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| Education |
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| 1994 |
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Yale University School of Art, MFA |
| 1992 |
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Parsons School of Design, BFA |
| 1986 |
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SUNY at Albany, Political Science, BA |
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| Solo Exhibitions |
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| 2009 |
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Levittown, CRG Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
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Gadget (serial exhibition), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH |
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Die or Join, ICA, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2005 |
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For the Gentle Wind Doth Move Silently Invisibly, Cleveland Public Art, Mall B, Cleveland, OH |
| 2000 |
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Llano del Rio, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, CA |
| 1999 |
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Llano del Rio, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY |
| 1998 |
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Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO |
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Common Consent, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY |
| 1996 |
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Overmounted Interior, Basilico Fine Arts, New York, NY |
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| Group Exhibitions |
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| 2008 |
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Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding, The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY |
| 2007 |
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Mr. President, University Art Museum, University at SUNY Albany, Albany, NY |
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40 Years of Public Art, The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York, NY (cat.) |
| 2006 |
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THE BONG SHOW or This Is Not a Pipe, Curated by Beverly Semmes, Leslie Tonkanow Gallery, New York, NY |
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Liverpool Biennial International 06, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
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Collection/Selection, Curated by Francine Benjo and Potassio Pliffi, Esso Gallery and Books, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
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Down the Garden Path: The Artist’s Garden After Modernism, organized by Valerie Smith, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (cat.) |
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Library, Contermporary Art Galleries at University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT |
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2004 |
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The Voting Booth Project, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY |
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Lustwarande 04: Disorientation By Beauty, De Oude Warande, Tilburg, Netherlands (cat.) |
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Extinct Extant: Art in the Environment II, part of The Big Nothing, The Schuylkill Center, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2003 |
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Absence into Presence: The Art, Architecture and Design of Remembrance, Aronson Galleries, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY |
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Metrospective, New York City Hall Park, New York, NY |
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Pursuit of Happiness, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland (cat.) |
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Eire | Land, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (cat.) |
| 2002 |
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I Bienal Ceará América, De ponta-cabeça, Bienal de Arte Contemporânea das |
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Americas, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil (cat.) Curated by Jan Joet and Philippe Van Cauteren |
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The Presidential Suite, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY |
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (cat.) |
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Never Never Land, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts, Camden, NJ |
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Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More… On Collecting, guest curated by Ingrid Shaffner for Independent Curators International (traveling), Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (cat.) |
| 2001 |
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Alumni Choice: An Exhibition of Works on Paper, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (cat.) |
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Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, organized by Jan Hoet, Sonsbeek, Arnhem, Netherlands (cat.) |
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Crossing the Line, organized by Valerie Smith, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY (cat.) |
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Never Never Land, Contemporary Art Center, Tampa, FL |
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Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More… On Collecting, guest curated by Ingrid Shaffner for Independent Curators International (traveling), Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (cat.) |
| 2000 |
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Over the Edges: The Corners of Ghent, a part of the Charles V 1500-2000 Project, organized by Jan Hoet for the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium (cat.) |
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Innuendo, Dee Glasoe, New York, NY |
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Never Never Land, University Galleries at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (traveling) |
| 1999 |
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Comfort Zone: Furniture by Artists, curated by Amy Wolf, organized by the Public Art Fund, Paine Webber Art Gallery, New York |
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Free Coke, GreeneNaftali Inc., New York |
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Holding Court, Entwistle, London, England |
| 1998 |
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Genius loci, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland (cat.) |
