ANDRO WEKUA

Selected Artist Books and Exhibition Catalogues 2018 Baumann, Daniel, Pablo Larios, and Paulina Pobocha. Andro Wekua. Zürich: JRP | Ringier, 2018. 2016 Some Pheasants in Singularity. Koln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Stranger. Cleveland: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, 2016.

2014 Gems Survey. New York: Karma, 2014. The Human Factor: The Figure in Contemporary . New York: Distributed Art Publishers, 2014. Babel: Works from the Igal Ahouvi Art Collection. Tel Aviv: Igal Ahouvi Art Collection/Tel Aviv University, 2014.

2013 Gioni, Massimiliano, Karen Marta, eds. Andro Wekua: 2000 Words. Athens: DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2013. Dreaming, Dreaming. New York: Gladstone Gallery, 2013.

2012 Stoschek, Julia, ed. Julia Stoschek Collection Number Five: Cities of Gold and Mirrors. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2012.

2011 If Mind Were All Three Was: Nice Themes on Giuseppe Sacchi. Glasgow: Kaleidoscope Press withTransmission Gallery, 2011. Schwabsky, Barry. Vitamin P2. London and New York: Phaidon, 2011. Andro Wekua in: ILLUMInations. Biennale Arte 2011, la Biennale di Venezia, p. 292- 293. Del Prete, Elisa. Andro Wekua: Un’ Espressione Geografica, Unità e Identità dell’Italia attraverso ’Arte Contemporanea. Torino, Italy: Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, pp. 88-103. Broomberg, Adam and Oliver Chanarin. Leina N. in . Photomonth in Krakow 2011. Krakow/ Poland: Foundation for Visual Arts, p. 122-127. König, Walther, ed. Andro Wekua: Pink Wave Hunter. Verlag Der Buchhandlung, Kunsthalle Fridericianum (Rein Wolfs), Kunsthalle Wien (Gerald Matt), Castello Di Rivoli (Andrea Bellini), ex. cat.Texts by Douglas Fogle, Miciah Hussey.

2010 Creamier-100 Contemporary Artists. London: Phaidon, 2010. Skin Fruit. Exhibition catalogue, New Museum, New York: D.A.P., 2010. Smyth, Rupert. Now. Hallso Press Editions. Enckell Julliard, Julie, Daniel Baumann, and Stéphane Cecconi a.o. Voici un Dessin Suisse 1990-2010. Musée Rath.

2009 Anywhere Anyhow: Andro Wekua / Ketuta Alexi. Melbourne, Australia: PamBook. Hertling, Pati. Modern Modern. New York: Chelsea Art Museum / Starship Magazine. Weiss, Erich, ed. This is the way we see it: A Tribute to E.L.T. Mesens. Smith, Josh and Todd Amicon. A GUEST + A HOST = A GHOST. Athens: Deste Foundation.

Dailey, Meghan. Shapes of Things to Come. London: Saatchi Gallery. Massimiliano, Gioni and Lauren Cornell. Younger Than Jesus: Artist Directory. New York: New Museum. Andro Wekua: Workshop Report. Museion, Bozen, Wiles, Brussels. Wekua, Andro and Boris Groys. Wait to Wait. : Christoph Keller Editions. Fijen, Lieke, ed. and Els Drummen. Born in . Amstelveen, Netherlands: Museum voor Moderne Kunst, texts by Jan Hein Sassen, a.o., Cobra, p. 82-83.

2007 Fractured Figure. Athens: Deste Foundation For Contemporary Art, 2007.

2006 Andro Wekua: Without Mirror. New York: Gladstone Gallery, 2006. Andro Wekua: If There Ever Was One. Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Introduction by Dieter Schwartz, : JRP|Ringier, 2006. Bonami, Francesco and Villla Manin. Infinite Painting: Contemporary Painting and Global Realism. Centro d'Arte Contemporanea, 2006.

2005 Frieze Art Fair Yearbook 2005-06. catalogue, London: Frieze Art Fair. Politi, Giancarlo, ed. Prague Biennale 2. Milano, May, p. 176-177. Jetzer, Gianni. Andro Wekua / That Would Have Been Wonderful. Zurich: Edition Patrick Frey, April. Gygax, Raphael and Andro Wekua. Chapter 3, Rita Ackermann. Zurich: Kult, No. 5724, April, p. 97-106.

2004 Schaschl-Cooper, Sabine. Strategies of Desire. Muttenz: Kunsthaus Baselland, May - July. Maurer, Simon. Fürchte Dich. Zurich: Helmhaus & Präsidialdepartement der Stadt Zürich, February, p. 62-63, 114-115.

