David Lamelas

♂ *1946 / Argentina

Works

Solo exhibitions

Far, America

CGAC Centro Galego, Santiago de Compostela (ES)
23 Jul 2021 – 3 Oct 2021
Ian Wilson, David Lamelas.

Traces of Speech and Time in Michel Claura’s Miscellanies

Jan Mot, Brussels (BE)
5 Jun 2021 – 12 Sep 2021
A Life Of Their Own

Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
16 Mar 2018 – 11 Jun 2018
A Life of Their Own

University Art Museum, Long Beach (US)
16 Sep 2017 – 10 Dec 2017
Time as Activity

SPRÜTH MAGERS LA, Los Angeles (US)
7 Sep 2017 – 21 Oct 2017
Intimidad Territorial

Parra & Romero, Madrid (ES)
15 Sep 2016 – 21 Oct 2016
The Desert People

UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
30 Jan 2016 – 22 May 2016
DAVID LAMELAS

Sprüth Magers, Berlin (DE)
29 Jan 2016 – 2 Apr 2016
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Lia Rumma, Milano (IT)
25 Mar 2014 – 24 May 2014
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Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo (NO)
15 Mar 2013 – 28 Apr 2013
The Light at the Edge of a Nightmare

Parra & Romero, Madrid (ES)
20 Sep 2012 – 24 Nov 2012
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Ignacio Liprandi Contemporary Art, Buenos Aires (AR)
10 Feb 2011 – 11 Mar 2011
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SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
6 Sep 2007 – 29 Sep 2007
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Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen (CH)
7 Jul 2007 – 9 Sep 2007
Early Works

Sprüth Magers, München (DE)
8 Feb 2007 – 24 Mar 2007
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Wiener Secession, Wien (AT)
6 Jul 2006 – 10 Sep 2006
Films 1969 – 1972

CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR)
9 Apr 2006 – 8 Jul 2006
Part 2

Jan Mot, Brussels (BE)
22 Apr 2006 – 20 May 2006
Part 1

Jan Mot, Brussels (BE)
15 Mar 2006 – 15 Apr 2006
Foreigner

Museo Tamayo Arte, México (MX)
2 Jun 2005 – 14 Aug 2005
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MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
14 Jan 2005 – 22 Jan 2005
Exhibiting Mediality

ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (US)
8 Sep 2004 – 12 Dec 2004
SPACE/TIME/FICTION

Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (ES)
15 Jul 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

Group

Seriously

curated by Nana Bahlmann, featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs,

SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
21 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Bas Jan Ader, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Massimo Bartolini, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lynda Benglis, Helen Chadwick, Robert Cumming, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Braco Dimitrijevic …
Mapping the Archive

daadgalerie, Berlin (DE)
6 Dec 2024 – 6 Jan 2025

with Stephen Dwoskin, Clemens Klopfenstein
CUERPOS CONTACTO

MAMBA Museo de Arte Moderno BA, Buenos Aires (AR)
20 May 2022 – 28 Feb 2023

with Marie Louise Alemann, Mercedes Azpilicueta, Alicia D'Amico, Eduardo Giménez, Alberto Goldstein, Alejandro Kuropatwa, Liliana Maresca, Marta Minujín, Dalila Puzzovio, Lin Zhipeng - 223
Fotografie als analytische Praxis

Leopold Museum, Wien (AT)
12 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, Miriam Baeckstroem, John Baldessari, Gottfried Bechtold, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Hanne Darboven, Olafur Eliasson, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Herbert W. Franke, Nan Goldin …
Bodies—Cities. Sammlungen und Exkurse

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
19 Oct 2019 – 3 Mar 2020

with Alice Creischer & Andreas Siekmann, Valie Export, Dan Graham, Allan Kaprow, Friedl Kubelka, Gordon Matta-Clark, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Inge Morath, Adrian Piper, Martha Rosler, Allan Sekula, Stephen Willats
AMBERES – Roberto Bolaño’s Antwerp

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
7 Jun 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Jimmie Durham, Cevdet Erek, Andrea Fraser, Gordon Matta-Clark, Laure Prouvost, Allan Sekula, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Stephen Willats
Macht der Sprache. Aus den Sammlungen

