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NOW
SCULPTURE
Seven Hides, 2021 - 2024
The Sleeper and The Rose, 2021
Echo, 2019
Chest of Mysteries, 2018
Twice Removed, 2018
Cowry Revisited, 2018
The Now of Time, 2016 - 2017
Balanced, 2016
Threshold, 2015
Thinking Back to Gertrude and Henrie, 2015
A brief History of Money, 2014
Fuse, 2013
Money Wagon, 2013
Time Keeper, 2012
Taboo, 2011 - 2012 -
From Old Money, 2012
Remembering Eve in the Garden, 2012
Life Source, 2011
Moving Forward - Looking Backward, 2011-2012
Pre-Money, 2011
Facing East, 2009
Montreal City Sirens, 2009
Double Lie, 2009
The Source, 2009
North South Dialogue, 2008 - 2009
Res Ipsa Loquitur! , 2005 - 2009
Cosmic Fish
Letting Go (2), 2007
Receding, 2007
Reproduction, 2007 (Hiroshima - Texas Limestone, 2007 and "Take off, little boy!", 2007)
Age of Irony, 2006
Sleeper, 2005 -
Continuum, 2005
Buddha with Eyes Downcast, 2001
Tantalus, 2000
Gravity, 1998
Awakening to Infinity, 1998
Prehistory, 1995
Rose of Verona Rose, I+II 1995
Thorns, 1994
Black Seeds, 1994
Vortiginous, 1994
7 Rosebuds in Iceland, 1994
Flotsam, 1993
Civilization, 1990 - 1991
Single Grain of Rice, 1991
Nine Grains of Rice, 1991
Reconciliation, 1989-90
Plumb, 1988
Court (Model for a Fountain), 1985
COMMISSIONS + PUBLIC ART
Feather, 2025
Awaken, 2024
The Sirens' Calling, 2020
The Sirens Echo, 2020
McMurtry Gardens of Justice, 2017
CBTU Monument, 2017
Cradle, 2012
The Sirens, 2011 / Die Sirenen, 2011
Humble Ending, 2009
Gathering, 2001
Reflection, 2001
3 Grains of Wheat, 2000
Feather, 1997
Gas Jets, 1992
Iron Goddess, 1995
Origins, 1995
EXHIBITIONS
Paradisi, 2019
on form 18
Greer View Mirror, 2017
Silent Conversation, 2016
ASPIRATION hinter dicken Mauern /behind thick walls
retroActive 2015
APPREHENSION - APPREHENSION, 2009
Alluding to Illusion, 2008
Flight Dreams (Group Exhibition), 2008
John Greer, Reflecting on Culture, 2006
Senseful (Reasonable, Judicious), 2003
John Greer at Wynick/Tuck Gallery, 1996
Flotsam, 1993
Civilization, 1992
49th Parallel, New York NY 1981
The Time of Your Life, 1976
A Sense of Meaning, 1975-1976
A Present of the Past, 1972
A-Space Gallery, 71
TWO DIMENSIONS
Prints
Paper Money, 2013
Duende, 2008
Drawings
Works on Paper
Soundings, 2009
new paintings (2024)
MIXED MEDIA
Wait Of Water, 2014
Spectacles
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Commissions and Public Art
Awards
Governor General's Award 2009
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Podcast: John Greer - Art is a Language
Reconciling Image and Object
Greer View Mirror - Review by Ray Cronin
John Greer Goes retroActive; review by Virgil Hammock
Out Of Time, The creative logic of John Greer, review by Adria Young
John Greer - Staging Civilization by John K. Grande
Review by John K. Grande, Sculpture Magazine, 2010
An idea for sculpture: The art of John Greer by Ray Cronin
Objectify yourself in Greer's figures, by Elissa Barnard
Review by Anne McPherson, Art in America, 1996
Contact
ART UP ON LIFE english/deutsch
ART UP ON LIFE (english)
A word before
MAKING SENSE OF MAKING ART
Never the same after words
Reconciliation
IN SEARCH OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE
Mental devices - Physical Grounding
Who am I if that is me?
On and of the world
Objects for Words
WElcoME
CHANGING THE HEAD
Connected Works
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
Spirit on Ground
The world in Us
Matter in Balance
Waiting in Silence
HEAD UP
KUNST AUF UEBER LEBEN (deutsch)
Ein Wort zuvor
KUNST MACHEN VERSTAENDLICH MACHEN
Niemals dasselbe nach den Worten
Wiederversöhnung
AUF DER SUCHE NACH DER ANDEREN SPRACHE
Mentale Vorrichtungen - Materielle Grundlage
Wer bin ich wenn ich das bin?
Auf und von der Welt
Objekte fuer Worte
Willkommen
DEN KOPF WENDEN
Verwandte Arbeiten
EINE SPRACHE SPRECHEN
Geist zu Boden
Die Welt in uns
Materie im Gleichgewicht
In Stille warten
KOPF HOCH
AT WORK
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COMMISSIONS + PUBLIC ART
EXHIBITIONS
TWO DIMENSIONS
MIXED MEDIA
ABOUT THE ARTIST
ART UP ON LIFE english/deutsch
ART UP ON LIFE (english)
A word before
MAKING SENSE OF MAKING ART
Never the same after words
Reconciliation
IN SEARCH OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE
Mental devices - Physical Grounding
Who am I if that is me?
On and of the world
Objects for Words
WElcoME
CHANGING THE HEAD
Connected Works
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
Spirit on Ground
The world in Us
Matter in Balance
Waiting in Silence
HEAD UP
KUNST AUF UEBER LEBEN (deutsch)
AT WORK
JOHN GREER
JOHN GREER
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Back in 73, cast iron, 1974
ART UP ON LIFE (english)
A word before
MAKING SENSE OF MAKING ART
Never the same after words
Reconciliation
IN SEARCH OF THE OTHER LANGUAGE
Mental devices - Physical Grounding
Who am I if that is me?
On and of the world
Objects for Words
WElcoME
CHANGING THE HEAD
Connected Works
SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE
Spirit on Ground
The world in Us
Matter in Balance
Waiting in Silence
HEAD UP
KUNST AUF UEBER LEBEN (deutsch)
You can contact me directly here:
john@artistjohngreer.com
Image by Gail Skoff was taken for the podcast: John Greer. Art is a Language
John's retroActive book is life size.
SPECIAL EDITION for sale: JOHN GREER - retroActive ... autographed by the artist!
National Gallery of Canada : THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Image by Gail Skoff.
John carrying North. Image by Gail Skoff.
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Back in 73, cast iron, 1974
Image by Gail Skoff was taken for the podcast: John Greer. Art is a Language
John's retroActive book is life size.
National Gallery of Canada : THE PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE Image by Gail Skoff.
John carrying North. Image by Gail Skoff.
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