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Abasement #65. Performance documentation, September 18, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A figure performs on the stage. He is sitting on a chair playing a guitar. To the right, there is another chair with an amp on the seat. Nature images are projected onto the stage, and back wall.] -
Laura Poitras: 9/11 Trilogy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A person sits on a wooden chair where there are three arranged, wearing headphones and looks at a TV monitor. The monitor displays a construction landscape in the Middle East.] -
Program schedule for Sigrid Burton, Bruce Colvin, Ellen Phelan, Artists Space, 1976 -
Pictures. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [A black and white installation photograph of three framed drawings on a white wall. The center frame is a pared down sketch of a column, and the flanking frames feature feature a simple croshatch of four lines, topped with a fifth.] -
Untitled (note), date unknown, Copyright Jack Smith Archive, Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels [A page ripped from a planner, with a header reading, "for week beginning Monday ...., Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday." Handwritten red cursive text, written over divided sections reads, "Capitalism lends to expectation to be manipulated but politely and a horror of ordinary usage between people."] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of three musicians captured mid-performance on stage in a low-lit venue space. The central musician plays the trumpet, and is flanked at either side by men playing clarinets. Abstract and fragmented projections in green and yellow-orange shine onto the musicians and cast onto the wall behind them.] -
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Abasement #73. Performance documentation, November 4th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers on stage in front of a seated audience. The musician on the left is holding a violin in the air as they use audio equipment on the table in front of them. The musician on the right is sitting playing the drums. The room is red-tinted, and white dots reflected from a disco ball cover the walls.] -
Amelia Bande. Stills from El estallido / The Outbreak, 2020. Recording of a live performance held over Zoom on August 7, 2020. Stage design and camera collaboration with Rachel Higgins. Courtesy the artist. [Amelia Bande stands in front of wall covered with posters and gestures towards her eyes as she says, “We wore masks and protective eyewear at the protests in Santiago.”] -
Not yet titled, 2019
Clay, glaze, metal antenna
3 1/2 x 13 x 12 inches (variable)
$3,500 [A blue, black and brown abstract object sits on a white base. A metal antenna sticks out of it on a diagonal.] -
Ryan Gander, What the postman brought, 2007, Mixed media Variable size, Edition of 17, 3 AP, Courtesy the artist, STORE London and Annet Gelink Amsterdam. [The photograph shows a framed image with black geometric patterns mounted on a white wall with a black sculpture to its left sitting on a white plinth.] -
Gwynn Murrill, Stalking Cat, laminated wood, 1974. From Don Wynn, Judy Pfaff, Gwynn Murrill, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white photograph of a wooden sculpture of a seated cat.] -
[Black and white image of several popular romance novel covers arranged in a grid formation. Dispersed amongst the covers are photos of desert canyons and other abstract, inky images.] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two people seated with their legs outstretched on a green carpet in front of a small television monitor, wearing headphones.] -
Catalogue cover of History Lessons, Joel Katz. [A black and white photograph, taken from above, of rows of school desks facing a television with a map behind it.] -
Served Up! R.M. Fischer. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A black-and-white photograph of a long floor lamp with two protruding lampshades.] -
Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candace Hill-Montgomery, Louis Stein, and Haim Steinbach. Contact sheet of photos from exhibition opening, Artists Space, 1979. Photos by Gary Burnley. [Contact sheet of installation images taken during exhibition opening.] -
Salad Days 3. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Jeremy Ross. [Several geometric structures of varying sizes are displayed in close, overlapping clusters in a gallery space. The largest structure of the group nearly touches the gallery ceiling is composed of an array of flat pentagons that form circular, symmetrical patterns. Behind this structure is a large archway-shaped wall decal showing further colorful arrays and patterns. Several other, smaller pieces with similar geometric forms cluster on the floor around these structures.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Overview of a large black glossy structure built in a gallery. The "bc" logo is visible, printed in white on one of the structure's walls. A TV depicting an abstract, colorful image and the word "EVERYWHERE" is hung on an upright rolling stand, visible through an opening in the structure.] -