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Young Americans 2, The Saatchi Collection, London, England (cat.) |
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Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, CT |
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Light on the New Millennium, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea |
| 1997 |
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projects.doc: Selections from the Robert J. Schiffler Collection and Archive, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, OH |
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9 to 5 @ MetroTech: New Commissions for the Commons, sponsored by Public Art Fund, MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, NY |
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Tableaux, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL and The Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX |
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AJAR, curated by Atle Gerhardsen, Galleri F15, Moss, Norway (cat.) |
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Heaven-Private View: Public View, curated by Joshua Decter, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY |
| 1996 |
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Intermission, curated by Matthew Ritchie and Toland Grinnell, part of “Can We Talk: A Forum on Dialogue,” Basilico Fine Arts, New York |
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Adicere Animos, la Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea e Pinacoteca Nazionale, Cesena, Italy (cat.) |
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Verrückt, Museum der Stadt, Arlosen, Germany (cat.) |
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Handmade/Readymades, Bertha & Karl Leubdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York (cat.) |
| 1995 |
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Verrückt, Schloss Agathenburg, Agatheburg, Germany (cat.) |
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Summer Fling, Basilico Fine Arts, New York |
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Customized Terror, Artist’s Space, New York (cat.) |
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Möbius Strip, Basilico Fine Art, New York (cat.) |
| 1994 |
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The Shape of Time, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT |
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| Bibliography |
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| 2009 |
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Puente, Kelly, Cerritos mall to get giant sculpture of shopping bag, Press-Telegram, June 29, 2009 |
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Wilson, Michael, Brian Tolle, “Levittown”, TimeOut, March 11, 2009 |
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Di Paola, Mike, Art, People Triumph Over Traffic in $23 Million Brooklyn Rehab, Bloomberg.com, March 12, 2009 |
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Shaw, Liz, Brian Tolle's Levittown at CRG Gallery, March 11, 2009 |
| 2008 |
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Wolin, Joseph R., "Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding", TimeOut, Jan 1, 2009 |
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Collins, Linda, Contemporary Replicas of Early Downtown Brooklyn Sculptures..., Brooklyn Eagle, Oct 9, 2008 |
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Farr, Sheila, Local speaking appearances by artists Chuck Close and Brian Tolle, Seattle Times, April 9, 2008 |
| 2007 |
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Dupre, Judith. Monumnents, America's Hostiry in Art and Memory. New York: Random House, 2007. 204-209. |
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Wuetcher, Sue. “Invigorating UB’s Public Spaces, Urns in Founders Plaza first step toward broader public art program.” University at Buffalo Reporter November 1, 2007, Vol. 39, No. 9: 1-2 (illus.) |
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McCormick, Carlo. “The Bong Show, New York Artists Hit the Pipe.” High Times April, 2007: 13 (illus.) |
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Cell, Claire. “Gigantic Tree sculpture grows in Margeretville.” Catskill Mountain News Jul. 25, 2007: 2A |
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Stanley, Andrea. "Art on the Green: Central Florida's Exhibit Without Walls." Orlando Liesure Feb. 2007: 136-137. |
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Rubinstein, Dana. "Gateway to Brooklyn Sculptor Chosen!" The Brooklyn Paper 2 Feb. 2007. . |
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Witt, Stephen. "New Gateway for Borough- Sculpture to Mark Entrance to Brooklyn." Fort Greene Courier 24 Feb. 2007. . |
| 2006 |
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"You Got the Part- Just Be Yourself." New York Times 10 Dec. 2006, sec. Art: 37. |
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Bishop, Philip E. "Modern Art in Park Challenges." Orlando Sentinel 26 Dec. 2006, sec. D: 9. |
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Baker, R.C. "Buzz-Worthy." The Village Voice 21 Dec. 2006, Art & Photo. |
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Cambpell-Johnston, Rachel, “Wacky? Of Course. This is Liverpool,” The Times, September 16 p. 40 |
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Lister, Sam, “Biennial Artist Brings New Dimension to Liverpool,” Liverpool Daily Post, September (illus.) |
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Hubbard, Sue, “International Festival of Contemporary Arts,” The Independent, September 27 p. 20 Visual Arts |
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Feld, Kate, “Mirror Images,” The Enquirer, September 14 |
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Lister, Sam, “The Whiff of Success: From Scent to Making Sense of the World We Live In,” Liverpool Daily Post, September 26, p. 6 Biennial Insert |
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James, Laura L., “Brian Tolle Brings his Pursuit to the CAC,” Cincinnati CityBeat, June 21 art section (illus.) |
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Reder, Selena, “Brian Tolle,” Cincinnati CityBeat, July 26 art section |
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Lister, Sam, “Biennial Artists Bring New Dimension to Liverpool,” Liverpool Daily Post, September 14 p. 8 (illus.) |
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Vogel, Carol, “Claders for Everyone at City Hall Park,” New York Times, April 21 p. E 21 |
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Hughes, Samuel, “Arts: Re-Imagining Ben.” The Pennsylvania Gazette, March and April p. 61 (illus.) |
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“Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia,” Sculpture, March p.15 (illus.) |
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Fallon, Roberta, “Cold Hands, Warm Heart: Six artists tackle chilly formalism, but with heated anxiety,” Philadelphia Weekly, March 8-14, 2006, p.38 |
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Rosof, Libby, “Die, or Join,” Roberta Fallon and Libby Rosof’s Artblog, Feb. 22 (illus.) www.fallonandrosof.com/archives/2006_02_19_archive.html |
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Kahn, Eve M. "(Brian Tolle) Form Distortionist." The International Design Magazine “I.D.Forty: Who Deserves More Attention” January and February p.82 |
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“Celebrating the 300th Birthday of Benjamin Franklin,” Almanac, January |
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“Editor’s Pick: Going, going, gone,” Penn Current, January 12, p.6 |
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O’Reilly, Michael, Trudi Brown and Kenneth Finkel, “About Benjamin,” WHYY-TV12 Press Room, January 12, 9pm. |
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Sozanski, Edward J., “Softening up old physical formalism: Three new exhibitions at ICA add elements of history, sociology, humor and personal experience to the bedrock of medernism,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 29, p.H14 |
| 2005 |
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Robertson, Jean, and Craig McDaniel. Themes of Contemporary Art, Visual Art After 1980. New York: Oxford UP, 2005. 63-66. |
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Mohammed, Michael, “Going Posy-to-Posy with NYC, Cleveland pits beautification efforts against New York’s in contest,” The Plain Dealer, June 30 p. B3 (illus.) |
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Johnson, Ken, “Nurturing Modernism with Spades, Water and Black Flowers,” New York Times, July 29 p. E32 (illus.) |
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“2004 Public Art in Review,” Art in America, August Annual p.55 (illus.) |
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Chasin, Noah, “Plant one on: The Queens Museum wanders through 50 years of artists’ gardens,” Time Out New York, July 21-27, 2005, pp 69-70 (illus.) |
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Goodman, Wendy, “The interior world of Richard Avedon,” New York Magazine, January 10, pp 24-30 (illus.) |
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Owens, Mitchell, “Off with the powdered wig,” The New York Times, January 13, House and Home front page, pp. F1, F6 (illus.) |
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Vanderbilt, Tom, “Making the cut,” Print, Jan/Feb, pp. 64-71 (illus.) |
| 2004 |
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“A Good Death: Sculptor Brian Tolle ’92 Designs Richard Avedon’s Deathbed,” Parsons RE:D Alumni Magazine, pp. 26-27 (illus.) |
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“An Idea for Hoboken’s 9/11 victims,” Downtown Express, February 13-19: p.11 |
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“Art Silently, Invisibly moved by lake wind”, Archibot Discussion Forum, http://www.archibot.com/dcforum/DCForumID14/316.html (illus.) |
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Christian, Barbara, “Brian Tolle’s sculptures grace Cleveland’s Mall B,” Currents, December 9, p. C3 (illus.) |
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Dunlap, David, “Of 5,201 Ideas to Remember Sept.11, Some are Best Forgotten,” The New York Times, February 20: front page, p.B6 |
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Fallon, Roberta, “The woods, the weeds, the village,” artblog, Aug. 01 (illus) |
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www.fallonandrosof.com/archives/2006_02_19_archive.html |
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Litt, Steven, “Proponent of public art in Cleveland steps down,” The |
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Plain Dealer, September 29, Arts and Life front page, pp. E1,E9 |
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Litt, Steven “Making Waves: Wind patterns shape urns on the Mall,” The Plain Dealer, October 1, Arts and Life front page, pp. E1,E4 (illus.) |
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Newman, Maria, “Another 9/11 Memorial Across the Hudson,” The New York Times, March 5: p. A20 |
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“Re:Engage,” RE:D, Winter/Spring: p.14 |
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Schwartz, Joyce Pomeroy, “Today’s Public Art is Integral to Urbanism and the Environment,” Public Spaces and Public Art International Conference, pp. 110-139 |
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Sell, Jill, “Memorial brings part of Ireland to New York to honor famine victims,” The Plain Dealer, March 17, Arts & Life Section: pp.E1, E6 (illus.) |
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Shaw, Scott, “Thirst Quencher,” The Plain Dealer, September 16. |
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Way, James, “NJ’s Own 9/11 Memorial,” The Architect’s Newspaper, February 17: front page, p.2 (illus.) |
| 2003 |
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Anliker, Peter, “Denken statt staunen,” Der Bund, January 24: p.35 (illus.) |
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Ansager, February 7: p. 22 (illus.) |
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“Ausstellungen,” Praxis, February 12: p. 318 (illus.) |
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“Baugefällig,” Annabelle, February 19: p. 86 |
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“Brian Tolle Irish Hunger Memorial,” Sculpture, June: pp. 26-27 (illus.) |
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Budick, Ariella, “Sculpture Steps Outdoors,” Newsday, August 24 pp.D14-16 (illus.) |
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Buhrfeind, Eva, “Andere Ausblicke auf ideale Wohnstätten,” Berner Rundschau, February 4: p. 28 |
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Buhrfeind, Eva, “Die Sehnsucht nach dem idealen Ort,” Aargauer Zeitung, February 2: p. 12 |
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Cardwell, Diane, “Yes, It’s Art, but to Santa, A Trip to the Chiropractor,” The New York Times, January 19, Metro Section: p.L25 (illus.) |
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“City Hall Park,” Channel 2 News at Six. WCBS-TV, New York. January 29. 6:00 pm |
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“City Hall Park boasts its first public art project since 1992,” newsday.com, January 19 |
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“City Hall Park boasts its first public art project since 1992,” wnbc.com, January 19 |
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Clancy, Michael, “9/11 Tribute,” am New York, November 20: front page, p.5 |
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D’Arcy, David, “The trail of tears: memorials multiply,” The Art Newspaper, No. 133 February: p.6 (illus.) |
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Deignan, Tom, “The Top 100,” Irish America, April/May: p.33 (illus.) |
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Dillon, David, “Memory of Want,” The Dallas News, February 12: p.12C |
