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Abasement #73. Performance documentation, November 4th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer with long blonde hair and a black baseball cap sits on stage at a table covered in electronic instruments. Their face is lit with red light. The background is dark, but a few audience members are visible. ] -
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] -
Andy Robert, koulèv, 2023. Cast iron radiator, snakeskin. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A color image of a dark green radiator placed on the floor. Parts of the radiator are covered in snake skin, while other sections feature chipping, hunter green paint and large patches of rust.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Joey Yearous-Algozin and Filip Marinovich. Saturday, April 24, 2021, Artists Space. [Multicolored circles, torii (donut shapes), and a cylinder are on a yellow-orange gradient background. The image is overlaid with the text, "artists space & the segue reading series / merrily invite you to an online reading by / Joey Yearous-Algozin / and / Filip Marinovich / saturday 4.24.21 5pm eastern / $5 suggested it'll be terrific / zoom id: 830 2698 4031] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [Portrait of a figure caught offguard.] -
The Owl Answers. Performance documentation, February 29, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Filip Wolak. [Close up of two figures standing before a set of music stands, their hands turning the pages of a script. They gaze at each other while the figure on the right speaks, their arm raised towards their chest in a small gesture. This figure wears glasses and an elaborate, gold and black collar piece.] -
virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a windowsill with a larger yellow book and a small black book. The yellow book reads "Sol" in black text. The front book reads "Sol Lewitt Lost Voices Synagogue Stommeln 2005" in white text. To the left of the windowsill is a piece of semitransparent fabric hung from grey metal scaffolding.] -
We Are The History of the Future: Listening to the LES online presentation, My Story Our Story Quilt, P.S. 140 7th grade students [A screenshot of a video call presentation. Names of individuals are weaved together digitally in a quilt-like fashion. These names are flanked on the right side by the images of ten individuals who are joining the call remotely.] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cutouts and printed images overlay a colorful background with red, white, blue and yellow pieces collaged together. A cutout of an eye is placed in the center, and to the right of it is text that reads "ABASEMENT 66." Along the bottom right is a cutout of yellow paper has handwritten text in red ink, listing the performers and date of the performance.] -
Cindy Sherman. Work unknown. [Black and white photo of various figures in an office space. The set and costumes are in the style of the 1950s. One woman sits at a desk looking through papers, one woman sits at a typewriter. Three other figures are also in the space in casual poses.] -
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Renee Gladman, Untitled (black city), 2022, oil pastel and pigment on paper, 30 x 44 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a drawing consisting of green, purple, yellow, and red lines and shapes that form an abstract composition. Single line white drawings complement the composition.] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of a gallery wall. A video is projected onto it. Next to the projection is a shelf holding an audio device consisting of a machine, speakers, and light sensors. A black-and-white photograph also hangs on the wall.] -
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Tilo Schulz, Remake Performance, Artists Space, 2004. [Two men walking inside a large inflatable sphere being followed by a crowd of people, some who are filming them, outside in a grassy and paved area.] -
Marvin Torffield. Sesondo, 1974. Three coat plaster on wire lathe with nova ply and Masonite. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. Credit: Marvin Torffield. [A black and white installation photograph of two figures in front of a curved white wall in a gallery space.] -
Yasunao Tone, Score for Trio for a Flute Player, 1985. [Six lines of calligraphy written in black ink on white paper are lined by musical staves.] -
Judit Kurtág. Still from Episode, 2007. [A black and white image of a floppy, stuffed rabbit toy. It is sitting on fabric and leaning up against a wall with faint floral design.] -
Danica Barboza, Jason Hirata, Yuki Kimura, Duane Linklater. Installation view, Artists Space, 2019. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Installation view of several works in a gallery space. Twelve long wooden poles are mounted on a white gallery wall in a circular formation, projecting out from the wall and intersecting a line of black columns, forming a teepee shape. A large piece of brown linen stained with various black, white, and rust-colors hangs from the poles. Part of the linen drapes on the ground below the teepee structure. A wooden wardrobe stands against a wall in front of the structure. Several bottles filled with urine stand in a line behind the structure, in front of an abstract sculpture in the corner of the room. The sculpture contains a humanoid head, a TV monitor, and haphazard pieces of wooden and cardboard.] -
