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Alan Michelson, Permanent Title, 1993. [Eleven beige sacks of various sizes, depicting text and illustrations, are arranged on a wall.] -
[A low-angled view of an empty gallery space with wooden flooring and white walls.] -
Jo Anstey and Julie Zando. Still from The Bus Stops Here, 1990. 27 min. Photo: Micki McGee. [A black and white image of three people wearing winter coats and scarves, observing something to the left of the camera.] -
[A gray image of a person in a hard helmet. The image is slightly fuzzy and worn, and mostly obscured by scratches. White text in the lower righthand corner reads, "A TERRIBLE BEAUTY."] -
Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [On a black background, a charcoal drawing of a foot overlaps a scrap of an architectural diagram.] -
Flyer by Bill Hayden. [A woman vaping in profile against a black background. An image of another woman and a child are visible in her exhaled smoke.] -
Anarchism Without Adjectives: On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo (1975–1979). Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A framed photograph displayed on a white wall. The photograph shows multicolored flowers laying on a white surface with a black background.] -
New Red Order: Informants Get Paid! Performance documentation, January 23, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A table covered with a red tablecloth. The tablecloth is decorated with two white images: a person riding a horse and stylized text reading "THE URGE TO MERGE." Lying on the table, there is a magazine with a green cover with a figure holding an axe. The cover text reads, "NEVER SETTLE" and "SPECIAL Future Recruits Issue".] -
Local Transit. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [A black, kayak-shaped sculpture is suspended from the ceiling in a gallery space. On either wall, there are black and white prints mimicking the structure of the boat.] -
Still from Polly II - A Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006). [Two people dressed in black looking down. Superimposed on top of them is a poster reading, "JENNY DIVER CALLS ON ALL PEOPLE OF THE FLOOD EAST ORGANIZE NOW! PEACE TO HUMBLE DWELLINGS! WAR TO THE PALACES!"] -
Renée Green. Still from Partially Buried, 1996. Video, color, sound; 20 minutes. Courtesy the artist, Free Agent Media, and Video Data Bank. [A dilapidated wood shed is shown partially covered by large mounds of earth. Fingers reach out from the lower-right corner to caress the image.] -
In The Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Several sculptures, video works, and models are installed in a gallery space with wooden flooring. Situated closest to the viewer is a geometric, white model installed in an acrylic box, which in turn is displayed on a large wooden table.] -
Herman Wallace. Drawing. [A colored pencil rendering of a prison cell is contained inside a rectangular box with rounded edges, floating on a white lined sheet of paper. A pink heart in motion extends beyond the confines of the cell and onto lined paper.] -
[A warm-colored living space littered with discarded wrapping paper and boxes. A champagne bottle sits on a side table next to an orange couch.] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [Three framed photographs installed in the corner of a gallery space with white walls and wooden flooring. Two darker, square photographs with large white frames are installed on the corner's left wall, while a lighter photograph of a gate-like structure is installed in a slim black frame on the corner's right wall.] -
Arts and Family Engagement evening, student panel on high school portfolio preparation, P.S. 140, 2017 [A classroom setting with several students and adults sitting across the room at desks and tables, looking at a teacher speaking to them in a corner of the room] -
Lee Gordon, Father Reading to Son, 1987. Oil on white lead on canvas, 32 x 40 inches. [An adult sits in a chair and reads a book to a child seated on their lap and holding a doll. The adult wears wears a white, pointed, Klu Klux Klan-style hood.] -
Leila Torres, Self Portrait, 2015 [The bust of a teenage girl looking up and away from the viewer's perspective, with a green, grey and yellow background. On the green section, white text reads, "We have lingered in the chamber of seas. With seaweed both red and brown. Till Human Voices Wake us. And we drown"] -
[Six books in different colors fanned out. Each book's cover has a solid color with black text that spells out a person's name.] -
[Blue descending text reads, "Ri, ch, ard." Red descending text reads, "Ho, llis."] -
Rip It Up and Start Again. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three vitrines are displayed in a light-filled gallery space with light wooden floors. The vitrines sit in between three white columns to the image's left side. On the right, a series of large, colorful prints featuring graphic, abstracted letters overlaid over various abstract shapes, patterns, and printed figures are displayed on a gallery wall.] -
Limpe Fuchs, 2012. Festival Experimentelle Musik, Munich. [Black-and-white photo of a person pulling two ends of a rolled-up rope] -
Frederick Weston, SoBar, 2018. Collage. [Collage featuring a color image of the Mr. Peanut brand logo surrounded by black-and-white imagery, including a boy carrying a bindle.] -
The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A bedroom scene set up in the middle of an open room. There is a beige rug, with a chrome lamp and matching bed frame. The bed has blue sheets with a dark blue comforter cover and a red blanket. There is a wooden chair facing in, and a brown table with assorted bottles on top. On the far side of the bed is a coffee machine, microwave, and television. In the background, various framed images are hung on white gallery walls.] -
Miguel Angel Rios, Morir ('til Death), 2003. [A collection of black spinning tops on concrete. Several are upright, spinning, and several have fallen onto their sides. A white grid is just visible on the ground beneath them.] -
