PERSONAL EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

2002
"The Nine Planets", Museum Folkwang, Hatje Cantz ed., Essen, Germany

2001
"Wolfgang Laib", INK.TREE, Küsnacht, Switzerland
"La Chambre des certitudes", Hatje Cantz ed., Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France

2000
"Wolfgang Laib, A Retrospective", by Klaus Ottmann, with essays by Margit Rowell and a conversation between the artist and Harold Szeemann

1999
"Wolfgang Laib", Hatje Cantz ed., Carré d'Art, Nîmes, France"Wolfgang Laib", Kunsthaus Bregenz, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib", Milleventi, Milan, Italy, text by Simone Menegoi

1997
"Wolfgang Laib: ich bin nicht hier", Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe, text by Klaus Schrenk and interview with the artist by Kirsten Voigt

1994
"Wolfgang Laib", Henry Moore Sculpture trust, Camden Arts Centre, London, U.K.

1993
"Wolfgang Laib : Passage", CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France, text by Jean-Marc Avrilla
"Wolfgang Laib", De Pont, Tilburg

1992
"Wolfgang Laib"Museo Comunale d'Arte Moderna Ascona, Italy, textby Harald Szeemann
"Wolfgang Laib", The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Irland
"Wolfgang Laib", Kunstmuseum Bonn and Edition Cantz, Bonn ; in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; texts by Kerry Brougher, Donald Kuspit, Klaus Schrenk

1991
"Wolfgang Laib", Tokyo Gallery Kanransha, Japan
"Wolfgang Laib, Pollen Installation"The Center of Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, USA

1990
"Wolgang Laib", Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland
"Light seed", Watari-um, Tokyo, Japan

1989
"Wolfgang Laib", Musée Départemental, Rochechouart, France, text by Guy Tosatto
"Wolfgang Laib", Fondation Miro, Barcelona, Spain, text by Margit Rowell
"Wolfgang Laib", Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany, texts by Tilman Osterwold, Johannes Cladders, Hans-Joachim Müller, Harald Szeeman

1988
"Wolfgang Laib", ed. Galerie Buchmann, Basel, Switzerland
"Wolfgang Laib. Simple Structures", Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA, booklet with a text by Cornelia Butler

1987
"Wolfgang Laib. Bremer Kunstpreis", Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, text by Harald Szeemann, german translation from the text published in A.R.C. catalogue in 1986

1986
"Wolfgang Laib", A.R.C. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, text by Harald Szeemann, interview of the artiste by Suzanne Pagé

1985
"Wolfgang Laib", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, booklet with a text by Annelie Pohlen

1983
"Wolfgang Laib", Biennale de Venise & Städtisches Museum
Absteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany, text by Johannes Cladders

1981
"Wolfgang Laib. Milchsteine und Blütenstaub", Annemarie-und-Will-Grohmann-Stipendium; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, text by Katarina Schmidt

1980
"Wolfgang Laib", InK-Dokumentation 5, Zürich, Switzerland, text by Dieter Hall

1978
"Wolfgang Laib. Blütenstaub von Löwenzahn", Kunstraum, Münich, Germany
"Wolfgang Laib", Kunstraum, Münich, Germany, text by Hermann Kern

GROUP EXHIBITIONS CATALOGUES

2002
"Prière (s)", Musée d’Art et d’ Histoire, Saint-Denis, France

2001
"The gift, Generous offerings, threatening hospitality", Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna ; Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, Italy ; Coproduced with Independant Curators International, NY, USA
"El Instante Eterno", Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Valencia, Spain
The Whitechapel Art Gallery Centenary Review, Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London

1998
"The Edward R. Broida Collection: A Selection of Works", Orlando Museum of Art, text by Sue Scott

1997
"97 Kwangju Biennale: Unmapping the Earth", texts by Néstor Gracía Canclini, Lawrence Grossberg, Friedrich Kittler, Richard Koshalek and Erica Clark
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life", MoMA, New York, USA, text by Margit Rowell
"4e Biennale de Lyon d'art contemporain. L'autre", Lyon, France, text by Harald Szeemann
"XLVII Venice Biennale. Future, Present, Past", exhibition catalogue by Germano Celant, with a text by the artist

