp, Belgium
Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008
“Transparent City”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, USA
“Butterfly Dream: Shanghai MoCA Envisage II,” MoCA, Shanghai, China
"Translocalmotion: Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum. Shanghai, China
“China Design Now: The Real Toy Story", Liberty Storefronts, London, England
“China Design Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
"AIPAD Photography Show", The Armory, New York, NY, USA
"ArtChicago Photography Show", Chicago, IL, USA
"Hong Kong Back Door", Lumenvisum Gallery, Hong Kong
“The Real Toy Story and Architecture of Density: China Design Now”, London, England
“Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China", MassMoCA, MA, USA
“Heritage: Hong Kong Corner Houses”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Real Fake Pictures and Architecture of Density”, Gallerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008-2007
“Pieces of China: A Retrospective of Michael Wolf’s China Projects”, Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland

2007
“China Projects: The Real Toy Story, China Copy Art, 100x100”, m97 Gallery, Shanghai
“Fake. Portraits of Chinese Copy Art”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Industrial”, Ursula Huber Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

生于德國慕尼黑
1971 – 1972 加拿大 North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto
1972 - 1973 美国 UC Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1976 德国 Studied photography and visual communications at the University of Essen with Otto Steinert; Degree in Visual Communication

展览

2010
《城市密度》, 威尼斯建筑双年展，威尼斯，意大利
《城市密度》, m97画廊，香港2010艺术节，香港
《Paris Street Views》, Foam Museum, 阿姆斯特丹, 荷兰


2009
《透明的城市》 展览
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 美国
《Entropya/Art in Progress》, Gallery, Naples, 意大利
Gallery 51, Antwerp, 比利时
Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, 土耳其
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, 荷兰

2007
《香港产业》, Ursula Huber Gallery, Basel, 瑞士
《中国项目: 真实的玩具总动员, 中国拷贝艺术, 100x100》, m97 画廊, 上海

Originally conceived and produced as a large-scale installation featuring photographs of workers in toy factories in southern China surrounded by some 20,000 plastic toys. Each and every toy was collected by the artist from second-hand shops and flea markets across the United States with two prerequisites: the toys had to have a face and had to be made in China. The original installation has been exhibited in various international museums, and is being exhibited for the first time at m97 Gallery as 6-panel recreation of the original installation.

The Real Toy Story at once reveals the human presence behind mass-produced goods, and evokes the sensation of density that is endemic to urban areas of southern China. Wolf captures the contrast of the innocent plasticity of the toys with the rich individuality of the factory workers who hand-produce them.

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