Representative work by Hanne Darboven
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Hanne Darboven

1941–2009 · German · Based in Hamburg, Germany

  • Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (1962–1965)
  • Mathematical Daily Writing
  • Serial Paper Panels
  • Numerical Calendars
  • Minimalist Conceptualism

Hanne Darboven developed vast numerical and calendrical systems that translated time into handwritten notation, arithmetic, grids, photographs and archival material. After a formative period in New York in the late 1960s, she returned to Hamburg and built increasingly expansive installations in which private chronology, world history and repetitive labor overlap.

Conceptual art; drawing; writing; installation; music

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 1966–67Konstruktionen
  • 1968Vierjahreszeiten
  • 197424 Gesänge
  • 1978Bismarckzeit
  • 1980–83Kulturgeschichte 1880–1983
  • 1980Wende >80<
  • 1996Opus 17a
  • 1995–2006Hommage à Picasso
  • 1990–96Kinder dieser Welt
  • 1975Card Index: Filing Cabinet

Museums & Public Collections

Interviews & Writing

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