Igor Kopystiansky
Incidents

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Artist Igor Kopystiansky(American, born Ukraine, 1954)American, born Ukraine, 1954

Artist Svetlana Kopystiansky (American, born Russia, 1950)American, born Russia, 1950

CultureAmerican

Titles

Incidents

Date1996/1997

MediumSingle channel video, sound

Dimensions14 minutes, 56 seconds

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Henry Nias Foundation

Object number2025.2

Non exposé

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Department

Photography

Object Type

FILM & VIDEO

ProvenanceThe artists; purchased by MFAH, 2025.
Exhibition History• 1997 “L’Autre. 4e Biennale de Lyon, Art Contemporain,” Lyon, France. Curated by Harald Szeemann, (cat.).
• 1997 “2nd Johannesburg Biennale,” South Africa. Curated by Okwui Enwezor (cat.).
• 1997 “In Medias Res,” Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul. Curated by René Block (cat.).
• 1999 “Szenewechsel” (Change of Scene) Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt/Main. Curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann and Mario Kramer.
• 1999 “Trace” Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tate Gallery Liverpool. Curated by Anthony Bond, (cat.).
• 1999 “Wait,” Kunst-Werke, Berlin. Curated by Klaus Biesenbach.
• 2000 “Moment,” Dundee Contemporary Arts, Great Britain. Curated by Katrina Brown.
• 2000 “Incidents,” Vor und Zurück. Curated by Sylvia Martin. Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 2000 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky.” Curator Maria Morzuch. Museum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland.
• 2003 “Incidents” Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Curated by Anthony Bond (cat.).
• 2004 “9th Triennal of Small Sculpture” Fellbach, Germany. Curated by Jean-Christophe Ammann.
• 2005 “Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky,” Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. Curated by René Block.
• 2005 “Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky,” Fine Arts Center of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. Curated by Loretta Yarlow.
• 2005 “Dust. From the permanent collection. Kopystiansky, Roth, Orozco, Cahn, Muniz.“ AGNSW, Sydney. Curated by Judy Peacock.
• 2007 “Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky,” ESPOO Museum of Modern Art (EMMA), Espoo, Finland. Curated by Timo Valjakka (cat.)
• 2007 “From the permanent collection.” AGNSW, Sydney. Curated by Anthony Bond.
• 2009 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky” Cinema 2, April 22. Musée National d’Art Moderne Center Pompidou, Paris, France. Curated by Philippe-Alain Michaud.
• 2009 “False Twins” S.M.A.K., Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium, Curated by Guillaume Désanges.
• 2009 KunstFilmBiennale, “From the collection of the Centre Pompidou Paris.” Medienkunstraum der Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany. Curated by Philippe-Alain Michaud.
• 2010 “Radical Conceptual. Positions in the MMK Collection.” MMK Frankfurt/Main, Germany. Curated by Susanne Gaensheimer.
• 2010 “Image by Image. Film and Contemporary art from the collection of the Centre Pompidou,” Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany. Curated by Philippe-Alain Michaud and Olivier Michelon.
• 2010 “Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky, ” Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Métropole. 6th of February – 18th of April, France. (cat.)
• 2011 “Energy and Process.” Presentation of the collection. TATE Modern London. Curated by Stuart Comer.
• 2011 “Wunder,” Deichttorhallen Hamburg and Siemens Stiftung. Curated by Hürlimann | Lepp | Tyradellis (cat.)
• 2011 “From Trash to Treasure,” Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany. Curated by Anette Hüsch, (cat.)
• 2012 “Wunder,” Kunsthalle Krems, Austria. March 4th to July 1st Curated by Hürlimann | Lepp | Tyradellis.
• 2012 Igor and Svetlana Kopystiansky: “Incidents.” Curated by Erica Papernik. Public Spaces Changes, Presentation of the collection. MoMA New York.
• 2012 “Incidents,” in works from the collection selected by Rineke Dijkstra for The Krazy House. February 23- May 26. MMK Frankfurt/Main. (cat).
• 2013-2014 “Everyday Epiphanies. Photography and Daily Life Since 1969.” Curated by Douglas Eklund. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. June 25, 2013–January 26, 2014.
• 2014-2016. Collection Display. MMK Frankfurt/Main, Germany.

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