Past Projects
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Amphiphrasis (words as objects) (2024)
An expansion on the idea of ekphrasis
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BANKRUPTCY (2023)
A political economy acted out with various objects
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New Open Letters (2022)
Urgent missives commissioned from sixteen contemporary artists and writers, exhibited and dispersed
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Monochrome Multitudes (2022)
A font based on an artwork by Blinky Palermo put *to use* in a show about monochrome painting
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Reworking (2022)
A continuing investigation of work
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Confessions of the Century (2021)
what it means to work, or make work, or work for a living
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Laziness (2021)
An online portal through which participants could book occupancy of a queen-size bed during regular business hours
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Cinema Pie (2021)
A series of films by and about Marcel Broodthaers screened remotely worldwide—or in-person with pie
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WRECKED ALPHABET (2020)
Over forty artists, graphic designers, musicians, engage the alphabet
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ATLAS: serial works on paper about the body (2020)
a group show curated for the Broodthaers Society of America
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Artisanal Complex (2019)
An investigation into the genre of "the store as art" in the central district of Amsterdam
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Class Relations: Phantoms of Perception (2018)
Organized by Bettina Steinbrügge at the Kunstverein in Hamburg with Monica Bonvicini, Los Carpinteros and others
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New Tricks, New Schemes (2018)
Scanlan's fifth solo show at Martin Janda
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Décor | Avant-poste (2018)
Two exhibitions inspired by Marcel Broodthaers' concept of "décor," curated from the collection of the FRAC des Pays de la Loire
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Indoor Outposts (2016)
Solitary confinement, "roughing it," and imaginary time-space travel are common literary themes
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Veritablement (2016)
A collaborative meditation on cultural appropriation and branding at ARCO, Madrid
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Le Classisme (2015)
A text originally published by the artist in 2909 translated into a full-blown museum installation, replete with Richard Prince standees.
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Dick’s Last Stand (2014)
Complete performance transcript and commentary for Dick's Last Stand, Donelle Woolford's contribution to the 2014 Whitney Biennial.
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Abstract Labor, Galerie de Expeditie, Amsterdam (2013)
An exhibition not unlike a baker of pies whose apples are still ripening on the trees.
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Mu.Zee, part I: Object Lesson (2012)
Part I of a two-part exhibition and ongoing project at the Museum aan Zee in Ostend, Belgium
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Möbel (2011)
When pictures become furniture, there is a direct historical reference to the development of pictures as moving objects.
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Three Works (2011)
An exhibition in which Joe Scanlan exhibited seven works, maybe more.
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AA Bronson * Healer (2010)
A brilliant interview by Steve Lafreniere commissioned for Commerce 10, People in Trade.
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Diversification (2009)
Although seldom invoked in the art world, Diversification is corollary to much that transpires between artists, critics, galleries, and museums.
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Hirsch Perlman, Kunstler (2008)
A talk by the artist as part of a two-day conference on Art & Labor at Yale University, published in Commerce 10, People in Trade.
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The Process of Creative Destruction in Action (2008)
Images of Joe Scanlan's third solo show at Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna.
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Skulptur Projekte Münster (2007)
A rejected proposal.
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Thingsthatfall Pavilion (2007)
An installation that unfolded over the course of eighteen months on the top floor of the K21.
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Disorder: Various Local Stores (2007)
A breakdown of pop-up stores and other commercial interventions on the European continent, 2002 - 2005.
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Entropy For Sale (2005)
A great shift is occurring in the American psyche.
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Massachusetts Wedding Bed (2004)
An inquiry into the role that craftsmanship, love, and local commerce play in changing the people's hearts and minds
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Ship of Fools (2004)
A sculpture made during the re-election of president George W Bush, with Dick Cheney et al in tow.
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Ikon Earth (2003)
Dirt, and lots of it, nicely packaged and sold for £8.