Biography/Bibliography


Andrea Robbins
Born: 1963, Boston, MA
Education:	
1989	Hunter College School of Art, New York, NY (1987­1989)
1986	Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY / BFA

Max Becher
Born: 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany
Education: 
1990	Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, MFA
1986	Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY, BFA

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2000	"Andrea Robbins and Max Becher," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1999	"German Indians," Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY 
	"Bavarian by Law" and "German Indians," Gallerie Windows, Brussels, Belgium

1998	"Bavarian by Law" and "German Indians," Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syracuse, NY
 	"Dachau" and "German Indians," Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA

1997	"Dachau" Michael Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
	"Dachau" Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY

1996	"Shrinking People, Exiled Cigars, and Galloping Dinosaurs," Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY

1995	"Holland," Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY

1994	"Holland/colonial remains," Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
	"Holland/colonial remains," de Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
	"Wall Street in Cuba/colonial remains," Kanaal Art Foundation, Kortrijk, Belgium
	"Old Tucson/Wall Street in Cuba," Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY

1992	"colonial remains," Berland Hall Gallery, New York, NY

1989	(MB) "Travel Exhibit," Zimmerli Art Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
	(AR) "Still-Life Maintenance," Hunter Gallery, Thomas Hunter Hall, New York, NY

1986 	"A Portrait of Felix Buchloh," Arthur A. Houghton Gallery, New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2000	"Biennale de Lyon d'Art Contemporain," Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
	"On Sight: Conetmporary Photographers of Place" The Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, 
		Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY
	"Above and Beyond," Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
	"Miami Arts Project," Miami, FL
	"Contemporary Art From the Collection of The Jewish Musem," Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, 
		U. of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, U. of Nebraska, Sheldon, NE, 
		Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

1999	"Photography: An Expanded View," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
	"Architecture?" Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta, GA
	"Persuasion," Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
	"Artists in Residence," Altos de Chavon Gallery, La Romana, Dominican Republic
	"Full Exposure: Contemporary Photography," New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ
	(AR) "Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis," Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY 
	"Photography: An Expanded View," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
	"The Cultured Tourist," Carol Eilers Gallery, Ltd , Chicago, IL

1998	"The Cultured Tourist," Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY 		
	"Selections/Contemporary Photography," The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
	"The Cottingley Fairies and other Apparitions," Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN
	"The Cottingley Fairies and other Apparitions," Leslie Tonkanow Artworks + Projects, New York, NY

1997	"Critical Images: Conceptual Works from the 1960s to the Present," Leslie Tonkanow 
		Artworks + Projects, New York, NY

1996	"100 Photographs," American Fine Arts, Co., New York, NY
	"Culture and Continuity:  The Jewish Journey," The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
	"Western Views: A Photographic History of Land Use in the West," San Francisco Museum of 				
			Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

1995	"The Cultured Tourist," curated by Leslie Tonkonow, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY
	"Summer Fling," Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY

1994	"In the Field: Landscape in Recent Photography," Margo Leavin Gallery,  Los Angeles, CA
	"Artists Select," Artists Space, New York, NY

1993	"Trade Routes," curated by Laura Trippi, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

1992	(MB) "Green Acres: Neocolonialism in the U.S." curated by Martha Rosler, 
			Washington University Gallery of Art,  St. Louis, MO 

1989	(MB) "If You Lived Here: Housing, Homelessness, City," curated by 
		Martha  Rosler, Dia Art Foundation, New York, NY

1987	Harry N. Abrams Publishing Co.: "Landmarks of New York"

1986	"Jardin Secret," Arca Centre d'art Contemporain, Marseilles, France


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2000	Edith Newhall, New York Magazine, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher," January 3, p.10

1999	Grace Glueck,The New York Times, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher," December 31
	Sarah Schmerler, Time Out New York, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher, 'German Indians'," December
	Meredith Mendelsohn, artnet.com, "German Indians," December 17
	Lucy Lippard, On the Beaten Track: Tourism, Art, and Place, p. 46-47, 89, 120-122
	The Bulletin, "Robbins/Becher at Gallerie Windows," p. 21
	Alain D'Hooghe, "Dans un monde déboussolé," p. 17
	(AR) Sue Spaid, The Village Voice, "Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis," April 27
	(AR) Andrea K. Scott, Time Out New York, "Conceptual Art as Neurobiological Praxis," April 22-29
	Mitchell Seidel, The Sunday Star Ledger, "Art Form Still in the Process of Exposing Itself," May 16, p. 7

1998	Sarah Boxer, New York Times, "The Guggenheim Sounds the Alarm: It Ain't Necessarily So," 
		Friday, March 19, p.E37
	Harper's Magazine, February, p. 29
	Vicki Goldberg, New York Times, "Eliminating the Distance Between Two Points," Friday, Nov 17, p. E46
	Leslie Camhi, The Village Voice, "The Cultured Tourist" November 24, p. 135
	June/July August, Frieze, p. 95	Jerry Cullum, Artpapers, "Stereotype This" November/December, p.16
	Jerry Cullum, Art in America, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher at Vaknin Schwartz," July, p. 101-102
	Rebecca Dimling Cochran, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher at Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta," 		
	Linda Yablonsky, Time Out New York, "The Cottingley Fairies and Other Apparitions," February 5-12, p. 44
	Vicki Goldberg, New York Times, "Of Fairies, Free Spirits and Outright Frauds," Sunday, February 1, p. 48-49

1997	Lucy Lippard. The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society, p.240
	(MB) Documents Magazine, Spring 1997, p. 11
	Roxana Marcoci, Diana Murphy, Eve Sinaiko, New, p.109
	George Baker. Artforum, "Andrea Robbins & Max Becher," September, p.126 

1996	Van de Wall, Mark.  Artforum, "Andrea Robbins & Max Becher," May, p.104
	The Print Collector's Newsletter, "Andrea Robbins & Max Becher," Vol.27, #1, March-April, p.30

1996	Tonkonow, Leslie.  Photography Quarterly, "The Cultured Tourist," p.4-8
	Schaffner, Ingrid.  Photography Quarterly, "Every Traveler a Tourist," p.9-12
	Citizen K , "The Exile Brands," Numero 8, Hiver 95/96, p.44
	Karmel, Pepe.  New York Times, "Andrea Robbins & Max Becher: 'Shrinking 	
		People, Exiled Cigars and Galloping Dinosaurs'," February 2, 1996

1995	Van Winkel, Camiel.  Archis, "Vestiges of Utopia, The Düsseldorf School," October 1995, p. 65- 80 
	Mariño, Melanie.  Art in America, "Andrea Robbins and Max Becher at Basilico Fine Arts," November 1995, pg. 112
	Robbins, A. & Becher, M. Blindspot, "The Oregon Vortex" Issue 6, pg. 12-17
	Robbins, A. & Becher, M. Documents, "The Exile Brands," Spring/Summer 1995 p. 66 - 69
	Kutner, Janet. The Dallas Morning News, "Chelsea and Soho offer a mix of 
		Art," May 28, 1995, p. 5C, 7C
 
1994	Kandel, Susan. Los Angeles Times, "Land Ahoy," November 17, 1994, p. F13
	Dogramaci, Burcu. Welt am Sonntag, "Der Wilde als entmundigtes Wesen," Sept. 25, 1994
	Velder, Katrin. Augenblick, "Andrea Robbins & Max Becher: 'Old Tucson / Wall Street in Cuba'," 
		Vol. 2, No. 4, April 1994, p. 2


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

The New School for Social Research, New York, NY