On view at the Art Institute of Chicago | JOHN KNIGHT: A work in situ
Greene Naftali
John Knight, Corner displacement, 1969
John Knight, Installation view, A work in situ, Greene Naftali, 2024
John Knight, Installation view, No Place Like Home, Greene Naftali, 2021
John Knight, Installation view, Grassroots, Geneva Biennale Sculpture Garden, Geneva, 2020
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2011
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, :La Formule, a work in situ, 2008
John Knight, Delicious, 2005
John Knight, There's No Place Like Home, 1990
John Knight, Federal Style, 1989
John Knight, Federal Style, 1989 (detail)
John Knight, Untitled, 1982
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, Quiet Quality, 1974
John Knight, Quiet Quality, 1974 (detail)
John Knight, One Inch to a Foot, 1971
John Knight, Proposal to the curators of the exhibition ‘Art In The Mind’, 1970
John Knight, Corner displacement, 1969
John Knight, Installation view, A work in situ, Greene Naftali, 2024
John Knight, Installation view, No Place Like Home, Greene Naftali, 2021
John Knight, Installation view, Grassroots, Geneva Biennale Sculpture Garden, Geneva, 2020
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2011
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
John Knight, :La Formule, a work in situ, 2008
John Knight, Delicious, 2005
John Knight, There's No Place Like Home, 1990
John Knight, Federal Style, 1989
John Knight, Federal Style, 1989 (detail)
John Knight, Untitled, 1982
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
John Knight, Quiet Quality, 1974
John Knight, Quiet Quality, 1974 (detail)
John Knight, One Inch to a Foot, 1971
John Knight, Proposal to the curators of the exhibition ‘Art In The Mind’, 1970
John Knight, Corner displacement, 1969
Biography
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John Knight (b. 1945) lives in Los Angeles and works in situ. A solo exhibition of his work is now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through September 22. Other solo exhibitions include Greene Naftali, New York (2024, 2015, 2011); O-Town House, Los Angeles (2024); n.b.k. façade, Berlin (2023); Cabinet, London (2022); The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece (2019); Ordet, Milan (2019); CCA Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (2019); Établissement d’en face, Brussels (2018); the Culturcentrum, Strombeek, Belgium (2017); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2016); Art Institute of Chicago (2015); Cabinet Gallery at Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Los Angeles (2014); and Portikus, Frankfurt (2013).
His public artworks have been installed at Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (2021); Sculpture Garden – Geneva Biennale (2020); Skulptur Projekte Münster, Germany (2017); Whitney Biennial, New York (2012); The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010); Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2008); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York (1998); The Hague’s Center for Visual Arts, The Hague, Netherlands (1991); FRAC Centre, Orléans, France (1990); and FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France (1989). Selected public collections include Art Institute of Chicago; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.
News
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On view at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin | JOHN KNIGHT
Recent Press
JOHN KNIGHT reviewed by Jan Tumlir for Artforum, 2024
JOHN KNIGHT at Greene Naftali reviewed by Travis Diehl for The New York Times, 2024
JOHN KNIGHT mentioned in ARTnews by Alex Greenberger, 2023
JOHN KNIGHT reviewed by Rosa Tyhurst for Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, 2023
Exhibitions
John Knight
A work in situ
The Art Institute of Chicago
JOHN KNIGHT
A work in situ
Ground Floor
John Knight
Evergreen, a work ex situ
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
JOHN KNIGHT, BRANDON NDIFE, TOM BURR, DIAMOND STINGILY
Ground Floor
No Place Like Home
Lutz Bacher, Julie Becker, Tony Cokes, Lucy Gunning, John Knight
8th Floor
John Knight
Headshots, a work in situ
The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece
1966 - 2016
Lutz Bacher, Bernadette Corporation, Tony Conrad, Harun Farocki, Dan Graham, John Knight
John Knight
A work in situ
REDCAT, Los Angeles
John Knight
a work in situ
Ground Floor
John Knight
Museotypes
Art Institute of Chicago
John Knight
Portikus, Frankfurt
John Knight
Autotypes, a work in situ
Greene Naftali, New York
Publications
John Knight
La Cienega
Ordet, Milan.
John Knight
Headshots
Galerie Neu, Berlin.
John Knight
Vacant Possession
Cabinet, London.
John Knight
Cul-de-sac
REDCAT, Los Angeles.
John Knight
October Files
MIT Press, Cambridge.
John Knight
Quiet Quality
Cabinet, London.
John Knight
Bohemian Grove
Galerie Neu, Berlin.
John Knight
Autotypes
Greene Naftali, New York.
John Knight
John Knight: Cold Cuts
EACC, Castelló.
John Knight
IN VIVO
H&B Trust, City of Albuquerque's Urban Enhancement Trust Fund and Public Art Program.
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich.
John Knight
87º
Storm King Art Center, New York.
John Knight
Enkele Werkens
Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam.
John Knight
EX SITU
Collection FRAC Rhône Alps, Lyon.
John Knight
Treize Travaux
Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France.
John Knight
UNE VUE CULTURELLE
Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne.
John Knight
ŁEETSOII
Hoshour Gallery, Albuquerque.
John Knight
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