Stefan Brüggemann
OVERVIEW
Born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1975, Stefan Brüggemann creates works by using appropriation and wording to capture the contradictions of our current society, in which we are inundated with vast amounts of text via social media, mass media, and advertisements. He fuses theory with pop methods in what he refers to as “conceptual pop”, drawing predominantly upon ideas of post-structuralism, deconstructionism, and nihilism. Although Brüggemann’s works utilize tautology （the needless repetition of an idea, statement, or word）with the most minimal and basic words, their power lies in the ability to invoke individual interpretation within the cultural and political context of the artwork’s location. Brüggemann’s use of gold leaf, neon, and other materials aim to redefine techniques and materials within art, in the same way that we redefine words throughout the ages. In 2019 he held a solo show at the Pompidou Center, Paris and he continues to expand the breadth of his projects worldwide.
HISTORY
2024
‘INSIDE OUT’, Venet Foundation, Le Muy, France
‘Dos Líneas Fe’, Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico
2023
‘NOT BLACK, NOT WHITE, SILVER’, Mostyn, Llandudno, UK
‘White Noise’, Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, USA
‘OK’, Hauser & Wirth, Menorca, Spain
2021
‘ALLOW ACTION（GOLD PAINTINGS）’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2020
‘UNTITLED ACTION（GOLD PAINTINGS）’, Hauser & Wirth, St Moritz, Switzerland
‘OK（UNTITLED ACTION）’, HOP Projects, Folkestone, UK
‘Hyper-Poem’, Galeria Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal
2019
‘Hyper-Palimpsest’, Hauser & Wirth, London, UK
‘Extra! Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies Guernica’, Centre Pompidou, Forum, Paris, France
‘Pop Minimalism’, Centro de las Artes Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
2018
‘High Speed Contrast Paintings’, La Cité, Paris, France
‘HA HA WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘High Speed Contrast’, Parra & Romero Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain
2017
‘Take Put and Abandon’, Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, Switzerland
2016
‘Trash’, Fundació Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain
‘To Be Political It Has To Look Nice’, Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporánea, Galicia, Spain
‘Stefan Brüggemann’, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA
2015
‘Timeless’, Parra & Romero, Ibiza, Spain
‘Puddle Paintings’, Centro Roberto Garza Sada, Nuevo León, Mexico
‘Headlines & Last Line in the Movies（Protest Pavilion）’, GAM, Mexico City, Mexico
2014
‘This Is Not An Exit’, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
2013
‘Monuments for the Ceiling I-X’, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
‘To Be Titled’, Jonathan Viner Gallery, London, UK
2012
‘Text Pieces, Obliterated Mirrors & Tautological Paintings’, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
2011
‘The world trapped in the self（windows for mirrors）’, Mies van der Rohe Pavillion, Barcelona, Spain
2010
‘No time, no return, no title’, Villa du Parc Centre d’Art Contemporain, Annemasse, France
2024
‘Materiality and Language: Explorations in Form and Meaning’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘Painting Not Painting’, Gathering Ibiza, Ibiza, Spain
2023
‘Economy and Love’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘El Dorado / Un Territorio’, Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022
‘Shake Your Body’, Lago Algo, Mexico City, Mexico
2021
‘Hyper -Conscious’, Maruani Mercier Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
‘Normal Exceptions: Contemporary Art in Mexico’, MUSEO JUMEX, Mexico city, Mexico
2020
‘UNLEASHED SPEED UNLEASHED SPEECH MISFITS, Curated by Stefan Brüggemann’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘I reflect what you are. From Nan Goldin to Roni Horn:intimacy in the Collection Lambert’, Lambert Collection, Avignon, France 2019 ‘Eldorama’, Tripostal, Lille, France
2018
‘LAMBERT COLLECTIONS MASTER PIECES’, Lambert Collection, Avignon, France
‘Play’, City Circuit for Contemporary Arts, Kortrijik, Belgium
2017
‘The Art Show: Millennium Art in Taguchi Art Collection Takasaki’, The Museum of Modern Art, Gunma, Gunma, Japan
‘Them Or Us!’, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Porto, Portugal
‘Portable Art: A Project by Celia Forner’, Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA
2016
‘Accrochage’, Parra & Romero, Madrid, Spain
‘Capitalist Melancholia’, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany
‘Bittersweet… Bitter… Sweet…’, Untilthen, Saint-Ouen, France
2015
‘The Wiles of Intelligence’, Centre d’Art du Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux, France
‘Mimimum Production, Maximum Expression’, Galerie Gourvennec Ogor, Marseille, France