[A red background with white text which reads: "WE ARE NOT TOOLS FOR WHITE-WASHING OCCUPATION", followed by the Decolonize This Place Logo.] -
“Palestine, BLM & Boycott in the Arts.” Artists Space Books & Talks, Friday, November 4, 2016. Courtesy Decolonize This Place and Artists Space, New York. Photo: Andrés Rodriguez [A projection on the wall displaying two posters, one that reads "Black Lives Matter" featuring an upside down image of the Empire State building, and to its right, one that reads "Palestine, BLM & Boycott in the Arts" with a yellow background, orange lightining-style graphic, and Arabic text.] -
[A figure in a blue denim shirt wearing headphones sits at a dining room table cluttered with papers, bowls of fruit, and colorful candles. The figure's back faces the viewer. A bright and rocky, arid landscape is visible through the many windows that line the walls of the dining room.] -
Photograph released by St. Louis County prosecuting attorney of police officer Darren Wilson after he fatally shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. [A small ruler held up to a man's face, measuring a bruise on his cheek.] -
Too Black, Too Strong! Installation View, Artists Space, 1988. [A black and white photograph of mixed media collage work hanging on gallery walls.] -
[A person wearing a blue jacket and headphones sits at a table, surrounded by windows with view to a rocky, dry terrain.] -
Salad Days 2. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Ocrutt. [Five photographic collages installed in white frames arranged in a horizontal row along a blank wall.] -
See Around. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A dimmed room with three projections casting purple, gray, and aqua light against the walls. In the corner of the image is a small, circular seat.] -
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, still from Mouth to Mouth, 1975. Video, black and white; 8 minutes. Courtesy University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. [A mouth silently forms the shape of the eight Korean vowel graphemes while video noise or ‘snow’ threatens to drown it out.] -
Nayiel Walker, Don’t Let the Sun go Down on Me (for Puerto Rico), acrylic on paper, 2019 [A stylized painting of a silhouette sitting on the edge of a brick wall, looking out at a vibrant sunset, with a palm tree in the distance] -
Activated Walls. Installation view, Artists Space, 1993. [A wooden chair facing the corner of a room. Painted on one wall is an empty red frame. On the perpendicular wall, there are several half-finished paintings of children.] -
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore). Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 1971. [A man and a woman sit in two low wooden chairs. The man wears a brown hat and striped suit, while the woman wears a white top with a low v-neck. Her hair is blonde and stylishly curled. She stares ahead, her left hand gently resting on her chin. The man stares sideways at her.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A photograph of an empty room, dimly lit with chairs in the background, where a projection is playing on the wall. The projection displays an image of a man with tan skin and facial hair, wearing aviators, talking to a soldier.] -
Marcos Lutyens: Hypnotic Show. [A pencil-drawn portrait of a person with curly hair, the bones of the forehead well-defined.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Richard Loranger and Yanyi. Saturday, November 21, 2020, Artists Space. Artist: Keith Higginbotham [Two cropped photographs of figures cut into irregular shapes are laid over a light blue background. White and blue text on the image reads "Richard Loranger / Yanyi / Segue."] -
Establishing Shot. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A dim, twilight image of a city on a coastline. Bright, turquoise blue streetlights dot the photograph.] -
Der symbolische Auftraggeber/The Symbolic Commissioner, edited Søren Grammel, published by Sternberg Press, 2011. [A book cover design. The title "Der symbolische Auftraggeber/The Symbolic Commissioner" is situated at the top of the cover. Below it is an image of two sculptures made of large rectangular panels affixed in midair by metal poles that reach floor to ceiling. To the right of the sculptures is a white plinth, and in front of that, a television on the ground.] -
Brett Reichman, Squeaker, 1991. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches. Courtesy the artist. [A painting of a lamb figurine.] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Five projections playing on a wall at different heights. Two are completely visible and three are partially visible. In the center of the image is a black and white projection of a gallery, with a painting placed in between the entrance of a hallway. To its right is a projection of a Jonas Mekas facing left, his face slightly golden in tone, wearing a fedora. A projection to its right partially shows four dark skinned people, nude and posing.] -
Selections from the Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A photograph of a small room with clear walls and a clear door sitting against a wall in a white-walled gallery. Inside the room, a wooden chair and shelves are visible.] -
Michele Abeles, 5507, 2016, Digital C print , 18 x 12 in / 45,7 x 30,5 cm , Signed and Numbered. [A woman dressed in black uses both hands to hold her phone to an ear while looking off to the right. A product scanner in the foreground suggests a retail setting.] -
Lines of Loss. Installation view, Artists Space, 1997. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [A square hole has been cut out of a blank, white gallery wall. Through the hole, several brown paper and cardboard boxes are visible.] -
[A sleek, computer-rendered form against a black backdrop. The form has a disk-like shape with various extensions radiating out from its center. Parts of it appear to glow red or yellow.] -
Pride Goes Before a Fall/Beware of a Holy Whore - An Exhibition in Two Acts. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. [A sculpture of a man holding a book is leaning against a column in an empty, open room. He is wearing a purple shirt, patterned blue shorts, and is crossing his legs, wearing white sneakers.] -