2003 Carmine, Giovanni. Somewhere, over Georgia. Madrid: Urban Diaries / Young Swiss Art, Communidad de Madrid, January, p. 156-159. Durchzug / Draft, 20 Jahre Stiftung Binz39. Zurich: Ruf, Beatrix, Kunsthalle Zürich & Stiftung Binz39, January, p. 7-21, 42.

2002 Jetzer, Gianni. Persönliche Pläne. Basel: Kunsthalle Basel, March, p. 35-40.

2001 Maurer, Simon. Wald/ Explosionen. Zurich: Helmhaus Zürich, December, p. 26-27, 55-60.

Selected Articles and Reviews 2019 Pillardy, Piotr. “Andro Wekua at Gladstone Gallery,” The Red Hook Star Revue, December 4, 2019. “Top Art Shows in this Week: Andro Wekua to Maria Taniguchi,” Blouin Art Info, February 8, 2019.

2018 Bogart, Aaron. “Andro Wekua: Kunsthalle Zürich,” Artforum, October 2018 Koeberle, Susanna. “Dieser Künstler einen magisch an mit seinen Bildvisionen,” Reue Bürcher Beitung, June 28, 2018

“Largest-yet display of artist Andro Wekua open at Kunsthalle Zurich,” Agenda.GE, June 12, 2018 Rosenmeyer, Aoife. “Your Guide Zurich Art Weekend,” Frieze.com, June 8, 2018 Lovell, Sophie. “Peripatetic Georgian artist Andro Wekua on work, war and wandering,” Wallpaper, April 17, 2018 Anichkova, Anna. “Artist Andro Vekua-About Travel, Social Networks, and Favorite Places in Berlin,” GQ Russia, April 8, 2018

2017 Horvat, Katja. “Andro Wekua, “A Dog’s Fidelity,”” Interview D/E, February 18, 2017 Morton, Elise. “A dog’s fidelity: Georgian artist Andro Wekua in New York Installation,” The Calvert Journal, January 18, 2017 “Georgian contemporary artist’s exhibition to take place in New York,” Georgian Journal, January 17, 2017

2016 Rea, Naomi. “See the 6 Most Haunting Humanoids in Art,” Artnet News, May 18, 2016

2015 “Der Künstler/The Artist,” Spike Art Quarterly, Issue 43, Spring 2015 Alexander, Stephon and Jaron Lanier. “Solar Tensions,” Neue Journal, Spring 2015

2014 Bettridge, Thom. “Dark Matter,” 032c, December 2014 Perlson, Hili. “Andro Wekua,” Artforum, October 2014 “Andro Wekua ‘Pink Wave Hunter’ at the Benaki Museum, Athens,” Mousse, March 2014

2013 “One Torino: ‘Repertory’ at Plazzo Cavour,” Mousse, November 11, 2013 “Andro Wekua,” Artforum, April 2013, p.227. Halpern, Clara. “A Disagreeable Object,” Modern Painters, January 2013, p.68.

2012 Wekua, Andro. “Dispatch: Contemporary Art and Architecture in the Caucasus,” Artforum, April 2013, p. 227. Chamberlain, Colby. “A Disagreeable Object,” Artforum, December 12, p. 278. “At Gladstone Gallery, Andro Wekua’s ‘Dreaming Dreaming,’’ Art Observer, October 23, 2012 Walsh, Brienne. “Daydreaming: Q+A with Andro Wekua,” Art in America, October 17, 2012 “’A Disagreeable Object’ at Sculpture Center, New York,” Mousse, October 17, 2012 Rosenberg, Karen. “A Throaway? Not From This Angle,” The New York Times, October 5, 2012 Castets, Simon. “Andro Wekua,” Pin-Up, Spring Summer 2012, p. 199-211. Balestin, Juliana. “Andro Wekua at Gladstone Gallery,” Purple.fr, October 31, 2012

2011 Borcherdt, Gesine. “Dark Seductive World: Studio Visit with Andro Wekua,” Artnet.de, September 23, 2011 Casadio, Mariuccia. “ARTcraft“, VOGUE Italia, N.731 Luglio 2011, Edizioni Condé- Nast (Milano), p. 234-239. Valbonesi, Ilari. “Andro Wekua.Ciò di cui non si può parlare si deve osservare/Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must observe,” arte e critica no.61, Giugno – Agosto, 2011, p. 78-79.

