Zvi Goldstein
Born 1947, Transylvania, Romania
Lives and works in Jerusalem
Education
1966-69
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1969-1972
Brera Academy, Department of Sculpture, Milan, Italy, Diploma in Fine Art
1978-2014
Lecturer, later professor at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Winds from Jericho, Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden
2017
1978, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2016
Distance and Differences, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
2015
Reconstructed Memories (Lariam B), Galerie Daniel Marzona, Berlin, Germany
2011
Haunted by Objects. Weltreisen im Innern meines Kopfes, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2010
Haunted by Objects, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1998
To be there, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany, and Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
1995
Zvi Goldstein, Mala Galerija, Ljublijana, Slovenia
1995
Recent Work, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1994
Zvi Goldstein, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1993
Zvi Goldstein, The Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada
1992
Zvi Goldstein, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zvi Goldstein, Konrad Fischer Gallerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1990
Black Hole Constructions, D.A.A.D. Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
1989
The Glory of Abstraction, Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany
Zvi Goldstein, Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
1987
Where Are You Going America?, International with Monument Gallery, New York, USA
Third World and World 3, Artist Studios/IKA Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Tiers-monde et monde 3, Center Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1986
Die Sprache des Bauens, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
1983
Structure ans Superstructure, The Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1982
Zvi Goldstein, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Element F, Noemi Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Progress and Universalism in the Third World!, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1981
Zvi Goldstein, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1980
Zvi Goldstein, Museum für (Sub-)Kultur, Berlin, Germany
1978
Zvi Goldstein, Galeria Lia Rumma Gallery, Rome, Italy
1977
Manifesti, Studio Deambrogi/Cavellini, Milan, Italy
Zvi Goldstein, Galeria banco, Brescia, Italy
Zvi Goldstein, Incontri Internazionali D’Arte, Rome, Italy
1976
Aspetti politico-economici. Autoaffermazione e ambizione artistica, Galleria Banco, Brescia, Italy
Conferenza regristrata, Galeria Piero Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
1975
Zvi Goldstein, Cultural Center of Belgrade, Serbia
Zvi Goldstein, Yodfat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Works 1970-1975, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Lavori da 1970 al 1974, Galeria Banco and Galeria Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
1974
Zvi Goldstein, Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
Zvi Goldstein, Galeria Schema, Florence, Italy
Zvi Goldstein, Cavellini Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Zvi Goldstein, Banco Gallery, Brescia, Italy
Zvi Goldstein, Galeria Diagramma, Milan, Italy
1973
Funzionalismo Critico, Galeria Diagramma, Milan, Italy
Fenomeni naturali, teorie delle conoscenze, teorie de applicazione, Galeria Diagramma, Milan, Italy
1972
Chiaro – Scuro, Galeria le Bertesca, Milan, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-2024
Something New, Something Old, Something Desired, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2021
The Little Catalogue of the S.M.A.K. Collection, The Exhibition, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
Humankind Nature Politics - Joseph Beuys in the Context of the Collection, Museum Haus Lange and Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
2019
The Collection (1) – Hightlights for a Future, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium
2015
Adventures of the Black Square, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
2013
Zugaben, Freunde der Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Museen Haus Lange and Haus Esters Krefeld, Germany
2011
The Second Strike. 3rd Herzliya Biennial for Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
2008
Translocalmotion. 7th Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai, China
2005
EindhovenIstanbul, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
2002
Startkapital, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Wechselstrom, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise, St. Gall, Switzerland
2000
The Oldest Possible Memory, Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise, St. Gall, Switzerland
1998
24th Biennial of Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1997
Niemandsland, Museen Haus Esters and Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
1995
ORIENT/ATION, 4th Biennial of Istanbul, Turkey
1992
Schwerpunkt Skulptur, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
1990
The Ready Made Boomerang, The 8th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Life-Size, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1988
Aperto 88, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
1987
documenta VIII, Kassel, Germany
1982
Here and Now, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1980
Borders, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1978
Trigon, Kulturhaus, Graz, Austria
1974
Contemporanea, Area Aperta, Rome, Italy
Selected Books and Catalogues
2021
Zvi Goldstein. Perfect Worlds, Possible Worlds – From My Archive, exh. cat., Moderna Museet Malmo, Malmo, Sweden