Louise Lawler, Egg and Gun (distorted for the times, dire), 2008/2017. [A composited image of a gallery scene, building from a street view, hand gun, and a blue rose against a yellow back ground, distorted through buldges and pulls.] -
[A crowd of people standing outside a brick building, mingling and talking.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [An individual TV monitor with three wooden chairs placed in front of it, each holding headphones. Edward Snowden appears speaking to the camera onscreen.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two individuals seated in two wooden chairs while a third in between them holds a single headphone. They are seated in front of a TV monitor displaying Edward Snowden's image.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [In the foreground is a low sculpture made of folding metal framework that contains blue and white geometric prints as well as boxes. In the background are stacks of boxes that are printed with the words "Das Kapital." Behind them are black and white posters with identical graphs that are titled "The Wealth of Nations."] -
Union Gaucha Productions Still from Phantom Limb , 1998 16mm film (silent, black and white), 21 min 45 sec Courtesy of Union Gaucha Productions [A black and white image of various tones of traingle shapes and lines.] -
Poster for the original production of The Owl Answers at The White Barn Theatre in Westport, Connecticut, 1965. Courtesy the Harry Ransom Archives at UT Austin, Texas. [A light pink paper with black typeface announcing the premiere of two plays, AM by Otis Bigelow and The Owl Answers by Adrienne Kennedy. Other printed information includes the time, date and location of the show, the board of directors, and the director.] -
Artists Space, 38 Greene Street, 1993 – 2016. [A black and white image of a building. A black flag hangs that reads, "ARTISTS SPACE."] -
Jayline Quiles, Landscape, 2018 [A colorful painting of a landscape, with a river running through the center of the image, a mountain across the river and a cloudy sky] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [The floor of a gallery space divided into two sections, with wooden flooring on the left and carpeted flooring on the right. On the left, a fold-out table displays colorful documents. On the right, four minature copper squares sit on the ground next to two cream-colored foldable chairs. Multiple wires extend across the floor and under the carpet.] -
Enough Tiranny Recalled, 1972–2009. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A disco ball reflects multicolored light spots across a room lit by pink and yellow hues. On the floor sit a second disco ball, a silver glittery hat, a silver chain, and a white convertable toy car.] -
Claire Fontaine, Please God Make Tomorrow Better, 2010, Silkscreen on archival box, 24 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches, Signed and numbered certificate [A rectangular image, opaque and black. In black, all-caps, sans-serif font, outlined in white, text reads "PLEASE GOD MAKE TOMORROW BETTER." The text appears slightly above the center of the image and center justified.] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [Half-eaten fruit, chocolate, and candles sit on a low, stone tabletop under dim lighting.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view of two rows of photographic portraits tacked to the walls. In the background is a red, white and black print that says "Imagine that capitalist revelations are overcome by local economic federations of grassroots groups that produce according to regional demand."] -
[A lamp pole, left of center, in an upward angled view of a sunny, cloud covered sky. The pole has a coiled wire running upward to a security camera mounted on its top.] -
Alza Tu Voz, exhibition at Washington Heights Public Library, 2017 [A photo of a front desk in a library - several desks with computers, bookshelves, and a couch are also visible. Four paintings lie on top of the bookshelves, depicting stylized figures against block color backgrounds] -
[Two women in dresses and matching shoes are splayed up against a screen with their arms raised. There is an image projected over them, with a white background and black geometric pattern, and two splotches of red over their bodies.] -
New Red Order: Informants Get Paid! Performance documentation, January 23, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A wide shot of a person sitting at a table with a computer. The table is covered in a red tablecloth with white lettering that reads, "WHAT ARE SAVAGES FOR?" and "THE URGE TO MERGE." Lighter red, stylized text reads "NEW RED ORDER" and "NEVER SETTLE." Behind the table, a projected image shows a man with one hand outstretched superimposed on a city skyline. On either side of the table are informational posters with printed text.] -
The Serving Library. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A red, glowing neon light installed on a gallery wall just above eye-level is visible through a doorway opening in a white-walled space. To the left of the opening is a block of faint text on the gallery wall.] -
[An anatomical, drawn figure of the interior of a human ear. Small lines of serif text placed below the image label the various parts and nerves on the ear, which are labeled with corresponding numbers on the drawing.] -
Local Transit. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [A gray wall with dozens of drawings arranged in rows of four. The drawings depict single buildings in black on white paper. In front of the wall, a gray object stands on a white plinth.] -
Passages from People Who Led to My Plays. Performance documentation, March 1, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Paula Court. [Two figures in dark clothing stand before two music stands. The figure on the right speaks and gazes forward. One of their hands rests on the music stand, the other reaches out in front of themselves, their fingers extended.] -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A person dressed in all pink steps over a mass of wires. She is illuminated from behind by a bright, white wall. In the foreground, dimly lit figures face varying directions.] -