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Dwyer, Jim, “Memorial to Irish Fortitude Comes Undone in New York,” New York Times, May 7: front page (illus.) |
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Femina, January 26: p 13 |
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“First Public Art Project in City Hall Park Since ’92,” 1010wins.com, January 21 |
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“Footlights,” The New York Times, January 28: p. E1 |
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“Fragen des Ortes,” Bernerbär, February 20: p. 25 (illus.) |
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“From Bofield to Battery Park,” RTE1-TV, Ireland. January 1 9:35-10:00 pm |
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Holtz Kay, Jane, “A Hunger for Memorials,” Landscape Architecture, March: cover, pp. 114-116 (illus.) |
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Hughes, Robert J., “Close-Knit and Irish,” The Wall Street Journal, March 14: p. W11C |
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“Hunger Art,” Community Arts Network - API news, September#38, communityarts.net (illus.) |
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“Irish Hunger Memorial,” Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority 2002 Annual Review, pp. 16-17 |
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Johnson, Paddy, “Monumental: Paddy Johnson looks at architecture, memory and an intriguing icon of ‘Irishness,” CIRCA 105,Autumn 2003: pp. 52-56 (illus.) |
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Kimmelman, Michael, “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope,” The New York Times, August, 8: pp. E27 ,E29 (illus.) |
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Mathonnet, Philippe, “A la Kunsthalle de Berne les utopies se heurtent au réel,” Le Temps, February 3: p. 31 |
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“Metrospective,” Channel 2 News This Morning. WCBS-TV, New York. January 20. 5:00 am |
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“Metrospective,” Channel 2 News This Morning. WCBS-TV, New York. January 29. 6:00 am |
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“Metrospective,” Channel 7 News. WABC-TV, New York. January 20. 5:00 am |
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Motta, Carlos, “Interview with Brian Tolle,” ps122gallery.org/artwurl November - Issue 4. |
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“New York Tonight- special edition” NY1-TV, New York. November 19: 8:00-10:00 pm |
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“Ortsstudien,” Ansager, January 24: p. 20 |
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“Outdoor Art Exhibit Opens at City Hall Park,” lowermanhattan.info, January 28 (illus.) |
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Press Digest, January 30: cover (illus.) |
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“Public Art in City Hall Park,” artnet.com, January 16 |
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“Q&A: What’s that brick helix in City Hall Park?,” lowermanhattan.info, January 24 (illus.) |
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“Richard Avedon vs. Brian Tolle,” BlackBook, Winter 2004: pp.64-86 (illus.) |
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Richardson, Lynda, “Like Potato Fields, His Memorial Lies Fallow,” |
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New York Times, Public Lives, May 14: pg B2 (illus.) |
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Richardson, Lynda, “With Art All the Rage Again, Projects Are Finished,” The New York Times, January 23, The Metro Section: cover. |
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“Saint Patrick’s Day Parade,” WNBS-TV, New York. February 17 |
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Smith, Liz, entertainment.excite.com/celebgossip/lizsmith March 11 |
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Smith, Liz, “A Miraculous Pairing,” Newsday, March 11: p. A11 |
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Smith, Liz, “Working miracles,” New York Post, March 11: p.18 |
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Smith, Liz, “Working miracles,” pagesix.com, March 11 |
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Temin, Christine, “museum tackles a sprawling subject With ‘Eire/Land,’ Boston College,” The Boston Globe February 5 |
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The New York Sun, January 13: cover (illus.) |
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“The Pursuit of Happiness,” NzzTicket, January 23: p. 57 |
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“The Pursuit of Happiness – utopische und alternative Wohnformen,” Tec21, February 14: p. 46 (illus.) |
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Tobler, Konrad, “Auf der Suche nach dem Glück,” Berner Zeitung January 24: p. 20 |
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Tobler, Konrad, “Auf der Suche nach dem Glück,” Solothurner Tagblatt January 24: p. 20 |
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Tobler, Konrad, “Auf der Suche nach dem Glück,” Thuner Tagblatt January 24: p. 20 |
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“Vernetzung und bewegliche Kreativität,” Freiburger Nachrichten, January 24: p. 9 (illus.) |
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“Winter Festival 2003,” nyc.gov/winterfest, January 9 |
| 2002 |
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“AOH and Mayor Visit the Irish Hunger Memorial”, Record Pilot, November 21: pp. 3, 24 (illus.) |
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“Arthur: Inside Irish Art”, The Dubliner, October: p. 26. |
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Baird, Daniel, “The 2002 Whitney Biennial The Whitney Museum of Art,” The Brooklyn Rail, Early Summer: pp. 15-16 |
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Barth, Jonathan. New York Post. June 17: p.34. |
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“Biennial in the Park,” artnet.com, January 10 |
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Bernstein, Fred. “Irish prided meets gay pride”, The Advocate. October 1: p.56-7 (illus.) |
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Bollen, Christopher, “Outsider Art,” V Magazine, March/April (illus.) |
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Braunstein, Peter, “Brave New Whitney,” W Magazine, March: pp. 198-99 |
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Breslin, Jimmy. "A Grim Walking Tour of City's Misery Mile". Newsday. July 18: p.A4. |
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Breslin, Jimmy. “The Sacred Ground Is the City at Work”, Newsday. December 19: p.A4. |
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Buddick, Ariella, “Piece of the Biennial Take to the Park,” Newsday, March 6 |
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Chady, Richard. "Two Alumni Create Irish Hunger Memorial". Class Notes. |