Seth Laderman. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [A PrintFile photo preserver is visible with two black and white photographic artworks inside and the top photograph has tape around it with writing on it.] -
Radical Localism: Art, Video and Culture from Pueblo Nuevo's Mexicali Rose. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Four gallery walls sit at various angles in a bright-lit exhibition space. One of the walls is decorated with colorful vertical stripes. Another wall is covered in many small, square grid-like compositions. A wall at the photograph's center is decorated with a composition of abstract, smooth shapes and various figures rendered in black and white.] -
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.] -
Purgatory, Alexander Karpman, Silver Key in Photography -
Group Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. Photo credit: Anne Turyn. [Figurative paintings hang on adjacent walls in white-walled gallery space.] -
Susan Cianciolo, Flowers, 2018, 25 x 21 x 1 1/2 inches, Silkscreen on book cloth on bespoke archival box, Signed edition of 100, 5APs Courtesy of the artist [A portfolio box with a flowered pattern on the lid is shown on a white ground with the lid slightly askew.] -
John Mendelsohn and Donald Sultan, Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. [A photograph of a rectangular, abstract black-and-white work mounted on a white wall. The pattern resembles a geometric face on a checkerboard.] -
Photograph of Arthur Russell. Photo courtesy of Audika. [A vintage photograph of a man wearing black headphones, sitting behind a table in a cluttered room full of music equipment. A keyboard leans against the table, which is covered in AV equipment and snaking wires.] -
Photo: Alistair Thain. [Close-up of Annette Peacock wearing a beret, looking off to the left.] -
The AIDS Crisis Is Not Over. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [An exhibition wall with multiple posters hanging in between two large speakers and a tv on a pedestal in the center.] -
Betty Tompkins, Sex Painting #4, 2013, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [Painting depicting a close-up image of a figure's mouth licking the top side of a foot. A large thumb is pressed against the bottom of the foot, holding it up to the mouth. The painting is composed of soft, muted gray and purple hues. A white band stretches across the lower edge of the image. Black text running along the center of the image's bottom edge reads, "2020Solidarity - Betty Tompkins," while small, faint gray text running along the lower right edge of the image reads, "A project by Between Bridges."] -
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.] -
ART CLUB2000 Selections from ART CLUB2000 archive, detail, 1992–1999 Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A glass case displaying archival documents and images] -
Photo: Elisheva Gavra, Courtesy of the artist. [Color image of a piece of matted brown material, placed on top of a newspaper. In the center of the matted material, a glass eye with a bright blue iris is left uncovered. The left edge of the image is obscured by strands of black hair hanging down.] -
Lukas Duwenhögger: Undoolay. Installation view, Artists Space, 2016. Photo credit: Jean Vong. [Two unframed paintings are hung on a foldable room divider in a gallery. The larger painting depicts the interior of a classroom with four ambiguous figures. The smaller painting shows a man poised mid-dance.] -
Jason Simon, still from Vera, 2003. 25 min. [A woman seated on a couch wearing a green button-down shirt captured mid-laughter.] -
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ART CLUB2000: Selected Works 1992–1999. Installation view, Artists Space, November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A view of multiple works including a blue gallery wall displaying dynamic images hung by large push pins and a demolished wall.] -
ART CLUB2000 Gli Avvoltoi (The Vultures), detail, 1995 Vinyl paint and newsprint flyer Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up of a mural displaying cartoon vultures resting on black scaffolding. Underneath the mural sits a pile of newsprint flyers.] -
Steve Carter, Tile Series (detail), 1994. [A gray cross made from wire on a white background, with a small, red square held in the center.] -
Yuji Agematsu: Chasing Milford. Performance documentation, January 15, 2022, Artists Space. [A color photograph of a figure standing in an orange-lit space filled with various audio equipment. They lean down to press adjust a dial on an audio mixer.] -
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] -
Valerie Hegarty, Cracked Canyon (Poster), 2007. Site-specific installation. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [The corner of a loft space. A printed image of a canyon is affixed to the wall. The image is torn in half and the tear extends off of the paper onto the wall itself, continuing from floor to ceiling.] -
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ART CLUB2000 Plantar, 1993 Slatwall, mirror, spider plant, shopping bags Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up of a store display planter stuffed with Gap clothing store bags and crumpled documents.] -