Konrad Lueg with Balloons July 1962 Zero Festival, Rhine Meadows, Düsseldorf-Over-Kassel Courtesy Archiv Reiner Ruthenbeck, Ratingen © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn Photo: Reiner Ruthenbeck [A black and white image of a man in sunglasses holding a large cluster of balloons tied to strings above his head with his left hand.] -
Wolfgang Tillmans, Speedmaster #2, 2011, Offset print on paper, 47 1/4 x 48 3/8 in / 120 x 122,9 cm, Hung with two metal brackets, Edition of 170, Signed and numbered, Printed on LuxoArt Velvet 200 gsm paper with Speedmaster XL by Dr. Cantz’sche Printshop, Ostfildern [A large, square, sheet of paper, which has been folded into a 4x4 grid, unfolded, and hung on a white wall, leaving the creases. It is covered in a four-color gradient, from dark red, green, blue, to black, left to right, roughly not overlapping with the creases.] -
Selections from the Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A photograph of paintings hanging on the walls of a large gallery space with white walls. The work closest to the camera is a realistic painting of a baby, shown for the waist up.] -
Hito Steyerl, Liquidity, Inc., 2014. HD video with sound, 30 mins. Courtesy the artist and Andrew Kreps, New York. [A side view of a large video monitor screen, sitting on the ground, with a large ramp extending from the base including large pillows for seating. The room is tinted blue. On the screen, there is a man in a mask, infront of a map of Europe and Eastern Asia. A text bubble is infront of him that reads, "because huge quantities of data are raining down from their cloud storage over Scandinavia."] -
George Kuchar. [A profile of a man wearing glasses gazing beyond the frame. He sits in front of a painted portrait of a figure, who gazes in the same direction.] -
[Eight pieces of paper with text in various languages arranged in a grid.] -
The Owl Answers. Performance documentation, February 29, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Filip Wolak. [Close up of two figures standing before a set of music stands, their hands turning the pages of a script. They gaze at each other while the figure on the right speaks, their arm raised towards their chest in a small gesture. This figure wears glasses and an elaborate, gold and black collar piece.] -
Jolene Rickard, from Corn Blue Room, 2000. [A black and white image of electrical towers stretching into the distance.] -
Malkiyah Yehuda, Grasp, 2017. [A close-up image of two people holding hands, one in a red jacket and the other in a black sweater.] -
Works by Dieter Roth Published by Edition Hansjörg Mayer [Fibe book covers displayed in a line against a white background. Each one has been illustrated over with various colos of marker and pen.] -
The columns held us up. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. Photo: Adam Reich. [A projection on a wall in a dark room shows an image of a man holding a boombox with the text, "SELF PORTRAIT (2006), Burt Barr, American, b. 1938" displayed to the right of his figure.] -
Nina in Position. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Three screens and a metallic sculpture are installed in a gallery space with wooden floors. The three screens are arranged next to each other, with the screen closest to the viewer displaying a series of figures with three bright forms attached to their torsos. The other two screens show increasingly blurry renderings of the same image. To the right of the screens, a tall, shiny and metallic sculpture sits on the gallery floor. A pocket-sized image of a figure is pasted to the sculpture's left sides.] -
realities:united, BIX Comminicative Display Skin, 2003. Photo: H. Schiffer. [An overhead view of a very modern building with a dark, bulbous, skin-like facade. Protruding from its top are tuberous skylights all facing the same direction, and at left is a long elevated walkway.] -
Documenting Cadere: 1972 - 1978. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A document that reads, "1976," next to several newspaper and magazine articles organized on a white surface.] -
Flyer for Inquiry & Investigation, 2018. [A piece of stretched cloth covered with painted words reading, "Inquiry" and "Investigation," along with digitally superimposed event information.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large black display case with several books arranged in a small viewing window. One book is titled *MOBY-DICK*, while another displays japanese text and a woman on its cover.] -
The Library Vaccine. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. [On a white table, to the left, sits a flutter book with a dot illustration increasing in density through the pages. To the right, a TV monitor displays a black and white image of a finger pressing the space bar on a type writer.] -
Kristin Lucas, still from Cable Xcess, 1996. [A grainy image of a person's face in striped tones of blue, orange, pink, and green.] -
Danica Barboza, Omnia - Mercurial, Interposition. Installation view Galerie Buchholz, Cologne 2019. [On a white wall two artworks on paper and of the same size hang side-by-side. On the left, nine pencil drawings in no order depict the same figure from different angles. On the right, nine small blocks of text with white letters on a black background sit in orderly 3 x 3 rows.] -
Salad Days 2. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Ocrutt. [A microphone connected to a stand and an amp sit on the floor of a gallery space. The microphone stand has been adjusted such that the microphone is pointed down and hovers directly over a small answering machine on the ground. Wall vinyl installed on the wall directly behind the microphone stand displays a phone number: "+1 (212) 226-2786)."] -