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Cotter, Holland. "Rain or Shine, Residing Outdoors". The New York Times. August 9: pp.E29, E31. |
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“Critics’s picks”, Time Out. August 29-September 5: p.98 |
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DeFalco, Donna. “Heritage Sustained”, The Naperville Sun. September 29: pp. 3, 5 (illus.) |
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Deignan, Tom. "Dedication of Irish Memorial a solemn event". Staten Island Register. July 16: p.6. |
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Deignan, Tom, “Famine Memorial a Haunting Vision,” Irish Voice, July 3-9: 2002 cover, p. 8 |
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Deigan, Tom. "Ireland's Own in New York City". Irish Voice. July 17- 23. |
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Deigan, Tom. "The Man Behind the Memorial". Irish Voice. July 17 - 23. |
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Duggan, Dennis. "Taking Home The Heritage". Newsday. July 15: p.A2. |
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Dunlap, David, “In Remembrance of Sorrow From Other Times,” The New York Times, January 25: p.E39, 48 |
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Eltman, Frank. "Memorial to Ireland's Great Famine dedicated in New York City". The Associated Press. July 16. |
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"Famine Memorial Unveiled". Irish Voice. July 9. |
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"Famine Not Forgotten". Newsday. June 17. |
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Frankel, David, “Hunger Artist,” Artforum, summer: p.35 |
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Griffin, Tim, “Outsider Art,” TimeOut New York, February 21-28: p.19 |
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Hetter, Katia, “New Timetable for Memorial,” Newsday, August 16: p. A5 |
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"Hunger Memorial". Daily News. July 21. |
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"Hunger Memorial Opens to the Public". Irish Voice. July 10-16. |
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“Irish Hunger Memorial,” Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority 2001 Annual Review, pp. 18-19 |
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"Irish Hunger Memorial opens in B.P.C.". Downtown Express. July 23: p.6. |
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Janison, Dan. "Honoring Hardships of Irish". Newsday. July 17: p. A59. |
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Janison, Dan. "Irish Famine Memorial Dedicated". Newsday. July 16. |
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Klinkenborg, Verlyn. "The Great Irish Hunger and the Art of Honoring Memory". The New York Times. June 21: p.12. |
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Letter From America. "A Field in New York that is forever Ireland". The Irish Times. July 20. |
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Mahoney, Robert, “Brian Tolle, Irish Hunger Memorial”. Time Out September 19-26: p.100 |
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“Mayo famine cottage now a major NY attraction,” Western People, July 24: cover (illus.) |
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McDonnell. "Recalling Famine". Catholic New York. August: p.25 |
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McGee, Celia, “A Breath of Fresh Air: The Whitney Biennial Pokes its Head Outdoors,” New York Daily News, March 3: p.15 |
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McKinley, Stephen, “A Piece of Ireland in Manhattan,” gothamgazette.com/citizen/aug02 August |
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McKinley, Stephen, “Both enduring and ephemeral, Famine memorial emerges,” Irish Echo, July 3-9: p. 7 |
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McKinley, Stephen. "The Indomitable Irishry". Irish Echo. July 17-23: p.2. |
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McManus III, James F.. "Irish Memorial's Truth". The New York Times. July 16: p.A18. |
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“Museum Parking,” New York Magazine, March 18: p. 89 |
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Nobel, Philip, “Going Hungry,” Metropolis, November: pp. 82-84. |
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O’Brien, Kathleen, “Two blocks from Ground Zero, a memorial rises to mark another tragedy,” The Star-Ledger, January 25: pp.57-58 |
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O'Dowd, Niall. "Irish Memorial About More Than Memories". Irish Voice. July 23. |
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"Outsider Art". V Magazine. March / April. |
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Plagens, Peter, “This Man Will Decide What Art Is,” Newsweek, March 4: pp. 54-56 |
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Princenthal, Nancy, “Whither the Whitney Biennial?,” Art in America, June: pp. 49-53 |
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"Pieces of the Biennial Take to the Park". Newsday. March 6. |
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"President to attend Famine memorial cottage dedication in New York". Ireland. July 16. |
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"Remembering the Famine". Irish Echo. July 17-23: p12. |
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Reagan, Gerry. "New York Dedicates Its Famine Memorial". The Wild Geese Today ONLINE. July. |
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Rubin, Andrea. “Remembering the Great Hunger,” The Journal News. July 17: pp. B1,B2 |
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Ruiz, Albor. "Today's Hunger dims famine memorial". Daily News. July 22. |
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Saltonstall, David. "Irish memorial unveiled". Daily News. June 17. |
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Schama, Simon. "Pangs A Patch of Earth". The New Yorker. August 19-26: pp.58, 60. |
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Schoeneman, Deborah, “Gallery on grass: Take a sculpture hike through Central Park,” March 7 |
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Smith, Roberta. "A Memorial Remembers The Hungry". The New York Times. July 16: pp. E1, E3. |
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Smyth, Patrick, “A field in New York that is forever Ireland,” The Irish Times, July 20 |
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Trainor, James, “Whitney Biennial,” tema celeste, May-June: pp.108-9 |
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Whitney Biennial In Central Park. Organized by the Public Art Fund. March 7-May26. |
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“Urban sanctuaries”, Time Out. September 12-19: p.13 (illus.) |
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Vogel, Carol. "A Homegrown Biennial". The New York Times. November 16. |