Power of Language - From the Collections

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
20 Oct 2018 – 7 Apr 2019

with Christian Ludwig Attersee, Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Peter Downsbrough, Valie Export, Rainer Ganahl, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, Ewa Partum, Arnulf Rainer, Klaus Scheruebel, Kurt Schwitters, Ana Torfs …
documenta 14 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
10 Jun 2017 – 13 Sep 2017

with Algirdas Seskus, Abounaddara, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Michel Auder, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Sammy Baloji, Rebecca Belmore, WANG Bing, Ross Birrell, Pavel Braila, Geta Bratescu, Nikhil Chopra …
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
20 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Geoffrey Farmer, Isa Genzken, Luis Jacob, Janice Kerbel, Hassan Khan, Cady Noland …
Looking at Tomorrow

Light and Language from The Panza Collection, 1967-1990

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo (US)
24 Oct 2015 – 7 Feb 2016

with Art & Language , Robert Barry, Hanne Darboven, Walter de Maria, Jan Dibbets, Hamish Fulton, Gilbert & George, Roni Horn, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Jan Vercruysse, Lawrence Weiner
Construction to Transmission

Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960-1980

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
5 Sep 2015 – 3 Jan 2016

with Geta Bratescu, Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Sanja Ivekovic, Lea Lublin, Dora Maurer, Ana Mendieta
America Is Hard to See

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
1 May 2015 – 27 Sep 2015

with Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Charles Atlas, Alex Bag, Bernadette Corporation, Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, Walter de Maria, Roy DeCarava, Maya Deren …
Dear Portrait

Mostyn Art Gallery, Llandudno (GB)
20 Jul 2013 – 13 Oct 2013

with Pierre Bismuth, Maurizio Cattelan, Ryan Gander, Tim Gardner, Loris Greaud, Isabell Heimerdinger, Annette Kelm, Wilhelm Sasnal, Wolfgang Tillmans, Franco Vaccari, Ian Wallace
UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN - CALIFORNIA ART 1974-1981

MOCA Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles (US)
1 Oct 2011 – 13 Feb 2012

with Bas Jan Ader, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Judith Barry, Bruce Conner, Joe Deal, John Divola, Charles Gaines, Jim Goldberg, Robert Heinecken, Lynn Hershman …
War rooms

Danielle Arnaud contemporary art, London (GB)
1 Jul 2011 – 31 Jul 2011

with Marcel Broodthaers, Marius Pfannenstil
Out-of-Sync

The Paradoxes of Times

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
17 Feb 2011 – 22 May 2011

with Valie Export, Miguel Godinho, Dan Graham, Laurent Montaron, Bruce Nauman, Anri Sala, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Are You Ready for TV?

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
5 Nov 2010 – 25 Apr 2011

with Judith Barry, Joseph Beuys, Dara Birnbaum, Jef Cornelis, Xinema Cuevas, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Johan Grimonprez, David Hall, Joan Jonas, Alexander Kluge, Martha Rosler …
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Kutluğ Ataman, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji …
De frente al sol

Galerie Martin Janda, Wien (AT)
18 Sep 2010 – 30 Oct 2010

with Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla
Rencontres d'Arles 2010

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
3 Jul 2010 – 19 Sep 2010

with Marcos Adandia, Leandro Berra, Rhona Bitner, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Michel Campeau, Anne Collier, Bruce Conner, ZHANG Dali, Francois Deladerriere, Liz Deschenes, Alain Dister, Trisha Donnelly …
Changing Channels

Kunst und Fernsehen 1963-1987

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
5 Mar 2010 – 6 Jun 2010

with Valie Export, Dan Graham, Sanja Ivekovic, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Peter Weibel
Time as Matter

MACBA Collection. New Acquisitions.

