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Lyndon Barrois Jr.: Mirage Collar. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a gallery space with several dark columns. A small wooden chest with a red piece of fabric and three white objects on top along with a small wooden stool are visible in the foreground. Further in the background are a yellow couch and a large wicker pannier..] -
Constantina Zavitsanos, the one who knows may show the one who knows (detail), 2024. Digital print on dibond. 30 x 30 in. [A photograph made in a two mirror Schlieren system with knife edge shows the silhouette of a hand holding a small lit flame in front of a round mirror, staged in a black surround. Typically invisible, heat waves are visible along the golden shadowy gradient of a telescope mirror. At the bottom a candle’s wick and its mirror image break the circle.] -
[19 thinly outlined boxes arranged in columns of decreasing height on a black background. Each box contains a glowing, symmetrical, orange and purple geometric shape of varying complexity. In each box's lower right corner, white text lists three coordinates. There is a gradient key from purple through orange and yellow to white, with a minus sign at one end and a plus sign at the other, and above that, a complex mathematical formula. In the upper righthand corner, white text reads, "Betsy Fagin and Alan Felsenthal" and "sat, 5/23 / 5pm nyc time / zoom id: 378 232 567."] -
Postcard for Underground: amanaplanacanalpanama, 1990, Artists Space. [A postcard, displaying puple text on a white background, provides details about the exhibition and corresponding events.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure performs on stage, standing straight and looking at material held on a music stand in front of them.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Installation view, Artists Space, New York, 2022. [A color image of a pink-hued room inside which an irregularly shaped platform with a reflective surface sits on the ground. Objects such as plants, a fish tank, and tree stumps sit on and around the platform.] -
Tasneem, 2020, charcoal self-portrait -
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Angela Bulloch, Rules of the Space, 2012, from the Rules Series, Silkscreen print on record sleeve, 12 3/8 x 12 3/8 inches, Signed and numbered [A numbered list of rules is arranged on white ground in various black fonts. Text reads: "Rules of the Space / 1. This SPACE is OCCUPIED. Anyone CAN SLEEP HERE / 2. NO Police (Pigs) and NO Informants (Rats) / 3. No Press OR Photos / 4. This is a Safer SPACE No Bullshit / 5. NO Peacekeepers or WANNA-BE POLICE / 6. INVITE EVERYONE (Except the aforementioned pigs and rats) / 7. create the world you want to see in the future (occupy the future) / 8. The HISTORICAL BREAK / 9. SEQUESTER THE BOSSES / 10. SHUT IT DOWN!!! / 11. Flush the toilet - don't shit on the floor.. this isn't Zucotti. / 12. PANTS ARE OPTIONAL / 13. DEMAND NO. 1 CATS (AND WE WANT THEM MEOW!) / 14. Louder! Louder!! LOUDER!!! If You Wanna Exploit LABOR you havta be you have to be 15ft from the door / 15. Rock & Roll ALL NIIIGHT AND PARTY EV-ERY DAY! / 16. CREATE MYTHS TO SUSTAIN CATASTROPHE] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view (Peter Moore, Concert at The Kitchen, 1979; Paramedia Music, 1990), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery wall. On the left, four black-and-white photographs are hung vertically, and on the right is a shelf with a television monitor placed on it.] -
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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."] -
Abasement #65. Performance documentation, September 18, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A close-up color image of a musician sitting on a chair playing an electric guitar in an unusual way. The guitar is laying on his legs and he is using a metal stick to play the chords. Blue and purple projections cast onto him.] -
New Red Order Cover the Earth, detail, 2021 Painted mural with cut vinyl, dibond prints, kiddie pool, sod, inflatable alligator, turtle sandbox, beach towels, towel racks, beach balls, beach chairs, beach umbrella, real estate lawn sign, cooler, and pool noodles. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a multicolored exhibition space consisting of beach paraphernalia, a real estate lawn sign, and a mural wall collaged with images and drawings] -
The Library of Helen DeWitt Kitchen view, Courtesy Helen DeWitt. [Several neutral, blue toned books, propped up by a red book stand, fill the frame on the shelf they sit in.] -
Jessica, the imagination of being in the rocks, digital photograph, 2023 -
Édouard Manet, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882. [A painting of a female bartender standing behind a bar, facing the viewer. A large mirror directly behind her reflects the space of the crowded bar before her. Another woman behind and to the right of the bartender, her back to the viewer, turns to speak to a man with a top hat and mustache.] -
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Abasement #84. Performance documentation, February 16th, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer sings into microphones illuminated in colorful, patterned lights. ] -
The Mind/Body Problem. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Alan Wiener. [A painting of a black, rectangular object on an orange backdrop. Below is text in black reading "ENTERTAINMENT CENTER." Red text on a yellow background in zigzagged circles reads "Fully Assembled" and "$199."] -