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Vogel, Carol, “Why Is There a Steel Tree in Central Park? Well, Times Have Changed,” The New York Times, February 27: pp. B1, B6 |
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“Where Are You: the Conde Nast Traveller Contest”, Conde Nast Traveller. December: p.182. |
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“Whitney Biennial in Central Park,” tema celeste, March/April |
| 2001 |
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“An Irish Cottage Rises in BPC,” Battery Park City Broadsheet, July 20: p. 3 |
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Chady, Richard, “Two Alumni Create Irish Hunger Memorial,” Ualbany Magazine, Fall 2001: p.40 |
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“Construction to Begin On Irish Memorial at Vesey Green,” Battery Park City Broadsheet, March 9-25: p.1 |
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“Cornerstone is laid for famine memorial,” Times Union, July 18: p. B2 |
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De Keyzer, Laurens and Rony Heirman, Jan Hoet LXV, Gent: Ludion/Vrienden van het S.M.A.K., p.78 |
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Deignan, Tom, “Famine Memorial to be Unveiled,” Irish Voice, March 14-20: p. S4 |
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Deignan, Tom, “NYC Artist to Design Battery Park City Exhibit,” Irish Voice, March 8-14 |
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Dunlap, David W., “New Melting Pot of Museums Downtown,” The New York Times, August 5: p.25 |
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Dunlap, David W., “Memorial to the Hunger, Complete With Old Sod,” The New York Times, March 15: p.E1 |
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Dunlap, David W., “Worn Down and Irish, and Moving Over Here,” The New York Times, May 30: p.B3 |
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Eleey, Peter, “A Quiet Incursion in Queens: Public Art as Infiltrator and Saboteur,” The Brooklyn Rail, October/November: pp.23-24 |
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Hammatt, Heather, “In Living Memory,” Landscape Architecture, August: p.20 |
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Hoet, Jan, and Dieter Roelstraete, exhibition catalogue for Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, Arnhem, Sonsbeek, the Netherlands, pp. 345-49 |
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“Irish cottage finds home in NYC to mark famine,” Journal News, July 18: p.3 |
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"Irish Hunger Memorial Groundbreaking". Battery Park City Broadsheet. March 25-April 8: p.3. |
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“Irish Hunger Memorial Groundbreaking,” Downtown Express, March 27-April 9: p.14 |
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“Irish Hunger Memorial Model Unveiled,” Battery Park City Broadsheet, March 25-April 8: p.3 |
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Kaizen, William R., “Brian Tolle,” BOMB, summer: pp.56-63. |
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Kruk, Liedeke, Nice To Meet You: Portrait of Sonsbeek 2001, Arnhem, Netherlands, pp. 10, 29 |
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McDonnell, Claudia, “Old House, New Home,” Catholic New York, June 14: p.18 |
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McGee, Celia, “50 Artists, all ‘Crossing the Line’,” New York Daily News, August 24: p.67 |
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McGowan, Carl, “Exhibit Crosses Over the Line,” Newsday, August 26: p. Q14 |
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Roelstraete, Dieter, “Rolling Green Hills: New York City’s Irish Hunger Memorial,” DIASPORA (Mediatijdschrift no.158), pp.102-13 |
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Saul, Michael, “Irish Famine Memorial Begun,” The New York Daily News, March 16: p.33 |
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Schaffner, Ingrid et al., exhibition catalogue for Pictures, Patents, Monkeys, and More… On Collecting, guest curated by Ingrid Shaffner, Independent Curators International, New York, p.25 |
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Siggins, Lorna, “Co Mayo Famine House to Be Rebuilt in US,” The Irish Times, June 2: p.3 |
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Simpson, Bennett, “Crossing the Line, Queens Museum of Art, New York,” Frieze, October: pp. 96-97 (illus.) |
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Sotheby’s.com, “BOMB Magazine’s 20th Anniversary On-Line Benefit Auction,” catalogue, May: p.25 |
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Usborne, David, “Disused Irish cow shed to grace Manhattan,” The Independent (London), May 31 |
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Valden, Diane, “Local Irish famine memorial is echoed in Battery Park,” The Independent (Hillsdale, NY), March 16: p.17 |
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Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art: A Homegrown Biennial,” The New York Times, November 16: p. E30 |
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Wazuka, Margaret, “Artist Brian Tolle and 1100 Architect Design Half-Acre Irish Hunger Memorial at New York City’s Battery Park City,” Design Architecture News (online), April 12 |
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Wehr, Anne, “Queens Sized,” TimeOut New York, August 16-23, p.46 (illus.) |
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“World’s Fair Remembered Through Exhibit Lights,” Queens Chronicle, August 2: p.27-28 |
| 2000 |
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Arning, Bill, “Featured Artist: Brian Tolle”, Honcho, March: pp.61-62 |
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“Beinecke Show Traces Americans’ Utopian Visions,” Yale Bulletin, February 11: p.5 |
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Blackwell, Josh, “Brian Tolle at Shoshana Wayne”, Art issues, summer: p.49. |
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Bollen, Christopher, “Innuendo at Dee/Glasoe” TimeOut New York, June 29 – July 6. |
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“Center For New Design At Parsons School Of Design Participates In Exhibition In Ghent,” Antiques & The Arts Weekly, June 9 |
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Christie’s, Contemporary Art (Day Sale), auction catalogue from May 17 sale, New York, p.44 (lot 143) |
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Comte, Béatrice, “De l’art… ou du cochon,” Le Figaro, April 21 |
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Gisoul, Guy, “Dans les rues de Gand,” Le vif/L’express, April 14: p. 87. |
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Goings On About Town, “Innuendo”, The New Yorker, July 3 |
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Hoet, Jan, exhibition catalogue for Over the Edges: The Corners of Ghent, a part of the Charles V 1500-2000 Project, organized by Jan Hoet for the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium |
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“Innuendo,” The New Yorker, July 3: p.14 |
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Johnson, Ken, “Innuendo at Dee/Glasoe”, The New York Times, July 7 |
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Loire, Cédric, “Gand, de l’autre côté du miroir,” DDO, June/July/August: pp.10-11 |
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“Musing on Mickey: Never Never Land Attempts to Dissect the Mouse Through Art,” City Link, November 8 |
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N’Diay, Michel, “’Over The Edges’: Quand le Museé déborde dans la ville… ” |
| 1999 |
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Dietz, Paula, “Making What’s Public Private”, The New York Times, |
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May 2: p. 29. |
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Kaplan, Renee, “And on Another Furniture Front”, Newsday, April 11. |
| 1998 |
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“9 to 5 at Metrotech: Brian Tolle,” inprocess, Spring, p.5 |
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Adeyemi, Ester, “Ausstellung ‘Genius Loci’ in der Kunsthalle Bern,” Berner Bolfszeitung, January 27: p.2 |
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Adeyemi, Ester, “Ausstellung ‘Genius Loci’ in der Kunsthalle Bern: Eine Standortbestimmung?,” Der Landbole, January 31: p.28 |
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Anderson, Melinda, “Brian Tolle at Basilico,” Art & Auction, May: p.82 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “Brian Tolle,” Artforum, October: pp.123-24 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “The Shape of Art at the End of the Century,” Sculpture, pp.46-53 |
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Blair, Dike, “Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art,” The Thing - Internet Magazine, November 3 |
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“Blick auf das Naheliegende,” Zürichsee-Zeitung, January 29: p.20 |
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Bona, Clara and Elisabetta Pincherele, “Ho trovato l’America,” La Republica Delle Donne, August 31 |
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Daniel, Jeff, “What’s an Original? 2 Shows Explore the Same Theme Differently?,” St. Louis Dispatch, April 19 |
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Del Re, Gianmarco, “Young Americans 2: Parts I & II,” Flash Art, November/December: p.66 |
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“Der neue Direktor der Kunsthalle Bern befragt die Stätte seines Wirkens,” Berner Rundschau, January 29: p.10 |
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Eleey, Peter, “Now and Later Fails to Offer Viewers the Full Picture,” The Yale Herald, April 10: p.16 |
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“Erste Ausstellung des neuen Direktors,” Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, January 24: p.7 |
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“Genius loci,” L’Hebdo, January 29: p.82 |
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“’Genius loci’: Ausstellung in Kunsthalle Bern,” Der Zürcher Oberländer, January 28: p.26 |
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“’Genius loci’ in der Kunsthalle Bern,” Walliser Bote, January 16: p.13 |
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“’Genius loci’: Kunsthalle Bern,” Swiss Agenda, February 2: p.6 |
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Gould, Claudia and Valerie Smith (eds), 5000 Artists Return to Artists Space: 25 Years, NewYork: Artists Space, pp.138, 266, 284-85 |
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Glueck, Grace, “A Chair, a Fireplace, Binoculars: Sculpture to Be Seen on the Street,” The New York Times, January 16: p.E39 |
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Kimmelman, Michael, “Common Consent,” The New York Times, May 29: p.E39 |
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Koplos, Janet, “Bonnie Collura at Basilico Fine Arts,” Art in America, September |
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Krebs, Edith, “Im weissen Würfel,” Tages Anzeiger, February 17: p.55 |
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“Kunsthalle de Berne: Quand l’esprit des lieux risque de passer inaperçu,” La Liberté, February 7: p.26 |
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Levin, Kim, “Tony Matelli”, Village Voice, February 9: p. 72. |
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Light on the New Millenium, exhibition catalogue, organized as part of the ’98 Pusan International Contemporary Art Festival, Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, Korea, pp. 96 (illus.), 161 |
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Lombardi, D. Dominick, “’Here’ Is Where You Should Be,” The Bedford Pound Ridge Record Review, October 23 |
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Negrotti, Rosanna, “States of Mind,” What’s On, October 7: pp.8-9 |
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Oberholzer, Niklaus, “Kunst, die Räume öffnet,” Neue Nidwaldner Zeitung, January 28: p.42 |
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Philbrick, Harry, Here: Artists’ Interventions at the Aldrich Museum, exhibition catalogue, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT, p.13 |
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Ramp, Stefanie, “It’s All Here,” Fairfield County Weekly, September 24-30 |
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Ritchie, Matthew, “Love, Sweat and Tears,” Flash Art, November/December: pp.78-81 |
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Saltz, Jerry, “Jason Dodge ‘Helsinki,’” TimeOut, May 7-14: p.64. |
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Schwendener, Martha, “Common Consent,” TimeOut, May 21-28: p.59 |
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Searle, Adrian, “The Infants Liam and Noel...,” The Guardian, September 7: pp.10-11 |
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“Transparente Transparenz,” Berner Zeitung, January 23: p.29 |
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Tschanz, Françoise, “Y a-t-il un esprit dans la salle?,” Journal du Jura, February 6: p.21 |
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Zaugg, Fred, “Kunsthalle Bern,” Der Bund, January 23: p.7 |
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Zimmer, William, “A Dozen Artists at Work Within a Challenging Space,” The New York Times, November 22: p.24 (illus.) |
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Zwez, Annelise, “Auf den Spuren eines Mythos am Helvetiaplatz,” Aargauer Zeitung, January 27: p.49 |
| 1997 |
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Arning, Bill, “Public Address: A Show Grows in Brooklyn,” TimeOut New York, November 27-December 4: p.51 |
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Brunslid, Morten, “Samspill uten et tema,” Moss Avis, April 18 |
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Findsen, Owen, “Aronoff Exhibit Not Art, But an Art Event,” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 13 |
