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

Built between 1953 and 1954 and demolished in 2006, the Shek Kip Mei Estate, Hong Kong’s oldest public housing development, was home to hundreds of residents each occupying a living space of 100 square feet - approximately 10 square meters. These 100 photographs were taken over 3 days in April 2006 just before the tenants were forced to evacuate.

100 x 100 explores the concept of personal space in Hong Kong, one of the most densely populated cities in the world, and humanizes our notions about the experience of poverty and industrialization. Each apartments being exactly the same size and layout, the photographs are also a testament to the human instinct to individualize the impersonal to create distinct character amid uniformity.

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