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Installation View from Recent Art From Chicago, Artists Space, March 8, 1986 - April 5, 1986. [Cutouts seen placed in front of drawing on wall. Paintings and sculptures can be seen in the area around it in a gallery setting.] -
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We the People. Installation View, Artists Space, November 12, 1987 - December 23, 1987. [Four upright bags with images on them sit on two different leveled shelves on a white gallery wall.] -
Marc Handelman, 2001. [A blue-toned image of a room with dozens of beds arranged in rows on platforms surrounded by floor grates. Spots of sunlight filter in through skylights in the ceiling.] -
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.] -
Abasement #84. Performance documentation, February 16th, 2026, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A performer, bathed in purple light, plays a guitar on stage.] -
Lonnie Holley with his painting The Hand of My Grandfather (1984), 1987. Photo: William Arnett. © Lonnie Holley / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Courtesy of the artist and BLUM Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York -
Abasement #71. Performance documentation, August 5th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Portrait of a musician with long blonde hair holding a microphone with their eyes close. There are microphones and stands to their sides. The wall behind them is yellow with images of architectural columns. ] -
Front Yard Exhibition Galerie Parnass, Villa Jährling, Moltkestraße 67 February 1964 Photo: Rolf Jährling, Zentralarchiv des internationalen Kunsthandels ZADIK [A black and white image of four paintings of various sizes displayed against a fence with a thin layer of snow, marked with footprints, beneath them.] -
Danica Barboza, From a Chapter in Acclimatization, 2019, hand-modeled clay, acrylic paint, rope, yarn, wood, plastic clothing hangers, condensed foam, PVC piping, newspaper, plastic bottle, orange plastic crates, black plastic shipping crate, signature tape-binding with protective gloss, shower curtains, child’s wooden chair, plastic child’s toy, white shelving unit, metal table leg, wooden shipping crate, cherry wood stained card-table top, Insignia TV monitor, wooden pole, metal pole, painted silicone, natural hair, painted glass. Photo: Daniel Pérez [Three sculptures grouped together in the corner of a gallery, with a street in Manhattan visible through large windows at the rear of the room. The largest sculpture stands behind the other two; clustered pieces of wood, string, cardboard, paper, metal, and plastic are propped up, arranged on top of one another, all standing on a large cardboard base. A humanoid white bust lies on top of the structure, its face cut in half. The two smaller sculptures also depict humanoid faces - one in white, the other with skin and hair - and both appear to grow out of masses of misshapen cardboard and wood standing on the floor.] -
Abasement #73. Performance documentation, November 4th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A crowd faces a stage where a musician is sitting over various electronic instruments and audio equipment. The audience members are bathed in red light. The wall behind the musician is projected with monochromatic gradients.] -
Abasement #61. Performance documentation, November 7, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure plays the violin in front of a microphone.] -
Miyoko Ito, Island in the Sun, 1978. Oil on canvas, 38 x 33 inches. Courtesy John B. Pittman. [Gradient red and green, curved and cusped shades. A red pointed mound sits atop a pale green inverted triangle inside angular red and green rectangles.] -
[Black text overlays a color-scheme grid background. The text reads: “Dec 2 / Anselm Berrigan / Kit Robinson." Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Unholding. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A miniature home crafted out of printed and handwritten material is displayed on a vitrine. At the front of the house above the doorway reads, "CHEROKEE PHEONIX & INDIAN ADVOCATE." Two other homes can be seen in the background.] -
Installation view from Annual Selections Show, Artists Space, 1985 [A black and white image of paintings hanging on a white wall, and sculptures occupying the gallery floor.] -
[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."] -
Ed Levine. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [View of a wall construction in a gallery setting.] -
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.] -
Rent check envelope prop, c.1970s. Copyright Jack Smith Archive. Courtesy Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels [A discolored envolope, stained and frayed, with cursive handwriting that reads "The Lobster Lucky Landlord Paradise".] -
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[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)"] -
Storm de Hirsch, still from Newsreel: Jonas in The Brig, 1964. Courtesy Anthology Film Archives. [A man clinging to a chain-link fence in front of several other men looking up at him. Underneath the image, partially cut-off text reads, "THE BRIG."] -