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Jana Euler: Unform. Installation view, Artists Space, February 21, 2020 – September 19, 2020. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Two large, orange slug sculptures forming a circular ring shape around separate cast iron columns suspended by black elastic chords in a white walled gallery space with a square painting in the background.] -
Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 18, 2022, 7:30pm. Artists Space, New York. [Two figures holding a mannequin look at a projection on the wall.] -
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Donna Nelson. Installation View. Artists Space, 1985. [A face appears on the right part of the image with one figure central without defining facial features and another in the background with their back towards the viewer. Windows appear in the background.] -
[A woman holding a large blue bag. To her right, vertical black text reads, "HAUST."] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Amber Dawn & Kai Cheng Thom. Saturday March 13, 2021, Artists Space. [A green colored background features black text in the top half of the image that reads, "Segue Reading Series / Amber Dawn & Kai Cheng Thom / March 13 / 5pm on Zoom / Suggested donation: Five dollars / Zoom ID: 830 2698 4031." Black text in the bottom right corner reads, "Artists Space."] -
Abasement #78. Performance documentation, June 16th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performer on stage with a guitar. They are singing into a microphone, with another microphone facing the guitar. Japanese and English text are projected on the performer and the wall behind them. The performer is lit with orange-tinted lights, and white dots of light from a discoball decorate the wall.] -
[White text overlayed on a rose-colored background with a geometric pattern. The text reads: "Annual Friends of Artists Space Dinner / Celebrating 50 Years / Honoring / Kathy Halbreich / Yasunao Tone / Monday, May 8, 7pm / The Doubles Club, New York City." Text in the lower left corner reads: "Festive Attire."] -
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.] -
Immanent Madness. Installation View. Artists Space, 1985-86. [A drawing of a multilayered circle. The inner circle reading "Imminent Madness", the second layer reading " academies, forest, huts, villages, cities," and the outer layer reading, "pleasure, luxury, neccesity, utility, comfort."] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure, wearing reflective one-way mirror film around their body, hanging off the ledge of an open doorway entrance.] -
[White text on a bright fuchsia background. The text reads: “Oct 11 / Mónica de la Torre / Rodrigo Toscano.” 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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Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.] -
Beech Forest. Performance view, Artists Space, 2007. [Three standing lights point to illuminate a white wall. Standing beside them facing the wall is a figure wearing a coat and a hat with her hands lightly clasped behind her back. Barely visible on the wall beside her are stenciled outlines of trees.] -
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.] -
Darien Urena, Living Brick, 2018. [A close-up photo of a snake plant in a white pot next to a brick wall, in front of a mural with somoene's instagram handle painted on.] -
Ally Bueno, Katz's, 2017. [A black-and-white photo of a man smiling with his arms crossed, standing in front of a number of hanging salamis, and wearing a hat with a logo stating "send a salami"] -
Jose, Plant observation, drawing, 2025 -
Drake Carr: Housecalls. Performance documentation, September 9, 2023, Artists Space at the Armory Show. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A color image of a white wall with two windows with black and white curtains with pink flowers. Through the right window, a figure is seen sitting on a chair. Through the left window, a figure is seen standing in front of an easel with a canvas, holding a color pencil.] -
Still from The Empty Plan (2010). [A hand is writing in German on a chalkboard with white chalk.] -
Doris Guo, Matthew Langan-Peck, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya. Installation view (Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, The Lil Rat that Made it on Board the Ship, 2021; Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya, Goyas lil bat from “sueño de la razón produce monstruos”, 2022), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A hulking biomorphic black sculpture, composed of car parts and a large black t-shirt smeared with pigmented dragon skin silicone, hangs from the ceiling. To the right, a small sculpture of scuffed white plastic, brown fur, and various jutting animal teeth sits on a shelf.] -
Installation view, Robert Morgan. Artists Space, 1977. [A gallery space with a large circle of decals on the wall on the right. In the far left corner, a projector sits on a pedestal.] -
Renee Gladman: Narratives of Magnitude. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a gallery space with two columns running across the room. On the left wall, four framed abstract drawings on black paper are displayed in a horizontal line. On the right wall, three framed abstract drawings on white paper are shown in a horizontal line.] -