1996
"Luis Barragan : Sitio+Superficie", San Ildefonso, Mexico City, Mexico

1993
"GAS", CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
"A Century of Silence", Binghamton, NY: University Art Museum, State University of New York, USA, text by Lynn Gamwell

1990
"Signs of Life", Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
"Threshold", The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway

1988
"Zeitlos", Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
"De Facto", Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, text by Michael Hübl
"Rosc", Dublin, Irland
"Carnegie International", Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, USA, text by Jamey Cambrell

1987
"Wechselströme", Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany, text by Annelie Pohlen
"New Locations", Wolff Gallery, New York, USA, text by Jerry Saltz
"Documenta 8", Kassel, vol. 2, Germany, text by Manfred Schneckenburger
"Century 87", Amsterdam, Netherlands

1986
"Falls the Shadows. The Hayward Annual 1986", Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
"6th Biennal of Sydney", Sydney, Australia
"Triennale der Kleinplastik", Felbach, Germany
"De Sculptura", Vienna, Austria
"Skulptur sein", Städtische Kunsthalle, Düssledorf, Germany
"Ouverture II", Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
"Accidents de terrain", Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain La Criée, Rennes, France

1985
"1945 bis1985. Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
"Spuren. Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise", Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland

1983
"Ars83", Atheneum, Helsinki, Finland
"Kosmische Bilder in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts", Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany; Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv, Israël, text by Siegmar Holsten

1982
"La Biennale. Arte Visive '82", Venice Biennale, Italy, text by Johannes Cladders
"Documenta 7", Kassel, Germany
University Art Museum, Providence Rhode Island, USA, text by Ronald J. Onorato
"Bilder sind nicht verboten", Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany, text by Eckart Deutsch :"Anschauung und Aesthetische Autonomie. Zum Problem religiöser Kunst."
"Kunst wird material", Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
"Australian National Gallery. An Introduction", Canberre, text by Michael Wardell

1980
"1. Ausstellung der Jûrgen Ponto-Stiftung", Frankfurt, Germany, text by Hermann Kern
"Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui", A.R.C. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France, text by Hermann Kern

1979
"Expansion. Vienna Biennale", Austria, text by Hermann Kern :"Kunst als Gestaltung des Gestaltlosen"

PRESS

2002
"Prière étudiante", in : Beaux Arts , #216, may
Christopher Knight,"Sculpture on the circle of Life", in: Art Review, february

2001
"Laib at the Sprengel Museum", Théma Céleste, nov.-dec.
"Wolfgang Laib", Art Forum, Jan.
Paul Richard,"Wolfgang Laib: L’artiste seul dans son champs", Kulturchronik, n°1 (19th year)
Sarah Tanguy,"Making the Ideal Real,"Sculpture, May
Janet Kutner,"Art in a realm where time, space blur,"The Dallas Morning News, 10 June
Carol Diehl,"Wolfgang Laib: Transcendent Offerings", Art in America, n°3, March
Mark Rahner,"art nature,"The Seattle Times, 27 Feb.
Amei Wallach,"The Impenetrable That Leads to the Sublime,"The New York Times, 7 Jan.
Andy Grundberg,"Wolfgang Laib, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, DC, Artforum, Jan.
Regina Hackett,"Atmospheric Laib exhibit speaks to the senses,"Seattle Post Intelligencer, 2 March
Emily Hall,"The Monk and His Milk,"The Stranger, 8 March
Aja Armey,"Offering Nature,"intermission, 1 March
Diane Sepanski,"All natural,"SeattleWeekly.com, 8-14 March

2000
Katy Siegel,"Wolfgang Laib", a retrospective", Art Forum, Sept.
Marcello Bianchi,"Höhle mit Wachs ausgekleidet", Art das Kunstmagazin, n°9, Sept.
"La ruche de laib", Beaux arts magazine, n°195, Aug.
David Bonetti,"Bay City Best,"San Francisco Examiner Magazine, 22 Oct.
Kenneth Baker,"Art That's Nothing to Sneeze At,"San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Oct.
Klaus Ottmann,"Certitude Is the Imaginary : The Drawings of Wolfgang Laib", Art On Paper, Dec.
David Galloway,"Pollen Alert,"ARTnews, Oct.
Glenn Dixon,"Soul Mining,"Washington City Paper, 3 Nov.
Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson,"Wolfgang Laib, Pollen from Pine, Matrix 188,"look, The Quarterly Magazine of the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Fall 2000
Gerhard Mack,"Jedes Staubkorn ist ein Universum,"Art, Das Kunstmagazin, Aug.
"When Pollen is an Art Form,"Garden Design, Oct.