Friends of Artists Space Annual Dinner, 2022. [A color photo of three individuals standing together and posing for the camera before them. The background depicts other people engaging in festivities within a dimly lit space.] -
Yasunao Tone Concert #2. Performance documentation, April 13, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color image of an ice block sitting on top of the keys of a reed organ. The reedorgan is covered in a sheet of clear plastic. A clock and instructions sit on a music stand behind the organ.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure dressed in white, laying face down across two ledges of a raised desk.] -
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Abasement #67. Performance documentation, January 15, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of performer using their left hand to control a soundboard resting on a circular table while their left hand grasps a microphone. Next the performer is an empty music stand. The performer's serious face peeks out from their long brown hair. To stage left, audience members hold their hands up in applause. The performer is illuminated by the colorful light of a projector, which casts red and blue light on the wall behind the performer.] -
Visit to the exhibition Dawoud Bey: In This Here Place, Sean Kelly Gallery, Chelsea, 2021 -
Vaginal Davis, The White to Be Angry (still), 1999. [A grainy black and white photo of a woman craning her head and shoulders, looking into a large camera. In the background there are trees with leaves.] -
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Jason Hirata, Gavroche, 2019. 5000º Kelvin industrial LED retrofit bulb, gallery power grid. [In the corner of a room, close to the ceiling, a white L-shaped wall mount holds an LED lightbulb upright. A black wire connected to the lamp is taped to the wall with black tape and disappears off to the right of the image.] -
INFESTED. Installation view, Arists Space, 2013. Photo: Lyndsy Welgos. [Several empty food containers and milk boxes on a hardwood floor, with milk spilled out all over the floor.] -
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.] -
Keeph, Artists Space construction site no.1, 2020, digital photograph [A window sill with cups, cans and cloth is visible and a crane can be seen outside of the window with the text: "New Holland" written on it. Circular green graffitti is visible on the facade of the building behind the crane.] -
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rafa esparza: Camino. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of the entrance into a gallery space, with columns running down the hallway. At the forefront of the image are two large paintings made of adobe, and resting on steel armatures. Each painting features a representation of a person walking slowly. In between the armatures are adobe bricks layed out into a walkway on the floor.] -
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Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, Bed for the Condemned Man, 1986. [A constructed drawing of human figures using compound curvature.] -
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Model Modernisms. Installation view, Artists Space, 2005. [The corner of a gallery space. At the base of the corner, where both walls meet the floor, a small area of the wall has been removed and replaced with the materials from another building's wall, displayed in a cross-section. Several black and white, framed photo-collages hang on the wall to the right of the corner.] -
virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a gallery space. Blue posters hang from the left and rear walls. A large grey table with red chairs is in the center with stacks of yellow and grey posters. To the right of a row of dark metal columns, a large piece of grey and yellow vinyl partially hangs from the wall.] -
Tiffany Sia, Barriers Buy Time, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A photograph of a bookshelf lined with books covered in silver mylar.] -
Leslie Hewitt, Make it Plain, 2006. C-print. [A large, framed photograph of two books, a wooden rectangle, and a photograph stacked vertically on each other. There is a second photograph offset to the right in the image.] -
Yasunao Tone in Concert with Barbara Held. Performance documentation, January 19, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure sits in front of a table with audio equipment, including a commodore computer and flute-to-haiku converter.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large, shiny black structure consisting of three columns supporting a large, irregularly shaped flat plane installed in a gallery space. A black-and-white image wraps around the rightmost, cylindrical column of the structure. The image depicts a person dressing a mannequin in an office.] -
Brad Kronz. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon -
Michael Robinson. Still from If There Be Thorns, 2009. [A hand reaches toward the bark of a tree, drawing a thick red line. There are leaves in the background.] -
Group Material: Primer (for Raymond Williams). Artists Space, 1982. [Sculptural white lettering appears on a shelf starting with 'b', but then a figure's torso appears and then the letters "n" and "t". Next to this shelf is a photograph on a wall of a figure touching another person's back. There is an indistinguishable object under the shelf.] -