[A green poster with white text giving information about a virtual reading event. There is an image at the bottom of a person looking into digital, VR-style goggles with large headphones. Smaller white text in the bottom corner reads, "stay well & be good to each other."] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cut-outs and ink drawings are collaged together on a background of yellow, pink, and orange paper. Pieces of paper with typewritten text listing the performers and event details are scattered around the flyer.] -
![The image shows a crowd of figures drawn with black ink. Four text bubbles project from the crowd that read: [top left]](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg' width='2100' height='1661'%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Amy Sillman, MoMA Opening, 2007, Archival ink jet on Somerset Paper, 14 x 16 3/4 inches (36.6 x 42.5 cm), Edition of 17, 10 AP, 1 BAT, Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Printed by Jean-Yves Noblet Contemporary Prints. [The image shows a crowd of figures drawn with black ink. Four text bubbles project from the crowd that read: [top left] "I curated the next show! You'll love it! I just like what you do, right up your alley!" [top center] "This is my work but the wall label is really wierd..." [bottom left] "Oh! You two split up?! I had no idea! Two years ago? Goodness! I remember when you went on your first date! Your were so happy! Are you seeing someone new?" [bottom right] "I love your work." On the bottom right is written "MOMA opening 9-06."] -
Eve Fowler, A Spectacle and Nothing Strange, 2011–. Set of twenty one letterpress posters. Courtesy the artist. [A poster featuring black text on a bright tricolor background. The text reads, "in the morning there is meaning."] -
[A flyer featuring a vintage orange and black computer with a small monitor and chunky keyboard set against a saturated yellow background. White, stylized text on a faded computer screen reads: "A READING BY ALAN FELSENTHAL AND BETSY FAGIN." Red text on the yellow background in the upper left corner reads: "Artists Space & the Segue Reading Series present" and in the lower right corner: "Saturday May 23rd / 5 pm NYC time / Zoom ID 378 232 567”] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [A number of sculptures appear on pedestals with paintings on walls behind them with columns bisecting the image in a gallery setting.] -
rafa esparza: Camino. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of a gallery space with large panels of adobe with paintings of various figures on them. Adobe bricks are laid out on the floor to create a small walkway.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (Specific Objects (Swing), 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. -
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.] -
El Bosque Luminoso Bajo El Mar, M.S. 324 exhibition, Threads of History, May 2023 -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a dimly lit basement, a figure holding a video camera with a rig on their shoulder takes footage of the back wall, which has blue and purple light projected onto it.] -
Drake Carr, Martin Cohn, 2023. Colored pencil on paper. 40 1/16 x 32 3/16 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of an unframed drawing of a figure wearing a yellow dress. The figure is seen from a three-quarter view. To the right, near the head, there is a floating blue fish. Behind the figure, a brown column stands.] -
Lourdes Grobet, Untitled Olmayaztec Series, 1992. C-print, 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy the artist. [Photgraphic print of a low, blue and red building situated next to an empty multi-lane road on a sunny day. The building has a low blue facade with many windows, which face the street, and is decorated with two angular blue stripes. The building has a low, curved red roof. Text running along the side of the roof reads, "RESTAURANTE." A tall, pyramid-like structure is visible in the distance behind the restaurant.] -
Abasement #67. Performance documentation, January 15, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of two performers on stage, both seated in chairs. The musician on the left plays a violin while the musician on the right plays a guitar that is placed across their lap. Each musician has several pedals placed on the floor that they control with their feet. Two amps flank the pair of musicians. The musicians and the entire stage is cast in a light pinkish purple light emitted from a projector. A design of overlapping circles with a triangle in the center are projected onto the back wall.] -
Beverly Buchanan, slab works, c. 1978–1980. Cast concrete sculptures with acrylic paint. Dimensions unknown. Courtesy the Frances Mulhall Achiles Library, Artist File, Whitney Museum of American Art. [Installation view of several cast concrete blocks arranged on top of one another and leaning against each other, in two groups, standing on a wood floor.] -
Place, (title to be determined), for a Participant: Ken Feingold. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Two photographs are mounted on a white gallery wall.] -