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Abasement #71. Performance documentation, August 5th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Three musicians sit on stage and play various electronic instruments. They are bathed in red, blue, pink, and purple light projections and a large scale image of a web. In the foreground audience members are lit with red and yellow lights.] -
David Schafer: Western Agenda. Installation view, Artists Space, 1991. [A black and white photograph of a tall metal sculpture in an otherwise empty room, surrounded by white columns. The sculpture has a tall platform with a narrow ladder and has several support wires.] -
Nicole-Antonia Spagnola, Untitled, 2022. Raw Power, Raw Power; Kollettivo, Lotta per il potere; Antigenesi, Una donna non e’ merda; Negazione, Tutti Pazzi; RAF Punk, Contro la pace Contro la guerra; Peggio Punx, Scemo. 8mm to MP4 transfer (color, sound), monitors, chairs. Installation view, Artists Space, 2022. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color photograph of a gallery space with a row of dark columns on the left side. Several wooden cafe chairs with green cushions are visible. Upon the chairs rest gold-silver sequined pillows or television screens.] -
Milford Graves: Fundamental Frequency. Installation view, Artists Space, October 8, 2021 – January 15, 2022. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color installation view of a gallery space. On the left wall are six black and white photographs and a television monitor positioned on the floor. In the background, another wall-mounted television monitor is visible along with a large wall hanging and two sculptures. The space is bisected by three dark columns.] -
Flyer by Joe Frivaldi. [Magazine cut-outs featuring faces are overlayed on a pink background. Other cut-outs contain hand-written text that reads "Abasement 67" and lists the performers and date of the concert. Thin white lines are scribbled over the composition.] -
Las Nietas de Nonó: Posibles Escenarios, Vol. 1 LNN. Performance documentation, October 30, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color photograph of a figure dressed in black performing in front of an audience in the background. The room is dark, with LED light sculptures made from dried SCOBY in the background. The figure sits on the floor, looking off to the right and holding a mask in front of their face.] -
Cover of Christopher D'Arcangelo, Kunstverein Publishing and Artists Space. Photo: Cathy Weiner. [Scan of the cover and back cover of a book. On the front cover, black text on a white background reads "Christopher D'Arcangelo." The back cover features a black-and-white photograph of a figure doing a headstand, their back facing the viewer. The figure is shirtless, exposing black text written on their skin.] -
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Eric Mitchell, Mass Homocide. Performance documentation, November 19, 1977, Artists Space. [Three figures lie on the floor in a room painted with white walls. A figure dressed in all black watched on in the background. The image is repeated in a dyptich.] -
Sean Snyder. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010-11. Photo: Daniel Peréz. [A white table holds a white model of a house. Behind it, a television on a stand displays an image of a large, white house. There is a white wall with five color photographs arranged in a cross formation with images of a large house and yard.] -
Ken Aptekar, Oversensitive, 1987-1990. Oil on wood, sandblasted glass, bolts, 30 x 30 inches. [A slightly chipped painting of a face with downcast eyes and a medieval-style crown. The word "Oversensitive" is overlaid across the top part of the face.] -
Aristotelis Nikolas Mochloulis, Frog Man & Baby Frog, 2025. Michigan J. Frog plushies, miniature directors chairs, ARRI 150 Junior light, Manfrotto Nano light stand, speakers, audio excerpts from movies. Photo: Carter Seddon. [Two pieces of wood are joined to create a miniature stage set. In the center, sitting in a miniature director's chair are two cartoon frog plushies wearing black top hats. The larger frog plushy cradles the smaller frog in it's arms. Two more director's chairs are positioned facing the plushies, along with a miniature stage light and stand that shines a spotlight on the plushies.] -
Reinventado, Word Up Community Bookshop and MS 324 students, 2019 [An exhibition view of various artworks. Several stylized portraits hang on the right; in the middle, a large didactic titled "REINVENTADO." On the left, several small photos of students in a classroom hang underneath a red-white-and blue airplane suspended from the ceiling] -
Abstruction. Installation view, Artists Space, 2003. [Several artworks installed in a large gallery space with white walls and wooden flooring. A television monitor rests on a low acrylic box on the floor to the room's right side. A warped purple and pink image resembling a kaleidoscopic star shape is displayed on its screen. There are white columns to the left of the monitor. Hanging on a gallery wall on the image's far left side is a large piece of translucent, white cloth embroidered with amorphous red and blue linework. The far gallery wall behind the twinned columns has been painted with slanted, striped areas of peach, yellow, and ochre color.] -