Tom Murrin, Johanna Went, 1985. Acrylic on foam core, 14.75 x 20 inches. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Patty Wallace. [A painting of a person with red hair, cross-shaped earings, and black paint under their eyes.] -
David Armstrong: Portraits. Installation view, March 10 – May 23, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Carter Seddon -
Amalia Soto, My Apology, 2022. Single-Channel video, 23:59 minutes, wall vinyl. Photo: Steven Cottingham. [Color installation image showing a video monitor mounted on a wall which is covered in tiled images of YouTube pages. A pair of wired headphones is hanging to the right of the monitor.] -
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Elephant Cemetery. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [A wide wooden worktable sits in a gallery space with various models, books, and papers displayed on its surface. One of the models located closest to the viewer is yellow and has an amorphous shape. A series of black and white photographs of buildings hang on the wall to the right of the table.] -
Anton Vidokle, still from This Is Cosmos, 2014. [A film still of a woman, captured from the shoulders up, standing in an outdoor field. The white subtitle reads "that death is a mistake."] -
Shala Miller & Malcolm Peacock, with Amiri Baraka's Cellar Vigil. Installation view (Malcolm Peacock, How to address the full capacity of our will, 2023), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A gallery space with a wooden camper structure situated in the corner of two walls, to the left of the space. Through the open doorway can be seen a small ciruclar window and a shelf with various items placed on it.] -
SCRAAATCH. Installation documentation, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a basement with a sculpture made of two fresnel lenses cut in the shape of wings hung on the back of a pillar to the left of the image. Along the back wall a blue projected image of live CCTV footage of the basement is displayed.] -
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Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Various drawings are hung up on white walls. The drawings consist of simple shapes and lines.] -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [Black and white installation shot of a gallery corner. Attached to the wall are nine square black pieces on the left, and two dark circles on the right.] -
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[A black and white flyer displaying a large, square box. Positioned at the top edge of the interior of the box is large, sans-serif text that reads, "SCOPE." Smaller black text above the box reads, "Number 5 / Voume 4 New York City / Artists Space / summer video festival / June 4 - July 17, 1998."] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure in a blue morph suit leans their arms on top of a rolling table made of wood and fresnel lenses, pushing it toward another figure that stands in front of them filming them. In the background a third figure in a blue morph suit sits and leans down on top of a rectangular wooden frame. Blue footage is projected onto the back wall.] -
7th Grade students from M.S. 324 meeting online to present their El Ábol de la Familia collage projects, 2020 [A screenshot of a video call. Several students are smiling while holding up artwork that depicts their respective family trees. The art varies in size, shape, and medium.] -
Doris Guo, Matthew Langan-Peck, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Color image of a darkened gallery space with three sculptures. On the left, a pinhole projector wrapped in foam and bound with red string sits on a pedestal. It projects an image of an ornamental golden metal pin and four small pink and green strawberries onto the left wall. A golden egg sculpture sits on the floor in the corner of the gallery. To the right, another pinhole projector inside a plaid vinyl bag with straps sits on a pedestal. On the right wall, an image of a green square with a small crenellated metal opening to the upper left, is projected.] -
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Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [Various figures in glittery costumes pose in front of a circus backdrop, holding out open fans.] -
Don Baum. Au Train Lake House, 1982. [Legs and feet appear from a small wooden dwelling with a black background.] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of 5 musicians performing in front of blue, pink and yellow projected swirling visuals. From left to right instruments shown are clarinet, vibraphone, trumpet, cello and violin. A small group of audience members are shown in front of the stage.] -
Passages from People Who Led to My Plays. Performance documentation, March 1, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Paula Court. [A figure sits in a dimly lit corner in profile, gazing forward. They flip through pages of a script displayed in front of them. An open laptop sits to their left.] -
The Friends of Artists Space Dinner, May 8, 2010. Stephen Prina's performance. [A man in a suit, black shirt, and glasses strums a guitar while singing into a microphone in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Attention Line. Installation view, Artists Space, June 11 - August 20, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a monitor with two chairs in front of it. To the right of the monitor, a photocollage hangs on the wall.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 30, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A color photograph of an arepa placed on a purple tablecloth.] -