[White text overlays a background of a close-up picture of grass and grey rocks. The text reads: “April 15 / hannah baer / Early Shinada." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
[A grid of yellow hearts on a pink background.] -
[Black text overlays a pixelated gradient pattern in various hues of pink and yellow. The text reads: “April 27 / Stephon Lawrence / Manuel Paul López.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Doris Guo, Matthew Langan-Peck, Isabelle Frances McGuire, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Color image of a gallery installation containing four large wooden box sculptures by Matthew Langan-Peck, three of which are slightly open and have headphones hanging from their sides. To the left, a dark blue box is painted with a repeated traffic light motif. The box in the center foreground is messily painted sky blue, with two yellow shooting stars on one side. In the background, to the right, two wooden boxes sit next to each other, one painted light yellow and the other covered in imitation gold leaf.] -
Zilia Sánchez. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three light, mauve-colored walls in an exhibition space each display several canvases. The three walls are arranged such that they are parallel to each other. Each of the canvases are slightly three-dimensional, with elements that stretch in or out from their surfaces.] -
William E. Jones. Still from v.o., 2006. [A man, looking toward the camera, in the midst of pulling his shirt off exposing his torso. A subtitle typed in white at the bottom reads "No, I wasn't talking about death."] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [A figure in a blue morph suit stands, their hands on their waist, and looks to the left. A figure behind them films them. Blue video footage is projected onto the back wall.] -
LIFE—a group show, curated by Arnold J. Kemp. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [An assortment of artworks are seen in the large gallery space. On the left, an assemblage of materials affixed to the wall on floor connected through a metal thread. Behind are framed works and a plinth displaying colorful sculptures. In the right of the gallery are red, white, and blue wax candles spelling "LOVE" sitting abundantly on metal armatures. Further to the right is a colorful artwork forming the Star of David, and behind on the gallery walls are glimpses of assemblage artworks.] -
Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 8, 2022, 7pm. Artists Space, New York. Photo: Paula Court [Two figures wearing medical scrubs stand across from each other, with a table with a mannequin on it in the middle.] -
Abasement #80. Performance documentation, September 22nd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Two performers are on stage, the performer on the left side plays a guitar, and the performer on the right plays a cello. The stage and wall behind it are bathed in blue light, created from projections of a geometric pattern.] -
Urban Pornography. Installation view, Artists Space, 2001. [Several photographs installed in a gallery space with white walls and wooden flooring. Four color photographs are arranged in a vertical line on a wall to the right side of the image. The wall terminates to the left of the displayed photographs, and a second wall extends into the gallery space directly behind it. Two large images comprised of pink and purple hues hang on a far gallery wall in the background of the image. The image on the left displays a futuristic looking, interior space.] -
Yuki Kimura, Wardrobe Extensions Version 4, Oracle, Berlin, 2018. [A two-toned wardrobe constructed from wood stands between two framed mirrors mounted on a yellow-orange wall above marble tiling. The reflection between the two mirrors causes the wardrobe's image to be repeated infinitely.] -
Michael Brewster. Text and documentation of installations, Inside, Outside, Down and Soliloquies, 1977. [A speaker balances on its side on the top of a step ladder in a gallery space. Directly above the ladder are four large window panes which look out onto trees.] -
Jeff Feld, Performance of the only part of Robert Rauschenberg's "Pelican" that I know, 2001. [A person on roller skates and knee pads with a large, fabric umbrella held on his back.] -
[White text on a grey ombré background. The text reads: “March 29 / Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge / James Sherry.” 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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ART CLUB2000 Gli Avvoltoi (The Vultures), detail, 1995 Vinyl paint and newsprint flyer Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A view of a wall mural displaying multiple cartoon vultures resting on black scaffolding.] -
Beech Forest. Performance view, Artists Space, 2007. [A darkened gallery room with several standing lights pointing to illuminate a corner. In the corner, a figure stands, wearing a coat and a hat with her hands in her pockets, facing away from the camera. She is framed by an empty metal stand.] -
Four Scottish Artists. Opening Reception, Artists Space, 1979. [A photograph of the exhibition opening reception. A group of visitors look around at the art.] -