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
15 May 2009 – 31 Aug 2009

with Ignasi Aballi, Judith Barry, Manon de Boer, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Marine Hugonnier, Sanja Ivekovic, Rita McBride, Matt Mullican, Armando Andrade Tudela, Lawrence Weiner
Source Codes

Sprüth Magers, Berlin (DE)
26 Jun 2009 – 29 Aug 2009

with Kenneth Anger, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Bruce Conner, Richard Hamilton, Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, John Stezaker, Paul Thek
The 7th Gwangju Biennale Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2008 – 9 Nov 2008

with Adel Abdessemed, Bani Abidi, Francis Alys, Lara Almarcegui, Stefano Arienti, Sadie Benning, Ursula Biemann, Tania Bruguera, Gerard Byrne, Bruce Conner, Thomas Demand, Koo Donghee …
Above - the - Fold

Museum Gegenwartskunst, Basel (CH)
1 Jun 2008 – 12 Oct 2008

with Ceal Floyer
Weder Entweder Noch Oder

Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart (DE)
31 May 2008 – 3 Aug 2008

with Ignasi Aballi, Sven Augustijnen, Enrico David, John Wood & Paul Harrison, Renzo Martens, Emily Wardill
VIER5 Family and Friends

CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR)
11 Oct 2007 – 8 Dec 2007

with Lewis Baltz, Barbara Klemm
Uneasy Angel / Imagine Los Angeles

Sprüth Magers, München (DE)
14 Sep 2007 – 3 Nov 2007

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari
Sammlung

Generali Foundation, Wien (AT)
24 May 2007 – 26 Aug 2007

with Robert Barry, Valie Export, Andrea Fraser, Dorit Margreiter, Gustav Metzger, Florian Pumhösl, Allan Sekula, Heimo Zobernig
First Generation: Art and the Moving Image, 1963-1986

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
7 Nov 2006 – 2 Apr 2007

with Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Valie Export, David Hall, Gary Hill, Takahiko Iimura, Joan Jonas, Thierry Kuntzel, Ana Mendieta, Antoni Muntadas, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik …
WAHRE BILDER - TRUE PICTURES

Positionen inszenierter Fotokunst bis 2005 aus der Sammlung des MUMOK, Wien

INN SITU, Innsbruck (AT)
23 Nov 2006 – 3 Feb 2007

with Josef Dabernig, Shadi Ghadirian, John Hilliard, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Rene Magritte, Rashid Masharawi, Tracey Moffatt, Lisl Ponger, Wang Qingsong, Stephan Reusse, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall …
Busan Biennale 2006 - Contemporary Art Exhibition

Busan Museum of Art, Busan (KR)
16 Sep 2006 – 25 Nov 2006

with Mladen Bizumic, Kyungwoo Chun, Flavia da Rin, Björn Dahlem, Sam Durant, Jonah Freeman, Pearl C. Hsiung, Marine Hugonnier, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Joan Jonas, Joachim Koester, David Maljkovic …
50 JPG

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Ant Farm, Claude Closky, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Elke Krystufek, Zbigniew Libera, Gianni Motti, Marco Poloni, Thomas Ruff, Karin Sander, Sean Snyder, Klaus Staeck
PHOTO-TRAFIC

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
9 Jun 2006 – 13 Aug 2006

with Ant Farm, Blue Noses, Silvie Defraoui, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Rainer Ganahl, Peter Kennard, Elke Krystufek, Yaron Leshem, Zbigniew Libera, Bjoern Melhus, Otto Mittmannsgruber …
Thank you for the music

Sketch, London (GB)
4 Jul 2006 – 29 Jul 2006

with Ellen Cantor & John Cussans, Mika Taanila
Thank You For The Music

interfaces between visual arts and music

Sprüth Magers Projekte >> Berlin, München (DE)
24 Nov 2005 – 11 Feb 2006

with John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Jeremy Deller, Thomas Demand, Robert Frank, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Robert Mapplethorpe, Christian Marclay, Mika Taanila, Wolfgang Tillmans
La Monnaie Vivante

CAC - Centre d'art contemporain, Brétigny-sur-Orge (FR)
20 Jan 2006 – 22 Jan 2006

with Ceal Floyer, Michel Gholam, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jens Haaning, Sanja Ivekovic, Pierre Joseph, Teresa Margolles, Roman Ondak, Wolfgang Prinz, Santiago Sierra, Artur Zmijewski
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982

Miami Art Central (MAC), Miami (US)
11 Mar 2005 – 12 Jun 2005

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Giovanni Anselmo, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Victor Burgin, Sarah Charlesworth …
Today is just a copy of yesterday

Jan Mot, Brussels (BE)
10 Feb 2005 – 2 Apr 2005

with Robert Barry, Pierre Bismuth, Manon de Boer, Mario Garcia Torres, Douglas Gordon, Joachim Koester, Jonathan Monk
Minimal Artists try to make Something look like Nothing and Conceptual Artists try to make Nothing look like Something, or is It the Other Way Round?

