Dominik Lang (born 1980,
Prague
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) is a
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artist. Lang is best known for his installation ''Sleeping City'' in the Czech Pavilion at the 2011 Venice Biennale. He has also received attention for his works ''Memories of the Future and Girl with Pigeon''. His work has been exhibited at
Inhotim
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outside
Belo Horizonte
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in Brazil. He is part of a new vanguard of Czech artists that have been exhibited internationally since the end of the
Cold War
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.
"Dominik Lang: Girl with Pigeon"
. ''Monash University Museum of Art''. Accessed June 2015
References
1980 births
Living people
Czech artists
Czech contemporary artists
Artists from Prague
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