1999
RW,"Wolfgang Laib", Art Forum, n° 5, Jan.
H-F. Debailleux,"Le ciel n'est pas une peinture bleue", Libération, 26 March
Geneviève Breerette,"La nature toute entière sous la patte de Wolfgang Laib", Le Monde, 3 April
Salvatore Lacagnina,"W. Laib", Tema Celeste, n°74, June
"Wolfgang Laib", Tema Celeste, n°75, Sept.
"Et Aussi . . .,"Art Actuel, vol. 1 no. 1, March-April
Rachel Withers,"Preview: Wolfgang Laib, Carré d'Art,"Artforum, vol. 37, no. 5, Jan.

1998
Frances Richard,"Wolfgang Laib", Art Forum n° 2, Oct.
Carol Diehl,"Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater", Art in America, Nov., n°11
Ken Johnson,"Art Guide: Wolfgang Laib,"The New York Times, 15 May
Bell J.Bowyer,"Wolfgang Laib,"Review, 15 May
"Goings On About Town, Galleries-Downtown: Wolfgang Laib,"The New Yorker, 25 May
"Wolfgang Laib: Sperone Westwater,"New York Contemporary Art Report, vol. 1 no. 1 May
Martha Schwendener,"Art, Reviews: Wolfgang Laib, Nowhere-Everywhere,"Time Out New York, no. 140, 28 May-4 June
Mark Stevens,"Art: Bee-ing and Nothingness,"New York Magazine, 8 June
Clara Bona and Elisabetta Pincherle,"Ho trovato l'America", La Repubblica, 25-31 Aug.
Alan G. Artner,"Natural Selection,"Chicago Tribune, 29 Jan.
Jim Drobnick,"Reveries, Assaults and Evaporating Presences: Olfactory Dimensions in Contemporary Art,"Parachute, no. 89, Jan.-Feb.-March

1997
Galerias,"Un petit voyage", Estilo, n°29, spring
V.B.A,"Laib- Ruff", Beaux-Arts, n° 159, Aug.
"A voir et à manger", Elle, n° 2697, Aept.
"Report from Korea: Kwangju Biennale,"BT, vol. 49 no. 748, Nov.
Catherine Millet,"Unmapping the Earth,"Art Press, no. 230, Dec.
"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, Hayward Gallery,"Art Monthly, Oct.
David Bonetti,"Gallery Watch: Obsession Meets Devotion,"San Francisco Examiner, 24 Oct.
Lucrezia De Domizio Durini,"Biennale di Kwangju,"Tema Celeste, no. 65, Oct.-Dec.
Linda Nochlin,"Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life: MoMA", Artforum, vol. 36 no. 2, Oct.
Grace Glueck,"When Is A Still Life Not A Still Life?", Quarterly, Fall 1997
Corinna Lotz,"Art & Artists: Still, But Very Real,"Socialist, Oct.
Andrew Lambirth,"Things Fall Apart,"Independent Saturday Magazine, Oct.
Judi Freeman,"Still Life at MoMA", Apollo, Oct.
Calvin Tomkins,"A Question of Human Presence,"The New Yorker, June

1996
Stephanie Peak,"Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater, NY, Oct 1995", Rant and Rage, n°1
Linda Weintraub,"Interview with Wolfgang Laib,"Art on the Edge and Over, 1996 Fall
Marek Bartelik,"Wolfgang Laib, Sperone Westwater", Artforum, Vol. XXXIV, No. 5, Jan.

1995
Lilly Wei,"Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater,"Art in America, Vol. 83, No. 11, Nov.
Martha Schwendener,"Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater,"FlashArt, no. 185, Nov.-Dec.

