Ian Wilson
| 2020 | I am before, I am almost, I am never |
Contemporary Art Center Parc Saint-Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux (FR) |
| 2020 | Ian Wilson. Perfect | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2020 | Not in So Many Words | Kröller Müller Museum, Otterlo |
| 2020 | Out of Order. Works From The Haubrok Collection, Part 1 and Part 2 | Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, (DE) |
| 2019 | Harbinger II: Subtle Collisions | Gent University Botanical Garden |
| 2019 | Ian Wilson | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2019 | Points de Rencontres | Centre Pompidou, Paris |
| 2019 | Présences voyageuses | FRAC Lorraine, Metz |
| 2018 | Time extended / 1964-1978. Works and Documents from the Herbert Foundation. Part III | Herbert Foundation, Gent |
| 2018 | Bandes à part | Le Musée régional d’art contemporain |
| 2018 | Talk Show Festival | La Panacée, Montpellier |
| 2018 | The Transported Man | Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| 2017 | Collective attitudes | FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, Berlin |
| 2017 | The Transported Man |
Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing |
| 2017 | Modus Operandi | Société, Brussels |
| 2017 | Du verbe à la communication. La collection de Josée et Marc Gensollen | Carré d’Art, Mus.e d’art contemporain, Nîmes |
| 2017, May 16 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion | Tate Modern, London |
Ian Wilson, There was a discussion walking in the Tate Modern, May 18, 2017, 2017, typewritten certificate signed by Ian Wilson, 28 x 21,5 cm (paper), 42 x 35,2 cm (frame), unique
| 2017, May 14 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion | KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin |
| 2017 | Ian Wilson | KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin |
| 2017 | Ian Wilson | Taro Nasu, Tokyo |
| 2016 | Daniel Buren. A Fresco | Bozar, Brussels |
| 2015 | A Fragile But Marvelous Life | Aspen Art Museum |
| 2015 | Hotel Theory | REDCAT, Los Angeles |
| 2015 | Manon de Boer - Joachim Koester - Ian Wilson | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2015 | ArtZuid, Amsterdam | |
| 2015, May 12 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion | P420, Bologna |
| 2015, May 9 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / A Discussion | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2015, April 4 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Dia:Beacon |
| 2014 | Yokohama Triennale 2014 | Yokohama Museum of Art / Shinko Pier, Yokohama |
| 2014 | Sapporo International Art Festival 2014 | Sapporo |
| 2014 | DER LEONE HAVE SEPT CABEÇAS | CRAC Alsacen, Altkirch |
| 2014 | The Distance Between You And Me | Haubrok Foundation, Berlin |
| 2014, March 15 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Dia:Beacon |
| 2014 | Flatland. A Plateau of Sculptures | MAMCO, Geneva |
| 2013 | There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's 4'33 | Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| 2013, November 16 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Dia: Chelsea, New York |
| 2013 | Statements | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2013, May 7,8 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2013, May 4 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute | Grazer Kunstverein |
| 2013 | Certificate of the discussion presented permanently at the Grazer Kunstverein | Grazer Kunstverein |
| 2013 | Art Institute Chicago | |
| 2013, April 28 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute in Art | FAHRBEREITSCHAFT, Berlin |
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2013, April 20 |
The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Dia: Beacon |
| 2013 | Statements | Jan Mot, Mexico City |
| 2012 | Materializing Six Years: Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art | Brooklyn Museum, New York |
| 2012 | Discussion | Villa Reale, Milan |
| 2012 | Jan Mot, Brussels | |
| 2012, March 27, 28 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute in Art | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2012, April 7 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute | Dia:Beacon |
| 2012 | Positions on Conceptual Art | Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
| 2011 | The Pure Awareness of the Absolute / Discussions | Dia:Beacon |
| 2011 | People and Time | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2011 | Geste serpentine et autres prophéties | FRAC Lorraine, Merz |
| 2011 | The Passenger | Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam |
| 2011 | Underwood | Galerie 1900-2000, Paris |
