Not Vital

(Swiss, b.1948)

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Solo Exhibitions

2005 
“Not Vital: Agadez,” Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, 20 March – 5 June. 
“Not Vital: Agadez,” Albion, London, 22 June – 26 August. 

2004 
“Not Vital,” Sperone Westwater, New York, 2 April – 1 May 
“Not Vital, Milla Larmas Id Ün Chamel,” Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin, 27 April – 5 June 
“Not Vital,” 300 Camels,Central House of Artists, Moscow, 25 May – 3 July. 

2003 
“Not Vital,” Chasa Jaura, Valchava, Switzerland, 6 September – 16 October. 
“Not Vital,” Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland 
Not Vital: Fat es Fat,” Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland, 22 February – 27 April (catalogue) 

2002 
“Not Vital, Mias muntognas,” Edith Wahlandt Galerie, Stuttgart, 27 April -15 June 
“Vital,” Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva 13 September – 2 November (catalogue) 
“Not Vital: Fat es Fat,” Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 15 September – 
17 November; Kunsthalle Göppingen, Germany, 8 December 2002 – 2 February 2003 (catalogue) 
“Not Vital, New Sculpture,” de Pury & Luxembourg, Zürich, 23 November 2001 – 23 February 

2001 
“Not Vital,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, 3-31 March 
“Not Vital,” Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris 
“Not Vital,” Galleria Cardi & Co., Milan, 30 November 2001 – 26 January 

2000 
“Meine Schafe,” Gallerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
“Not Vital,” Galeri Nils Staerk, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1 December 2000 – 3 February 2001 

1999 
“Snowballs,” Baron / Boisanté, New York, 8 January – 20 February 
Sperone Westwater, New York, 8 September – 2 October (catalogue) 

1998 
“Skulpturer Och Teckningar,” Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, 19 March (opening date) 
“Nototo,” Milleventi, Milan, 5-30 May 

1997 
“Not Vital New Sculpture,” Sperone Westwater, New York, 22 February-22 March 
“Large Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 8 February-22 March 
“Totem und Tabu,” Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 15 May-3 August 
“Not Vital,” Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden, 21 November-25 January (catalogue) 

1994 
“Schoppa,” Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland, August 
Galerie Lehmann, Lausanne, (Conference de NV Chez Sotheby’s Genève) 30 January – 21 April 
“Sculpture,” Sperone Westwater, New York, 29 April – 10 June (catalogue) 
Galleria Milleventi, Turin, Italy, October – November (catalogue) 
Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Rome, November – December 
“Private View,” Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London 

1995 
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
“Curtis Anderson, Not Vital,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 16 September – 22 October 
“Not Vital, Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik,” Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Stuttgart, Germany, 
20 September – 19 November 
Berggruen & Zevi Limited, London, 24 November – 20 January 
Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (catalogue) 

1993 
Gallerie Lehmann, Lausanne, Switzerland, 21 January – 27 February 
“Not Vital: Cow Dung, New Bronze Works,” Wooster Gardens, New York, 27 February-3 April 
“Adam, One Afternoon,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 15 May – 30 June 
“Not Vital, Disegns/Squitschs in Lain, Zeichnungen/Holzschnitte,” Galleria d’Art Center Augustin, Scuol, 
Switzerland, 9 July – 25 August 
Gallerie Niels Ewerbeck, Vienna 

1992 
“Not Vital, sculture recenti,” Studio Guenzani, Milan 
“Cacche di Mucca,” Galleria Via Farini, Milan 
“18 Buatschas,” Kunsthandlung Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
“Not Vital, Bronzen,” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, 7 March – 4 April 

1991 
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, 7 March – 5 April 
“Not Vital, The Complete Prints and Multiples,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 7 September – 26 October (catalogue) 
“Not Vital, Druck-Graphik & Multiples,” Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Switzerland, 21 September – 
10 November (catalogue) 

1990 
Baron/Boisanté, New York, January 
PS Gallery, Tokyo, 13 February – 14 April (catalogue) 
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, 5 – 28 April 
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg 
“Prix BCG ’90,” Museé Rath, Genève, Switzerland, 11 December – 27 January (catalogue) 

1989 
“Not Vital at Akhnaton,” Centre of Arts, Akhnaton Hall, Zamalek, Cairo, 20 February – 5 March (catalogue) 
“Sculptures and works on paper,” The Greenberg Gallery Annex, St. Louis, Minnesota, 28 April – 23 June 
“Not Vital, Dessins et sculptures,” Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, 27 January – 19 February 
Galerie Montenay, Paris, 5 – 28 October 