1994
Marek Bartelik,"Wolgang Laib, Sperone Weswater", Art Forum, Jan., n° 5
Didier Semin,"A Piece by Wolfgang Laib at the Centre Pompidou,"Parkett, No. 39
Claire Farrow,"Wolfgang Laib: More than Myself,"Parkett, No. 39
Jean-Marc Avrilla,"A wax Room in the Mountains,"Parkett, No. 39
Thomas McEvilley,"Medicine Man: Proposing a Context for Wolfgang Laib's Work,"Parkett, No. 39

1993
Donald Kuspit,"Wolfgang Laib - Sperone Westwater", Artforum, May
Kristine McKenna,"flower power,"L.A. Style Magazine, Jan.
Pontus Hulten,"Territorium Artis, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle, Bonn,"FlashArt, International Edition, Flash Art news, Jan.-Feb.
"Goings on About Town,"The New Yorker, 15 Feb.

1992
Paul Ardenne,"Wolfgang Laib- Galerie Crousel Robelin"Art Press 165, Jan.
Margit Rowel,"Wolfgang Laib", Le Magazine (Centre G. Pompidou), n°68
Cesare Pietroinsti,"Wolfgang Laib,Alfonso Artiaco",Flash Art n°165, Summer
Neery Melkonian,"Wolfgang Laib, Art and Remedy,"Artspace, Jan.-April
Ralf Beil,"Wolfgang Laib, Paris, Galerie Crousel-Robelin,"Arte Factum, Feb.-March
Kerry Brougher,"The Highlights: Wolfgang Laib,"The Contemporary, Los Angeles:The Museum of Contemporary Art, Dec. 92 – Jan. 93

1991
Amy Gesher,"Wolfgang Laib", Art Forum International, n°5, Jan.
Robert Mahoney,"Wolfgang Laib,"Arts Magazine, May
Susan Tallman,"Wolfgang Laib at Sperone Westwater,"Art in America, June
Hans Rudolf Reust,"Wolfgang Laib: Kunstmuseum,"Artscribe, March - April
Matthew Rose,"New York Wrap-up - Galerie Lelong"The Bulge, It's Called a Meniscus,"ArtNews, Sept.

1990
Alan G. Artner,"Wolfgang Laib", Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov.
Kristine McKenna,"Wolfgang Laib : Nature and Nurture", Los Angeles Times, Nov.
Sakae Kimoto,"Wolfgang Laib,"BT, Bijutsu Techo, Jan.
C. H. Van Winkel,"Wolfgang Laib, Lothar Baumgarten en de geest van Joseph Beuys,"Metropolis M, May-June
Jan Braet,"Het vision van een arts,"Knack, No. 26, 27 June- 3 July
Laura Arici,"Gelebte Achtsamkeit,"Neue Zuricher Zeitung, 26 Oct.
Alan G. Artner,"Laib strives to balance inner, outer worlds,"Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov.
Kristine McKenna,"Wolfgang Laib: Nature and Nurture,"Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov.
Robert Mahoney,"Group Show,"Tema Celeste, International Edition, Nov.-Dec.

1989
Donald Kuspit,"W. Laib, Galerie Lelong, New York", Artforum, Feb.
Mona Thomas,"W. Laib, l'esprit du lieu", Beaux-Arts, n° 68, May
anonyme :"W. Laib & E. Levine in the Miro Foundation", Lapiz, n° 59, May
Philippe Piguet,"W. Laib, Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain, Rochechouart", Art Press, n° 139, June
Liliana Albertazzi,"Wolfgang Laib", Lapiz, n°60, summer
Joachim Petersen,"Wolfgang Laib", Contemporanea International Art Magazine, vol.11, n°6, Sept.
"The passageway", A project for Artforum by Wolfgang Laib, Artforum, April
"Beau fixe sur Beaubourg", Le Figaro, 13 Sept.
Azby Brown,"The Persistence of Life,"Asahi Evening News, Tokyo, 2 Oct.
France Huser,"Wolfgang Laib,"Le Nouvel Observateur, 7 – 13 Dec.
Peter Plagens,"Under Western Eyes,"Art in America, Jan.

