Cosima von Bonin

(Mombasa, Kenya, 1962)
Cosima von Bonin lives and works in Cologne. In 2010, in addition to her exhibition at Witte de With, she will be the subject of a major retrospective at the Kunsthaus Bregenz. Recent solo shows include MOCA, Los Angeles (2007), Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2004), Kunstverein Hamburg (2001) and Kunstverein Braunschweig (2000). In the past three years, von Bonin has participated in numerous international group exhibitions, including Collecting History, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Compass in Hand, Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (all 2009); Eyes Wide Open, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2008); and Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Her installation Relax – It’s Only a Ghost was widely considered one of the highlights of Documenta XII (Kassel, 2007). Her work is included in many important collections internationally, such as Tate Britain (London) and MOCA (Los Angeles). She is represented by Galerie Daniel Buchholz (Cologne) and Friedrich Petzel (New York).

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Cosima von Bonin, NOTHING # 09 (DOOR SLAMMING FESTIVAL), 2010 Wolle, Baumwolle / cotton, wool 207 x 186 cm Courtesy Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne/Berlin

Slothful Sundays

To accompany the exhibition COSIMA VON BONIN’S FAR NIENTE FOR WITTE DE WITH’S SLOTH SECTION, LOOP # 01 OF THE LAZY SUSAN SERIES, A ROTATING EXHIBITION 2010 – 2011 a sequence of events have been planned at Witte de With …Read more

 
Cosima von Bonin’s Far Niente, for Witte de With’s Sloth section, loop # 01 of the Lazy Susan series, a rotating exhibition 2010-2011

Cosima von Bonin’s Far Niente for Witte de With’s Sloth Section, Loop # 01 of the Lazy Susan Series, a Rotating Exhibition 2010 – 2011

Exhibition At Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Cosima von Bonin presents an exhibition around the notion of sloth and fatigue. With her typical laconic humor, von Bonin creates a constellation of new and existing works. From oversized stuffed …Read more

 
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Cosima von Bonin

ISBN: 978-90-73362-91-8
Edited with an introduction by Zoe Gray, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Number of copies: 1000, English
Format: paperback, 208 pages; 200 x 125 mm; 26 color images, additional b&w illustrations
Design: Kummer & Herrman, Utrecht
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