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris (FR)
5 Nov 2004 – 18 Dec 2004

with Robert Barry, Joan Jonas, Louise Lawler, Sol LeWitt, Dennis Oppenheim, Lawrence Weiner
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

Serralves Museum, Porto (PT)
23 Jul 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Roger Hutchings …
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography (1960-1982)

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
28 May 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Giovanni Anselmo, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Victor Burgin, Sarah Charlesworth …
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (ES)
19 Feb 2004 – 2 May 2004

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson …
A century of artists' film in britain

Tate Britain, London (GB)
19 May 2003 – 18 Apr 2004

with Kenneth Anger, Keith Arnatt, George Barber, Breda Beban, Ian Breakwell, Francis Bruguire, Helen Chadwick, Chris Cunningham, Tacita Dean, Catherine Elwes, Tracey Emin, Franciszka & Stefan Themerson …
3. berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
14 Feb 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Willie Doherty, Isaac Julien, Mark Lewis, Ryuji Miyamoto, Piotr Nathan, Fanni Niemi-Junkola, Melik Ohanian, Ulrike Ottinger, Mathias Poledna, Aura Rosenberg, Constanze Ruhm, Bojan Sarcevic …
X-SCREEN. Filmische Installationen und Aktionen der 60er und 70er Jahre

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
13 Dec 2003 – 29 Feb 2004

with Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Marcel Broodthaers, Valie Export, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas, Kurt Kren, Ronald Nameth, Bruce Nauman, Annabel Nicolson, Hélio Oiticica, Claes Oldenburg …
En torno a la acción

MAMBA Museo de Arte Moderno BA, Buenos Aires (AR)
13 May 1999 – 11 Jul 1999

with Oscar Bony, Jaime Davidovich, León Ferrari, Carlos Ginzburg, Carlos Ginzburg, Alberto Greco, Lea Lublin, Lea Lublin, Liliana Maresca, Marcello Mercado, Juan Paparella, Horacio Zabala

Events

Pinta BAphoto 2026

Buenos Aires Photo, Buenos Aires (AR)
22 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2026

with Arturo Aguiar, Claudia Andujar, Miguel Angel Rojas, Claudia Behrensen, Martin Bordenave, Luis Casadevall, Facundo de Zuviria, Teodelina Detry, Carlos Gallardo, Alberto Goldenstein, Alberto Greco, Annemarie Heinrich …
Art Basel Paris

Art Basel Paris, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2024 – 20 Oct 2024

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Andrea Buettner, John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jacopo Benassi, Irma Blank, Andre Breton …
14th Shanghai Biennale

Cosmos Cinema

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
9 Nov 2023 – 31 Mar 2024

with Julieta Aranda, Itziar Barrio, Lucile Desamory, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Liam Gillick, Saodat Ismailova, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, Shuang Li, Maha Maamoun, Nicholas Mangan …
Videoex 2020

Videoex, Zürich (CH)
11 Sep 2020 – 20 Sep 2020

with collectif_fact, Flatform, Charlotte Prodger, Laure Prouvost
Art Basel 2019

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Farah Al Qasimi, Nobuyoshi Araki, Richard Avedon, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, Becky Beasley, Hans Bellmer, Wallace Berman, Walead Beshty, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), John Bock, Inaki Bonillas, Sarah Charlesworth …
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL 2016

The Grand Balcony

La Biennale de Montréal, Montréal (CA)
19 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Haig Aivazian, Knut Asdam, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Eric Baudelaire, Thomas Bayrle, Michael Blum, Shannon Bool, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Chris Curreri, Moyra Davey, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Geoffrey Farmer …
Jenseits des Kinos

Arsenal, Berlin (DE)
14 Oct 2006

with Bethan Huws, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Steve McQueen, Bill Viola