KEITH ARNATT
Born 1930 Oxford, England.
Died 2008 Chepstow, Wales.
Education
1951-1955 Oxford School of Art, Oxford.
1956-1958 Royal Academy Schools, London.
Solo Exhibitions
2015
Keith Arnatt, Absence of the Artist, Sprüth Magers London. Sept 1–Sept 26
2013
Keith Arnatt. Notes, Sprüth Magers Berlin. Sep 14–Nov 02 2013
Keith Arnatt: Sausages and Food, Collection In-Focus Display, Tate Britain, London. Mar 11–Oct 06 2013
2012
Keith Arnatt. Maureen Paley, London. Nov 23 2012–Jan 27 2013
2009
Keith Arnatt, Karsten Schubert, London. Sep 11–Nov 13 2009
Box, Body, Burial: The sculptural imagination of Keith Arnatt, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Feb 08–Apr 26 2009
2008
Keith Arnatt. I’m a Real Photographer, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. Jan 19–Mar 30 2008
2007
Keith Arnatt. I’m a Real Photographer, The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Jun 27–Aug 26 2007
1993
Keith Arnatt. One Foot Has Not Yet Reached the Next Street, Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance. Jan 23–Feb 20 1993
1992 -1998 touring Bulgaria, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Israel, Malaysia, New Zealand.
1992
Keith Arnatt. One Foot Has Not Yet Reached the Next Street (British Council exhibition), Oriel, Cardiff. Sep 26–Oct 31 1992
Keith Arnatt, XXI Bienal de São Paulo, CAYC, Buenos Aires. Mar 26–Apr 21 1992
1991
Keith Arnatt, XXI Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo. Sep 21–Dec 10 1991
1989
Keith Arnatt. Rubbish and Recollections, Ffotogallery, Cardiff. Aug 03 –Sep 30 1989
Keith Arnatt. Rubbish and Recollections, The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Jun 02–Jul 15 1989
Keith Arnatt. Rubbish and Recollections, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno. Apr 21–May 20 1989
Keith Arnatt. Rubbish and Recollections, Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge. Feb 24–Apr 01 1989
1986
Keith Arnatt. The Forest of Dean, Arnolfini, Bristol. Jun 21–Aug 31 1986
1980
Keith Arnatt, Walking the Dog & Gardeners, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Nov 08–Dec 06 1980
also Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; John Hansard Gallery Southampton.
1979
Keith Arnatt, Walking the Dog & Gardeners, Anthony D’Offay, London. Nov 21–Dec 21 1979
1977
Keith Arnatt. Looking at Me, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. May 01–Jun 26 1977
1970
Keith Arnatt. 1220400-0000000, Art & Project, Amsterdam. May 05–Jun 13 1970
1969
Keith Arnatt. Self-Burial: Television Interference Project, Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum & Westdeutsches Fernsehen, Düsseldorf. Oct 01–Oct 18 1969
Group Exhibitions
2016
Performing for the Camera, Tate Modern, London. Feb 18–Jun 12 2016
Conceptual Art in Britain 1964-1979, Tate Britain, London. Apr 12–Aug 29 2016
2015
Stranger than Paradise, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf. Nov 6 2015-Jan 8 2016
Edgelands, Camden Arts Centre, London. Sept 26 - Nov 29 2015
Five Issues of Studio International, Raven Row. London. Feb 26-May3 2015
History is Now, Hayward Gallery, London. Feb 10-Apr 26 2015
More Konzeption Conception Now, Konzeption Conception, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen. Feb 1–Apr 19 2015
2014
Manifesto! An Alternative History of Photography, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland. Sep 13–Nov 23 2014
(Mis)Understanding Photography – Works and Manifestos, Museum Folkwang, Essen. Jun 14–Aug 17 2014
Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 – 1979, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield. Apr 05–Jun 15 2014
Ruin Lust, Tate Britain, London. Mar 04–May 18 2014
Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 – 1979, Mead Gallery, University of Warwick. Jan 18–Mar 08 2014
2013
Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 – 1979, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Oct 04 2013–Jan 05 2014
Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966 – 1979, Southampton Art Gallery. May 19–Oct 27 2013
Keith Arnatt and ‘You’, Mostyn, Llandudno. Apr 27–Jul 07 2013
2012
Ends of the Earth, Land Art to 1974, Haus der Kunst, Munich. Oct 11 2012–Jan 20 2013
Observers: Photographers of the British scene from 1930s to now, Galeria de Arte do Sesi, Avenida Paulista, São Paulo. Sep 24–Nov 22 2012
Thresholds, Tate Liverpool. Sep 15 2012–Apr 07 2013
Ends of the Earth, Land Art to 1974, MOCA, Los Angeles. May 27–Sep 3 2012
2011
United Enemies. The Problem of Sculpture in Britain in the 1960s and 1970s, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Dec 01 2011–Mar 11 2012
Experimentellew Fernsehen der 1960ER und 70ER Jahre, Deutsche Kinemathek, Museum Für Film Und Fernsehen, Berlin. May 16–Jul 24 2011
Where Are We? Questions of Landscape, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. April 05–Aug 27 2011
Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts, London. Jan 22–Apr 07 2011
2010
Human, Musée d’Art moderne et d’Art contemporain, Nice. Jun 12–Oct 31 2010
2009
We interrupt this program, Mercer Union, A Centre For Contemporary Visual Art, Toronto. Nov 29–Dec 12 2009