rafa esparza: Camino. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of the entrance into a gallery space, with columns running down the hallway. At the forefront of the image are two large paintings made of adobe, and resting on steel armatures. Each painting features a representation of a person walking slowly. In between the armatures are adobe bricks layed out into a walkway on the floor.] -
Friends of Artists Space Annual Dinner, 2022. -
Constantina Zavitsanos: fwiw. Installation view (Wishing Well (Korpi), 2023/24; There's something happening here, 2024), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [In a large dark room, a modular structure is recessed into a raised floor covered with black carpet. The structure is lit in bright blue light, and hosts open water. Red light shines in the back room.] -
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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.] -
Vito Acconci. Installation View. Artists Space, 1986. [A piece of landscaping appears on the gallery floor with flowers and plants coming up from it in a stair-like fashion. A painting appears in the background in a white-walled gallery space.] -
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Lyndon Barrois Jr., Guardians Gate (Farfanicchio), 2022; Masters of Fine Arts, 2011/2022. Wood, latex paint, antique brass elements, cast iron, oil paint, twigs, brass, burlap, packing felt; oil on canvas, artist frame, solvent transfer, plywood, curtains, frames, lights, easels, conservators coat, headlamp. Dimensions variable. Photo: Filip Wolak [A color photograph of a door with multiple nested smaller doors within the doorframe. Each individual doorway is framed with a gold outline. To the left are several empty picture frames and two studio lights. In front of dark green curtains is a painting set in a gold frame.] -
Spring Exhibitions. Installation view, Artists Space, 2009. [Two black plinths stand in the center of an otherwise empty room. Each has a glass-encased top protecting a patch of grass, lit from below by a white light.] -
Installation view from Four Artists: An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Artists Space, 1985 -
Adjua Gargi Nzinga Greaves: The x in florxal is silent when spoken. Installation view, Artists Space, 2021. Photo: Filip Wolak. Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A photograph of a print mounted on a pink gallery wall next to wall text. Below the wall text is a table with papers stacked on top.] -
Tom of Finland Untitled , 1967 Graphite on paper Tom of Finland Foundation, Permanent Collection [A man wearing only a leather jacket thrusts his pelvis forward as he ejaculates in front of seven enthusiastic men.] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image a performer in a bald cap with both of their hands raised with elbows at shoulder height. The performer occupies the center of the image wearing a blue dress covered in a square and circle pattern. From the left, bottom corner, a microphone on a stand rises to meet the performer in the center. In the lower, right hand corner, another bald performer, dressed in a red top bends down towards the performer in the center of the image. The wall behind both the performers is filled with a projected image in hues of yellow, brown and white. ] -
Drake Carr, Walk-Ins, 2023, New York Life Gallery. Photo: Ethan James Green [Scanned spread of a collage featuring photographs overlaid with accented drawings. The main image depicts a woman posing strikingly with her arms raised and feet firmly apart, the red dress she wears flows out dramatically behind her. In the background a man stands at a large canvas, his hand raised in the act of drawing the figure posing. Film strips depicting the same woman in different poses are overlayed on top.] -
Gerry Morehead. Installation view from Gerry Morehead, Jim Pavlicovic, Artists Space, 1976. [A black and white image of a black circle with a fish painted on it.] -
Abasement #74. Performance documentation, December 2nd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [An image of three performers on stage facing each other. The musician in the middle is standing and playing an upright bass with a bow. On their right side a musician is sitting and playing violin. On the other side a musician is sitting playing an instrument similar to a mandolin. They are all bathed in red light and projections of white angular shapes cover the musicians and the wall.] -
Crystal Z Campbell: Ode to the Underloved. Installation view, Artists Space, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of a video installation in the center of the floor of a gallery space. A walkway made of plywood runs along the edges of the room, around the projection. The projection depicts a negative film image that has been mirrored along the center. Hands reach out and manipulate objects that are placed on a blue background.] -