Abasement #82. Performance documentation, November 17th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer stands on stage, operating a sound system. The performer and the wall behind the stage are illuminated in red light.] -
Salad Days. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A rectangular, 3x5 grid hung on a white wall, comprised of close-up photographs of the inside of people's mouths. Just in front of the wall to the left of the photographs, there is a white plinth with a black Converse shoe, a false shin extending out of it, with a metal bone coming out of the top.] -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white installation photograph of a gallery space. Several large framed pieces hang on the left and right walls.] -
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Underground: Jose Gabriel Fernandez. Installation view, Artists Space, 1991. [A long, cubic rectangle made from suspension wires with a silver, reflective base on a weathered wooden floor.] -
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.] -
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The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A white gallery wall with several components. On the floor, there is a television with a cracked screen. Above that, a protruding shelf holds several booklets. There is a framed image with white text written on a black background, in the style of subway text, with the F and J train symbols below. Next to that, there is a standing white plinth with a glass covered top, housing a single tiny object. On the far righthand side, there are three framed photographs. One is a single image of a person wearing a blue shirt divided into two frames, and the other a hand holding out a holstered gun.] -
Eiko Ishibashi: Two New York Nights. Performance documentation, June 9, 2022, 8pm. Artists Space, New York. Photo: Paula Court [A figure in front of a microphone looks down upon a computer.] -
Martha Wallner and Miriam Loasiga. Still from Con Guerra O Sin Guerra (With or Without War), 1987. Video (sound, black and white). 20 minutes. Spanish with English subtitles. [Text written in black on white background reads, "-inista ejercityo popular sandiniista ejerc-". A line above the text appears as a type of rope or barbed wire and the top opens up into black. Video scan lines and black edges of CRT monitor are visible.] -
Shala Miller, Genesis. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color documentation image of Shala Miller's Genesis, 2023. Three monochrome projection panels float equidistantly in a dark room, with vinyls on black walls.] -
Cheyney Thompson, Untitled, 2015, Offset and metal powders in acrylic binder on synthetic paper, with handwriting, 22 ½ x 19 in / 57,2 x 48,3 cm, Each unique with hand notation [An abstract, gestural drawing in neutral tones, with the names of metal elements at the bottom of the page.] -
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Yasunao Tone in Concert with Barbara Held. Performance documentation, January 19, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Two figures sit in front of a table filled with audio equipment including a commodore computer and flute-to-haiku converter.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a dimly lit basement. Along the back wall, on the right, a shadow of a figure in profile is cast onto a blue and purple projected screen.] -
Nina in Position. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Close up of two rectangular plates of glass resting on top of a thin bed of white salt. A red, blood-like substance forms irregular patterns between the plates.] -
Flyer for Palm-Lined with Potience. April 28, 2022, Artists Space. [A dark grey background with black silhouettes of leaves and foliage. In the top left corner, "Artists Space / Ugly Duckling Presse / present the launch:" is written in yellow-orange text. In the center "Palm-Lined with Potience / Fury Young / Jaylen Strong / Alex Tatarsky / Benjamin Krusling / Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves / JJJJJerome Ellis / x / Basie Allen" appears in yellow text. In the bottom right corner "Thursday, April 28 / 7:00pm 11 Cortlandt Alley" is written in yellow-orange text.] -
Five Spanish Artists. Installation View, Artists Space, 1985. [A large stick appears emerging from an image of reverberating water out of the image onto the upper lefthand corner of the gallery wall.] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Six monitors in a row are lined up in the middle of a floating bookshelf, displaying stills from the film. On the left corner of the image, a desk holds long slips of black paper with white text on it, curled and intertwined, resembling film strips.] -
Char Jeré: Zoo or an Orchestra. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a gallery space with several works exhibited throughout the room. On the left, a drawing hangs from a wooden wall. A creature-like sculpture made out of papier-mâche sits on top of packs of Comet cleaning powder. On the back wall, a colorful drawing hangs on the white wall. An old metal stove sits on the corner next to some wood. Two columns stand in the middle of the room, and are surrounded by kinetic sculptures made out of a variety of objects like wood, tree branches and construction blocks. In between the columns, two wooden window frames hang from the ceiling. Different scenes painted onto the glass. On the right, a black and white drawing with details on blue hangs on the wall.] -