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Findsen, Owen, “Exhibit at Aronoff is a Diverse Delight,” The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 6: pp.E1, E6 |
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Flor, Harald, “Samspill og solo” |
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Halvorsen, Kenneth A., “Den nye kunsttrenden,” Moss Dagblad, April 21: p.29 |
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Hjerting, Yvonne, “Gi kunsten en sjanse!,” Observer, May 12 |
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Hjerting, Yvonne, “Med døren på gløtt,” Moss Dagblad, May 3: p.27 |
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Levin, Kim, “Choices,” The Village Voice, April 1: p.13 |
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Marcoci, Roxanna, Diana Murphy, et al. (eds), New Art, New York: Harry N. Abrams, pp.144-45 |
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Sandberg, Lotte, “En dør på gløtt,” Aftenposten, May 5: p.16 |
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Scanlan, Joe, “Brian Tolle at Basilico Fine Arts,” Frieze, March/April: pp.85-86 |
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Skappel, Grania, “Tilfeldig på Alby?, Moss Dagblad, April 18: p.33 (illus.) |
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Turner, Elise, “Scenes in Tableaux Expose Life’s Fakery, Underbelly,” Miami Herald, May 11: pp.11, 41 |
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“Unge kunstnere stiller ut i Galleri F 15,” Aftenposten, April 20 |
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Vogel, Carol, “Inside Art: Collecting Public Art,” The New York Times, November 7: p. E34 |
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1996 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “Best & Worst 1996, Best: ‘Tolle House,’” Artforum, December: p.104 |
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Halle, Howard, “Ready or Not,” TimeOut New York, February 14-21: p.24 |
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Koplos, Janet, “Brian Tolle at Basilico Fine Arts,” Art in America, November: pp.110-111 |
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Levin, Kim, “Voice Choices,” The Village Voice, May 14: p.9 |
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Mahoney, Robert, “Brian Tolle, ‘Overmounted Interior,’” TimeOut New York, May 15-22, No. 34: p.24 |
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Ritchie, Matthew, “The Architecture of Possibility,” Performing Arts Journal, September, vol.XVIII, No. 3 |
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Servetar, Stuart, “Brian Tolle, ‘Overmounted Interior,’” TimeOut New York, May 15-22: No.34, p.24 |
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Servetar, Stuart, “Brian Tolle, ‘Overmounted Interior,’” New York Press, May 8-14: p.81 |
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Servetar, Stuart, “Ouverture: Brian Tolle,” Flash Art, Summer: p.124 |
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Smith, Roberta, “Enter Youth, Quieter and Subtler,” The New York Times, May 17 |
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Smith, Roberta, “Handmade Readymades,” The New York Times, March 3: p. C20 |
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Wallach, Amei, “Overrun, Soho’s Art World Shifts Ground,” The New York Times, May 12: p. H51, H54 |
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Weaver, Thomas, “Brian Tolle, ‘Overmounted Interior,’” Sculpture, September: pp.64-65 |
| 1995 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “Up, Up and Away,” Interview Magazine, May: p.44 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “In With the Out Crowd,” Artforum, March: p.12 |
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Avgikos, Jan, “To Be Clear At All Costs… As Long As It Looks Good,” Artists Space, April/July. |
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Brockman, Adolf, “Videos vom Stillen Ortchen,” Hamburger Adendblatt, September 25: p.31 |
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“Customized Terror,” Village Voice, June 13: p.38 |
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Danek, Sabine, “Gegen die Geschlechtertrennung,” Szene Hamburg, November: pp.108-9 |
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Kock, Mechtild, “‘Ver-rückt’: Aggressiv bis leichtfüssig,” Stader Tageblatt, September 25 |
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Levin, Kim, “Voice Choices: ‘Customized Terror,’” The Village Voice, June 13: p.38 |
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Schiff, Hajo, “New York im Schloss,” Taz Hamburg, September 27: p.23 |
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Servetar, Stuart, “Pick,” New York Press, July 28: p.53 |
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“‘Ver-rückt’ Sieben aus New York,” Stader Tageblatt, July 5 |
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“Ver-rückt Kunst: Sieben Junge New Yorker Stellen Aus,” Stader Tageblatt, September 20 |
| 1994 |
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Plaganis, Margaret, “Time Bombed,” The Hartford Advocate, September 29 |
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Jones, Ronald, “Being Not Within, Vol.I, No.1,” Acme Journal: Cultural Permissions, Vol.I, No.3: p.125 |
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| Selected Collections, Commissions and Public Works |
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GSA, Federal Courthouse, Jackson, MI 2010 |
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Collins Park, City of Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL 2009 |
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Percent for Art, New York, NY 2009 |
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Washington State Arts Commission, Seattle, WA |
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New School University, New York, NY |
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Cleveland Public Art, Cleveland, OH |
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Irish Hunger Memorial, Battery Park City, NY |
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Saatchi Collection, London, England |
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Kunsthalle Bern Foundation, Bern, Switzerland |
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Robert Shiffler Foundation, Greenville, OH |
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Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands |
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Neuberger Berman Collection, New York, NY |
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| Awards |
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Irish American Historical Society - 2003 |
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Irish American Heritage Committee - Irishman of the Year – 2003 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award - 2003 |
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