Cici Wu, Foreign Object #1 Fluffy Light (anonymous), 2018. Handmade opalescent glass, CDS photo-reflectors, white and orange LED indicator, switch, chargeable battery, electronic board, memory cardboard. 4.5 × 4.5 × 4.5 in. (11.43 × 11.43 × 11.43 cm). Courtesy the artist and 47 Canal Gallery. Photo by Joerg Lohse. [A bulbous light-hued pink sphere-like object rests upon a white plinth. When in use, a red light on the object blinks to signal that the object is functioning correctly.] -
Ei Arakawa: WEWORK BABIES. Performance documentation, December 8, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [A large group of people photographed from above, stading in Cortlandt Alley, forming a small circle in the middle. Some people standing near the center hold baby dolls.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of a black display case depicting an image of woman printed on a white cloth, with the title *2000 WASTED YEARS*. She is sitting down in an antique chair, one foot up, wearing a full-body black-and-white suit adorned with black English and Japanese lettering.] -
She Who Is: Adrienne Kennedy and the Drama of Difference. Installation view, Artists Space, February 29 – September 19, 2020. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Six glass vitrines displaying books, photographs, and other paper ephemera are installed in the center of a gallery space. A film is being projected on the back wall of the exhibition space.] -
Judit Kurtág. Still from Episode, 2007. [A black and white image of a person's face against a white tiled wall, with water pouring down over her.] -
The Library Vaccine. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. [A series of books sit at eye level on a wall that displays a black and white photographic collage graphic behind them.] -
Eileen Gray. E. 1027, 1926-29. Interior [Black-and-white photo of the interior of a house, with several paintings, a round and square rug, and two armchairs, of various styles considered modern around the early 20th century.] -
P.S. 140 student workshopping poems, 2019 [Two people stand at the front of a full classroom in front of a projector screen that says, "Poetry workshop / Ms. Rebecca / Today's task: create headline poems." One reads from a notebook, the other listens on.] -
The columns held us up. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. Photo: Adam Reich. [A white cloth banner hangs vertically from the ceiling, with text which reads "KARA-KUM, area 350000, disposed in Middle Asia." Below the text are drawings resembling Turkish architecture. To the right of the banner, a slide projector sits on a short wooden bench, projecting a small image onto a white wall.] -
UniBodies. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Ocrutt. [An abstract sculpture with a chrome finish is displayed on a white pedestal. The sculpture's form includes amorphous voids alongside somewhat rectangular structures.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of the smaller display case, looking through a narrow glass window. Five mugs are stacked in a corner, and a short pipe curls around the center of the case. A black-and-white image of a shirtless man wearing ripped jeans and boots is printed on the surface.] -
DIVA TV Collective, Target City Hall, 1989. 27 min. [Onlookers and news reporters with cameras crowd around helmeted police officers surrounding a graffitied truck.] -
Jack Smith: Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A display case holds materials in the middle of a neutral colored room. A black and white video is projected on a wall on the left side of the room. The projection faces a wall displaying several framed photographs and drawings.] -
Painting as Paradox Exhibition Catalogue, Artists Space, 2002. [A pink book cover opened all the way so that the front and back covers are visible. It is bright pink, with white text on the front cover reading "Painting as Paradox" and "Artists Space." There is an image of a maze in the center of the cover. On the back, a long column on the lefthand side lists artists names.] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [A figure kneels beside a table and traces their finger along the screen of an iPad. They wear a baseball cap that reads “MAKE TECHNO BLACK AGAIN.”] -
Beverly Semmes, Tree Net, 1989. [A black and white photograph of a sculpture, which sits on the ground near the corner of a room, its wiry frame covered by a transparent mesh material.] -
Still from The Empty Plan (2010). [A person is standing at the end of a stage, dressed in a long coat, with a stern expression on her face. A man sits at a desk in the corner, his head in his hands. There is a white trifold screen behind them, with an extra chair, and a banner written in German.] -
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Laurie Anderson, Whirlwind, 1996. Disk, 48 speakers, electronics, computer program. [A black and white image of a large room with a round black disk suspended from the ceiling over a gray circle in the floor. It is lit from above by mounted lights.] -
Invitation for Leben mit Pop - Eine Demonstration für den kapitalistischen Realismus (Living with Pop. A Demonstration for Capitalist Realism) October 1963 Estate Konrad Lueg [Two square images of paper. Top reads, "Leben mit Pop." Bottom contains a green image of a deflated baloon that reads, "Pop."] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [Four copper squares embedded with images and text lean against a white wall. The squares sit on a tan carpet.] -
Laura Ortman, cover artwork for My Soul Remainer, 2017. [A black and white composite photo showing a close-up of an eye superimposed under an illustration of a sunset over a sea horizon.] -
Jack Smith: Art Crust of Spiritual Oasis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [An image of a man with black material painted around his eyes projected onto a black gallery wall. A portion of a red Coca-Cola sign reading "Trink Coca-Cola" is superimposed over the man's image. To the right of the video projection, an amorphous black sculpture with red feathers is displayed on a small shelf.] -
Still from video interview with Daniel Buren about the work of Christopher D'Arcangelo, conducted by Dean Inkster and Sébastien Pluot, 2010. -