| 2011 | Le moins du monde | 49 nord 6 est - FRAC Lorraine, Merz |
| 2010 | Habiter poétiquement | Musée d'art moderne Lille Métropole |
| 2010 | Art Unlimited | Art 41 Basel |
| 2010 | A l'ombre d'un doute | FRAC Lorraine, Merz |
| 2010 | Play Van Abbe - Part 2: Time Machines: In-between Minimalisms | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 2009 | Discussioni individuali | Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia |
| 2009 | Ian Wilson | Kunstverein, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Discussion | Kunstverein, Amsterdam |
| 2009 | Dans l'abîme du Temps, Oeuvres des collections du Frac Lorraine | Musée départemental d'art ancien et contemporain, Epinal |
| 2009 | Quelque chose du temps | FRAC Lorraine, Centre de Détention, Toul |
| 2009 | Collected Things Connected | Haubrokshows, Berlin |
| 2009 | Mario Garcia Torres, Ian Wilson | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2009 | Discussion | MAMCO, Geneva |
| 2009 | Play Van Abbe, Repitition: Summer Display 1983 | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 2008 | This Is Not a Void | Galerie Luisa Strina, São Paulo |
| 2008 | Plug In #47 | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 2008 | Peripherical Vision and Collective Body | Museion, Bolzano |
| 2008 | On Early Sculpture | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2008 | Time Pieces | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2007 | In the Stream of Life | Bétonsalon, Paris |
| 2007 | A Discussion / Ian Wilson at Yvon Lambert New York | Yvon Lambert Gallery, New York |
| 2007 | Before the End | L'Usine, Dijon |
| 2007 | A Theatre Without Theatre | Museu Berardi, Lisboa |
| 2007 | A Theatre Without Theatre | MACBA, Barcelona |
| 2007 | A Spoken Word Exhibition | Swiss Institute, New York |
| 2007 | Art 38 Basel | |
| 2007 | Art & Language. Stephanie Brooks, Helen Mirra and Ian Wilson | Peter Blum Chelsea, New York |
| 2006 | Programme | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2006 | Public Space / Two Audiences. Works and Documents from the Herbert Collection | MACBA, Barcelona (ES) |
| 2006 | Inventory. Works from the Herbert Collection | Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
| 2006 | The Known and the Unknown | Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen |
| 2006 | EindhovenIstanbul | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (NL) |
| 2005 | EA/C, Expat-art Centre | BizArt, Shanghai |
| 2005 | MNAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris | |
| 2005 | Frieze Projects | Frieze Art Fair, London |
| 2005 | Jan Mot | Frieze Art Fair, London |
| 2005, May 19 | A Discussion / Ian Wilson | Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf |
| 2005, May 25 | A discussion with Ian Wilson | ZKM, Karlsruhe |
| 2005 | Galerie Meyer-Riegger, Karlsruhe | |
| 2005 | Today is Just a Copy of Yesterday | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2005 | Strictement confidentiel. A partir de la collection de Marc et Josée Gensollen | Centre d'Art, Vassivière |
| 2004 | Two Works | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2004, June 4,5 | Ian Wilson will be at the Jan Mot Gallery for discussions | Jan Mot, Brussels |
| 2004 | EA / C, Expat-art Centre | ICA, London |
| 2004 | Don't expect anything. Robert Barry, Tino Sehgal, Ian Wilson | Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia |
| 2004 | MAMCO, Geneva | |
| 2003 | Les années 70 | CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
| 2002, April 19 | Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 2002 | Conceptual Art in the Netherlands and Belgium, 1965-1975 | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam |
| 2002 | One Early Scuplture | Jan Mot, Brussels |
Ian Wilson, Untitled (Disc), 1966, fiber glass, paint, installation view at Jan Mot
| 2001, February 11 | Ian Wilson: Discussion of the Absolute | Hallen für Neue Kunst, Schaffhausen |
| 2001 | Ian Wilson. Works from 1966 to 2001 | Peter Blum Gallery, New York |
| 2001, April 26 | Discussions of the Absolute | Peter Blum Gallery, New York |
| 2001, April 5 | Ian Wilson and Robert Ryman | Peter Blum Gallery, New York |
| 2000 | Nothing in the Main Hall | Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland |
| 2000 | Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius / Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö | |
| 2000, June 25 | Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute | Kunsthalle Basel |
| 2000, February 29 | Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute | Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva |
| 2000 | Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored Objects, Works From the Collection of Annick and Anton Herbert | Casino Luxembourg |
| 1999, May 13 | Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute | Gensollen, Marseille |
| 1999, May 9 | Ian Wilson. Discussions of the Absolute | Palais des Beaux-arts, Brussels |
| 1998 | Ian Wilson | Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels |
| 1996 | Perfect | Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels |
| 1996 | Robert Ryman + Ian Wilson | Genesta, London |
| 1995 | 1965-1975: Reconsidering the Object of Art | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |
| 1990 | Feux Pâles | Musée d'art contemporain Entrepôt, Bordeaux |
| 1989 | L'art conceptuel, une perspective | Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris |
| 1986, June 15 | That Which is Both Known and Unknown: A Discussion With Ian Wilson (on the occasion of the printing of sections 35 and 36) | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1986, April 10 | A Discussion with Ian Wilson | Galerie Maeght Lelong, New York |
| 1985 | At 1 P.M., 13th January 1985, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1984 | Works of Conceptual Art from the Collection of David Bellman | Or Gallery, Vancouver |
| 1983 | At 20.00 P.M. 3rd June 1983, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1983, May 21 | David Bellman Gallery, Toronto | |
| 1982 | At 20:00 P.M., Tuesday 22nd June 1982, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1981 | At 20:00 P.M., 11th May 1981, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1981, May 4 | Une discussion avec Ian Wilson | Musée National d'Art Moderne (Centre Pompidou), Salon Kandinsky, Paris |
| 1980 | At 16:00 P.M., June 28th 1980, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1979, June 1-30 | Une exposition d'artistes invité par Ian Wilson (lui-même y compris) proposée organisée par Michel Claura | 92, rue Saint-Lazar, Paris |
| 1979, May 15, 16, 17 | Discussions | Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf |
| 1979 | On the 28th and the 29th of May 1979, Ian Wilson will be in the gallery for discussions from 2 PM to 6 PM. | Michele Lachowsky, Brussels |
| 1979, May 12, 13 | Discussions | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1979, May 3, 4, 5 | Ian Wilson sera présent à la galerie pour des discussions | Liliane & Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris |
| 1978 | On March 18, 1978 - at 20h, Ian Wilson will be at the Galerie Vega, for Discussions | Galerie Vega, Neupré |
| 1978 | March 15, 16 and 17, 1978, Ian Wilson will be in Eindhoven for Discussions | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1978 | March 11, 12 and 13, 1978, Ian Wilson will be in Basel for Discussions | Rolf Preisig, Basel |
| 1978, March 29, 30, 31 | Discussions | Villa Seurat, Paris |
| 1978, March 8, 9, 10 | Ian Wilson Will Be at the Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery for Discussions | Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich |
| 1977, April 29, May 16 | Discussions between Massimo Minini and Ian Wilson | Banco, Brescia |
| 1977, April 28 | Discussion: Ian Wilson Will Present Plato's Epistemology of The Parmenides | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1977 | Discussion | New York University |
| 1976, June 1, 2, 3 | Discussions | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1976 | May 2nd through 4th 1976 Ian Wilson will be in Basel for discussions | Rolf Preisig, Basel |
| 1976 | At 8:30 P.M., April 27th 1976, Ian Wilson will be at the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, for a discussion | Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
| 1976, May 10 | Discussion | Maison des centraux, Paris |
| 1975, March 18 | Discussion | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1975, March 20 | Discussion | Gian Enzo Sperone, New York |
| 1975, February 10 | Discussion | ICA, London |
| 1975 | Daniel Buren, Robert Ryman, Ian Wilson | Galerie MTL, Brussels |
| 1975, March 28 | Discussion | Galerie MTL, Brussels |
| 1974 | Contemporanea | Parcheggio di Villa Borghese, Rome, Art Section |
| 1974 | On the 20th of September 1974 Ian Wilson will be present for discussion from 7 P.M. to 10 P.M. | Rolf Preisig, Basel |
| 1974 | On the 10th of September 1974 Ian Wilson will be in the Cusack Gallery for discussions from 5 P.M to 8 P.M. | Houston, Texas |
| 1974, May 9 | Discussion | New York University |
| 1974, May 5 | Discussion | New York University |
| 1974, April 8 | Discussion | New York University |
| 1974 | Le 4 avril 1974, à 20 heures précises, 16-18 rue Littré, Paris, Ian Wilson sera présent pour un entretien dont le sujet sera lu par Michel Claura | Paris |