Abasement #62. Performance documentation, December 5, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [Black-and-white image of a figure performing on stage. They hold a microphone to their mouth and the other hand plays a synthesizer.] -
[A white poster giving information about a virtual reading event. There are overlaid gray and white images of a statue of an angel with a sword, and two figures in beak masks. Orange texts reads “Frederic Tuten/Vi Khi Nat/Virtual Reading/18 April 2020/5:00 PM E.T./Artists Space x Segue Series/Zoom Meeting ID 378 232 576] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery space. On the left wall is a projected black-and-white video. On the right wall are various scores, posters, and photographs, and a vitrine.] -
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Till They Listen: Bill Gunn Directs America. Installation view, c. 1973, Artists Space, June 5 – August 15, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a projection in a dark room above a glass display case holding ephemera.] -
Paintings by Kathleen Gilje, sculpture by Mike Metz. ISelections from the Unaffiliated Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1981. [A sculpture sits to the right in front of two paintings in a gallery space.] -
PATTERNS / Marcelo Spina with Kreysler & Associates, Macro Piece, 2006. [Detail view of a greyscale sculpture made of varying polymer segments.] -
SCRAAATCH. Installation documentation, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a basement window that has been tinted with blue paint, streaming in blue light.] -
[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.] -
[A basement gallery is filled with red light and disco lights. On the far wall is projected a book cover featuring a painting of a naked body with body parts squished together. Fake chairs drawn in black outline are placed around the space.] -
Abasement #62. Performance documentation, December 5, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A seated figure plays the violin on stage with red and purple lights cast onto them.] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [Portrait of a figure caught offguard.] -
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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 line the windowsill. Beneath the window are four framed works on paper.] -
Drake Carr, Mel Ottenberg, 2023. Colored pencil on paper. 26 x 21 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of an unframed colorful drawing of a male-presenting figure. The figure is crossed-arm and sitting back in whats seems like a sofa. A cup of coffee sits on his right, and a potted plant and a vintage-looking radio are on his left.] -
Asia Negron, untitled, digital print, 2019 [A photograph depicting a street in New York. A fire hydrant with some graffiti supports a leaning concrete pole, which has fallen over, lifting up a piece of the sidewalk] -
Photo: Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta. [Installation view in a room with white walls and blue floors. In the middle of the wall there is votive candle stand filled with dark blue prayer candles. Above it there is a rectangular artwork with a black and white abstract image in the shape of a circle printed on metal. In the right edge of the image there is a white radiator.] -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [A person bends over an electric piano, her hair falling over her face. She is illuminated from behind by a brightly lit wall.] -
U.S. Projects: Howard Fried. Installation view, Artists Space, 1983. [A sink structure on wheels sits atop a tilted wooden table top with legs of varying sizes. Light from the ceiling is seen emanating onto the structure in the white-walled gallery space.] -
[A woman dressed in a suit sits among clouds in a blue sky, smiling, with six arms. Each hand is holding two phones, an alarm clock, globe, laptop, and folder.] -
Devin Kenny, Not This, 2018. Single channel video. [A screencapture from a video taken on a phone in Times Square, depicting a person facedown beside a car, still in motion, in the street.] -
Hunter Reynolds, Patina du Prey’s Memorial Dress: 1997 to 2007. Historical performance documentation. Photo: Maxine Henryson. [A portrait of a heavily made-up standing person in a ballgown with outstretched arms in black evening gloves. The dark ballgown has rows of light names on it.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Kay Gabriel and Paolo Javier. January 14, 2023, Artists Space. [Yellow and red text overlay a pink background with a drawing of a male bust in the bottom left corner. The text in the middle reads "Kay Gabriel / Segue Reading Series / Paolo Javier."] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Installation view, Artists Space, September 16, 2022 - December 3, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak [A picture of a gallery space with a phonebooth in the foreground. Behind the phonebooth is a reflective wooden base, and some plants. There is a video projected on a wall in the back of the space.] -
[Collaged atop a blue, beige, and orange field is a series of abstract graphic and typewritten elements, including a womans face placed sideways with green tape over it. In the middle, on a piece of blue paper, is the list of performers and text reading "aBASEmEnt 62 at ArTists SpACe" along with the location and time of the event.] -