1988 
“Bilder und Skulpturen,” Binz 39, Scuol, Switzerland 
“Not Vital, Plastiken und Zeichnungen,” Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland, 25 March – 8 May (catalogue) 
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, 27 April – 21 May 
Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, 28 January – 27 February 
Baron/Boisanté, New York, November – December 
“Not Vital, Works on Paper,” Swiss Institute, New York, 9 November – 25 December (catalogue) 

1987 
“Not Vital, Skulpturen,” Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne, 8 April – 15 May 
Gallery Nature Morte, Forum Art Fair, Zurich 

1986 
“Not Vital, Sculpture + Drawings,” Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, 8 February – 8 March 
Gallery Nature Morte, New York, April 
Galleria Pinta, Genova, Italy 

1985 
“Not Vital, Drawings and Sculpture,” Willard Gallery, New York, 2 – 27 February 
“Not Vital, Sculpturen en Tekeningen,” Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, 18 May – 13 June 

1984 
“Not Vital at Nature Morte,” Nature Morte, New York, February 
“Recent Sculptures and Drawings,” Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
“Not Vital, Plastiken und Zeichnungen,” Galerie Hartmann, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 
25 August – 22 September 

1983 
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA 

1982 
Kunsthaus Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland, 3 – 31 October 
“Not Vital, Zeichnungen und Objekte,” Gimpel-Hanover and Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zürich, 28 August – 2 October 

1981 
Altstadt-Galerie, Chur, Switzerland 
“Not Vital, Recent Drawings,” Albert White Gallery, Toronto, 28 March – 22 April 

1980 
Gimpel-Hanover and Andre Emmerich Galerien, Zürich, 30 August – 4 October 
Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 

1979 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland, 9 December – 13 January (catalogue) 

1976 
Galerie Peter Noser, Zürich
Not Vital ’76 NYC, Dritte Galerie, Zofingen, Switzerland (06 – 27 November)

1973 
Galleria LP 220, Torino, Italy 

1972 
Galleria Diagramma, Milan 

1971 
Galerie d’art moderne, Chur, Switzerland

Group Exhibitions

2005 
Galerie Tschudi, Switzerland, 19 July 2005 – 17 September 2005 

2004 
“home, sweet home,” Galleria Cardi, Milan, 8 April – 22 May. 
“Needful Things,” Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, Project 244. 

2003 
“Canvas, ” Galleria Cardi, Milan, February 25-April 19. 

2001 
Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, 15 February – 31 March 2001 
“Plateau of Humanity,” La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Harald Szeeman, 6 June – 
4 November 2001 (catalogue) 
“Accrochage,” Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Geneva, 6 December 2001 – 2 February 2002 

2000 
“and away we go,” Baron Boisanté, New York, 11 April – 20 May 2000 
“Cosmologies” Sperone Westwater, New York, 4 May – 10 June 2000 
“Art Unlimited”, Art 32 Basel, 13-18 June 2001 
“Kunst, die wir lieben,” Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland, 10 December 2000 – 14 January 2001 

1999 
“Präsentation Zeitgenössischer Kunst,” Bayerische Versicherungsbank AG, Unterföhring, Germany 
“Head to Toe; Impressing the Body,” University Gallery, Fine Arts Center, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 6 November – 17 December 
“Magisches Rätisches Dreieck, Drei Künstler – Drei Positionen,” Schloss Landeck, Austria (catalogue) 
“Konnex Kairo,” Kunst Museum Thun, Switzerland (catalogue) 

1998 
“Paper +: Works on Dieu Donné Paper,” The Gallery at Dieu Donné Papermill, New York,18 April-29 May 
“The Erotic Sublime, (Slave to the Rhythm),” Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria, 26 July – 
29 August (catalogue) 
“Zeitgenössische Skulptur, Europa-Afrika,” 7th Triennale der Kleinplastik 1998, SüdwestLB Forum Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue) 

1997-98 
“Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity,” Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, 
12 December 1997-2 March 1998 (brochure) 

1997 
“Animeaux et animeaux, Zeitgenöss, Kunst u. Zoologie,” Museum zu Allerheiligen, Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Switzerland (catalogue) 
“Animals,” Baron Boisanté, New York 
“Schweizer Kunst,” Auktionshaus Sotheby’s, Zürich (catalogue) 
“Anselmo, Boetti, Laib, Merz, Nauman, Paolini, Pistoletto, Vital, Zorio,” Sperone Westwater, New York, 
13 September-18 October 

1996 
“The Material Imagination, Untitled,” Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York 
“Projects, 3 New + 3 Old,” Baron/Boisanté, New York 
“Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980 – 95,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 19 June – 
10 September (catalogue) 
“Dissimilar & Unrelated Sculptures,” Baron/Boisanté, New York 
“Übergänge – Kunst aus Graubünden 1936-1996,” Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 

1995 
“(W)HO(W) Are You?” Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 
“Sculpture,” Sperone Westwater, New York, September – October 
“Selected Projects of ’81 – ’95,” Baron Boisanté, New York 
“Schrift im Bild,” Galerie Luciano Fasciati, Chur, Switzerland 
“Beyond Switzerland – Works by Contemporary Swiss Artists,” Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong (catalogue) 

1994-95 
“Drawing in Black and White: A Selection of Contemporary Works from the Collection,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 22 September – 10 January 
“A Century of Artists Books,” The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 23 October – 24 January (catalogue) 

1994 
“Art Cologne,” Galerie Edith Wahlandt, Cologne 
“The Body Human,” Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, 8 September – 15 October 
“Curtis Anderson, Not Vital,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 16 September – 22 October 
“Projekt Schweiz II, Natur – Kultur,” Kunsthalle Basel, Basel (catalogue) 

1993 
“Self-Evidence, Self-Portraits in Prints & Photographs,” New York Public Library, New York, 
2 September – 20 November 
“Across The River and Into The Trees, a Sculpture Show,” The Rushmore Festival, Rushmore, New York, 25 June – 10 July 
“Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 4 January – 19 February 

1992-94 
“Drawn in the Nineties,” Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, 14 June – 9 August; traveling to: Fine Art Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 11 September – 23 October; Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 7 November, 1992 – 28 January, 1993; Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, MA, 22 August – 24 October; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA, 17 November, 1993 – 9 January, 1994; Lamont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, MA, 28 January – 6 March; University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, 8 April – 17 May (catalogue) 

1992 
“Not Vital und Florio Puenter,” Pinta Galleria, Genève 
“Skulpturen und Arbeiten Auf Papier,” Galerie Nova Fredi Büchel, Pontresina, Switzerland 
“Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital,” Baron/Boisante, New York, March – April 
“Works on Paper,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, 8 September – 17 October 

1991 
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria 
“Druckgraphik & Multiples,” Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 
“Corsin Fontana, Gaspare O. Melcher, Matisa Spescha, Not Vital,” Galerie Nova, Pontresina, Switzerland 

1990 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 
“The First Five Years,” The Kaldeway Press at Harvard University, Boston (catalogue) 

1989 
“La Suisse Romanche Vue Par Iso Camartin,” Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris 
“Reflets Contemporains d’une Collection,” Musée Pulliérane, Pully, Switzerland (catalogue) 
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ville de Locle, Switzerland 
“Object of Thought, A Collection of Objects and Small Sculptures,” Anders Tornberg Gallery, New York, 14 January – 1 February 
“Monochrome,” Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, 14 January – 8 February 
“Projects and Portfolios: The 25th National Print Exhibition,” The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, 
New York, 6 October – 31 December (catalogue) 
“Selected Multiples,” Brooke Alexander Editions, New York, 20 May – 28 July 
“The New Poverty II,” Meyers Bloom Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
“The 1980’s: Prints from the Collection of Joshua P. Smith,” National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 
17 December – 8 April 1990 (catalogue) 
Galerie Faust, Geneva 
“Gemälde und Skulpturen,” Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 

1988 
“Blow Up,” Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland 
“Not Vital, Salvatore Scarpitta,” Studio Guenzani, Milan, 2 February – 31 March 
“Works on Paper,” Curt Marcus Gallery, New York 
“Off White,” Diane Brown Gallery, New York, 24 May – 18 June 
“Not Vital, Ange Leccia, Dennis Adams,” Galerie Faust, Genève, 29 September – 20 November 
“Recent Acquisitions,” Tatyana Grossman Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York 
“Kaldeway Press,” Thomas J. Watson Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 6 September – 
2 December 
“Konfrontationen von Angelika Kauffman bis Miriam Cahn,” Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
“Donald Baechler, Michael Byron, Not Vital,” Baron/Boisanté, New York, September – October 

1987 
“The Antique Future,” Massimo Audiello Gallery, New York, 13 February – 22 March 
“Drawing Since 1940,” Museum of Modern Art, New York 
“Sudwarts Nordwarts, Italienische und Schweizer Künstler,” Studio 10, Chur, Switzerland, March (catalogue) 
“Walls and Spaces, Three Swiss Artists, Rosemary Koczy, Olivier Mosset, Not Vital,” New York, 25 March – 
25 April 
“16 Schweizer Künstler mit: Druckgraphik der 80er Jahre,” Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, 
Switzerland (catalogue) 
“Simila/Dissimilia, Modes of Abstractions in Painting, Sculpture and Photography Today,” 
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, August (catalogue); Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia 
University, Leo Castelli Gallery, Sonnabend Gallery, New York, November (catalogue) 
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York 
“The New Poverty,” John Gibson Gallery, New York, 10 October – 7 November (catalogue) 

1986 
Brooklyn Museum, New York 
Willard Gallery, New York 
“Invitational Exhibition,” Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, 11 June – 11 July 
“Verso Sud e Verso Nord, Artisti Italiani e Svizzeri,” Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy, October (catalogue) 
“Time after Time,” Diane Brown Gallery, New York 

1985 
“Male Sexuality,” Art City, New York 
“James Brown, Richard Milani, Scott Richter, Not Vital,” Gallery Nature Morte, New York, January 
“Graffiti and East Village Artists,” Librizzi Gallery, New York, 19 January – 16 February 
“Objects of Comfort,” City Without Walls, Newark, 28 March – 24 April 
“American Paintings 1975 – 1985, Selections from the Collection of Aaron and Phyllis Katz,” Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, 6 July – 25 August (catalogue) 
“Large Drawings,” Museum of Modern Art, New York 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
“Cult and Decorum,” Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, 7 December – 4 January 

1984 
“Ref. 84,” Palud No.1, Lausanne, Switzerland (catalogue) 
“Aspekte Aktueller Bündner Kunst: Corsin Fontana, Gaudenz Signorell, Not Vital, Hannes Vogel,” 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 
“Selected Drawings by Eleven Artists,” Willard Gallery, New York, 5 September – 6 October 
“Eccentric Image(s),” Margo Levin Gallery, Los Angeles, 20 October – 
“Jim Colarusso, Michael Hafftka, Christoph Hertzog, Not Vital,” Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, 
3 – 29 November 
“Wedge Benefit,” Gallery Nature Morte, New York 

1983 
“New Expressions,” Leonarda di Mauro Gallery, New York, 3 – 26 February 
Niveau Gallery, New York 
“Joseph Nechvatal, Not Vital, Robin Weglinski,” Gallery Nature Morte, New York, May 
“Twelve Swiss Artists,” Gimpel Fils, London, 24 May – 18 June 
“Not Vital, Steve Staso, Julian L. Mosca,” Schweizerhof, Vulpera, Switzerland, 8 July – August 
“Ruckblick – Ausblick,” Gimpel-Hanover and André Emmerich Galleries, Hamburg, 1-27 August-8 October 
“Corsin Fontana, Das Auslöschen der Bilder Durch Die Zeit,” Galerie Claudia Knapp, Chur, Switzerland 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1982 
“Animals and Archetypes,” P.S. 122, New York 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 
“Yulla Lipchitz and Not Vital,” Mendelson Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, 10 December – 7 January 

1980 
Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland 

1979 
“Sommerausstellung,” Galerie Schöner-Wohnen-Haus, Zürich und Locarno, 25 July-1 September 
“Weihnachtsausstellung der Bündner Künstler,” Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland (catalogue) 

1977 Städtische Galerie Zum Strauhof, Zürich 

1976 Bündner Kunstmuseum, Chur, Switzerland

Bibliography:

2005 
“Not Vital: Agadez,” Exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 2005. 

2004 
Spiegler, Marc, “Not Vital,” Art + Auction, April 2004, pp. 34-38. 
Johnson, Ken, “Not Vital: Sperone Westwater,” The New York Times, 16 April, p. E38. 
Bradley, Kimberly, “Quiet Vitality,” Artnet.com (http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews), 12 May. 
Frankel, David, “Not Vital, Sperone Westwater,” Artforum, Summer, pp. 246-247. 
“Not Vital,” Exhibition catalogue, 2004. Sperone Westwater, New York. 
Princenthal, Nancy, “The Underside of Innocence,” Art in America, September, pp. 118-121. 

2002 
“Not Vital,” Galerie Guy Bärtschi, Exhibition catalogue. 
“Fat Es Fat,” Kunstverein Schaffhausen, Exhibition catalogue. 

2001 
“La Biennale di Venezia, XLVII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Plateau of Humanity,” exhibition catalogue by Harald Szeemann, Electa. 
Vendrame, Simona, “A Bridge Towards the Future,” Tema Celeste, Summer, pp. 44-49 
“Not Vital,” Art On Paper, September – October, p. 70. 
“Not Vital,” Galleria Cardi & Co., Exhibition catalogue, . 
“Il Cuore in una Scarpa,” Amica, December, p. 36. 

2000 
Straub, Carol, “Not Vital – Notizen aus Sent,” Palace Review: The Tower, (January) pp.22-25 
Matthis, Aldo, “Vom Menschen zum Esel mutiert,” Südostschweiz, 25 March, p. 19. 
Wittwer, Peter, “Projekt – Raststätte Pratteln,” Die Basler Zeitung, 26 March, p. 33. 
Matthis, Aldo, “Das herzige Blöken der Lämmer (Marsöl),” Die Südostschweiz, 3 April, p. 24. 
“Gian Enzo Sperone; Torino Roma, New York; 35 Anni di Mostra tra Europa e America,” pp.448-449, 484. 
“da Warhol al 2000,” Palazzo Cavour, Regione Piemonte, Exhibition catalogue, p. 91 

1999 
Szeemann, Harald, Anderland Verlag, München. 
Johnson, Ken, “Not Vital, Snowballs” The New York Times, February 5. 
“Not Vital,” Exhibition Catalogue, (Sperone Westwater, NY) 
“Not Vital”, New York Magazine, (September 13), p.110 
Morgan, Robert C., “Not Vital,” Review Magazine, (September 15), pp. 12-13 

1998 
Jones, Alan, “New York a Milano: Not Vital,” Tema Celeste, no. 69-70 (July-September), p. 820 
“Bilder fran världens ände,” Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 2 January. 
“Not Vitals Wurlzen und Wandlungen,” Turicum, June. 
“Auszeichnungen für graphische Kunst,” Die Südostschweiz, 12 August. 
Kuoni, Gisela, “Zürichs junge Kunstmesse (Kunst 98),” Die Südostschweiz, 24 October, p. 23. 
Schäfer, Patrick, “Bericht des AICA, Japan,” AICA. 
“The Erotic Sublime, (Slave to the Rhythm),” Exhibition Catalogue, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg,. 
“Allianz & Kunst,” catalogue of the collection of Bayerische Versicherungsbank AG, Allianz Versicherungs-AG, with forewords by Dr. Michael Albert and Harald 

1997 
Dorsey, John, “about SpAces & forms, part II,” The Sun, 29 January. 
Giuliano, Mike, “Sculpture, the Sequel (spAces & forms, part II),” Maryland Institute, College of Art, City Paper, 26 February, p. 32. 
Newhall, Edith, “Talent, Casting Call,” New York Magazine, February 24, p. 145. 
Levin, Kim, “Not Vital,” The Village Voice, 25 March, p. 10. 
Löfstrand, Ylva, “Malmö Konsthall,” Svenska Museer, April. 
Mathonnet, Philippe, “Bâle, l’art et l’argent,” Beaux Arts, 14 June. 
Kuspit, Donald, “Not Vital: Sperone Westwater, Baron/Boinsanté,” Artforum, vol. 35 no. 9 (May), pp.107-108 
“Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples,” On Paper, Vol. 1, No. 4, (March-April), p.45 
Kuoni, Gisela, “Art 28 ’97 in Basel,” Bündner Zeitung
Rauer, Ann-Marie, “Utställing pa Malmö konsthall,” SVT 2, 20 November. 
Waltenberg, Lilith, “Entrén till konsthallen ska vara fri,” Sydsvenska Dagbladet, Titelseite, 20 November 
“Världen sedd med ärlig blick,” Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 21 November, p. 7. 
Engzell, Stig, “Skulptur och fotografi pa Konsthallen,” Skanska Dagbladet, 21 November. 
“Foton och skulpturer,” Nordvästra Skanes Tidningar, 21 November. 
Ersgard, Stefan, “Fotograf och skulptör ställer ut,” Arbeitet Nyheterna, 21 November. 
Carlsson, Larsolof, “Bland jättetungor och komockor,” Helsingborgs Dagblad, 22 November. 
Hadnagy, Judit, “Premiär i Malmö,” Folkbladet Norrköping, 22 November, p. 6. 
Sidan 26, “Not Vital visar djurliv i brons,” Helsingborgs Dagblad, 22 November. 
“Ödebygd och Nietzsches mustasch,” Arbeitet Nyheterna, 23 November. 
“Spartanskt,” Södermanlands Nyheter, 24 November 1997, p. 6. 
Hadnagy, Judit, “Skulpturer och fotografier i Malmö konsthall,” Östra Smaland, 24 November. 
tv-Beitrag, “Skulpturer och fotografier i Malmö konsthall,” Kanal TV 4, 24 November, 16.45 h. 
tv-Beitrag, “Skulpturer och fotografier i Malmö konsthall,” Kanal TV 4, 25 November, 17.15 h. 
“Tunga, koskit och gubbar,” Göteborgs Posten, 25 November, p. 7. 
Kyander, Pontus, “Konstnär pa ständigt lek humör,” Sydsvenska Dagbladet, 25 November, p.14. 
Hadnagy, Judit, “Skulpturer och fotografier ställs ut i Malmö konsthall,” Lila Edet-Posten, 26 November, p.4. 
biba, “Fra hver sit verdenshjorne,” Alt, Danmark, No. 40, 27 November. 
“Intressant samtal mellan helt skilda världar,” Svenska Dagbladet, 29 November. 
Malmqvist, Conny, “Lekfullt och humoristiskt i en alltför vacker miljö,” Kvällsposten, 2 December. 
Klinthage, Jörgen, “Dokumentärt och humoristiskt,” Hallandsposten, 2 December. 
Sidan 20, “Finskt foto exponeras,” Hallandsposten, 2 December. 
“Greyhound holding my broken leg,” Helsingborgs Dagblad, 5 December, p. 53. 
Johannson, Ulf R., “Én rolig bok om Malmö,” Kvällsposten, 8 December. 
Orstadius, Brita, “Tva spännande kontraster,” Boras Tidning, 12 December. 
“Listan,” Kvällsposten, 13 December. 
“Vital och Männikkö i Malmö,” Upsala Nya Tidning, 15 December. 
Brahammar, Gunnar, “Djurskulptur och foto,” Ystads Allehanda, 16 December. 
Montigny, Britte, “Konfrontationer – Not Vital – Malmö Konsthall,” Helsingborgs Dagblad, 19 December. 
“Manligt utan krusiduller,” Kristianstadsbladet, 20 December. 
Nilsson, Torgny, “Avkrokarnas konst,” Nordvästra Skanes Tidningar, 23 December. 
Wachtmeister, Marika, “Manligt och roligt,” Sölvesborgs – Tidningen, 29 December. 
Wachtmeister, Marika, “Manligt och roligt,” Blekinge Läns Tidning, 29 December. 
Wachtmeister, Marika, “Manligt och roligt,” Karlshamns Allehanda, 29 December. 
“Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity,”exhibition brochure, with introduction by Barbara 
Bloemink and essay by Carla Hanzal (Virginia Beach: Contemporary Art Center of Virginia). 
Annas, Teresa, “Worldly Visions,” The Virginia Pilot, 13 December, pp. E1, E5 

1996 
Karmel, Pepe, “The Stuff of Dreams & the Natural World,” The New York Times, 5 January, p. 23. 
Kuoni, Gisela, “Skulpturen von Not Vital bei Lusciano Fasciati,” Bündner Zeitung, 4 September, p. 17. 
“Weihnachtsaktion 96, Japanese Sgraffito,” Bündner Tagblatt, 3 December. 
Kellein, Thomas, “Ein Buch zu Not Vitals Skulpturen,” Neue Zürcher Zeitung, December. 
Kuoni, Gisela, “Bekannte Bündner Namen an der Art 27 ’96 in Basel,” Bündner Zeitung
Kellein, Thomas, “Not Vital,” Staib + Mayer: Stuttgart, Germany. 

1995 
“Not Vital, ‘Notes, too’,” The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. XXVI, No. 1, March. 
“Not Vital, ‘Lamb’,” The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. XXVI, No. 2, (May-June) p. 66 
“Not Vital at Berggruen & Zevi,” Time Out New York, 11 January 
Zbinden, Veronique, “Recontre et ébauche de portrait,” Le Nouveau Quotidien, 31 January 
“Not Vital,” Exhibition Catalogue, (Turin, Italy, Galleria Milleventi) 
Iannacci, Anthony, “Not Vital at Sperone Westwater,” Artforum, September, p. 99 
Upshaw, Reagan, “Not Vital at Sperone Westwater,” Art in America, November, p. 114 
Kuoni, Gisela, “Überblick zum Jahresende, Bündner Kunstmuseum,” Bündner Zeitung, December, p. 2. 

1994 
Mack, Gerhard, “Die Natur als Fundgrube ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” Cash, 4 February. 
Müller, Hans-Joachim, “’Projekt Schweiz’, der Ausstellung zweiter Teil,” Basler Zeitung, 5 February. 
Teletext, “’Projekt Schweiz II’ CH-TXT/D, 5 February. 
Abutille, Mario C., “Vom Dichtermaler bis zum Auto-Fan,” Basellandschaftliche Zeitung, 7 February. 
Müller, Hans-Joachim, “Grünes und auch Andersfarbiges ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” Basler Zeitung, 8 February. 
“Svriza rumantscha/cuntrast,” La Casa Paterna la Punt, 11 February . 
V. Kageneck, Christian, “Beiträge zum Wohle der Natur ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” Südkurier, 12 February. 
Monteil, Annemarie, “Hin zur Quelle der Kunst, ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” St. Galler Tagblatt, 14 February. 
Bugmann, Urs, “Wahrnehmung statt Nachahmung, ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” Luzerner Neuste Nachrichten
14 February. 
Gassert, Siegmar, “Helvetische Ansichten, ‘Projekt Schweiz II’,” Dreiland Zeitung, 17 February. 
Marquart, Lisa, “Drawn in the nineties illustrates the beauty of a line,” San Diego University, No. 126, 
20 April. 
Jaunin, Françoise, “Bâle convoque nature et culture sous le signe de l’hétérogène, ‘Projekt 
Schweiz II’,” Tribune de Geneve, 24 February. 
Stegmann, Markus, “Stuttgart: Not Vital in der Galerie Edith Wahlandt,” Das Kunst – Bulletin, October. 
“Eine neue Kunstszene in West Chelsea,” Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Feeser, Sigrid, “Ein ganz vitales Schlitzohr, Ausstellung von Not Vital in der Stuttgarter Galerie 
Edith Wahlandt,” Die Rheinpfalz, No. 229, Feuilleton section, 1 October. 
Müller, Frank-Wolf, “Einige Mauerbilder von dem Fall, Galerierundgang Stuttgart: Arbeiten bei 
Valentien, Buhler, Wahlandt und Wehr,” Esslinger Zeitung, Feuilleton section, p. 35, 8/9 October. 
“Durchaus International, Zweiter Galeriesamstag in diesem Jahr,” Stuttgarter Zeitung, No. 245, p. 38, 
22 October. 
Vogt, Rainer, “Wer Ohren hat…, Premiere in Stuttgart: Not Vital bei Edith Wahlandt,” Stuttgarter 
Nachrichten, 22 October. 
Hoffmann, Gabriele, “Kuhfladen und Stickbilder, Spaziergang durch Stuttgarter Privatgalerien,” 
Galerien, Vo. 5, No. 43, November. 
Marquart, Christian, “Beim Barte des Philosophen: Not Vital bei Wahlandt in Stuttgart,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, No. 258, Kunstmarkt section, p. 36, 5 November. 
Valentin, Beate, “Abstrakte Positionen, galerien/Vier Asstellungen in Stuttgart,” Handelsblatt, No. 219, section G, p. 6, 11/12 November. 
“Willen zur Macht, Not Vital bei Edith Wahlandt,” Stuttgarter Zeitung, No. 263, feilleton section, 
p. 12, 14 November. 
Brody J., Castlman R., “”A Century of Artists Books:” Between the pages with Riva Castleman,” 
The Print Collector’s Newsletter, Vol. XXV, No. 5, November/December, pp. 172-176