The Mind/Body Problem. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Alan Wiener. [Six watercolor paintings affixed to a white wall with pins. The paintings are various sizes, five depicting the sky and landscapes at various times of day. In the center, a man is depicted facing backwards, pulling down his pants to expose a tattoo of a triangle.] -
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.] -
keyon gaskin with Moya Michael & Zinzi Minott. Performance documentation, December 16, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata. [Color photograph of a figure wearing a conical sheath of reflective one-way mirror film. They stand in the corner of a dark room, shining a bright light against the wall behind them. Their silhouette can be vaguely seen under the mirror film.] -
Abasement #66. Performance documentation, October 9, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Black and white image of an audience watching a performance. Some are sitting on chairs, and others stand.] -
Covers of Jef Geys: Catalogue Raisonnable, WIELS, 2025 and Ghislaine Leung: Holdings (2015-2025), the Renaissance Society, 2025. [Two books lay side by side. On the left, a gray cover with black text reads "JEF GEYS." On the right, a yellow cover with white text reads "SCORE / NON-SCORES / SUB-SCORES."] -
Patricia Caire. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Three figurative paintings hanging on walls in a gallery space.] -
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.] -
The Owl Answers. Performance documentation, February 29, 2020, Artists Space. Photo ©️ 2020 Filip Wolak. [Two figures behind music stands perform before a seated audience. One of the figures wears a striped shirt and has turned away from the figure beside them, who gazes out towards the audience as they speak.] -
Abasement #77. Performance documentation, April 7th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performer leaning over a record player with headphones on. One of their hands is partly out of frame while touching the machine. The background is out of focus, and bathed in bright blue light. A small portable light is placed on top of the record player, illuminating both it and the performer. ] -
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.] -
[White text on a blue and grey ombré background. The text reads: “Feb 8 / Rae Armantrout / John Kelsey.” Text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)"] -
Benito Huerta: Attempted, Not Known. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [A view of a white-walled gallery with large abstract paintings hanging on the walls and a small pedestal display case on the right.] -
Collaborative team of students working on their design, 2018 [Several students stand around a large science room desk. One holds a model of a Delta airplane, smiling for the camera. The rest are busy at work.] -
Terry Fox: All These Different Things Are Sculpture. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Filip Wolak [ A color image of the corner of a gallery space. A row of four small speakers, evenly spaced and held on small wooden shelves, span the left wall. On the right wall, a collection of six framed black and white photographs are arranged in a grid. Each frame is black, with three on the top and three on the bottom. ] -
Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (Beware of a Holy Whore). Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder. 1971. [Two people sitting in front of a window looking towards the camera, one wearing a red dress and the other a black shirt and top hat.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure kneels down on stage on all fours and sets up audio equipment layed out on the floor.] -
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years. Installation view, Artists Space, 2012. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A large display case whose top and bottom portions are made of a shiny, black material. Held between these black components is a glass vitrine that displays several objects, including a flat surface covered with inky text that reads, "BC." Behind and to the right of the display case, a shiny, black cubic structure—nearly of ceiling height— is installed in the gallery.] -
Scavenger Hunt, Serena Booth, City-As-School high school student, 2021, digital photograph. -
Andy Robert: PAPALOKO. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A color image of a gallery space. In the foreground, a shovel sits upright on a pedestal. In the midground, a taxidermied griffon vulture is perched on top of concrete rubble. Next to the griffon vulture, another shovel sits upright on a pedestal. To the left side of the image, a shovel attached to a small child's chair is placed up against the back wall.] -
Abasement #74. Performance documentation, December 2nd, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A view from the side of the stage of two performers. The performer in the back is playing the saxophone and has their eyes closed. The musician in the foreground is out of focus. They are playing the cello. Both musicians are tinted red, as well as the audience on the left side, and the room has white dots of light reflecting from a disco ball.] -