[White text overlays a painting of a cityscape at night, which is predominantly black. The text reads: “Mar 16 / Frances Stark / Richard Foreman" Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Michael Asher. Installation View, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A series of reproduced photographic stills are displayed in a row along a white gallery wall. The stills are taken from a television broadcast and depict graphics from commercials, and the inside of a television studio. In the foreground is a magazine, displayed open on a plinth made from MDF. ] -
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Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A simple drawing of a figure with a horse-like head wearing a dress and black gloves. Text along the top reads: "thorn dress for the rianthrope." Text along the bottom reads "the shoulder length glove."] -
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 figures standing next to each other are playing the violin. Behind them is a white projector screen and a speaker.] -
[Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “April 6 / Wendy Lotterman / Joe Milutis.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
[An upside-down wooden stool is cast in a glowing, neon light. In the background, a rocking chair with decorative pillows appears out of focus.] -
Michael Asher. Installation View, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon. -
The Owl Answers. Performance documentation, February 29, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Filip Wolak. [Six figures each stand before a music stand in front of a seated audience. They are arranged side by side in a horizontal line, illuminated by overhead lights. A figure at the group's center is speaking. Their outstretched hand gestures towards the crowd.] -
Tiffany Sia, The Bastard Tongue (detail view), 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A long sheet of white paper, hung vertically, is attached to a stack of paper on the gallery floor.] -
Eiko Ishibashi: Two New York Nights. Performance documentation, June 8, 2022, 8pm. Artists Space, New York. [A figure faces towards a microphone and red light, playing some sort of instrument that is out of focus.] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. -
Abasement #79. Performance documentation, August 11th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers stand in the middle of a crowd, in a darkened basement. A red light casts a glow over the performers from their audio set-up in the middle of the room. ] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers pictured in front of soft pink, blue, and white light projected onto the wall behind them. Performer on left is smiling and pointing at the performer on right, who is seated in front of a mixing board and microphone.] -
Abasement #70. Performance documentation, July 1st, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [View of 3 performers on stage from center left. Performers pictured in front of soft pink, blue, and white light against a wall. Leftmost performers is seated, speaking into a microphone and manipulating a tape machine with hands. Performer in center is drinking from a blue water bottle. Rightmost performer is making sound through cupped hands into microphone. Sharply defined shadows against back wall. ] -
Mark Morrisroe. Still from Hello from Bertha (1983). [A person is seen in profile, speaking to someone out of frame. They are wearing a glittery gold top with a pink fur neckline and beaded necklaces of different colors. They have large flower-shaped earrings and colorful makeup, including blue, shiny eyeshadow. Their dark hair appears to be covered by a bleached wig.] -
Michael Sorkin, Model City, 1989. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A composition of lines, circles, and angles made of wood and metal is affixed to a wall, covering the surface.] -
Shala Miller & Malcolm Peacock, with Amiri Baraka's Cellar Vigil. Installation view (Shala Miller, Genesis, 2023), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A life-size vinyl against a black wall depicting a black-and-white image of a body in motion, multiple images are overlayed on top of each other to create a ghostly atmosphere.] -
Immanent Madness. Installation View. Artists Space, 1985-86. [A drawing of a chain attached to a constructed wall with text on the lower left of the page reading, "IMMINENT MADNESS THE WALL WE ARE NO LONGER CHAINED TO".] -
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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.] -
[A figure with dark, short hair wearing a brown shirt and white pants looks into the viewfinder of a large videocamera. They appear to stand on a precipice above the ocean, and their camera is aimed at the water below them.] -
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.] -
Tauba Auerbach, Reciprocal Helix (Z), 2014, 3D printed matte gold steel, 5 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 2/5 in / 14 x 3,2 x 1,1 cm, Signed and Numbered Certificate. [A gold helix sculpture.] -
Ian Bader. Spalation Clock, 1977. Section 2. [Drawing of architectural section in center of paper with white surrouding it.] -