“Pink Wave Hunter. The Art of Andro Wekua at Kunsthalle Fridericianum“ iModi. to Georgia, Publishing House‚ Modi’ (Tblisi): April-May 2011, p.110-117. “Wekua tra sogni e realtà. Collage, dipinti, sculture,“ La Stampa, Torino, April/May 2011, p.75. Azimi, Negar, Daniel Baumann, and Douglas Fogle. “Andro Wekua,“ Parkett Verlag 88, February, 2011, p.2, p.158-195, 241. Fogle, Douglas. “Andro Wekua: Homesickness Is Where the Heart Is,” Parkett 88, February, 2011, p. 160-165. “Andro Wekua: Nothing And Everything At Once,” Parkett 88, February, 2011, p. 182- 187. “Andro Wekua: It Defies Common Sense in Spectacular Style,” Parkett 88, February, 2011, p. 178-181. “Andro Wekua,” Artforum, New York, February 2011, No. 6, p. 146. Von Sven, Zeit. “Andro Wekua: Wovon träumst du?” Behrisch, 2011, p. 61. “Andro Wekua: Versengung in das Ic h,” Wiener Zeitung, 2011. Genetiti, Marian. “Kultur, Kunst & Kult,” Wienerin, 2011, p. 99. 182. “Ausstellungen: Erdbeere im Mund,” Spiegal, 2011, p. 94. Lintl, S. “Kunsthalle: Mutimediale Kunst von Andro Wekua,” Kurier, 2011. “Die Kinsthalle Wien,” Kronen Zeitung Wien, 2011. “Dali ist Geschichte,” Inwein, February, 2011. Diaz, Eva. “Andro Wekua: Live by Night,” Frieze, Issue 139, May, 2011, p. 92-97. “Die Leeren Augenholhlen der Wachsfrauen,” Falter, 2011. Febler, Anne Katrin. “Yoga-Pose ohne Unterhose,” Der Standard, 2011, p. 24.

2010 Ackermann, Rita. "More Shadows,"The Room #12, Budapest, p.74-81. “Andro Wekua,” L’Hebdo, Art Contemporain En Suisse Le Guide 2010, Paris, p. 17. Payman, Sharifi. “Andro Wekua”, 032c, Berlin, No. 19, Summer, p. 168-181. Kazanjian, Dodie. “The Body Eccentric”, Vogue (American Issue), New York, February, p. 188 – 193. “Andro Wekua,” Kunstbulletin 6/2010, Zuerich, p. 61. “Who’s the Boss?“ Manhattan, March/ April 2010, p.50. “Andro Wekua“, The Journal, New York, No. 28, p. 183. Smyth, Rupert. “Now,” Hallso Press Editions, p.1.

2009 Burgess, Carl and Thomas Traum. “The Most Beautiful Swiss Books: Christoph Keller (Hg.), Boris Groys, Andro Wekua”,The Future Issue, 2009, p. 215- 218. Tabary, Brigitte. “Andro Wekua,” Gael, Brussels, December. “De Poppenmeester is afwezig,” H(Art), Brussels, November. “Jong talent uit Georgië,” ES, De Zondag, Brussels, November. 01 “Top 100 Emerging Artists,” Flash Art, Milan, No. 268, October, p. 52 – 53. Spinelli, Claudia. “Curator’s choice,” Artline, Freiburg, October, p. 33. Zanchetta, Alberto. “Andro Wekua: Museion Bolzano,” Flash Art Italy, Milan, October – November, p.116. “Andro Wekua bei Peter Kilchmann,”NZZ, Zurich, September 21, p. 26. “Andro Wekua: Galerie Peter Kilchmann,” Handelszeitung, Zurich, September. 9 – 15, p. 49. Strkljevic, Aida. “Andro Wekua: My Bike and Your Swamp,” Art Asia Pacific, New York, No. 65, September, p. 158.

Schreiber, Daniel. “Schätze im Silbensee,” Monopol, Berlin, September, p. 117. Hess, Ewa. “Die Kunst des leidenschaftlichen Zögerns,” SonnagsZeitung, Zurich, August 30, p. 41. “Andro Wekua,” Stol, Bozen, August 28. Bordignon, Elena. “A Sanctuary of dreamlike Visions,” Vogue L’Uomo, Milan, June 5, p. 24. Schwarzer, Heinrich. “Das Ungesehene des Sichtbaren,” Tageszeitung, Bozen, June 21. Jetzer, Gianni. “The Raconteur,” Swiss Magazine, Basel, Issue 5, April, p. 70 – 71. Bradley, Laura. “Raf Simons’ Art List,” Vogue Hommes Japan, Tokyo, No. 2, March, p. 158. “Boris Groys & Andro Wekua: Wait to Wait,” Fillip, Vancouver, Issue 9, Winter. Stevenheydens, Ive. “Childhood and the Warsaw Pact,” Deze Week, Agenda, Brussel, February 2, p. 41. Stanley, Michael. “Looking Forward,” Frieze, London, No. 120, Januaruy, p. 114 – 115. “Almanac 2009,”ArtAsiaPacific, New York, p. 104-113, 114-121,165. Coomer, Martin. “Andro Wekua/ Daan van Golden,” Time Out, London, January 22, p. 44. “Andro Wekua,” Twin Magazine, London, Autumn/winter 2009/2010, p. 159. Milliard, Coline. “Andro Wekua,” ArtReview, London, No. 30, p. 125.