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Salad Days. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [Photographs hung on a wall in two rows. The top row photographs are outlined in black and show images of people inside an apartment. The bottom row photographs show people on a subway.] -
Charles Clough. Installation view, Exchange Show: Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, Artists Space, 1976. [Installation view of a gallery space with a large dark wall in the center.] -
Flipside. Installation view, Artists Space, 2004. [Two white walls meeting in a corner. The wall on the right has three large black and white photographs of people on winter streets with their small dogs. The wall on the left features a canvas covered in a red, green, and peach colored plaid pattern.] -
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.] -
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Mark Morrisroe. Untitled (1988). © The Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur. [A yellow-toned close-up of a person's bare chest. There is a hummingbird tattoo on the person's right breast, and they are wearing two chain necklaces.] -
Pamela Jenrette. Lavalava, 1974. From Scott Burton, Pamela Jenrette, Artists Space,1975. [A black and white photograph of a textured wall with white and grey splotches.] -
Brad Kronz, Egna Spartan, 2025. Plywood, wood filler, stain. Photo: Carter Seddon [Lit from above, a square wooden panel hangs in the center of the wall. ] -
Lee Gordon, Here's to America Series, 1990. Oil on canvas, 18 inch round. [A person wearing a black mask over their head reads a book titled Kennedys An American Dream.] -
Cosima von Bonin, Le Chic, 2023. Photo: Filip Wolak. [Color image of two replica rockets, created from wood and white and red enamel paint over top. They are placed on a small white platform.] -
Artists Draw. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Various people having conversations and looking around at the art during the exhibition opening.] -
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Unholding. Installation view, Artists Space, 2018. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Three paper bags photographed at an angle sit on pedestals. Closest to the camera, the bag has been painted with white and blue foliage, and collaged with a drawing of Africa. The two, farther bags portray drawn portraits of men.] -
Phillippe Demontaut, Annette Messager, Tom Wolf 1981. Annette Messager, Postcard, 1981. [A black and white photo of an eye cropped with a heavy black border.] -
Young Fluxus. Installation view, Artists Space, 1982. [Plastic bags of objects appear on a white gallery wall.] -
Friends of Artists Space Annual Dinner, 2017. [A man and a woman seated at a table smile and pose for the camera.] -
The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. Photo: Adam Reich. [A room with white walls, with two windows on the back wall with shades pulled halfway down. The wall to the left of the windows has three framed photographs, and a white plinth with a glass top. In front of the windows, a television on a low table faces sideways toward a low black couch. On the far right side, a protruding corner of a wall has white text projected on it reading "cupholder mount vaio."] -
In The Poem About Love You Don't Write The Word Love. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [Three free-standing walls supporting a series of shelves are arranged at right angles around a pole in a gallery space. The shelves display a series of pieces of paper containing both images and text. The shelves are yellow, and a portion of the center of the column has also been painted yellow.] -
Book spread from FWIW. [Two photographs are shown in a book spread. On the left page, a high-contrast black-and-white photograph hosts heavy light and shadow play. An iconic payphone handset is centered floating in a clear cube, with its top protruding slightly above the cube’s top surface. The telephone’s armored cord hangs down in loose loops inside the cube, its exposed wire slack touching the interior bottom. On the right page, a black-and-white photograph shows two pairs of modified headphones entwined on a deep black surface. In place of speakers, one headphone strap hosts clocks that each have a small stopwatch dial; the other strap hosts a pocket watch and a compass. The clock hands are missing from the clocks; inside their larger clockface circles, each clock hosts a smaller circle with a stopwatch.] -
Abasement #72. Performance documentation, October 7th, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Eight musicians sitting side by side at tables use electronic instruments. Various colored lights emit from each audio board. There are audience members in front of and behind the musicians. The room is dimly lit with a strip of blue light on a wall.] -
Sistema Sandinista de Television. Still from Golpes de la Corazon (Blows of the Heart), 1983. Video (sound, black and white). Spanish with English subtitles. [One figure stands in a small square construction waist high and a nearby child stands inside another square construction with their head peeking out at the other figure. A figure stands behind them by a washbasin with clothes hanging from a clothesline in front of them. Bushes and trees appear behind them along with another edifice in the background. Video scan lines and black edges of CRT monitor are visible.] -