Abasement #75. Performance documentation, February 3rd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of two performers on stage. The performer on the left is sitting down in front of a laptop. The performer to the right is standing up in front of a music stand, singing into a microphone. Multiple rows of audience members are visible from behind in the foreground. The wall behind the stage has multiple streaks of colored lights and a silhouetted image of tree branches. ] -
[White text on a turquoise and grey ombré background. The text reads: “Feb 22 / Eszter Balint / Juliana Huxtable / Rezarta Seferi.” 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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Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of a display case. Several mugs are stacked on top of each other on the left side of the case, while five others are placed haphazardly across its surface. Each white mug is decorated with black text that reads, *STANCHION*. Several photos of a nude woman are arranged across the surface of the case.] -
ART CLUB2000: Selected Works 1992–1999. Installation view, Artists Space, November 21, 2020 – January 30, 2021. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [A small drum set lit by a spotlight sits underneath a demolished wall.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure in a red sweater stands on stage, with three microphones placed around them. They hold a white conch shell in their hands, their mouth is open.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Nicholas Glastonbury & John Keene. Saturday March 6, 2021, Artists Space. [A pink colored background features black text in the top half of the image that reads, "Segue Reading Series / Nicholas Glastonbury & John Keene / March 6 / 5-6:30pm on Zoom / Suggested donation: Five dollars / Zoom ID: 830 2698 4031." Black text in the bottom right corner reads, "Artists Space."] -
[White text on a bright fuchsia background. The text reads: “Oct 25 / Wo Chan / Kay Gabriel.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Bernadette Corporation with Benjamin Alexander Huseby, BC Reloaded, 2012. [A photograph of a woman looking into the camera with one hand raised to her cheek. She wears a striped white Adidas soccer jersey with the "bc" logo in one corner, and her eyeshadow stops abruptly in the middle of her right eyelid, creating an artificial crease down her face.] -
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.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Image of a dimly lit basement with various sculptures made of wood and fresnel lenses placed around the space. Contact microphones are attached to the fresnel lenses and audio wires wrap around the floor. Along the back wall a blue projected image of live CCTV footage of the basement is displayed.] -
A Strategy Hinted At. Installation view, Artists Space, 1996. [Five works depicting wood patterns in various tones are arranged in a horizontal line on a white wall.] -
SCRAAATCH, Untitled July 4th Performance, 2022. Photo: Mo Costello. [A microphone and lights are set up in a field, with trees along the horizon line.] -
Jonathan Lyndon Chase: his beard is soft, my hands are empty. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of one wall of a gallery space, shot head-on. The wall is painted black, and six colorful, and intimate paintings of Black Queer figures are arranged across it. White and yellow drawings are pained onto the wall, complementing and placed around the artworks.] -
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[Black and white cropped image of an animal-like figure. An eye is located on the upper right corner. Feathers and fur fill the frame.] -
Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency. Installation view (Movements in the Snow, 1990, Herbal Chart, c. 1980), Artists Space, October 8, 2021 – January 15, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a floorbound television monitor, showing a figure in a snow bank. Above is an annotated drawing of a human figure.] -
Book cover for The Stagnant Society by Michael Shanks. Design by Richard Hollis. Published by Penguin Books, London, 1961. Courtesy Richard Hollis [A red background, half the Union Jack poisitoned behind sillhouette's of five men and a car, and text that reads, "The Stagnant Society, Michael Shanks."] -
Nick Mauss, This afternoon, 2012, 5-color, hand-stenciled gouache on paper, each unique 24 x 18 inches, Signed and numbered. [A gestural line drawing of two figures embracing set against a geomatric pattern of blue, teal, brown, red, and pink rectangular forms.] -
[Pink cursive text at an ascending angle which reads "Undoolay," with horizontal green text underneath that reads "Lucas Duwenhogger."] -
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Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [On the right, a figure speaking into a microphone appears to be in conversation with two humanoid blue birds.] -
Carlos Motta. We Who Feel Differently, 2012. New Museum, New York. Courtesy Mor Charpentier Galerie, Paris [Installation photograph. The floor is covered with multicolored carpet strips, some of which are raised above the floor to create seating or shelving for CRT television monitors. On the wall, several black-and-white artworks are hung, depicting human figures, and text is printed on the wall "WE WHO FEEL DIFFERENTLY." Several visitors stand and sit around the room.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 29, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of visitors standing around a gallery space, conversing and studying the works on the wall.] -
Nandi Loaf, Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, ricardo nagaoka, Sydney Schrader. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [A twinkling black Christmas tree stands in the foreground as the gallery walls recede. A few paintings hang on the more distant walls. ] -
Anarchism Without Adjectives: On the Work of Christopher D’Arcangelo (1975–1979). Installation view, Artists Space, 2011. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A long rectangular wooden table supporting three television monitors facing outwards on different sides. Two small wooden seats with wired headphones resting on them are arranged in front of the leftmost monitor.] -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves, Better homes and gardens back by popular demand, 2021. Magazine, artists tape, overall dimensions variable. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [Magazine pages are arranged in several rows on a white gallery wall. Below the pages is a row of sketches on yellow paper.] -
[A person in a white button-down shirt with an outline of a black tie drawn on the front of the shirt. Their hands are adjusting the collar of the shirt.] -
Place, (title to be determined), for a Participant: Ken Feingold. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Two photographs are mounted on a white gallery wall.] -
Unholding. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three paper bags, decorated in collage and drawing, sit on pedestals of varying heights. An abstract lanscape painting hangs on a wall behind them. To the left, a purple painting of an buffalo hangs on another wall.] -
Willie Cole A.R.T. (in the new world order), 1994, Oilstick on framed blackboard, 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm), Signed & numbered. [A black chalk board displays various words written in white chalk. The word "ART" in all caps boldly appears as a header and twelve additional words are written below. Four words are crossed out with red chalk.] -
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[White text on a turquoise and grey ombré background. The text reads: “Feb 15 / Lynne Tillman / Audrey Wollen.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Shala Miller performs Genesis: Medley. Performance documentation, May 11, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Roy Baizan. [Black & white photograph of one side and the entrance into a gallery room. The walls are painted black, and at the corner of the entrance stands a performer singing into a microphone stand. Around him and along the wall audience members sit on the floor or stand.] -
Chang Yuchen: Coral Dictionary Vol. 1: 2019-2022. Performance documentation, April 28, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Lane Lang. [figure in a blue dress sits behind a white table, facing an audience. On the wall behind the presenter is a projected video that depicts an array of dried coral pieces on the left, and next to them a hand places a paper with illustrations of coral and a chart with notes underneath.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Two figures in blue morph suits face off, with one figure sitting down on a wooden box looking up at the other figure who stands above them wearing wings made of fresnel lenses. All the way on the right a figure takes video footage of the scene.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Kimberly Alidio and Rae Armantrout. October 8, 2022, Artists Space. [Light blue text overlays a dark blue background. The top left corner reads: "Kimberly Alidio & Rae Armantrout / October 8, 5pm." The middle reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE.” The bottom left reads: “11 Cortland Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519."] -
[An animation of a black and white clock whose hands move backwards. The clock is positioned on a silhouette of a head in profile. Sans-serif text below the graphic reads, "The Fainnie Azul Horologe."] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure in a blue shirt kneels down on stage, they look down and hold a microphone to their face. Red light is cast onto the stage.] -
[Black text on a grey background. The text reads: “Dec 6 / Nada Gordon / Kit Robinson.” 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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Heist Divination (fwiw remix). Performance documentation, October 25th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [A performer's hand adjusts the dials of audio equipment which is placed on top of a small desk. Their hands are adorned with rings and bracelets, and the scene is bathed in green light. The background is blue and purple tinted, and there are blurred silhouettes of audience members behind the performer.]
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