2008 Morton, Tom. “Zwarte zee: De magische kunst van Andro Wekua,” Metropolis M Therapy, August/September 2008, p. 30-35. Gilman, Claire. “Andro Wekua: Wax Mannequins, Childhood Memories, Sneakers and Solitude,” Frieze, September 2008, p. 166-167. Dreyfus, Laurence. "Andro Wekua Le Virtuose," L'Officiel, Août 2008, p. 266-269. Falconer, Morgan. "Andro Wekua: Blue Mirror," Art Review, May 2008, p. 133. Zamudio, Raul. “Andro Wekua,” Flash Art, May/June 2008, p. 181. M. Kirschbaum, Susan. "Dakis Joannou's Secret House of Horrors," Whitewall, Spring 2008, p. 111. Marks, Simon and Scheven, Franziska. “Berlin’s Art District Attracts a Growing Flood of Talent,” The Herald Tribune, March 26, 2008. Mack, Joshua. "Andro Wekua," Time Out New York, Issue 652, p. 62. Galligan, Gregory. “Andro Wekua,” Art in America, November 2008, p. 192.

2007 Fogle, Douglas, "Looking Back: Emerging Artists,” Frieze, January-February 2007, p. 137. Krienke, Mary, "Andro Wekua," Art News, November 2007, p. 234.

2006 Zolghadr, Tirdad. "Speech Bubbles, Notes on Andro Wekua," Parkett, Number 78, p. 6-17. "Top 100 Artists," Flash Art, October 2006, p. 68. Ellis, Patricia, "Catching up with Charles Saatchi," Flash Art, October 06, p. 64. Bellini, Andrea. "New York Tales: Conflictual Art," Flash Art, May-June 2006, p.118- 19. Heiser, Jorg, “4th Berlin Biennial,” Frieze, May 2006. Stevens, Isabel. “Rubell Family Collection”, Contemporary 21, issue 80, p. 111.

2005 Thon, Von Ute. "Hauptstraße der Kunst," Art Das Kunstmagazin, April 2006, p. 27. Gygax, Raphael a.o. "Une si belle saison," Crac Alsace, Altkirch, September. p. 66, 84. Spiegler, Marc. "Trendspotting / New on the bloc," Art + Auction, London, June, p. 64. "Come Back/le retour im Crac Alsace," Kunst-Bulletin, Zurich, No. 5, May, p. 61. "Purple America," Purple Fashion, Paris, No. 3, Spring/Summer, p. 410-415. Fishman, Mark. "Face Off," Purple Fashion, Paris, No. 3, Spring/Summer, p. 35. Keiflin, Julie. "Crac, le retour," L’Alsace, Strasbourg, March 12, p. 42. Karcher, Eva. "Grace among the fragments of reality, " Sleek, Hamburg, February, p. 56-63. Jetzer, Gianni. "Andro Wekua," Flash Art, Milano, March/April, p. 115.

2004 Chatiaschwili, Teo. "Andro Wekua,” Amarta, Tiblissi, Winter, p. 120-128. Teerlinck, Hilde a.o., "The place to be," Crac Alsace, Altkirch, October, p. 35-36. Bühler, Kathleen. "Eine Kindheit am Schwarzen Meer," Feuilleton, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich. Schwerzmann, Jörg. "Oeffentlich und intim," Bolero, Zurich, September. Schoch Badrutt, Ursula, "Wunderbar wäre es gewesen," St. Galler Tagblatt, St. Gallen, September 14, p. 29. Karcher, Eva. "Existenzangst, als Klamauk verkleidet," Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich, No. 137, June 18, p. 17. Celeste, Tema. "Strategies of Desire," News and Around, Milano, No. 103, May/June, p. 122. Affentranger-Kirchrath, Angelika. "Landkarte der Erinnerung," Entwürfe, Berne, No. 38/04, May, p. 97-113. Zolghadr, Tirdad. "Be afraid," Frieze, London, No. 83, May, p. 94-95. Basting, Barbara. "Popcorn gibt Gänsehaut," Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich, February 19, p. 47. Affentranger-Kirchrath, Angelika. "Umkehrung und Projektion," Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, February 3, p. 48. Jetzer, Gianni. "Was darf es denn kosten?” Du, Zurich, No. 743, February, p. 66-69.

2003 Ackermann, Rita. "Chapter 2,“ Nieves, Zurich, September. Steiner, Urs. "Museal gebändigte Subkultur," Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich, August 26. Stephan, Fabienne. "The hurricane,", Fabienne Stephan, Geneva, August, p. 1-4.

2001 Jetzer, Gianni. "Andro Wekua," Miuze, Zurich, No. 1, Fall.