1969, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. Oct 25 2009–Apr 05 2010
In & Out of Amsterdam: Art & Project Bulletin 1968-1989, MOMA, New York. Jul 19–Oct 05 2009
Animalism, National Media Museum, Bradford. May 08–Sept 27 2009
2008
No Such Thing as Society, Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth & touring UK, Poland & Sweden. Mar 19–Apr 2008
2007
How We Are: Photographing Britain, Tate Britain, London. May 22–Sep 02 2007
Centre of the Creative Universe: Liverpool and the Avant-Garde, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool. Feb 20–Sep 09 2007
2005
The Gravity in Art, De Appel, Amsterdam. Dec 05 2005– Jan 22 2006
2004
Behind the Facts Interfunktionen 1968-75, Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel. Dec 11 2004–Feb 27 2005
Ready to Shoot, Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, videogalerie schum, Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris. Oct 23–Nov 28 2004
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968-75, Museu De Arte Contemporânea, Fundação de Serralves, Porto. Jul 23–Oct 24 2004
Recontres d’Arles de la Photographie, Arles. Jul 8–Sep 19 2004
Reflecting the Mirror, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York. Jun 14–Aug27 2004
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968-75, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona. Feb 20–May 02 2004
2003
Ready to Shoot, Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum, videogalerie schum, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf. Dec 14 2003–Mar 14 2004
Blast to Freeze, British Art in the 20th Century, Les Abattoirs, Tolouse. Feb 24– May 11 2003
2002
Self Evident: the Artist as the Subject 1969-2002, Tate Britain, London. Oct 28 2002–Jan 05 2003
Blast to Freeze, British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg. Sep 14 2002–Jan 19 2003
On General Release: Artists and Film in Britain 1968 to 1972, Norwich Gallery, Norwich. May 31–Jun 27 2002
2001
Conception, Conceptual Documents 1968-1972, University of British Columbia Gallery, Vancouver. Oct 12–Dec 02 2001
Where Are We? Questions of Landscape, V & A, London. Apr 05 – Aug 27 2001
Conception, Conceptual Documents 1968-1972, City Museum & Art Gallery, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds. Mar 10–Apr 22 2001
Live In Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-1975, Museu do Chiado, Lisbon. Feb 01–May 13 2001
Conception, Conceptual Documents 1968-1972, Norwich Gallery, Norwich. Jan 24–Mar 03 2001
2000
Live In Your Head: Concept and Experiment in Britain 1965-1975, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. Feb 04–Apr 02 2000
1999
New Natural History, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford. Sep 17–Nov 14 1999
SuperStructure, Centre of Visual Arts, Cardiff. Sep 04–Nov 07 1999
1998
Chemical Traces: Photography and Conceptual Art 1968-1988, Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull. Aug 08–Sep 27 1998
1997
On the Bright Side of Life, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Dec 04 1997– Jan 18 1998
On the Bright Side of Life, NGKB/Kunstamt Kreuzberg, Berlin. Oct 18–Nov 23 1997
The Impossible Document: Photography and Conceptual Art in Britain 1966-1976, Camerawork, London. Apr –Jun 1997
1996
Question de Genres, Mai de la photo, Palais du Tau, Reims. May 02–Jun 02 1996
1993
ffoto Factions, Ffotogallery, Cardiff & touring. Sep 04–Oct 02 1993
Lemon, 116 Commercial Street, London. Apr 23–May 21 1993
Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Lisson Gallery, London. Feb 15–Apr 03 1993
1992
Wasteland. Landscape from now on, Fotographie Biënnale Rotterdam III. Sep 04–Oct 11 1992
Internationale Foto-Triennale, Esslingen. Oct 11–Nov 29 1992
Entre document étonnement, Mai de la Photo, Rheims.
1991
Grosbritannien. Kunst, Europa, Bodischer Kunstervein, Karlsruhe. Jun 23–Jul 28 1991
Pivot: Sixteen Artists using Photography in Wales & Philadelphia, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno. Jun 15–Jul 27 1991
De-Composition: Constructed Photography in Britain (British Council exhibition), Oriel Gallery & Chapter Arts Centre,
Cardiff. May 11–Jun 08 1991 & touring
1990
19:4:90 Television Interventions, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham. Sep 01–Sep 27 1990
19:4:90 Television Interventions, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow. Jun 09–Jun 24 1990
1989
Through the Looking Glass: Photographic Art in Britain 1945-1989, Manchester City Art Gallery. Nov 17 1989–Jan 07 1990
Anima Mundi: Still Life in Britain, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa. Sep 16–Oct 14 1989
Anima Mundi: Still Life in Britain, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh. Aug 05–Sep 02 1989
Through the Looking Glass: Photographic Art in Britain 1945-1989, Barbican Art Gallery, London. Jul 27–Oct 01 1989
1988
Three Artists in Wales, Oriel Gallery, Cardiff. Oct 22–Nov 19 1988
Mysterious Coincidences: New British Colour Photography, Ffotogallery, Cardiff, Jan 23–Feb 20 1988
touring to Long Beach Museum, California, Hong Kong Art Centre & ACCA, Melbourne.