[Dark blue text overlays red-pink background. The text reads: “March 11 / Yuko Otomo / Ed Steck." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Drake Carr: Housecalls. Performance documentation, September 7, 2023, Artists Space at the Armory Show. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A color image of a man sitting down on a low sofa. He is seen, through a window, holding up a portrait of him that depicts him in this specific scenario.] -
We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [A light sculpted figure appears on a pedestal in the foreground and behind it appears a map with images of humans and nature.] -
Charles Simonds. Still from Mythologies, 1974. From Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, James Biederman, Charles Simonds, Artists Space, 1974. [A black and white film still of two figures on a sidewalk, one stands against a stone wall looking through a small opening in the stone.] -
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LOOP 2 Pamphlet Cover, Artists Space, 1990. [A series of black and white film stills appear projected on a black background. Below them, white text reads "LOOP 2 Cultures Converge May 31-June 30 Artists Space."] -
Anne Bray. Installation View of Man on First and Third, 1987. Slide and sound installation. [A black and white photograph of two projectors hanging central in a darkened gallery and projecting images onto two separate screens in the foreground with light coming in from the background] -
New Red Order: Feel at Home Here. Installation view, Artists Space, May 19 – August 21, 2021. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of an exhibition space with a sculpted, larger than life head. On the right is a large painting of a hand holding a flower, and on the left, is a table with red cover that reads "NEW RED ORDER" sits in between three tv monitors.] -
Porcelain Lenin figures from DADALENIN Limited Special Edition, 2013. [Black busts of Vladimir Lenin arranged in a grid formation on a table.] -
Group Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 1974. [A color installation photograph of a gallery space with a central opening. A black canvas hangs on the wall on the left, and several yellow sculptures are visible on the right.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure performs on stage using a microphone and an audio mixer, with the audience in the back left of the image.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Detail view of a black display case depicting an image of woman printed on a white cloth, with the title *2000 WASTED YEARS*. She is sitting down in an antique chair, one foot up, wearing a full-body black-and-white suit adorned with black English and Japanese lettering.] -
SCRAAATCH. Performance documentation, November 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Two figures perform in a basement. On the left a figure with a video camera and shoulder rig takes footage of another figure on the right, dressed in a blue morph suit, and pushing a semicircular rolling table made of wood and fresnel lenses. Along the back wall blue and purple tinted live CCTV video footage is projected.] -
[A catalogue cover design featuring a black and white illustration of the head of a bear. Large, black serif text above the bear's head reads, "Art's Mouth," while smaller white text positioned underneath the bear's head reads, "May 16-June 29, 1991 ARTISTS SPACE"] -
The Founders Dinner, 2019. [A color photo of several individuals seated at banquet-style dining tables. Individuals are clapping and looking around the large reception space.] -
Enough Tiranny Recalled, 1972–2009. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A installation wide shot of a room with five silver columns. In the foreground, there is a rectangular pool filled with water with two spouts spraying water in fountains. A second pool built from wood is visible in the background. Between the two, there are various objects including a low-hanging disco ball, a vase with flowers, strands of string lights, and more. On the back wall, the word "TIRANNY" is handwritten in block letters, partially obscured by one of the columns. The room is lit by standing colorful lights with pink and blue tones.] -
Jill Mulleady, A Thought That Doesn't Change Remains a Stupid Lie, 4, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of an oil painting of a flower arrangment, placed in a glass jar on a black table. The flowers are dying and falling over the sides of the jar, which holds a shallow amount of yellowed water.] -
Rashaad Newsome. Still from Shade Compositions, 2012. Video, color, sound; 50 minutes. Courtesy the artist. [A group of five performers dressed in red and white monochromatic outfits stand in front of microphones gesturing with their hands.] -
Richard Hollis, Whitechapel Gallery advertisement, 1980. [A blue flyer with the word "OPEN." printed in yellow.] -
New Economy. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [An installation view of two rows of photographic portraits tacked to the walls. In the background is a red, white and black print that says "Imagine that capitalist revelations are overcome by local economic federations of grassroots groups that produce according to regional demand."] -
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devynn emory, Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 18, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [Two figures dressed in blue are holding a red fabric between them. In the distance, a manneqin in yellow clothing is lying on a table covered in red fabric. To the right, orange and yellow draped figures appear in the background.] -
John Miller, The Ruin of Exchange and Other Writings on Art (JRP Ringier, 2012). [A book cover depicting a a desert with a hollowed-out egg shaped rock in the foreground and a tank in the background.] -
Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing. Installation View, Artists Space, 1989. Photo: Frances Miller Smith. [A gallery with low lighting and white walls is hung with a painting and a grid of photographs. More artworks are visible around a corner in another room.] -
Charles Ahearn, still from Sinatra, c. 1977. Black and white video, 3 min. [Black and white image of an open mouth, only partially visible in the darkness. A candle hovers in front, illuminating the figure's teeth, gums, and tongue.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure in a suit stands on stage, behind a music stand and speaks into a microphone.] -
Sarah Morris, still from Strange Magic, 2014. REDCODE HD digital video, 45 min 8 sec. Courtesy the artist. [Close-up of a bottle of golden Dior perfume decorated with a black bow resting on a white surface.] -
SCRAAATCH, Tower of Babel, 2019, Les Urbaines. Photo: Mathilda Olmi [In front of a large colorful projection, a figure wearing headphones around their neck leans down over musical technology.] -
[Rainbow and white text on a black background reads "Book and/Edition/Sale/July 16-19/Downstairs/at ARTISTS/SPACE."] -
Spread from Harun Farocki Diagrams. Images from Ten Films, stills from Images of the World and the Inscription of War, 1988. [Fifteen images arranged in a grid, depicting close-ups of human faces and arial views of war.] -
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keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure dressed in all white, dancing in a corridor bathed in red light.] -
Frank Palaia, When Will We Learn?, 1990. Automobile hood, paint, 48 x 58 inches. [A car hood is shown hanging on a white wall, painted with small, silhouetted figures of people and animals,] -
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Abasement #63. Performance documentation, July 17, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Close-up color image of a musician holding a saxaphone to his body. One hand holds the instrument while the other hand is held up to his face in a contemplative gesture. Hues from diffused rainbow and bright purple lights are cast against the performer and in the interior space.] -
Constantina Zavitsanos, Ace of Spades (detail), 2024. Z interferometer: two aluminized 6" diameter spherical mirrors, LED illumination source, knife edge on mounts; soldering iron, fan, infrared light, steel tables. Dimensions variable. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A detail photograph shows a black scientific mount that holds a razor blade. A semicircle of bright blue light shines at the blade’s edge.] -
Jonathan Lyndon Chase: his beard is soft, my hands are empty. Installation view (memory of barbers touch, 2022; Poems 1 -6, 2023), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of a close-up of a floating vitrine on a red wall, with four small paintings hung in a series above the vitrine. Inside the vitrine are six pages, with poems written on them and drawings of flowers decorating the pages. Thefour paintings above the poems depict Black Queer figures in darkened environments with gold, and colorful accents.] -
Speaker Music (DeForrest Brown, Jr.), portrait by Ting Ding, 2019, Shirt & Harness by HECHA / 做. [A man in t-shirt and fabric harness crouching, face slightly obscured behind metal pipes, wearing a baseball cap saying "MAKE TECHNO BLACK AGAIN"] -
Union Gaucha Productions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A small device with a screen and cables is stuck to a closed door with a glass window and safety guard. The screen displays a blurred close up image of two hands grazing one another.] -
Pictures. Opening Reception, Artists Space, September 23, 1977. Photo: D. James Dee. [Black and white installation photograph of a gallery. a figure stands on the left, contemplating several wall hangings. A dog is visible on the right, wagging its tail.] -
[White text overlays a background of a blue sky, tree tops, and tadpoles. The text reads: “May 20 / Fred Moten / Onyx Collective (Austin Williamson & Isaiah Barr) " Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
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Sonic Godiva Music Fest. Performance documentation, November 19, 2005, Artists Space. [An aerial view of a naked woman with long, brown hair riding on a saddled brown and white horse down a cobbled urban street. There are parked cars on either side of her, a single lampost, and a few pedestrians looking on. She casts a long shadow onto the cobbled street.] -
Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. [A brightly painted red wall with the phrase “TWO-WAY” centered in large white text. The floor in front of the wall, and to the side is covered in a pattern of light blue linoleum tiles. Brown columns stretch into the darkness behind the wall.] -
Gary Burnley, Martin Cohen, Candance Hill-Montgomery, Lewis Stein, Haim Steinbach. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Gary Burnley. [A black and white photograph of a multicolored globe sitting on a wooden floor.] -
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Circus Amok, Escape to New York. Performance documentation, August 13, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Paula Court [Two figures stand back to back, juggling clubs above their heads.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a large empty room bathed in a red light. Along one wall, a performer dressed in white stands against the wall, bending over and looking to their left. A bright white light shines from their hips and a sheath of crinkly, reflective one-way mirror film lays on the ground in front of them.] -
Jill Kroesen, Previews of Lou and Walter. Performance documentation, November 12, 1977, Artists Space. [A black and white photograph of a figure sitting on a table. They hold a microphone in their right hand, and extend their left hand down behind a dark object on the surface of the table.] -
Christopher Wool, untitled (wool poster between bridges), 2020, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [A black and white image featuring a large, dark shape that resembles a plus sign. The plus sign sits at the center of a white backdrop covered by various irregular markings, including a large ink blot and print markings. While the surface of the plus sign is opaque, the background markings are slightly transparent. Small black text placed at the image's lower left corner reads, "2020Solidarity - Christopher Wool," while text placed at the image's lower right corner reads, "A project by Between Bridges."] -
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.] -
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Amalle Dublon & Constantina Zavitsanos, Mach Zehnder Interferometer, 2018. [Detail view of an interferometer emitting a green light onto a white wall.] -
[A black and white scan of an invoice from Corcraft Products issued to Artists Space at 38 Greene Street. The customer number reads "9102000". The invoice details a net purchase of $1470.00] -
[Dark blue text overlays red-pink background. The text reads: “February 4 / Dodie Bellamy / Paige K. B." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Eiko Ishibashi: Two New York Nights. Performance documentation, June 9, 2022, 8pm. Artists Space, New York. Photo: Paula Court [A figure wearing a suit plays guitar, their feet dangling over a pedal.] -
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Installation view of Social Disease and Two Possibilities, Artists Space, April 12, 1986 - May 10, 1986. [A color television CRT monitor is visible with a man's face on it. This monitor is shrouded in darkness and some indistinguishable object appears to be touching the screen.] -
Wolfgang Tillmans exhibition at David Zwirner, 2024 -
Susan Eder. Installation view, Artists Space, 1976. [A black and white installation view of three square photographs with wide white matting attached to a wall.] -
Not yet titled, 2019
Clay, glaze, mixed media
12 x 13 x 5 inches (variable)
$5,000
[A tan and green object stands on a white base. On the flat surface of the object, an onion and a lemon are connected by a rainbow wire. In the base of the object a processing chip is embedded.] -
Yuji Agematsu: Chasing Milford. Performance documentation, January 15, 2022, Artists Space. [A color photograph of a figure standing behind audio mixing equipment and a microphone in an orange-lit space. A crowd looks on.] -
Abasement #74. Performance documentation, December 2nd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Musician holding a microphone stand with both hands. Their eyes are closed and they are wearing glasses. A blue guitar is around their body. The background and the musicians face are decorated with green, blue, red, and yellow abstract patterns.] -
Jenny Snider. A Solitude Encompassing the World, 1985. -
Portrait of Carman Moore. [A color photograph of a figure from the chest up. Moore wears a green collared shirt and looks directly into the camera. He stands in front of a translucent glass background, in whose reflection buildings are faintly visible.] -
In The Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Four red bean bags are arranged on a gallery floor around four small tv monitors, each facing a different direction. The monitors are installed on a low, square plinth.] -
Alza Tu Voz, exhibition at Washington Heights Public Library, 2017 [A photo of a front desk in a library - several desks with computers, bookshelves, and a couch are also visible. Four paintings lie on top of the bookshelves, depicting stylized figures against block color backgrounds] -
Jack Smith, Untitled (Plaster Foundation of Atlantis), 35mm slide, c. 1970. Copyright: Jack Smith Archive. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels. [An assortment of fake flowers, tinsel, a disfigured mannequin's leg, used tissues, empty whiskey bottles, and other festive detritus.] -
[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."] -
Traci Tullius, Some People Never Learn, 2001. [A figure with long brown hair wearing a gray sweater over a light pink and white button-down shirt closes their eyes as a thrown book flies towards their face.] -
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.] -
The Fairy Tale: Politics, Desire and Everyday Life. Installation View. Artists Space, 1986. [A woman looks down and opens a package in her hands while a man looks at her. Peep show neon signs can be viewed in the background.] -
Installation view, Wyn Geleynse film installation, Artists Space, May 24, 1986 - June 28, 1986. [On the left one can see a bright image of a man standing profile view and on the right appears a photograph of a naked woman shielding her face. Blackness surrounds these two images.] -
Devynn Emory: Grandmother Cindy. Performance documentation, May 8, 2022, 7pm. Artists Space, New York. Photo: Paula Court [Two figures wearing medical scrubs move a table with wheels, on which a mannequin lies.] -
[A black and white scan of an invoice from Corcraft Products issued to Artists Space at 38 Greene Street. The customer number reads "9102000". The invoice details a net purchase of $603.10] -
Yasunao Tone: Region of Paramedia. Installation view (Music for Several Composers, Solo for Several Composers, Music for Every Tablaux, and Music for Footpeddal Organ, 1962-64; Diagram for Music for Footpeddal, 1962-64), Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photograph of two framed works that are hung on the wall. The piece on the left contains typed instructions for a musical performance, and the piece on the left contains hand-written notes for another performance.] -
Jutta Koether, xxapollo. Performance documentation, Artists Space, January 5, 2020. Photo © Paula Court. [A person dressed in all pink grips a heart-shaped canvas in front of her, while her eyes look past the camera. She is surrounded by rapt audience members behind her. There are light spots reflected at even intervals patterning the room.] -
William S. Burroughs. Target #5 (July 29, 1997), 1997 Courtesy John Giorno. . Photo: Adam Reich -
Forgetting the Art World, by Pamela M. Lee, published by MIT Press, 2012. [A white book cover with a narrow column of red and wider column of black on the left side. It is titled, "Forgetting the Art World" by Pamela M. Lee.] -
Sonic Godiva Music Fest. Performance documentation, November 19, 2005, Artists Space. [A naked woman with long, brown hair rides on a saddled brown and white horse down a cobbled urban street. One green and one red car are parked on the side of the street directly behind her, and various passerby look up towards her as she passes by. A red flag with white text reading, "UNIQLO" hangs from a rightmost building behind the horse.] -
Still from Sacrifice/Gisei (1959). [A black and white image of a man lying on the ground, his arms and legs splayed out as if in agony. His eyes are closed and his face is contorted.] -
Neraldo de la Paz. Melania's Thigh, 1982. [A small constructed dancing figurine appears on a pedestal with light shining on it from the right creating a shadow on its left.] -
_____, Louise Lawler, Adrian Piper & Cindy Sherman Have Agreed to Participate in an Exhibition Organized by Janelle Reiring at Artists Space, September 23 through October 28, 1978, Artists Space, 1978. Installation view, Artists Space, 1978. [Sheets of text hang on a white wall. Text is too small to be legible.] -
Gillian Wearing, All I Ever Wanted Was Love, 1992/93, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [Photograph of a youthful figure with short brown hair wearing blue jeans and a dark shirt with a green jacket tossed over their left shoulder. A black bandana covers their mouth, obscuring the lower half of their face. They hold a sign in front of their chest with both hands. The phrase, "ALL I EVER WANTED WAS LOVE" is scrawled across the sign in handwritten text. A hand-drawn image of a sun and palm tree decorate the right side of the poster. The figure stares directly at the viewer and poses against a dark wall. Small white text placed at the image's lower left corner reads, "2020Solidarity - Gillian Wearing."] -
YAP (Young Artist Perform), P.S. 140, 2019 [Several students sit on the edge of a wooden stage holding printed sheets of paper. One girl reads from her paper while holding a microphone] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure wearing a baseball cap sits in a chair and plays the guitar, their legs crossed.] -
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Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Installation view, Artists Space, New York, 2022. [A color image of a dark room featuring illuminated yellow and orange shapes floating on the wall and reflected on the floor.] -
Abasement #76. Performance documentation, March 3rd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performer on stage, standing in front of various types of electronic audio equipment. They are wearing a monochromatic purple outfit and glasses. The wall behind them is decorated with blue, orange, and purple projections. The left side of the room is lit with small blue dots reflecting from a disco ball. A few audience members are visible in the bottom edge of the image.] -
New Art Auction and Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 1977. [A black and white installation view of a gallery space with windows and a doorframe. Several artworks hang from the walls.] -
Mark Fell, Isomorphism and Totality (projection still), 2010. [An emanating, abstract blue and black circle on a teal backdrop.] -
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 displayed in a multilevel gallery space. An old tv monitor, a coffee machine, and an artificial seagull are placed near a yellow boombox sitting on a black rug. Beside the boombox is a large image of a group of individuals in a defaced bedroom.] -
virgil b/g taylor, Minor Publics. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a gallery space. A small framed photograph hangs from the far wall, perpendicular to a dark metal column next to grey metal scaffolding.] -
Goodman, Ken. [A sculpture is seen on the left leaning on a platform and on the right is a painter's palette lying next to it.] -
Bookstore at 55 Walker Street. [A photo of the bookstore at 55 Walker Street - the front half is a bookstore, while the back half is an empty exhibition/performance space. Both have white walls and a light wood floor. They are divided by a temporary wall with a large doorway, which leaves a large gap between the top of the temporary wall and the ceiling. The back half is empty, with windows letting in light on the furthest wall. The front half has bookshelves adorning the walls, with a lower shelf to keep some books on display. A red pipe runs floor-to-ceiling between two columns of shelves.] -
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Abasement #73. Performance documentation, November 4th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Image of a performer on stage in a yellow shirt and baseball cap playing the drums. They are facing an audience. To their right is another performer playing the guitar. The room is dark with red and blue-tinted light.] -
[Text superimposed across a deep green and blue image of architectural blueprints depicting both structures and topography. Small white text on the center right side of the image reads, "L.E.FT : SQUATVILLE / 03.09 - 05.01.2004 / ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN PROJECT SERIES." Large yellow text running up the left side of the image and arranged such that it reads from the bottom to the top of the image reads, "ARTISTS SPACE."] -
Moderns in Mind. Installation view, Artists Space, April 12, 1986 - May 10, 1986. [Two sculptures appear on pedestals in the foreground and a painting is visible in the background in a white-walled gallery space.] -
Everything is common. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Steven Cottingham. [A color photograph of a gallery space with several columns. In between two columns, a large fabric work is stretched with an image of cows lying on the ground. To the right, in between two other columns, a painting on fabric that depicts two people on a green background is hanging. Further in the background, a painting is visible hanging on the wall. In the foreground, one board from a cornhole set is resting on the floor.] -
The Low Riders: Meridel Rubenstein. Postcard, Artists Space, 1981. [A black and white image of three individuals, one sitting inside a car and the others standing against it.] -
Lyndon Barrois Jr., Double Appear (After Vuillard), 2013. Oil on board, artist frame, solvent transfer, plywood. 23.5 x 18.5 inches. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A gold framed painting of a seated figure with a grey beard in a tawny toned space.] -
Beverly Semmes, Eel Mat (detail), 1989. Copper, aluminum, hay, and chicken wire. Dimensions variable. [Long, thin bundles of hay are arranged one over the other, mimicking the woven pattern of a textile.] -
[A black and white line drawing of a person in an art gallery looking at a portrait on the wall. There is another piece on the wall of a person holding a rectangular box and blowing a bubble.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure stands behind a microphone, smiling and looking off into the audience.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Tyrone Williams and Joselia Rebekah Hughes. Saturday, December 11, 2021, Artists Space. [Black text overlays a mauve background. The top left corner reads: "Tyrone Williams & Joselia Rebekah Hughes." The center right reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE." The bottom left reads: "Saturday December 11 - 5pm, 11 Cortland Alley + Zoom". The image of a 5 dollar bill is placed within the text.] -
LIFE—a group show, curated by Arnold J. Kemp. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Carter Seddon [Along the gallery wall from left to right is an assemblage scultpure of found objects ranging from lightbulbs to racoon tails. To the right is a sculpture of chicken wings dangling from the wall. Further along is an offwhite square nearly flush with the wall. And on the floor sits a chair adorned with cloth and green onion.] -
[A book cover opened so the front and back are visible. There is a black rectangle with white text reading, "Whose Choice" with a handprint and an illustration of internal organs. Small text at the bottom of the image reads, "...prior to quickening..." / "...suffer imprisonment..." / "...right to privacy..."] -
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.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 10, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure performs on stage, standing behind a microphone with a shocked expression and their hands up.] -
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We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [Small sculptures on pedestals are lined up diagonally in front of a map and various images.] -
[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."] -
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Andy Robert: PAPALOKO. Installation view(Ruin, 2023; Untitled, 2023), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Color image of a gallery space. To the left, a taxidermied griffon vulture rests on a branch protuding from a section of a tree. Rusted, chain link fence is interwoven into the bark of the tree. Off to the right, a small shovel afixed to a childs chair is placed on the ground.] -
Judith Barry. In the Shadow of the City (Vampry...). Installation view. Artists Space, 1985. [A video projection on a scrim of an urban environment with a store and a park lot visible with buildings in the background. A standing box with a wire coming from the back is visible and another box with a wire from the back is visible on the right wall. All of this is set up in a gallery setting.] -
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Drake Carr, Tonne Goodman, 2023. Colored pencil on paper. 40 1/8 x 30 1/8 inches. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of an unframed colorful drawing reasting on a wooden easel. The drawing shows a figure elagantly sitting cross-legged on a black chair. In the background, two painting are on the floor laying against the wall.] -
Flyer for Segue Reading Series featuring Andrea Abi-Karam, Eduardo Kac and Montana Ray. October 15, 2022, Artists Space. [Light blue text overlays a dark blue background. The top left corner reads: "Andrea Abi-Karam / Eduardo Kac & Montana Ray / October 15, 5pm." The middle reads: "Segue Reading Series & ARTISTS SPACE.” The bottom left reads: “11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519."] -
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Frames 2-9: installation views of Ken Lum’s “Untitled Sculpture”; Frames 10-23:installation views of Nic Nicosia’s “Domestic Dramas” ; Frames 27-35: installation views of Peter Waite’s “Las Meninas”. Artists Space, 1982. [Contact sheets made from the installation of the exhibition.] -
[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.] -
A film by Michael Asher. Documentation, January 23rd, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: John Miller. [A film projector is set up in the middle of a darkened room, facing a blank wall. A rectangular grey image is projected onto the wall. A group of seated spectators are backlit by the projected image.] -
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.] -
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[A metal statue is being lifted from its platform by a crane via ropes around its neck and feet. A large building is visible behind it.] -
The Fairy Tale: Politics, Desire and Everyday Life. Installation View. Artists Space, 1986. [A table with household items like cereal and plates and cups appear on it; next to this lies a bed and a television set. Wall paper is visible along with small framed pictures on the wall in a gallery setting.] -
[Black, Arial text, reads, "The Library of Helen DeWitt."] -
U.S. Projects: Peter Shelton. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [A large square edifice with an opening in its center bottom held up off the floor with numerous steel rods on its sides in a gallery setting. A shadow of a human figure appears/disappears in front of the work.] -
Abasement #64. Performance documentation, August 7, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color photo of two men sitting at a work table that holds various electronic and musical equipment. The man seated closest to the camera is playing a trumpet, while the other performer at his side actively works at a computer. The performance venue is dimly lit while a projection and some pink overhead lights provide some illumination.] -
Students at the Schomberg Center, 2024 -
Jutta Koether: xxapollo. Performance documentation, January 5, 2020, Artists Space. Photo © 2020 Paula Court. [Various objects sit on a concrete floor, including a miniature disco ball, a painted heart-shaped canvas, and a tangle of cords.] -
It's Get Better IV, 2016. [A flyer for the event, depicting a Manhattan city block with neon-hued clouds in the background.] -
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."] -
Chang Yuchen: Coral Dictionary Vol. 1: 2019-2022. Performance documentation, April 28, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Lane Lang. [A figure's hands are shown, standing at the edge of a white table, unfolding a small book as another figure on the other side of the table holds part of the book and reads off of it.] -
Char Jeré: Zoo or an Orchestra. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color photo of an installation work. An antique cabinet with its doors open reveals shelves and drawers filled with household items such as jars, books, herbs, candles, a teapot, a cooking pan, cleaning products and a clock. On the top of the cabinet] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure sits behind a table, a microphone in front of their face, as they close their laptop and grab a stack of papers on the table.] -
[A man and woman hold hands while running, captured as though suspended above the ground. The woman pushes a red baby stroller in front of her. The scene is backlit, with the sun over a body of water behind them. On the upper right hand corner is the logo for "WeWork," offset on a diagonal.] -
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."] -
[Black and white image of an unmade bed under a wall covered with small images of people and idols.] -