1988
Klaus Ottman,"Wolfgang Laib", Flash Art n° 138, Jan.-Feb.
Harald Szeemann,"W. Laib : Du mariage mystique à l'énoncé plastique", Ad Hoc, n° 2, spring
John Karras,"What is art ? Laib exhibit draws some random hmmms", Des Moines Sunday Register, 4 Dec.
Eliot Nusbaum,"Simplicity is key to Laib show", Des MoinesSunday Register, 20 Nov.
Gretchen Faust,"W. Laib, Galerie Lelong, New York", Nike, Dec. 88-Jan. 89
Paul Groot,"Zeitlos, positionen Heutiger Kunst", Flashart 142, Oct.
Doris von Drateln,"Zeitlos", Galeries, June-July
Kim Levin,"Ethnoeccentricity, Lothar Baumgarten and Wolfgang Laib,"Village Voice, 22Nov.
Roberta Smith,"Wolfgang Laib,"New York Times, 25 Nov.
Cathy Curtis,"Wolfgang Laib,"Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov.

1987
Françoise-Claire Prodhon,"W. Laib & B. Nauman à l'ARC", Flash Art France, Jan.
Sylvie Couderc,"W. Laib. La force vitale de l'acte artistique", Artefactum, n° 18, April-May
C. Schenker,"W. Laib, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, Musée d'Art Contemporain Bordeaux", Flash Art, n° 134, May
Kunstforum, vol. 90, July-Sept.
Jean-Pierre Le Goff,"Wolfgang Laib,"Kanal Magazine, Jan.-March
Christoph Schenker,"Wolfgang Laib, Capc, Bordeaux,"Kunstforum, Vol. 88, March-April
Michael Hubl,"Das Jahr danach,"Kunstforum, Vol. 88, March-April
Lisa Ponti,"Wolfgang Laib", Juliet, No. 31, April-May
Roland Waspe,"Wolfgang Laib", Museumsbrief 60, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Aug.
Dennis Cooper,"Art on the Amstel", Art in America, Oct.
Susan Hinton,"A Counterbalance to Neoexpressionism", Artweek, 14 Nov.
John Russell,"Thirteen Sculptors", New York Times, 20 Nov.
Hans-Joachim Muller,"Milch und Blutenstaub: Wolfgang Laib in der Galerie Buchmann", Basler Zeitung, 30 Dec.
Johannes Cladders,"Aan de Rijsttafel van Stuifemeel", Openbaar Kunstbezit, n°6
Demosthenes Davvetas,"Wolfgang Laib, Interview with the Artist,"New Art, No. 2, Jan.
Kimmo Pasanen,"Wolfgang Laib,"Finnish translation of the Interview with the Artist by Suzanne Page, catalogue ARC, 1986, Taide, Jan.
Wade Saunders, Anne Rochette,"Wolfgang Laib at Maeght Lelong", Art in America, Jan.
Klaus Ottmann,"Wolfgang Laib,"Flash Art, Feb.-March

1986
Daniel Soutif,"Laib plus fort que Kirkeby", Libération, 8 jan.
"B. Nauman & W. Laib à l'ARC", Paris-Magazine, 1° Oct.
Jim Palete,"B. Nauman & W. Laib à l'ARC", City Magazine, 1st Oct.
Jean-François Bizot,"W. Laib - Ici art serein", Actuel, Oct.
Claude Gintz,"Nature, Culture, Ecriture : à propos de W. Laib", Art press, Oct.
Mona Thomas,"W. Laib & B. Nauman à l'ARC", Piranha, Nov.
Gilbert Lascault,"Exposition W. Laib à l'ARC : Pollen jaune, calme, calme...", La Quinzaine Littéraire, 1° Oct.
France Huser,"B. Nauman - W. Laib - Lait & sang", Le Nouvel Observateur, 31 Oct.
Jean-Louis Pradel,"W. Laib et B. Nauman ou l'art du défi",L'Evénement du Jeudi, 6 Nov.
Laurent Boudier,"B. Nauman & W. Laib cohabitent à l'ARC", Telerama, 5 Nov.
Michel Giroud,"ARC-Tabula rasa : les installations de B. nauman & de W. Laib", Kanal, Nov.
Luciana Mottola,"W. Laib & B. Nauman à l'ARC", Il Giornale dell' Arte, Nov.
Daniel Soutif,"L'Etre et le Néon : les lueurs des néons de B. Nauman illuminent des couples toujours sous tension : sexe/mort, sexe/haine, lait et pollen pour W. Laib. Deux mystiques. Technologie et Zen", Libération, 25 Nov.
Claude Lorent,"B. Nauman & W. Laib à l'ARC", Art Antiques Auctions, Nov.
Roberta Smith,"Wolfgang Laib,"New York Times, 7 Nov.
Kay Larson,"Wolfgang Laib,"New York Magazine, 24 Nov.
Kim Levin,"Wolfgang Laib,"Village Voice, 26 Nov.
Kuuti Lavonen,"Wolfgang Laib,"Helsiingin Sanomat, 27 Dec.