Michael Brewster, An Acoustic Sculpture, A Clicker Drawing. View from Opening, April 2, 1977, Artists Space. [A black and white photograph of a person standing in a doorframe. On the left, a broom rests against the wall. A circular window behind a radiator is visible on the right. Buckets of paint and painting rollers are scattered across the floor.] -
Geanet Rogers, Rosy Boom, photography, 2016 [A teenage girl holds a film camera obscuring her face, and takes a photo of her reflection in a small, round mirror. The background is blurred but suggests a retail environment.] -
David Armstrong: Portraits. Installation view, March 10 – May 23, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Carter Seddon [An open gallery space shows various photographs hung in sequence. The wall closest in proximity displays black and white images. Behind sit vitrines, followed by another wall of color images. ] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [Dark sculptural elements appear lighted on boxes in the center of the image with paintings on the gallery walls behind them. A corridor is seen to the right.] -
Apartment Show: If the dogs are barking. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. [A collection of drawings, paintings, tote bags, and posters hang on a gallery wall. Two geometric, carpet-like shapes are spread across the floor before the wall.] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery space. A free-standing wall sits in the middle of the space, holding framed CDs, a projected image of a man and a truck, and an audio device. On the floor in front of the wall sits a television monitor.] -
[Black text on a grey background. The text reads: “March 21 / Dave Morse / Manal Kara / Simone White.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
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Liz Deschenes Ibry's timetable 1878 (Paris - Lyon), 2018, UV print on photogram, 8 x 14 inches, Signed edition of 100, 5APs, Courtesy of the artist. [Black and white chart tracking the movement of trains through major cities in France. Text at the bottom of the chart reads "Fig. 7. Graphique de la marche des trains sur un chemin de fer, d'après la méthode de Ibry."] -
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Johanna Went, still from Passion Container,The Whiskey, Los Angeles October 26, 1988 Video, Color, Sound, 35 minutes. -
[Stylized white text on a tan background reads, "Western Agenda." Small black text above the white text reads "March 14-May 4, 1991 / Artists Space" while several lines of smaller, spaced out text spells out words such as, "courage" "hardwork" and "prosperity."] -
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[Red background with white text and border which reads: "DUMP THE FINE ART OF GENTRIFICATION," with the Decolonize This Place logo positioned underneath.] -
Yasunao Tone performing Molecular Music (1982–85) during a studio rehearsal, New York, c. 1990. [A black-and-white image shows a person seated behind a white desk, adjusting an audio device with their hands. The device is surrounded by replacement speakers with organically shaped wires. In the background, a projected video shows a landscape and a shadowy figure.] -
A visit to David Ellis exhibition at Babel Gallery. -
Pictures. Opening Reception, Artists Space, September 23, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white photograph of a person in a white collared shirt and tie standing in front of a wall, extending their left hand out and up parallel to the surface. The wall features an upturned trapezoid shape, with illustrations of riders on horseback emerging from the left to right side of the shape.] -
Christopher Binifacio, Oil Spill, 2018 [A painting depicting a blue tree and landscape with a turquoise lake against a peach-colored sky. Several areas of the water are black] -
Mona Hatoum, Birds of a Feather, 1997, Chromogenic print, 10 x 12 inches (25.4 x 30.5 cm), Edition of 50, Signed & numbered. [The image shows a wood-framed photograph hanging on a wall. The photo, taken from inside a room, shows a seagull on a window ledge beside a small bird figurine. Out the window is a blue sky and buildings.] -
Doris Guo, Matthew Langan-Peck, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A receding row of columns lines our view into the far gallery space. In the foreground, several of Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya's biomorphic sculptures are displayed on walls, resting on a pedestal, or hanging from the ceiling. In the distance, two of Matthew Langan-Peck's monumental painted toy box sculptures sit on the gallery floor; a set of headphones hangs on the side of each box. In the background, Isabelle Frances McGuire's three large pink banners emblazoned with silver stars hang from ceiling to floor.] -
David Salle. Untitled (Camus), 1976. Mixed media on paper. From Barbara Bloom, David Salle, Artists Space, 1976 [A black and white photograph of a gallery space. A piece with a large black paint swatch hangs on the wall on the right.] -
Traditions: Five Painters. Installation View, Artists Space, 1978. [A large rectangular painting hangs on a wall to the left.] -
Susan Eder. Installation view, Artists Space, 1976. [A black and white installation view of several photo strips with wide white matting attached to a wall.] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cutouts and red and blue squigly lines overlay a yellow background. Text in the upper left corner an upside down text reads "ABASEMENT 63" and lists the performers. Text on the lower lefthand corners list the time and place of the event.] -