1987
Mysterious Coincidences: New British Colour Photography, The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Dec 04 1987–Jan 16 1988
Inscriptions and Inventions, British Photography in the 80s (British Council exhibition) P.R.O.K.A., Ghent, Belgium, Apr 01 1987–Feb 1988
touring to Yugolslavia, Czechoslovakia, East Germany & Nordic Cultural Centre, Tórshavn, Faro Islands. May 14–May 28 1990
Museum of Photographic Art, Odense, Denmark. June 16–Aug 15 1990
Work for Shelves: A System of Support, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge.
1986
Photography as Performance, The Photographers’ Gallery, London. Sep 11–Oct 18 1986
Disturbed Ground: The Threatened Landscape, Collins Gallery, Glasgow. Sep 02–Sep 30 1986
The New British Document, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. May 02–Jun 14 1986
Forty Years of Modern Art, Tate Gallery, London. Feb–Apr 1986
New Acquisitions – New Landscape, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
1985
Sculptural Alternatives, Aspects of Photography and Sculpture in Britain 1965-82, Tate Gallery, London. Jul 01–Sep 01 1985
A Sense of Place, Interim Art, London. Apr 14–May 18 1985
1984
1965 – 72: When Attitudes Became Form, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh. Oct 06– Nov 17 1984
1965 – 72: When Attitudes Became Form, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge. Jul 14– Sep 02 1984
The Prosaic Landscape, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, Oxford. Jun 03–Jul 23 1984
Dogwork, Interim Art, London. Apr–May 1984
1983
The Prosaic Landscape, Ffotogallery, Cardiff.
1982
Ten Contemporary British Photographers, M.I.T. Creative Photography Gallery, Boston. Feb 02–Mar 19 1982
1981
British Sculpture in the Twentieth Century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London. Nov 27 1981–Jan 24 1982
British Art 1940 - 1980, The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London.
1980
Gerry Schum, Museum Boymans van Beuningen, Rotterdam. Feb 29–Apr 13 1980
1979
Gerry Schum, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Dec 12 1979–Feb 10 1980
The Museum of Drawers, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern. May 01–Jul 10 1979
The Museum of Drawers, ICA, London & touring UK. Jan 05–Feb 11 1979
1978
The Museum of Drawers, Cooper Hewitt Museum & touring USA. Mar 20–May 05 1978
1977
Time, Words and the Camera: Photoworks by British Artists, Museum Bochum, Bochum. Apr 30–Jun 05 1977
The Museum of Drawers, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Mar 04–Mar 27 1977
1976
Time, Words and the Camera: Photoworks by British Artists, Künstlerhaus, Wien. Dec 08 1976–Jan 07 1977
Time, Words and the Camera: Photoworks by British Artists, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck. Nov 10–Dec 04 1976
Time, Words and the Camera: Photoworks by British Artists, Kunstlerhaus, Graz. Oct 10–Nov 07 1976
Arte inglese oggi 1960 - 1976 / English Art Today 1960 - 1976, Pilazzo Reale, Milan. Feb 26–May 16 1976
1973
Beyond Painting and Sculpture, Arts Council of Great Britain touring exhibition, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds;
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol.
1972
The New Art, Hayward Gallery, London. Aug 17–Sept 24 1972
Seven Exhibitions, Tate Gallery, London. Mar 01–Mar 29 1972
Distribution, UCSD Gallery, La Jolla, California & touring. Jan 04–Jan 20 1972
1971
Roadshow: A New English Enquiry, XI Bienal de São Paulo & touring. Sep 04 1971–Jul 08 1973
Art as Idea in England, CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación), Buenos Aires. Jun–Jul 1971
The British Avant Garde, New York Cultural Center, New York. May 19–Aug 29 1971
1970
Wall Show, Lisson Gallery, London. Dec 10 1970–Jan 30 1971
Information, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Jul 02–Sep 20 1970
Idea Structures, Camden Arts Centre, London. Jun 24–Jul 19 1970
Umwelt-Akzente / Die Expansion der Kunst, Kunstkreis Monschau. May 09–Jun 21 1970
955,000, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver. Jan 13–Feb 08 1970
1969
Konzeption-Conception, Städtichen Museum, Leverkusen. Oct 14–Nov 15 1969
557,087, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle. Sep 05–Oct 05 1969
Environmental Reversal, Camden Arts Centre, London. Jun 26–Jul 27 1969
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