[A photo of a city alleyway acts as the background for this image. Superimposed on the photo are two groups of people in motion with right arms raised, holding cellphones. The group on the right faces toward the viewer, the group on the left faces away.] -
Benita-Immanuel Grosser, Participating, at the same time, 1996. [A room divided by a glass partition. On the righthand side, the walls are blue with a wooden floor, and a square artwork painted with stripes hangs on the wall. On the lefthand side, the floor is light blue and covered with dark blue mats placed at even intervals. A white, folded towel is placed on each of the mats.] -
Sam Pulitzer: A Colony for “Them”. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A metal plaque engraved with text is displayed on a white gallery wall that extends into the left half of the image's frame. Past and to the right of the wall, a series of colorful panels are staggered around a white column in front of a red wall. Some of the panels are decorated with cartoonish illustrations of animals and forests. Large text on one of the visible panels reads, "We're all going to really miss doing your work for you."] -
Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. [A wall of pornographic illustrations displayed in frames at eye level.] -
Tom of Finland Untitled , 1985 Graphite on paper Collection John McConnell, San Diego [A man wearing a POLICE cap and aviator glasses, straddling half-naked. Two men wearing glossy leather jackets and boots, hold him close with their pants down. One takes the policeman from behind while the other holds the policeman's genitals in his hand.] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [Three large windows are covered with a sheer fabric that includes faded printed text and images. Two gray silhouettes are displayed on the adjacent wall to the left. To the right, an electrical panel with exposed wires sits in the corner.] -
Beverly Semmes, Woven Photograph, 1989. [A black and white photograph of a field with trees in the background has been cut into strips and woven back together.] -
Duncan Campbell: Make it new John. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A black and white image of a man working intently on a machine is projected on a standing screen in an open room.] -
Artists Space founder Irving Sandler, Miyoko Ito Dinner, 2018. [Two people stand at the foot of an empty table, mid-conversation, looking off-camera to the left. The individual on the left holds a glass of wine.] -
Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two framed collaged images on a white wall. Both display a central image of two dogs.] -
Not yet titled, 2019
Clay, glaze, mixed media
7 x 12 x 17 inches (variable)
$3,000
[A bright yellow object with a cracked surface is embedded with a computer chipboard on its front, and a multicolored fidget spinner on the top.] -
[A slightly weathered sepia photograph of a sculpture of a white cup and saucer. Printed on the cup is the text "HOT COFFEE." The sculpture is set in a desert landscape with low brush plants and brown hills in the background.] -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A person dressed in all pink bends at the waist over her extended leg, over a heart-shaped canvas. She is surrounded by a crowd of audience members. There are light spots are reflected at even intervals over the performer and the crowd.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A dimly lit, empty room filled with several low chairs. A projection illuminates a dark wall opposite the chairs. The projection displays an image of a figure, their index finger blotted purple, inserting a document written in Arabic into a machine.] -
The Serving Library. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large number of framed posters, photographs, and other ephemera of varying sizes hang on a white gallery wall. A poster hung on the left side of the wall has large black lettering that reads: "THE TEMPERAMENTAL BAROMETRIC CONTORTIONIST!" A white pole is situated at the center of the space, in front of the exhibition wall.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Kimberly Alidio and Joyelle McSweeney. Saturday, November 7, 2020, Artists Space. Artist: Keith Higginbotham [A group of basketball players sit on a bench, a cutout photograph of a pink flower collaged over each of their heads. On top of the lower half of the image, black text reads "Kimberly Alidio / Joyelle McSweeney" and the lower left corner pink text reads "Segue."] -
Scanned slide from an untitled photo shoot featuring Smith as the Lobster, c. 1970s - 1980s. Copyright Jack Smith Archive. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels [A film photograph of a person in a black dress and red cape, advancing across a checkered floor towards a small plastic penguin wearing beaded jewelry and a red feathery crown.] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [A figure in a baseball cap stands beside a table covered in scattered drinks and a laptop, typing on the computer’s keys.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of a "bc" logo printed on a black glossy structure.] -
Anna Gili, Casi del Mare. [Five glass sculptures of varying colors arranged in a line. They are painted with small circular and oval dots.] -
Dave Burns, SEACH FOR TRUTH, 2003. Digital photograph, archival light jet print. Courtesy the artist. [Two men wearing identical white shirts and blue jeans crouch outdoors at night. The figure on the right grasps two tree branches with both hands. His pants have been dropped to the ground and he sticks his bare rear out. The second figure on the left is fully clothed and crouches behind the other figure, shining a flashlight at his rear end.] -
YAP (Young Artist Perform), PS 140, 2017 [A photograph of a group of students standing onstage, holding printed paper, and many smiling] -
Demonstrations outside Artists Space during the opening of Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, November 16, 1989. [A person holds a sign that reads "KEEP ART FREE!" in handpainted text.] -