1985
Nikki Ty-Tomkins,"Art East & West", The Sunday Observer Bombay, 10 Feb.
Annelie Pohlen,"Cosmic Visions from North & South", Artforum, March
John Russel,"W. Laib, R. Ryman, I. Wilson", New York Times, 24 May
Klaus Ottmann,"The Solid & the Fluid", Flash Art, n° 123, summer
Michael Hubl,"Askese des Abundanten : W. Laib", Kunstforum, vol. 80, March
Jean-Francois Bizot,"c'est quoi la force? c'est quoi la beaute?,"Actuel, No. 72, Oct.

1984
Cathy Newman,"Pollen", National Geographic, vol. 166, n° 4, Oct.

1983
Vera Frenkel,"An ordering madness. The 40th Venice Biennale",Vanguard, Dec.82-Jan.83
Annelie Pohlen,"Steinzeit-Endzeit-Meditationszeit, von Laib zu Beuys zu Knoebel mit einem Seitensprung zu Lechner", Kunstforum, vol. 63-64, July
Annelie Pohlen,"W. Laib, Städtisches Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach", Artforum, Sept.
Kuutti Lavonen,"Ars 83 on siitepölyä", Helsingen Sanomat,12 Oct.

1982
Hans-Joachim Müller,"Sensibilissimus und die Natur", Die Zeit,19 Feb.
Dirk Schwarze,"Kunst als Lebensvollzug", Hessische/ Niedersäschsische Allgemeine, 3 April
Jürgen Hohmayer,"Ernte im Hochmoor", Der Spiegel, vol. 36, n° 20, 17 May
B. Meier-Grolman,"Da siebt einer den Blutenstaub und schüttet Milch auf Marmorsteine", Südwestpresse, 8 June
Axel Hecht,"Ein Fest der Stille und der Farben", Art, n° 6, June
Jean-François Bizot,"C'est quoi la force ? C'est quoi la beauté", Actuel, n° 72, Oct.

1981
John Russel,"W. Laib", The New York Times, 27 March
William Zimmer,"W. Laib", Soho News, vol. 8, n° 27, 1-7 April

1980
Catherine Cafopoulos,"W. Laib", in : The Athenian, vol. 6, n° 75, Jan.
Hanne Weskott,"W. Laib & T. Schütte, Preisträger der Jürgen-Ponto-Stifung 1980", Kunstforum, voL 37, Jan.

1979
Harriet Senie,"Wolfgang Laib,"New York Post, 20 Jan.
Jurgen Morschel,"Wolfgang Laib,"Das Kunstwerk, Feb.
John Wells,"Wolfgang Laib,"Arts Magazine, vol. 53, No. 7, March
Valentin Tatransky,"Wolfgang Laib,"Arts Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 7, March
Harold Olejarz,"Wolfgang Laib,"Arts Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 9, May
Douglas Davis,"Post Post Art,"Village Voice, 25 June

1978
Corinna Ferrari,"Wolfgang Laib, una mostra a Milano,"Domus, No. 581, April
Rolf-Gunter Dienst,"Deutsche Kunst: eine neue Generation 6,"Das Kunstwerk, Dec.