Lukas Duwenhögger, Restive Childhood, 2016, Archival inkjet with silkscreen on 320 gsm Hahnemühle Photorag Pearl paper, 20 ¾ x 15 ¾ inches (52,7 x 40 cm), Edition of 10 + 3 AP, Signed & Numbered. [A framed image with black text, white background, and a black & white photo in the center hangs on a wall. The photo depicts a cop on the left who reaches towards a man holding a gun and a young child on the right. Above the photo it says, "Out of the blue: / Children march on capital / demanding homo-adoption / innumerable casualties / heart-wrenching scenes." Beneath the photo, the text repeats but in Turkish.] -
Laurie Simmons: Photographs. Postcard, Artists Space, 1979. [A black and white image of a dollhouse living room, a doll is sitting in the right corner, on a couch, next to a side table with radio on it.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure wearing a blue shirt kneels down onto the stage, working on audio equipment. Red light is cast onto them.] -
Charlotte Posenenske. Configured by the staff of Artists Space. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A geometric, silver metal sculpture sits on a wooden gallery floor in a brightly-lit gallery space. The sculpture is modular and consists of rectangular and triangular metal components arranged in a tall, ring-shaped structure.] -
Zilia Sánchez. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two paneled works hang on either side of a white column on a light, mauve-colored wall. Both canvases are slightly three-dimensional, with elements that stretch in or out from their surfaces.] -
Barbara Levy: Photographs. Postcard, Artists Space, 1979. [A view of a city street and the tail end of a bicycle is obscured by window blinds.] -
Nuestro Reflejo exhibition at Morris Jumel Mansion, Washington Heights, 2025 -
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Ei Arakawa: Social Muscle Rehab (outdoor performance). Performance documentation, October 16, 2021, Artists Space. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Tennis players stand in an alleyway, ready to hit balls from an automatic ballfeeder. A crowd watches intently in the background. Suspended above them the words "Social Muscle Rehab" are painted in white capitalized text on black and green signs.] -
Ken Okiishi, Wish I Were Here, 1997 – 2001. pigmented inkjet prints. Courtesy the artist [Five framed photographs and documents displayed on freestanding, white panels in an exhibition space.] -
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Abasement #76. Performance documentation, March 3rd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of 3 performers on stage. The musician on the left is standing over electronic audio equipment while looking down. To their side a musician is sitting down holding a microphone close to their mouth. On the right side of the image a musician is sitting down playing the violin. In the middle of the stage there is a drum kit. The backs of audience members are visible in the bottom of the image. There is an abstract orange projection on the back wall, which also covers one of the musicians.] -
Establishing Shot. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [A profile of a man in a jacket on a gray and white background. Painted streaks of color are superimposed over the man's profile. The whole image is slightly blurry.] -
Documenting Cadere: 1972 - 1978. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A book shelf displays paper documents containing black and white images. Above, smaller documents, and a similar paper displayed in a white frame.] -
[Black text on an orange background. The text reads: “Oct 12 / Nancy Mercado / Sloppi Chulo.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Shala Miller & Malcolm Peacock, with Amiri Baraka's Cellar Vigil. Installation view (Shala Miller, Genesis, 2023), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Three hanging projector screens surround the middle of a darkened gallery space. The two screens on the right and left side depict a black-and-white video still of a figures face, illuminated on one side by a bright flash of light. The third screen in the middle shows a black-and-white film still of hazy and ghostly tonal modulations.] -
[A person walking down a city street, speaking into a megaphone. Behind her are several cars and a truck, and she is surrounded by loft buildings.] -
George Clinton, Peter Larkin and Jules Fisher, The Mothership, 1990s. Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Gift of Love to the planet. [Sculpture of an alien spaceship made out of sheet metal, with a red and blue LED light, sitting in a gallery.] -