Living with Pop. A Reproduction of Capitalist Realism. Installation view of the section "Galerie h (1966),” Artists Space, 2014. [A angled view of a grey wall with documents displayed behind glass. The closest image depicts a colorful illustration of shapes, with two, green, square documents to the left of it.] -
Students creating prints at International Print Center NY, 2019 [Two people in aprons use a printmaker. One stands in the foreground, using the machine, while the other stands to the left in the background.] -
Apartment Show: If the dogs are barking. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. [A sculpture consisting of a large, leaning metal pole installed in a gallery space in front of a wall of framed photographs, drawings, and other two-dimensional works. The pole is braced at the floor and leans to the left. Several metal clamps are attached to the bottom portion of the pole, near where it meets the floor. A stack of white papers is displayed on the ground in front of the sculpture.] -
[Long metal poles extend downward with several meathooks attached to their bottom ends. Behind the poles is a brick wall painted blue. Capital white letters painted across the wall read, "MEAT."] -
[A man in a white shirt and pinstriped vest and pants casually holds a black jacket over one shoulder. "Undoolay" is in pink script on the bottom of the image, crossing over "Elective Affinities".] -
The Serving Library. Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A three-shelf, wooden bookshelf sits in a small enclave in a white-walled room. Various multicolored books fill the shelves and additional books rest on top of the bookshelf. Installed on the wall directly to the right of the shelf is a glowing, red neon tube that gently illuminates the room.] -
On Being an Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [The interior of a Soho loft space. In the foreground, a plastic bucket hands from a red rope attached to an overhead pulley that is suspended from a wooden plank hanging overhead. '"ARTISTS SPACE" is written on the far wall, and a number of bookcases, a white pedestal with a clear plastic hood, and a front desk populate the room. Behind the front desk are two neon quotation marks.] -
"Identity". Installation View, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three adjacent panels, reading "pompidou", "moma", and "tate" in black text against a luminous white background hang in a dimly-lit exhibition space.] -
Robert Giard, Homage to Joe Beam, 1992. 20 x 38 inches. [Two photographs arranged side by side. The left photograph displays a person sitting partially in shadow with a patterned background and a small object on her lap. The right photograph shows a framed photograph of a young man in a suit with the same object placed in front of the portrait.] -
Lukas Duwenhögger: Undoolay. Installation view, Artists Space, 2016. Photo credit: Jean Vong. [Multiple paintings are hung on white walls, some in rounded frames, depicting various people in outdoor settings. Suspended from the ceiling is a sculpture in the shape of an inverted cone and covered in artificial plants. Multicolored streamers hang from the base of the sculpture.] -
[White text on a pink background spells out 24 artists' names, arranged to form the composite words "ACTIVATED WALLS."] -
Catily Dominici, Untitled, photography, 2016 [A black-and-white image of Batman fighting another man facing away from the camera overlaid with a translucent façade of walkup apartment buildings in Manhattan] -
[Two Artists Space tote bags lay in the autumn grass. One is black with a white line drawing, the other is pink with a black bold graphic.] -
The Owl Answers. Performance documentation, February 29, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Filip Wolak. [Close up shot of four music stands arranged side by side. The torsos and hands of three figures are pictured beside the stands. They leaf through the pages of scripts held in black binders, supported by the music stands.] -
Kiki Smith, Untitled, 1991, Fired enamel on glass with shelf, Glass: 18 x 18 in / 45,7 x 45,7 cm Shelf: 4 1/2 x 20 15/16 x 5 in / 11,5 x 52,9 x 12,7 cm, Edition of 50. [The image shows a figure's face composed of black lines and etch-marks on top of a transluscent background. The image rests on a wooden shelf.] -
Sean Snyder, still from Two Representations of a Given Place (Pyongyang), 2001-4. Courtesy the artist; Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris; Lisson Gallery, London; and Galerie Neu, Berlin. [A slightly blurry image of a city in the evening. An outline of a tall, triangular building is visible against a sunset sky.] -
Art Day, Photo Club exhibition, PS 140, 2017. [A tile wall with a grid of assorted photographs against a white background. A title to the left of the grid states "Artists Space P.S. 140 Photography Club".] -
The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [A black cord sticks out from underneath a tan carpet. Wires are visible running underneath the carpeted floor throughout the frame.] -
Exhibition announcements (assorted). Artists Space, 1999. Graphic Design: Sara Soskolne. [Nine fanned announcement cards in assorted colors. Black text on each card announces the Lise Soskolne exhibition at Artists Space, noting the time and exhibition location.] -
Hito Steyerl, Liquidity, Inc., 2014. HD video with sound, 30 mins. Courtesy the artist and Andrew Kreps, New York. [An angled view of a large ramp looking on to a large video monitor screen positioned at the base. The room is tinted blue. On the screen, an iPhone 4 sits on a glass table, its lock screen on view; the time reads, "4:39."] -
The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A bedroom scene set up in the middle of an open room. There is a beige rug, with a chrome lamp and matching bed frame. The bed has blue sheets with a dark blue comforter cover and a red blanket. There is a wooden chair facing in, and a brown table with assorted bottles on top. On the far side of the bed is a coffee machine, microwave, and television. In the background, various framed images are hung on white gallery walls.] -
