Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
of Works by Devorah Sperber


Traveling Solo Museum Exhibition
Co-Curated by Marilyn Kushner and Nicole Caruth, Brooklyn Museum

"The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber," Traveling Exhibition, co-organized by the Brooklyn Museum
Installation View: "The Eye of the Artist: The Work of Devorah Sperber"

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, NY
January 26 - June 17, 2007

MASS MoCA
North Adams, MA

March 27 - September 1, 2008

Boise Art Museum
Boise, ID

June 13- September 20, 2009

Knoxville Museum of Art
Knoxville, TN
October, 2009- January, 2010

Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico
San Juan, PR

Dates TBA


Museum of Arts & Design
2nd Lives: Remixing the Ordinary

Co-curated by Chief Curator David Revere McFadden
and Curator Lowery Stokes Sims


Inaugural Exhibition, Two Columbus Circle, New York, NY
September 2008 - March 2009
(catalogue)

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"After the Mona Lisa 7," 2008, by Devorah Sperber, New York, Debut Exhibition, 2nd Lives, Museum of Arts & Design, NYC
Detail View: "After the Mona Lisa 7," 2008, by Devorah Sperber,
5,084 spools of thread, stainless-steel ball chain and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic viewing sphere on metal stand, 97" h x 77" w (thread spools only)



Through the Looking Glass: Image and Process Deconstructed
Works by Chuck Close and Devorah Sperber

le Poisson Rouge Gallery, New York, NY
September 23- December 9, 2008


Spock and Kirk (Terror must be maintained...), 2007,
27,648 chenille stems, MDF board (25 x 33 inches)


Solo Exhibition

Galerie Nordine Zidoun, Paris, France
June 5 -July 30, 2009

After Picasso, 2006, by Devorah Sperber
After Picasso, 2006, by Devorah Sperber, 5,024 spools of thread, stainless steel
ball chain, clear acrylic viewing sphere, metal stand (122" h x 100” w x 60” d
)


One Penn Plaza
Organized by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)

3 Site-Specific Installations by Devorah Sperber
One Penn Plaza Lobby, New York City
(34th Street, between 7th & 8th Avenues)
On view through the summer of 2010

3 Site Specific Thread Spool Installationas at One Penn Plaza, NYC, commissioned by the New York Foundation for the Arts, (NYFA)
"The Subway Grate and Marilyn," 2007, 15092 spools of thread (95 x 298 inches) stainless steel ball chain, 36" convex mirror on adjacent wall


Manuf®actured:
The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects"

Co-Curated by Mara Holt Skov and Steven Skov

Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
August 28, 2008- January 4, 2009
Additional Sites TBA (catalogue/ book)

(re)Manufractured Objects, Porland Museum of Contemporary Craft, 2008, Additional Sites TBA
"Lie Like a Rug," 2000-01, 18,000 Letraset marker caps on flexible canvas (63 x 99 x 4)


Futurotextiel 08

Kortrijk, Belgium
October 15 - December 15, 2008

"After van Eyck," by Devorah Sperber, 2006 Futurotextiel 09, Kortrijk, Belgium, October 15- December 15, 2008
"After van Eyck," 2006, by Devorah Sperber, 5,024 spools of thread, stainless steel
ball chain, clear acrylic viewing sphere, metal stand (122" h x 100” w x 60” d
)


The Art, Inspiration, and Appropriations
of Andy Warhol

Curated by Marla Wasser

Ontario, Canada
January 8- April 19, 2009

After Warhol, 2008 by Devorah Sperber, debut exhibition "Our Andy," Jewish Museum, NYC, February 3- August 18, 2008
"After Warhol," 2008, 698 spools of thread (42 x 25 inches),
stainless-steel ball chain
and hanging apparatus,
clear acrylic sphere, metal stand


Devorah Sperber: A Strange Sense of Déjà vu
Curated by David Brown, Director

Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
March 19 - May 31, 2009
(catalogue)

"VW Bus: Shower Power," by Devorah Sperber, Solo Exhibition : Selected Works 1999-Present, curated by David Brown, Director, The Art Museum of Western Virginia, VA, 2009
"VW Bus: Shower Power," 2001, 60,000 Chartpak colored film flowers on clear vinyl shower curtains, aluminum frame (80 x 63 x 136 inches)


Mirror Universe
(selected works)

Ierimonti Gallery, Milan Italy
October 15 - December 2009

Spock 1, 2007, by Devorah Sperber
Spock 1, 2007, 1102 spools of thread, stainless-steel ball chain
and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic sphere, metal stand
(44.5 x 36 x 60 inches)


After Magritte
Commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines

A Site-Specific Installation for the Cruise Ship
"Independence of the Seas"
Maiden Voyage, May 2008

After Magritte, by Devorah Sperber, commissioned by Royal Caribbean International, for the cruise ship "Independence of the Seas," Maiden Voyage, May 2008
Studio View, 2007


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