Flyer [White text overlays a color-scheme grid background. The text reads: “Oct 21 / Richard Loranger / r. erica doyle." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, For Aricka, Ayana, Ayodele, Bernice, Chantelle, Charmaine, Cynthia Ch., Cynthia Co., Daphne, Davina, Dawn, Dina, Emily, Erica, Evadne, Frances, Gail, Gwen, Hara, Heather, Imanei, Imani, Janet, Jenny, Kadija, Kahdeidra, kale, Kelly, Kenya (R), LesLes, Lois, Lynnette, Madeleine, Mahogany, Marsha, Maiya, Najela, Nontsi, Ola, Pilar, Queen, RaFia, Ro-Ro, Sandra, Sasha, Serenity, Shana, Simone L, Simone W, Tabitha, Taiyi, Trinity, Uchenna, Vivian, Wangechi, X, Yvette, Zuri, detail, 2021. Living plants: Hannibal (Epipremnum aureum) with rose quartz, Gertrude Deuxieme (Tillandsia xerographica), Leonie (Philodendron totem), Eversley Deuxieme (Tillandsia xerographica), Melford (Epipremnum aureum) with amethyst; dessicated floral matter (eucalyptus, grass, willow, palm), knight on horseback figurine, brass candlesticks, polystyrene, porcelain and 18 karat gold plates, crystals (various), bamboo earrings, jade, cremains, leather, cork, glass, dragon figurine, sandalwood incense and ceramic holder, palo santo (Bursera graveolens), and window, overall dimensions variable. Courtesy Artists SPace, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [Potted plants and small figurines sit on the windowsill of a gallery space. Beneath the windowsill are two framed works on paper.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure sits behind a table with a laptop and a microphone in front of them.] -
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Kate Shephard, Paper Bedroom, 2006, Cut paper collage, 13.75 x 10.25 inches (34.0 x 26 cm), Edition of 30. [The image shows a cut paper collage that uses saturated color blocks to define the architecture of a bedroom, including a bed, desk, reclining chair, and other abstracted shapes and figures.] -
Abasement #66. Performance documentation, October 9, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performance space illuminated by red light. In the center, two standing figures play the violin. On the left, audience members look towards the performers. On the right, a stage filled with music equipment, such as speakers, cables and microphones. In the background, a table filled with electronic equipment, and a man looking at a computer monitor.] -
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New Red Order Give it Back, detail, 2020 Acrylic LED displays with cut vinyl, water cooler, poster, couch, desk, chairs, magazine rack, The New Red Times Magazine, and three televisions. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up image of three tv monitors on a wall with vinyl lettering that reads "New Red Order", in the right corner is a water cooler.] -
Yasunao Tone in Concert with Barbara Held. Performance documentation, January 19, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A crowd watches as a figure on stage sits behind a commodore computer while text is projected on the right wall that reads "A cool star filled night / above the dark sea / though as a fire-fly's light."] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A diagonal view of six monitors in a row are lined up in the middle of a floating bookshelf, displaying stills from the film. On the left corner of the image, a desk holds long slips of black paper with white text on it, curled and intertwined, resembling film strips.] -
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Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candance Hill-Montgomery, Lewis Stein, Haim Steinbach. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Candice Hill-Montgomery. [Black and white photograph close up of white picket fence and painted dark background.] -
Photographic work by David Kulik, Frank Majore, Kevin Noble, Ken Pelka, Pat Place, Rene Santos, and Brian Well. Announcement card, work by Pat Place, Artists Space, 1980. [A black and white image of a toy alligator holding a medicine bottle, surrounded by miscellaneous objects.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Jacob Kahn and Erica Hunt. January 28, 2023, Artists Space. [White and dark blue text overlay a light blue background with abstract lines and a drawing of a male bust in the bottom left corner. The text in the middle reads "Jacob Kahn / Segue Reading Series / Erica Hunt."] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [Two photographs displayed side-by-side on a white gallery wall. The photographs are of identical size and are installed in thin, dark frames. The photograph on the left depicts a nondescript industrial building, while a tall urban building is visible in the skyline of the image to the right.] -
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Hito Steyerl, excerpt from Duty-Free Art, 2015. [A moving image of a hand appearing in front of a black background. It's fingers positioned upwards in a wide pinch.] -
Gregg Powell, video still, c. 1977. [A black and white image of a figure in a field, they bend at the waist and place their hands on their knees.] -
Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, Gloria Gloria, Balenciaga 2010 FW/RTW by Nicolas Ghesquiere, and Kate Moss as a hologram for Alexander McQueen, 2022 [Color image of the corner of a gallery space with three hanging sculptures. The sculptures are made of pigmented silicone, old clothes, zip ties and various other found materials. The sculptures are mainly made of white materials, and feature anthropormorphic and abstracted forms.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several blank, white walls in a large gallery space with wooden flooring. An opening emerges at the corner of two intersecting walls at the image's center, leading into a dark space. Rows of windows line the right wall of the gallery.] -
Lou Cantor and Clamens Jahn (eds.), Turning Inward (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2015). [A book cover depicting an upside-down photo of a section of Manhattan, taken from above.] -
Ed Atkins, Death Mask II: The Scent, 2010. HD video with sound, 8 minutes 19 seconds. Courtesy the artist, Cabinet Gallery, London and Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin. [An open folding calculator, turned on its side and illuminated by bright green, peach, and pink lights.] -