Front Yard Exhibition Galerie Parnass, Villa Jährling, Moltkestraße 67 February 1964 Photo: Rolf Jährling, Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels ZADIK [A black and white image of four paintings of various sizes displayed against a fence with a thin layer of snow, marked with footprints, beneath them.] -
[A catalogue cover design featuring a black and white illustration of the head of a bear. Large, black serif text above the bear's head reads, "Art's Mouth," while smaller white text positioned underneath the bear's head reads, "May 16-June 29, 1991 ARTISTS SPACE"] -
Speaker Music: drape over another. Performance & Album Launch documentation, December 13, 2019, Artists Space. Photo © 2019 Paula Court. [Several figures fill a dimly lit, basement room. Some figures sit and talk on large couches, while others stand and talk to each other. Video projections play on two of the space’s walls.] -
Local Transit. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [Three red, orange, and green fabric rolls are arranged vertically on a white wall. Further along the wall, two marbled, gray and red sheets have been hung low on the wall such that their lower halves drape on the gallery floor.] -
Sean Snyder. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010-11. Photo: Daniel Peréz. [Ten black and white photographs arranged in a rectangle on a white wall. The images show various scenes of assorted trash on streets.] -
Amy Westpfhal, still from The Informational Cookie Project, 2006. [A figure in a white military uniform shirt approaches a group of women on a city street. She holds out a platter of small cookies wrapped in small plastic wrappers to one of the figures, who has taken the cookie, unwrapped it, and reads a small note attached to it.] -
Frozen Lakes. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two video monitors installed on a freestanding wall in an exhibition space. A woman stands in front of the leftmost monitor, which displays a bright, red image. A larger monitor to the right displays a cool-toned scene of an ocean. White text superimposed over the image reads, "Death Mask III."] -
[A pink pamphlet with black text announcing "Artists Space Presents: PUTT-MODERNISM", an "artist created 18-hole fully playable minature golf course." There is an illustrated map showing the location of the event, and additional printed information on the location and hours.] -
The Friends of Artists Space Dinner, May 8, 2010. Julie Ault receiving flowers from Stefan Kalmár. [A figure in a white t-shirt turns from a woman holding a bouquet of lavender flowers. She glances down at the flowers, smiling. The two figures stand amongst a sitting crowd of applauding people. Some gaze up towards the figures and smile.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large display case whose top and bottom portions are made of a shiny, black material. Held between these black components is a glass vitrine that displays several objects, including a flat surface covered with inky text that reads, "BC." Behind and to the right of the display case, a shiny, black cubic structure—nearly of ceiling height— is installed in the gallery.] -
Seth Price,Postcard Style Place, 2018, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [An image featuring an oblong golden form whose top portion has a shiny, defined metallic surface. Its bottom half, however, has a liquid-like, transparent, and cracked texture. It sits on white background decorated with a swirling yellow line. Blue text that reads, "NEWYORKCITY" emerges from the image's bottom edge and is arranged such that the text reads vertically. Lines composed of small blue dots radiate out from the text's right side, running over the golden form. Small black text at the image's lower left corner reads, "2020Solidarity - Seth Price."] -
Still from The Last Days of Jack Sheppard (2009). [Two men in powdered wigs and colonial dress, surrounded by pieces of paper fluttering in the air and on the ground.] -
Still from Polly II - A Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006). [A woman with a hood looks diagonally upward, away from the camera. Behind her, a large building is on fire and the sky is dark.] -
Third World Gay Revolution, “Come Out in Third World Lingo,” back cover of Come Out! 1, no. 7, (December/January 1970 – 7). Courtesy Archivo Moléculas Malucas. [Characteristic, expressive handwriting on a page spells out phrases such as “All Power to the People!” and ”Seize the Time!” in both English and Spanish.] -
Coop Fund, Amalle Dublon & Constantina Zavitsanos, Devin Kenny, John Neff. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three planks of glass lean on a white wall. Etched displays read from left to right; "The more you teach the less you learn," a smiley-face,"But I swear dis beat go."] -
[Photograph of a large building on an urban street composed of rectangular sections of dark black and white stone that jut variously in towards and away from the building's facade. The bottom portion of the building is supported by two white columns and has a glass facade.] -
Demonstrations outside the opening of Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, Artists Space, 1989 [Protesters standing in a line hold a variety of signs with statements such as "Helms impedes the 1st Amendment," "Obscene Art?", "I have no taste," and "No taxation without artistic representation"] -
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Dictée (New York: Tanam Press, 1982), 74 - 75. [A two-page spread from the novel Dictée shows four diagrams of a human larynx and neck on the left-hand page and a page of writing from the novel on the right.] -
Liam Gillick, Thinking, 2010. Inkjet print on Sunset Cotton Etch 285 gsm. [A black and white graphic illustration of a primitive man with leaves encircling his head and his waist, leaning on a branch. The thought bubble above his head reads "Thinking more about production than consumption..."] -
Poster from polke / richter , 1966 galerie h, Hannover Courtesy August Haseke [Black, rounded text on a white background reads left, "galerie h, hannover, alleestrasse, gh;" right, "POLKE/RICHTER, Pop?, Kapitalistischer, Realismus?"]