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium
Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
The Dakis Joannou Collection, Athens, Greece
Centro Gallego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago, Spain
MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Soho House Art Collection, London, UK
Jerry Speyer Collection, New York, USA
The Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
The Gelman Collection, Mexico City, Mexico
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
Oketa Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Taguchi Art Collection, Tokyo, Japan
WORKS
NEWS
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'ART FAIR TOKYO'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in Japan’s largest art fair “ART FAIR TOKYO”, to be held at the Tokyo International Forum from March 7 to 9 with a lineup of 9 international artists including Gentaro Ishizuka, Nanami Inoue, Kazuhito Kawai, Tomona Matsukawa, Keita Morimoto, New York based artist Esmaa Mohamoud, Nir Hod,
Group Exhibition 'Materiality and Language: Explorations in Form and Meaning Curated by Esthella Provas'
KOTARO NUKAGA, Roppongi is pleased to present ‘Materiality and Language: Explorations in Form and Meaning Curated by Esthella Provas’ a group exhibition themed around materiality and language which features five international artists, from June 8 (Sat) to July 31 (Wed). The exhibition is curated by Esthella Provas, who is considered one of the world’s most
Exhibition Announcement - TAIPEI DANGDAI 2022
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to present our exhibition at an international art fair TAIPEI DANGDAI 2022, which will be held from May 20 (Fri) at the Taipei World Trade Center. At this art fair, KOTARO NUKAGA will be exhibiting 19 of two-dimensional and three-dimensional works by 6 artists, including Stefan Brüggemann, Yuichi Hirako and Mariko Kobayashi. Yuichi
Stefan Brüggemann 'ALLOW ACTION (GOLD PAINTINGS)'
From September 18th to October 23rd, 2021, KOTARO NUKAGA, Roppongi is pleased to announce that we will be presenting ‘ALLOW ACTION (GOLD PAINTINGS)’, a solo exhibition by Stefan Brüggemann. This marks the artist’s second show with the gallery, and three years since he opened the gallery’s first show in October 2018. Learn more Exhibition Outline
Art Fair Tokyo 2021
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce its participation in Art Fair Tokyo 2021. We will showcase new works by Stefan Brüggemann, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Yuichi Hirako, Mariko Kobayashi, Tony Matelli and Tomokazu Matsuyama. Stefan Brüggemann develops a conceptual approach to the artistic process, which he explores with a critical and often provocative and ironical attitude,
UNLEASHED SPEED UNLEASHED SPEECH (MISFITS) Curated by Stefan Brüggemann
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce a group show UNLEASHED SPEED UNLEASHED SPEECH (MISFITS) curated by London and Mexico City-based contemporary artist Stefan Brüggemann. In this exhibition curated by Brüggemann, he will be presenting his work along with three other internationally-respected artists: Oriol Vilanova, Jay Rechsteiner, and Gardar Eide Einarsson. While the artists have a
CADAN : GENDAIBIJUTSU
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce its participation in “CADAN : GENDAIBIJUTSU” in Tokyo from February 15th through 16th 2020, featuring works by Tomokazu Matsuyama and Stefan Brüggemann. –Dates and Hours – Feb. 15th, 2020 (Sat) 12:00 – 20:00 Feb. 16th, 2020 (Sun) 12:00 – 19:00 – Booth No. – 14 – Venue – Warehouse
Stefan Brüggemann “Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Guernica)”
KOTARO NUKAGA is proud to announce that an original monumental painting by Stefan Brüggemann, “Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Guernica)” is exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, France, through to 29 September 2019. Stefan Brüggemann “Headlines and Last Lines in the Movies (Guernica)” Centre Pompidou (Paris, France) September 4 → September 29,
Art Fair Tokyo 2019
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce its participation in Art Fair Tokyo 2019 from 7 Mar.- 10 Mar. – Dates and Hours – 2019/3/7 (Thu) 14:00〜16:00 Private View 16:00〜20:00 Vernissage 2019/3/8 (Fri) 11:00〜20:00 Public View 2019/3/9/ (Sat) 11:00〜20:00 Public View 2019/3/10 (Sun) 11:00〜17:00 Public View – Booth No – G24 (NUKAGA) – Venue –
Stefan Brüggemann “HA HA WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?”
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce their inaugural exhibition by the London and Mexico City based conceptual artist Stefan Brüggemann, his first appearance in Japan. Titled “HA HA WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT? WHAT DO YOU REPRESENT?”, the show will focus on ‘CARTOON PAINTINGS’ and ‘PUDDLE PAINTINGS’ from a series that Brüggemann has been working on