Jenny Holzer. Poster, 1982. [Pickle green background with black text that reads, "CHANGE IS THE BASIS OF HISTORY, THE PROOF OF VIGOR. THE OLD IS SOILED AND DISGUSTING BY NATURE. STALE FOOD IS REPELLENT, MONOGAMOUS LOVE BREEDS CONTEMPT, SENILITY CRIPPLES THE GOVERNMENT THAT IS TOO POWERFUL TOO LONG. UPHEAVAL IS DESIRABLE BECAUSE FRESH, UNTAINTED GROUPS SEIZE OPPORTUNITY. VIOLENT OVERTHROW IS NICE IF THE SITUATION IS INTOLERABLE. SLOW MODIFICATION IS EFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRANSFORMED BEFORE THEY NOTICE AND RESIST. THE DECADENT AND THE POWERFUL CHAMPION CONTINUITY. "NOTHING ESSENTIAL CHANGES." THAT IS A MYTH. IT WILL BE REFUTED. THE NECESSARY BIRTH CONVULSIONS WILL BE TRIGGERED. ACTION WILL BRING THE EVIDENCE TO YOUR DOORSTEP."] -
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.] -
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Sam Pulitzer: A Colony for “Them”. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A gif of installation images from Sam Pulitzer's, A Colony for "Them."] -
Still from Hicham Gardaf, In Praise of Slowness, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. [A color film still depicting a person who walks up a dirt path carrying a myriad of empty plastic bottles. To the person's right is a billboard facing away from the camera.] -
Prince Grace, Of Black, 2021. [Over a black background, “terminology / BLACK** / adj. / 1. Having the very dark color of the night sky or the eye’s pupil / 2. Of or relating to any various population groups of especially African ancestry often considered as having dark pigmentation of the skin but in fact having a wide range of skin colors / 3. Of or relating to Black people / 4. Dirty, soiled / 5. Characterized by the absence of light / 6. Served without milk or cream / 7. Indicative of condemnation or discredit / 8. Heavy / 9. Connected with or invoking the supernatural and especially the devil” is written in white text. Certain words are underlined and appear in grey.] -
[White text on a bright fuchsia background. The text reads: “Nov 1 / Jzl Jmz / Edward Salem.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Installation view, Artists Space, New York, 2022. [Inside a pink-hued room are three tanker desks and three rolling office chairs in a single-file line. Security monitors with color videos sit on each desk alongside small pieces of clay. In the distance, tree trunks wrapped in fabric rest on the floor and construction nets hang from the ceiling. A wooden structure and an aquarium with purple-colored lights are positioned behind the tree trunks.] -
Hanno Ahrens. Selections from the Artists File, installation view, Artists Space, 1986. [A photograph of one large painting divided evenly diagonally across in black and white above a smller painting that does the same.] -
Till They Listen: Bill Gunn Directs America. Installation view featuring contact sheets from Losing Ground, c. 1982, Artists Space, June 5 – August 15, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up image of two black and white contact sheets mounted on a wall.] -
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A plaque with text is hung up next to an open doorframe. Through the doorframe, a continuous strip extending around the perimeter of the room is visible. The strip on the walls alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.] -
Program schedule for Sigrid Burton, Bruce Colvin, Ellen Phelan, Artists Space, 1976 -
Shala Miller performs Genesis: Medley at Artists Space, co-presented with Frieze New York 2023. Performance documentation, May 19th. Photo by Vanessa Diaz/CKA. Courtesy of Frieze. [Color photograph of the center of a gallery room, in which performers are seated in wooden chairs around the center, alongside three hanging screens that project a video still of a figure's face against a dark background. All around the room, audience members sit on the floor or stand.] -
[Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE / Winter/Spring 2024 Season / April/May Curated by Futurepoem” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “Saturdays at 5pm: 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom"] -
Benito Huerta, Attempted, Not Known. Media unknown, dimesions unknown. [A wooden ornament with a string attached at its top, is carved with the outlines of the worlds continents, becoming a miniature globe.] -
Still from Mrs. Miniver, 1942. [A black and white image of a man and woman looking out beyond the camera with expressions of fear and concern. They each cradle a child in their arms. A young boy gazes up at the woman's face, clutching onto her arm with one hand. The man holds a girl close, his hand protectively bringing her head against his chest.] -
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Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program Studio Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Gustavo Murillo Fernández-Valdés. [A blue carpet decorated with colorful polka-dots fills the floor of a gallery space. Colorful, plastic chairs are arranged against the right wall. A wooden table with chairs and two monitors are displayed at the space's back wall. A kite hangs from the ceiling in the center of the space.] -
Attention Line. Installation view (costumes worn by Johanna Went, 1970s-2000s), Artists Space, June 11 - August 20, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [Two life-sized costumes.]