| 1974, March 26 | Discussion | Jack Wendler Gallery, London |
| 1974, May 29 | Discussion | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1973 | Museum Dhont-Dhaenens, Deurle |
| 1973, March 30 | Galleria Toselli, Milan | |
| 1973, March 29 | Discussion | Jack Wendler Gallery, London |
| 1972, November 29 | Discussion | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1972, May 25 | Can Something be "Made" Clear? | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1972 | Le mercredi 28 mars, Ian Wilson discutera un sujet dont le thème sera annoncé dans la Galerie MTL | Galerie MTL, Brussels |
| 1972, March 25 | Das Konzept ist die Form | Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster |
| 1972, February 2 | Discussion | Galleria Toselli, Milan |
| 1972, January 25, 26, 27 | Ian Wilson ist da! | Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf |
| 1971 | Arte de Sistemas | Centro de Arte y Communicación, Buenos Aires |
| 1971 | The Boardwalk Show | Protect-Rivkin, Washington, D.C. |
| 1971 | At the moment | Doorway-Hall, Zagreb |
| 1971, November 20 | Discussion | John Weber Gallery, New York |
| 1971 | California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles | |
| 1970, December 1 | Discussion | Café de la Monnaie, Paris |
| 1970, November 15, 16 | Discussions | Kunsthalle Düsseldorf |
| 1970 | Conceptual Art and Conceptual Aspects | The New York Cultural Center |
| 1970, February 12 | Discussion | Albergo Rosa, Milan |
| 1970 | Nigel Greenwood, London | |
| 1970 | The Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| 1970, January 7, 14 | Ian Wilson | Jack Wendler Gallery, London |
| 1970 | Discussion | ICA, London |
| 1969 | 557,087 | Seattle Art Museum Pavilion |
| 1969 | 995,000 | Art Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver |
| 1969 | Number 7 | Paula Cooper Gallery, New York |
| 1969, March 31 | One month/March 1969, Various locations throughout the world; each artist an assigned day | |
| 1969, March 19 | Konzeption - Conception | Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen |
| 1969, March 17 | Time: A Panel Discussion | The New York Shakespeare |
| 1968 | There was a discussion, in New York in 1968, on the idea of time | Bykert Gallery, New York |
The above layout is inspired by Mousse magazine’s timeline designed to accompany the essay on Ian Wilson "A Rose Is a Rose" by Catherine Wood, published in Mousse 72 (Summer 2020).
Sections
Ian Wilson, Set of 5 Sections: 441 – 445, 2014, 5 individually numbered books, ink on paper, certificate of authenticity signed by the artist with the text “The Set of 10 (sic) Sections, 441-445, with the word Perfect, is authorised by Ian Wilson”, 30,2 x 22 x 2,2 cm (book, each), unique
Ian Wilson, Set of 10 Sections: 431 – 440, 2014, 10 individually numbered books, ink on paper, certificate of authenticity signed by the artist with the text “The Set of 10 Sections, 431-440, with the word Perfect, is authorised by Ian Wilson”, 30,2 x 22 x 2,2 cm (book, each), unique
Statements
Ian Wilson, A discussion, 1977, A typewritten sheet of paper with the text: ” A discussion.”, signed and numbered by the artist, 27,9 x 21,6 cm (paper), 43 x 34 x 2 cm (frame), edition of unlimited
Ian Wilson, There is a discussion, 1972, typewritten sheet of paper with the text: “There is a discussion”, signed and numbered by Ian Wilson, 27,9 x 21,6 cm (paper), 43 x 34 x 2 cm (frame), edition of unlimited
Ian Wilson, There was a Discussion, 1970, A typewritten sheet of paper with the text: “There was a discussion”, signed and numbered by the artist, 27,9 x 21,6 cm (paper), 43 x 34 x 2 cm (frame), edition of unlimited
Ian Wilson, Time (Spoken), 1982, typewritten sheet of paper with the text: “Time spoken, 1982. This work is installed when the word ‘Time’ is spoken.”, signed and numbered by the artist, 27,9 x 21,6 cm (paper), 43 x 34 x 2 cm (frame), edition of unlimited
Discussions
Ian Wilson
There was a discussion at the Galleria Toselli in Milan, March 30, 1973
typewritten certificate signed by Ian Wilson
27,9 x 21,6 cm (paper), 43 x 34 x 2 cm (frame)
Circles
Ian Wilson
Circle on the floor, 1968
white chalk circle on the floor
certificate of authenticity signed by Ian Wilson
⌀ 183 cm
installation view at Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard Brussels, 1998
Paintings
Ian Wilson
Dark Grey Peripheral Rectangle, 1966 – reconstructed in 2008
acrylic paint on canvas
61 x 91.5 cm (exterior), consisting of two L-shaped elements, attached together and forming a rectangular void in the centre
Biography
Ian Wilson
1940, Durban (ZA) - 2020, New York (US)
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