2017
Zvi Goldstein. 1978, exh. cat., Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2016
Zvi Goldstein. Distance and Differences, exh. booklet, S.M.A.K. Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2014
Zvi Goldstein – The Limit of my Knowledge, Works 1969-2010, edited by Eva Meyer-Hermann, compiled by Johannes Schmidt, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, published by Distanz Verlag, Berlin, Germany
2012
Art of the 20th century, Cologne, Germany, Taschen
2011
The Second Strike, exh. cat., Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, 2011
2010
Zvi Goldstein, ROOM 205, Verlag Walther König, Cologne, Germany
2004
Zvi Goldstein, On Paper, Verlag Walther König, Cologne, Germany
2002
Julian Heynen, Niemandsland Kunst. Flucht in die Wirklichkeit, Lindinger+Schmid, Berlin, Germany
2001
Wechsel-Strom. Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, Teil 2, exh. cat., Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise, St. Gall, Switzerland, Oktagon, Cologne, Germany
The Oldest Possible Memory. Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, Teil 2, exh. cat., Sammlung Hauser und Wirth in der Lokremise, St. Gall, Switzerland, Oktagon, Cologne, Germany
2000
Julian Heynen, Ein Ort der denkt / A place that thinks, Haus Lange and Haus Esters by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Modern Architecture and Contemporary Art, Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany
1999
c/o Haus Lange – Haus Esters, 1984 / 1999, Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany
Zvi Goldstein. To Be There, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Nürnberg and Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Germany, Oktagon
1997
The 20th Century Art Book, Phaidon, London, UK,
1992
Schwerpunkt Skupltur, exh. cat., Krefeld Kunstmuseen, Krefeld, Germany
1992
Achille Bonita Oliva: Superart, Giancarlo Politi editore, Milan 1992
1990
Zvi Goldstein. Black Hole Constructions, exh. cat., DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Ready Made Boomerang, 8th Sydney Biennial, exh. cat., Sydney, Australia
1989
The Glory of Abstraction, exh. cat., Kunstraum München, Munich, Germany
1988
Achille Bonita Oliva: Superarte, Giancarlo Politi editore, Milan 1988
1988
Aperto 88, XLIII Biennale di Venezia, exh. cat., Venice, Italy
1987
documenta VIII, exh. cat., Kassel, Germany
Zvi Goldstein. Tiers-Monde et Monde 3 – Modeles Anomaux, exh. cat., Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France
1986
Zvi Goldstein. Die Sprache des Bauens, exh. cat., Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
1983
Structure and Super-Structure, exh. cat., The Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1982
Here and Now, exh. cat., The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1975
L’arte Moderna (L’arte Concettuale), Nuova Edizione, Milan, Italy
The Israel Museum, exh. cat., Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Magazines, Critiques, and Interviews
2016
Hili Perlson, Are We Finally Ready For Zvi Goldstein's Radical Vision for A New Artworld?, Artnet, July 28, 2016
2012
Annelie Pohlen: Zvi Goldstein. Haunted by Objects. Weltreisen im Innern meines Kopfes, Kunstforum International, vol. 214
2011
Ory Dessau, Haunted by Life: Zvi Goldstein’s Recent Projects, Cura Art Magazine, issue 007, February 2011
2008
Ory Dessau, To Be There, Studio Art Magazine, issue 174, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2005
Julian Heynen, Art and Life, Studio Art Magazine, issue 159, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998
Doris Lösch: Wandreliefs und Skulpturen von Zvi Goldstein in Nürnberg, in: Neue Bildende Kunst. Zeitschrift für Kunst und Kritik, no. 2, Berlin 1998
1995
Sara Breitberg-Semel, Zvi Goldstein Speaks, Studio Art Magazine, issue 63, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Yigal Zalmona, B-Bau. Some observations on Vegetable Construct and Olive Model, Studio Art Magazine, issue 63, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Adam Berg, The Metaphor of the Exotic, Studio Art Magazine, issue 63, Tel-Aviv, Israel,
Neue Bildende Kunst. Zeitschrift für Kunst uns Kritik, Berlin, Germany, edition 4/5
Sculpture and Philosophy of Modernism (a Reflection on the Reference to Technology in the Work of Zvi Goldstein), C Magazine, issue 45, Toronto, Canada,
1990
Zvi Goldstein, Future, Kav 10 Art Magazine, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1989
Lilly Wei, The Peripatetic Artist: 14 Statements, Art in America, New York, USA
Rainer Metzger, Zvi Goldstein, Kunstraum München, Flash Art, no. 146. May - June 1989
1988
Achille Bonito Oliva, Flash Art, Milan, Italy, no. 140
David Robbins, Where Are You Going America?, Artscribe International, New York, USA
1987
Nancy Marmer, Documenta 8: The Social Art in America Dimension?, New York, USA
Elanor Heartney, Zvi Goldstein at International with Monument, Art in America, New York, USA
Dalia Manor, Aesthetics and Politics, Prosa Art Magazine, Tel Aviv, Israel, no. 97-98
Gregorio Magnani, Flash Art, Milan, Italy, No. 137
Michael Hübl, Documenta 8, Kunstforum international, Bd. 90, Germany
1981
Art Press International, Juin 1981, Paris 1981
Awards
2016
Rappaport Prize, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2013
The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture, Israel
2002
The Lennon-Ono Grant for Peace, New York
1999
The Jerusalem Price for Arts, Jerusalem, Israel
1990
D.A.A.D, Artist in Residence, Berlin, Germany
1988
Prize of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Israel
1987
Aaron Levi Prize of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1985
Laureate of the Mies Van der Rohe Stipendium, Krefeld, Germany
1984
The Sandberg Prize of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel