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	; Meeting of the organisational committee for Koller's U.F.O. Ganek Gallery, 1982. Milan Adamčiak, Igor Gazdík, Július Koller (centre), Pavol Breier, Peter Meluzin. Photo: Květoslava Fulierová. Source.
Born	May 28, 1939; Piešťany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Died	August 17, 2007 (aged 68); Bratislava, Slovakia
Web	CEAD, Artyčok TV, Wikipedia-SK.
Collections	Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava), Kontakt (Vienna), Centre Pompidou, Tate, Generali (Vienna), Galerie Martin Janda (Vienna), gb agency (Paris), Museum of Art Łódź.

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Antihappening, 1965.

Július Koller (1939, Piešťany - 2007, Bratislava) was a Slovak artist.

In 1965, the same year that the Slovak Actionist group HAPPSOC released their manifesto, Július Koller published his manifesto "Anti-Happening (System of Subjective Objectivity)", which defined the artist's anti-Happening works enacted throughout the late 1960s. Unlike Happenings, where the focus is on action, anti-Happenings concentrate on the cultural reshaping of the subject, making those who participate in the work more aware of their surroundings. During one such anti-Happening, for example, Koller repainted the white lines that defined the structure of a tennis court.

Koller's technique of imbuing simple symbols with complex meanings is explained in his Mini-Koncepcie maxi-ideí (U.F.O.) [Mini-Concepts of Maxi Ideas] (1974), a series of simple text works that play on the term "UFO". Beginning in 1970, Koller took annual self-portraits, calling himself a UFO-naut while obscuring his body with random, banal objects—for example, he held a ping-pong ball in front of his eyes with glasses. Sports, such as tennis, held appeal for Koller as symbols of playful protest—as critic Jan Verwoert put it, ping-pong "represents the possibility of a more playful society in the face of socialist standardization". Koller titled each of these self-portraits some variation of the acronym UFO: Univerzálny Filozoficky Ornament [Universal Philosophical Ornament] (1978), Underground Fantastic Organization (1975), etc. Koller also developed the fictitious gallery project titled U.F.O. Galéria – Galéria Ganku, Vysoké Tatry [U.F.O. Gallery Ganek, High Tatras], which began with a concept around a site in the Slovak mountains to later include bureaucratic documents and structures such as a Board in 1981 (its members were Milan Adamčiak, Pavol Breier, Igor Gazdík, Peter Meluzin, and Koller himself). In 2009, the Július Koller Society was established in order to preserve Koller's work. (Source)

Exhibitions

Solo

Park kultúry a oddychu, Bratislava, 1965.
Galéria mladých, Bratislava, 1967.
Permanentná demystifikácia 1., 2., V-klub, Bratislava, 1968.
with Peter Bartoš, Permanentná Antigaléria [The Permanent Anti-gallery], the display window of the Komunálna opravovňa pančúch [Hosiery Express Repair] shop, Bratislava, 1968-69.
J.K. Ping-Pong Club, Galéria mladých, Bratislava, Mar 1970.
Textilné obrazy, Štátny výskumný ústav textilný, Bratislava, 1974.
Nová vážnosť, Kostol klarisiek, Galéria SFVU, Bratislava, 1990.
Post-komunikácia, Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, 1991.
Sondy, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Nov 1991 - Jan 1992; Štátna galéria, Banská Bystrica, 1992. Curated by Aurel Hrabušický.
Tatranská galéria, Horný Smokovec, 1993.
Hore-dole, Umelecká beseda Slovenska, Bratislava, 1993.
Subjekty a reality z r.1968, Galéria Nova, Bratislava, 1995.
J.K. - Univerzálne futurologické obrazy, Galéria SOGA, Bratislava, 1999.
To, čo sa deje, Štúdio S, Bratislava, 1999.
Partitúry a znaky, Vlastivedné múzeum, Trebišov, 1999.
Textextily, Galéria Linea, Bratislava, 2002.
Cikcaková kultúrna situácia – výber z tvorby J.K., CC Centrum, Bratislava, 2002.
Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 19 Jul - 21 Sep 2003. Curated by Roman Ondák. Review: Jan Verwoert (Frieze 2003 EN).
with Roman Ondák, Teenagers, Display Gallery, Prague, 2003. [1]
Július Koller – Kontakt, Kunstraum München, Munich, 2004.
Július Koller, Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin, 2004.
Július Koller and Jirí Kovanda, Index, Stockholm, 7 Jun - 10 Sep 2006.
Július Koller, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 24 Jan - 24 Feb 2007.
J.K.U.F.O., Slovenský inštitút, Prague, 2007.
Space is the Place, gb agency, Paris, 2 Jun - 21 Jul 2007. Video interview.
More, Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 25 Oct - 20 Nov 2007. Curated by Vladimir Beskid. [2]
Július Koller a jeho priatelia, Typo & Ars, Bratislava, 2008. Group show. [3]
with Jiří Kovanda, The Steins #7, Ludlow 38, New York City, 10 Jul - 16 Aug 2009. Curated by Tobi Maier.
Július Koller, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 24 Mar - 30 Apr 2010.
Science-Fiction Retrospective, Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 23 Apr - 20 Jun 2010. Curated by Aurel Hrabušický and Petra Hanáková. Video report (Artycok TV, EN subs). Review: Daniela Čarná (Rider 2010 EN). Commentaries: Alena Vrbanová (Jazdec 2010 SK).
Atlas of Fantastic Science - From the Július Koller Visual Archive, Kunstraum Lakeside, 30 Mar - 20 May 2011. Curated by Daniel Grúň.
U.F.O. NAUT JK (Július Koller) orquestada por Rirkrit Tiravanija, Kurimanzutto, Mexico, 2012.
Mini-Concepts / Maxi-ideas, gb agency, Paris, 2 Jun - 21 Jul 2012.
Július Koler Archive: Study Room, Tranzitdisplay, Prague, 11 Sep - 11 Nov 2012. Curated by Tomáš Pospiszyl.
U.F.O.–NAUT JK (Július Koller) orchestrated by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 10 Apr - 25 May 2013.
A. for Atlantis, gb agency, Paris, 31 Jan - 21 Mar 2015.
Situaciones Culturales, Casas Riegner, Bogotá, 11 Mar - 28 Apr 2015.
"?", Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 25 Sep 2015 - 10 Jan 2016. Curated by Daniel Grúň, Kathrin Rhomberg and Georg Schöllhammer.
Július Koller, mumok, Vienna, 12 Feb - 16 May 2016.
Selected exhibitions (incl. group shows), 1968-1989.

Catalogues

Július Koller: Sondy (Probes), ed. Aurel Hrabušický, Galéria súčasného umenia Slovenskej národnej galérie, 1992, [38] pp. (Slovak)/(English)
Julius Koller: Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie, eds. Kathrin Rhomberg and Roman Ondák, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Kölnischer Kunstverein, and tranzit, 2003, 248 pp. With texts by Georg Schöllhammer and Vít Havránek; conversations with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Roman Ondák. [4] (English)/(German)/(Slovak)
Július Koller a jeho priatelia, ed. Peter Čepec, Bratislava: Typo & Ars, 2008, DVD. (Slovak)
with Jiří Kovanda, The Steins #7, New York: Ludlow 38, 2009, [8] pp. With texts by Tobi Maier, Klara Kemp-Welch, and interview with Kovanda. (English)
Július Koller: vedecko-fantastická retrospektíva / Science-Fiction Retrospective, eds. Petra Hanáková and Aurel Hrabušický, Bratislava: Slovak National Gallery, 2010, 366 pp. With texts by Petra Hanáková, Katarina Bajcurová, Kvetoslava Fulierová, Aurel Hrabušický, Alexandra Kusá, Georg Schöllhammer. (Slovak)/(English)
Daniel Grúň, Tomáš Pospiszyl, Július Koller Archive. Study Room, Prague: tranzit.cz, 2012, 24 pp. (Slovak),(Czech)/(English)

Literature

Klaus Groh, "Július Koller", in Groh, Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa, Cologne: Dumont, 1972, pp [96-98]. (German)
Tomáš Štraus, "Three Models of Contemporary Slovak Art Actions", in Works and Words: International Art Manifestation, Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Galerie de Appel, 1980. [5] (English)
Marian Dzúrik, Ann Stephen (eds.), After the Spring: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Art, Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1994. (English)
Jan Verwoert, "Július Koller, 1939-2007", Frieze 111 (Nov-Dec 2007). (English)
Piotr Piotrowski, In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-Garde in Eastern Europe, 1945–1989, trans. Anna Brzyski, London: Reaktion Books, 2009, pp 216-220. (English)
Daniel Grúň, "Archivovať U.F.O. Július Koller ako zberateľ 'kultúrnych situácií' z tlačových médií", Romboid 7 (2010), pp 56-63. (Slovak)
Aurel Hrabušický, "O zrozumiteľnom Kollerovi a nezrozumiteľnom Filkovi", Jazdec 4:3, Bratislava: Galéria Cypriána Majerníka, Jul-Sep 2012, pp 2-5. (Slovak)
Daniel Grúň, "Július Koller: Dialectics of Self-Identification", trans. Jana Krajnakova, in L'Internationale. Post-War Avant-Gardes between 1957 and 1986, ed. Christian Hoeller, Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2012, pp 196-202. (English)
Klara Kemp-Welch, "Doubt", ch. 2 in Kemp-Welch, Antipolitics in Central European Art: Reticence as Dissidence under Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956-1989, I.B.Tauris, 2013, pp 57-100. [6] (English)
Daniel Grúň (ed.), Július Koller. Galéria Ganku, trans. John Minahane, Vienna: Schlebrügge, 2014. [7] [8]. Review: Alexandra Tamásová (Hentak 2014 SK). (English)/(Slovak)

Links

Selection of works, with English translations.
Július Koller, U.F.O.-naut?, symposium, SNG, Bratislava, 23-26 Apr 2009.
Koller talks about his work (Slovak with EN subs, low res).

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 [[Image:Antihappening_koller.jpg|thumb|258px|''Antihappening'', 1965.]]
 '''Július Koller''' (1939, Piešťany - 2007, Bratislava) was a Slovak artist.
-In 1965, the same year that the Slovak Actionist group [Alex_Mlynárčik#Works HAPPSOC] released their manifesto, Július Koller published his manifesto "Anti-Happening (System of Subjective Objectivity)", which defined the artist's anti-Happening works enacted throughout the late 1960s. Unlike Happenings, where the focus is on action, anti-Happenings concentrate on the cultural reshaping of the subject, making those who participate in the work more aware of their surroundings. During one such anti-Happening, for example, Koller repainted the white lines that defined the structure of a tennis court.
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+In 1965, the same year that the Slovak Actionist group [[Alex_Mlynárčik#Works|HAPPSOC]] released their manifesto, Július Koller published his manifesto "Anti-Happening (System of Subjective Objectivity)", which defined the artist's anti-Happening works enacted throughout the late 1960s. Unlike Happenings, where the focus is on action, anti-Happenings concentrate on the cultural reshaping of the subject, making those who participate in the work more aware of their surroundings. During one such anti-Happening, for example, Koller repainted the white lines that defined the structure of a tennis court.
 Koller's technique of imbuing simple symbols with complex meanings is explained in his ''Mini-Koncepcie maxi-ideí (U.F.O.)'' [Mini-Concepts of Maxi Ideas] (1974), a series of simple text works that play on the term "UFO". Beginning in 1970, Koller took annual self-portraits, calling himself a UFO-naut while obscuring his body with random, banal objects—for example, he held a ping-pong ball in front of his eyes with glasses. Sports, such as tennis, held appeal for Koller as symbols of playful protest—as critic Jan Verwoert put it, ping-pong "represents the possibility of a more playful society in the face of socialist standardization". Koller titled each of these self-portraits some variation of the acronym ''UFO: Univerzálny Filozoficky Ornament'' [Universal Philosophical Ornament] (1978), ''Underground Fantastic Organization'' (1975), etc. Koller also developed the fictitious gallery project titled ''[http://tranzit.org/exhibitionarchive/u-f-o-gallery-ganek-gallery/ U.F.O. Galéria – Galéria Ganku, Vysoké Tatry]'' [U.F.O. Gallery Ganek, High Tatras], which began with a concept around a site in the Slovak mountains to later include bureaucratic documents and structures such as a Board in 1981 (its members were [[Milan Adamčiak]], [[Pavol Breier]], [[Igor Gazdík]], [[Peter Meluzin]], and Koller himself). In 2009, the Július Koller Society was established in order to preserve Koller's work. [http://hu.tranzit.org/file/Report_on_the_Construction.pdf#page=11 (Source)]
-==Works==
-* [http://www.webumenia.sk/autor/5089 Works in Slovak National Gallery], Bratislava.
-* [http://www.kontakt-collection.net/emuseum/view/people/asitem/Exhibitions@8/15/ Works in Kontakt Collection], Vienna.
-* [http://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/cEnqpG/rgjgraz Works in Centre Pompidou], Paris.
-* [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/julius-koller-10345 Works in Tate Gallery], London.
-* [http://www.martinjanda.at/de/kuenstler/julius-koller/werke/?thumbs Works in Galerie Martin Janda], Vienna.
-* [http://www.gbagency.fr/en/44/Julius-Koller/ Works in GB Agency], Paris.
-* [http://www.servinglibrary.org/read.html?id=7913 Selection of works], with English translations.
 ==Exhibitions==
+; Solo
+<div class="dpl" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:.95em">
 * Park kultúry a oddychu, Bratislava, 1965.
 * Galéria mladých, Bratislava, 1967.
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 * ''Nová vážnosť'', Kostol klarisiek, Galéria SFVU, Bratislava, 1990.
 * ''Post-komunikácia'', Považská galéria umenia, Žilina, 1991.
-* ''Sondy'', Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Nov 1991 - Jan 1992. Curated by Aurel Hrabušický.
+* ''Sondy'', Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, Nov 1991 - Jan 1992; Štátna galéria, Banská Bystrica, 1992. Curated by Aurel Hrabušický.
 * Tatranská galéria, Horný Smokovec, 1993.
-* ''Hore-Dole'', Umelecká beseda Slovenska, Bratislava, 1993.
+* ''Hore-dole'', Umelecká beseda Slovenska, Bratislava, 1993.
 * ''Subjekty a reality z r.1968'', Galéria Nova, Bratislava, 1995.
-* ''Cikcaková kultúrna situácia – výber z tvorby J.K.'', CC Centrum, Bratislava, 1997.
+* ''J.K. - Univerzálne futurologické obrazy'', Galéria SOGA, Bratislava, 1999.
-* ''Július Koller'', Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 2003. Review: [http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/julius_koller/ Jan Verwoert] (Frieze 2003 EN).
+* ''To, čo sa deje'', Štúdio S, Bratislava, 1999.
-* ''Utopia Station – La Biennale di Venezia'', 50. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, Venice, 2003.
+* ''Partitúry a znaky'', Vlastivedné múzeum, Trebišov, 1999.
-* ''Július Koller – Kontakt'', kunstraum muenchen, Munich, 2004.
+* ''Textextily'', Galéria Linea, Bratislava, 2002.
+* ''Cikcaková kultúrna situácia – výber z tvorby J.K.'', CC Centrum, Bratislava, 2002.
+* ''[http://koelnischerkunstverein.de/wp/julius-koller-univerzalne-futurologicke-operacie/ Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie]'', Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, 19 Jul - 21 Sep 2003. Curated by Roman Ondák. Review: [http://www.frieze.com/issue/review/julius_koller/ Jan Verwoert] (Frieze 2003 EN).
+* with Roman Ondák, ''Teenagers'', Display Gallery, Prague, 2003. [http://www.display.cz/index-1.html]
+* ''Július Koller – Kontakt'', Kunstraum München, Munich, 2004.
+* ''Július Koller'', Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery, Berlin, 2004.
+* ''[http://indexfoundation.se/exhibitions/jlius-koller-and-jir-kovanda Július Koller and Jirí Kovanda]'', Index, Stockholm, 7 Jun - 10 Sep 2006.
 * ''[http://www.martinjanda.at/de/ausstellungen/2007/1/55/julius-koller/ Július Koller]'', Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 24 Jan - 24 Feb 2007.
-* ''[http://www.gbagency.fr/fr/94/Julius-Koller-Space-is-The-Place-/ Space is the Place]'', GB Agency, Paris, 2 Jun - 21 Jul 2007. [http://www.rosab.net/horizon-evenements/spip.php?article48 Video interview].
+* ''J.K.U.F.O.'', Slovenský inštitút, Prague, 2007.
+* ''[http://www.gbagency.fr/fr/94/Julius-Koller-Space-is-The-Place-/ Space is the Place]'', gb agency, Paris, 2 Jun - 21 Jul 2007. [http://www.rosab.net/horizon-evenements/spip.php?article48 Video interview].
+* ''More'', Kressling Gallery, Bratislava, 25 Oct - 20 Nov 2007. Curated by Vladimir Beskid. [http://www.gallerykressling.sk/exhibitions/exhibiton/past/19/]
 * ''Július Koller a jeho priatelia'', Typo & Ars, Bratislava, 2008. Group show. [http://www.typoars.sk/prehlad.html]
+* with Jiří Kovanda, ''The Steins #7'', Ludlow 38, New York City, 10 Jul - 16 Aug 2009. Curated by Tobi Maier.
 * ''[http://www.martinjanda.at/de/ausstellungen/2010/3/148/julius-koller-2010/ Július Koller]'', Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 24 Mar - 30 Apr 2010.
 * ''[http://www.sng.sk/archiv/html/index69fd.html?loc=1&id=2&nid=3217&yr=2010 Science-Fiction Retrospective]'', Slovak National Gallery, Bratislava, 23 Apr - 20 Jun 2010. Curated by Aurel Hrabušický and Petra Hanáková. [http://artycok.tv/lang/en-us/4525/koller-sci-fi-retrospective Video report] (Artycok TV, EN subs). Review: [http://www.artdispecing.sk/?IDe=241401&IDcheck=4a79d1bfd2b663b1b621d98d2d112102#page=7 Daniela Čarná] (Rider 2010 EN). Commentaries: [http://www.artdispecing.sk/?IDe=119373&IDcheck=5a9035429780904c7f43da474b49fde2#page=8 Alena Vrbanová] (Jazdec 2010 SK).
-* ''Atlas of Fantastic Science - From the Július Koller Visual Archive'', Kunstraum Lakeside, 2011.
+* ''[http://lakeside-kunstraum.at/index.php?id=314 Atlas of Fantastic Science - From the Július Koller Visual Archive]'', Kunstraum Lakeside, 30 Mar - 20 May 2011. Curated by Daniel Grúň.
 * ''U.F.O. NAUT JK (Július Koller) orquestada por Rirkrit Tiravanija'', Kurimanzutto, Mexico, 2012.
-* ''Mini-Concepts / Maxi-ideas'', GB Agency, Paris, 2012.
+* ''[http://www.gbagency.fr/en/406/Julius-Koller-Mini-Concepts-Maxi-ideas-/ Mini-Concepts / Maxi-ideas]'', gb agency, Paris, 2 Jun - 21 Jul 2012.
 * ''[http://www.tranzitdisplay.cz/en/vystavy/julius-koler-archive-study-room-119-1111-2012 Július Koler Archive: Study Room]'', Tranzitdisplay, Prague, 11 Sep - 11 Nov 2012. Curated by Tomáš Pospiszyl.
-* ''Spirits of Internationalism'', Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2012.
 * ''[http://www.martinjanda.at/de/ausstellungen/2013/4/151/u-f-o-naut-jk-j-lius-koller-orchestrated-by-rirkrit-tiravanija/ U.F.O.–NAUT JK (Július Koller) orchestrated by Rirkrit Tiravanija]'', Galerie Martin Janda, Vienna, 10 Apr - 25 May 2013.
-* ''[http://www.gbagency.fr/fr/548/Julius-Koller-A-for-Atlantis/ A. for Atlantis]'', GB Agency, Paris, 31 Jan - 21 Mar 2015.
+* ''[http://www.gbagency.fr/fr/548/Julius-Koller-A-for-Atlantis/ A. for Atlantis]'', gb agency, Paris, 31 Jan - 21 Mar 2015.
 * ''[http://www.casasriegner.com/exhibition/julius-koller-situaciones-culturales/ Situaciones Culturales]'', Casas Riegner, Bogotá, 11 Mar - 28 Apr 2015.
 * ''[http://artmuseum.pl/en/wystawy/julius-koller "?"]'', Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, 25 Sep 2015 - 10 Jan 2016. Curated by Daniel Grúň, Kathrin Rhomberg and Georg Schöllhammer.
 * ''Július Koller'', mumok, Vienna, 12 Feb - 16 May 2016.
 * [http://tranzit.org/exhibitionarchive/tag/koller-julius/ Selected exhibitions] (incl. group shows), 1968-1989.
+</div>
 ==Catalogues==
 * ''Július Koller: Sondy (Probes)'', ed. Aurel Hrabušický, Galéria súčasného umenia Slovenskej národnej galérie, 1992, [38] pp. {{sk}}/{{en}}
-* ''Julius Koller: Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie'', eds. Kathrin Rhomberg and Roman Ondák, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2003, 248 pp. With texts by Georg Schöllhammer and Vít Havránek; conversations with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Roman Ondák. [http://www.martinjanda.at/de/buch/20/julius-koller-univerzalne-futurologicke-operacie/] {{en}}/{{de}}/{{sk}}
+* ''Julius Koller: Univerzálne Futurologické Operácie'', eds. Kathrin Rhomberg and Roman Ondák, Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Kölnischer Kunstverein, and tranzit, 2003, 248 pp. With texts by Georg Schöllhammer and Vít Havránek; conversations with Hans Ulrich Obrist and Roman Ondák. [http://koelnischerkunstverein.de/wp/en/julius-koller-univerzalne-futurologicke-operacie-2/] {{en}}/{{de}}/{{sk}}
 * ''Július Koller a jeho priatelia'', ed. Peter Čepec, Bratislava: Typo & Ars, 2008, DVD. {{sk}}
+* with Jiří Kovanda, ''[http://ludlow38.org/files/kkpublicationfinal.pdf The Steins #7]'', New York: Ludlow 38, 2009, [8] pp. With texts by Tobi Maier, Klara Kemp-Welch, and interview with Kovanda. {{en}}
 * ''Július Koller: vedecko-fantastická retrospektíva / Science-Fiction Retrospective'', eds. Petra Hanáková and Aurel Hrabušický, Bratislava: Slovak National Gallery, 2010, 366 pp. With texts by Petra Hanáková, Katarina Bajcurová, Kvetoslava Fulierová, Aurel Hrabušický, Alexandra Kusá, Georg Schöllhammer. {{sk}}/{{en}}
 * Daniel Grúň, Tomáš Pospiszyl, ''[http://academia.edu/4441870/ Július Koller Archive. Study Room]'', Prague: tranzit.cz, 2012, 24 pp. {{sk}},{{cz}}/{{en}}
 ==Literature==
-* Klaus Groh, ''Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa'', Cologne: Dumont, 1972. {{de}}
+* Klaus Groh, [http://www.artpool.hu/2015/Groh/Groh095.html "Július Koller"], in Groh, ''Aktuelle Kunst in Osteuropa'', Cologne: Dumont, 1972, pp [96-98]. {{de}}
 * Tomáš Štraus, "Three Models of Contemporary Slovak Art Actions", in ''Works and Words: International Art Manifestation, Amsterdam'', Amsterdam: Galerie de Appel, 1980. [http://tranzit.org/exhibitionarchive/works-and-words-early-critiques-of-the-discourse-of-eastern-european-art/] {{en}}
-* Jana Ševčikova, Jiři Ševčik, "Theraphie in ernste kulturelle Situation", in ''Sirup'', Munich: Galerie Stadt Prag und Passinger Fabrik, 1992. {{de}}
+* Marian Dzúrik, Ann Stephen (eds.), ''After the Spring: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Art'', Sydney: Museum of Contemporary Art, 1994. {{en}}
-* Marian Dzúrik, Ann Stephen (eds.), ''After the Spring: Contemporary Czech and Slovak Art'', Sydney 1994. {{en}}
-* Kathrin Rhomberg, ''Aussgeträumt… Secession'', Vienna, 2001-2002. {{de}}
 * Jan Verwoert, [http://www.frieze.com/issue/article/julius_koller/ "Július Koller, 1939-2007"], ''Frieze'' 111 (Nov-Dec 2007). {{en}}
-* Piotr Piotrowski, ''In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-Garde in Eastern Europe, 1945–1989'', London, 2009. {{en}}
+* Piotr Piotrowski, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=1323 In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-Garde in Eastern Europe, 1945–1989]'', trans. Anna Brzyski, London: Reaktion Books, 2009, pp 216-220. {{en}}
 * Daniel Grúň, "Archivovať U.F.O. Július Koller ako zberateľ 'kultúrnych situácií' z tlačových médií", ''Romboid'' 7 (2010), pp 56-63. {{sk}}
 * Aurel Hrabušický, [http://www.artdispecing.sk/?IDe=207203&IDcheck=5bf45a5ba73ebf21513ebe833afddbd0#page=2 "O zrozumiteľnom Kollerovi a nezrozumiteľnom Filkovi"], ''Jazdec'' 4:3, Bratislava: Galéria Cypriána Majerníka, Jul-Sep 2012, pp 2-5. {{sk}}
 * Daniel Grúň, [http://academia.edu/3711532/ "Július Koller: Dialectics of Self-Identification"], trans. Jana Krajnakova, in ''L'Internationale. Post-War Avant-Gardes between 1957 and 1986'', ed. Christian Hoeller, Zurich: JRP Ringier, 2012, pp 196-202. {{en}}
-* Klara Kemp-Welch, "Doubt", ch. 2 in Kemp-Welch, ''Antipolitics in Central European Art: Reticence as Dissidence under Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956-1989'', I.B.Tauris, 2013, pp 57-100.
+* Klara Kemp-Welch, "Doubt", ch. 2 in Kemp-Welch, ''Antipolitics in Central European Art: Reticence as Dissidence under Post-Totalitarian Rule 1956-1989'', I.B.Tauris, 2013, pp 57-100. [http://books.google.com/books?id=cdNpAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA57] {{en}}
-* Daniel Grúň (ed.), ''Július Koller. Galéria Ganku'', trans. John Minahane, Vienna: Schlebrügge, 2014. [http://sk.tranzit.org/en/lecture/0/2014-06-25/jlius-koller-ganku-gallery-edited-by-daniel-gr] {{en}}/{{sk}}
+* Daniel Grúň (ed.), ''Július Koller. Galéria Ganku'', trans. John Minahane, Vienna: Schlebrügge, 2014. [http://sk.tranzit.org/en/lecture/0/2014-06-25/jlius-koller-ganku-gallery-edited-by-daniel-gr] [http://www.rhubaba.org/julius-koller-galeria-ganku/]. Review: [http://hentak.sk/recenzia-kniha-julius-koller-galeria-ganku/ Alexandra Tamásová] (Hentak 2014 SK). {{en}}/{{sk}}
 ==Links==
+* [http://www.servinglibrary.org/read.html?id=7913 Selection of works], with English translations.
 * [http://at.tranzit.org/en/cooperation/0/2009-04-23/koller-symposium Július Koller, U.F.O.-naut?], symposium, SNG, Bratislava, 23-26 Apr 2009.
-* [http://artycok.tv/lang/en-us/artist/koller-julius Videos on Koller] on Artycok TV.
+* [http://vimeo.com/46033042 Koller talks about his work] (Slovak with EN subs, low res).

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Meeting of the organisational committee for Koller's U.F.O. Ganek Gallery, 1982. Milan Adamčiak, Igor Gazdík, Július Koller (centre), Pavol Breier, Peter Meluzin. Photo: Květoslava Fulierová. Source.
Born	May 28, 1939(1939-05-28) Piešťany, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Died	August 17, 2007(2007-08-17) (aged 68) Bratislava, Slovakia
Web	CEAD, Artyčok TV, Wikipedia-SK.
Collections	Slovak National Gallery (Bratislava), Kontakt (Vienna), Centre Pompidou, Tate, Generali (Vienna), Galerie Martin Janda (Vienna), gb agency (Paris), Museum of Art Łódź.