Yasunao Tone Concert #2. Performance documentation, April 13, 2023, Artists Space. Photo: Destiny Mata [Color image of a figure standing on a black stage. They smile out at the audience as they prepare to perform in front of a reedorgan covered in plastic wrap.] -
Robert Longo, Burning Word: Device for Young Artists, c. 1977. Cast metal. [A black and white photograph of a metal rod with the word "believe" attached to the end. A shadow spelling out "believe" is cast onto a white background.] -
Keeph Little, Artists Space construction site no.1, 2020, digital photograph Keeph Little, Artists Space construction site no.1, 2020, digital photograph [A window sill with cups, cans and cloth is visible and a crane can be seen outside of the window with the text: "New Holland" written on it. Circular green graffitti is visible on the facade of the building behind the crane.] -
Traditions: Five Painters. Installation View, Artists Space, 1978. [5 paintings hang in a corner with 3 on the wall to the left and 2 on the wall to the right.] -
Rachel Harrison, April 2020, 2020, 23.5 x 16.5 inches [A digitally-collaged image featuring an abstract drawing of a female figure. The figure has been depicted in bright pink, purple, and red hues using sporadic linework. Areas of red color frame the left and bottom sides of the drawing. White text on the red surface is partially cut off by the image's frame. Black text at the top edge of the image reads, "April 2020 1w," while white text below the drawn figure reads, "on view now." Small black text running along the image's bottom edge reads, "2020Solidarity - Rachel Harrison / A project by Between Bridges."] -
[An image of a woman riding a bull through a green bank note. One hand holds on to the reins of the bull, the other scatters bills. She wears a yellow dress that is opening at the top.] -
Pedro Lasch, Crumbs: Drawing on a Limited View of New York City's Cultural Wealth, 2000. [A round, diner-style table with a white mug, napkins, a baked good sitting on top of its open wrapper, and a small card with text. A long, straight line of crumbs stretches across the diameter of the table.] -
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.] -
Still from CNN’s coverage of the NEA controversy surrounding the exhibition Witnesses: Against Our Vanishing, recorded by Marion Stokes. Aired on 11/09/1989. [Still image with VHS distortion depicting the exterior of a building, and a sign with the Artists Space logo: white text on a black background with a large "A" on top of a thin white square, with "ARTISTS SPACE" written below. The sign marks a red door on a dark building façade.] -
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Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a seated musician playing an oboe into a microphone. The musician is dressed in all black and has medium length black hair. The image catches the musician with their eyes downturned, just a moment before blowing air into the oboe. The musician and the back wall are flooded with a circle of yellow light, in the top corners, the yellow turns into blue. ] -
Beth Campbell, Four Eyes Are Better Than One, 2007. Site-specific installation. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [The corner of a small white room features elements implying that it's a bathroom: a sink, a blue trash bin, and a hot-water heater are below while a wall-mounted paper towel holder and a non-reversing mirror hang above.] -
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Masao Adachi, Galaxy, 1967 [Sepia toned image of a figure leaning over and biting the neck and shoulder of another figure that leans back, their face contorted in pain.] -
[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.] -
Mariselis Rivera, Abstract Painting, 2015 [An abstract painting depicting several geometric figures against a turquoise background, arranged on either side of the canvas. Each figure has a green or brown outline and various colored patterns inside. Several outlined circles and squares grid across the background of the image] -
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.] -
Andy Robert: PAPALOKO. Installation view (toutouni, 2023; bwa, 2023; Ruin, 2023), Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Carter Seddon. [A color image of a gallery space. From left to right: a shovel with an iron claw at the base, a tree log on a pedestal and another tree log on pedestal, with a griffon vulture perched on the branch.] -
Cobus Jagdeo, Orange Hate, acrylic and gouache painting, 2018 [The top half of this painting shows a blue building ablaze on left. The building foregrounds an orange sky, grey clouds, a white car, and a black skyline. The bottom half uses a grey background with eight figures separated by a white rectangle in the center and an ambulance in the bottom right corner.] -
Allan McCollum. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Blurry view of a painting hanging on a wall in gallery space.] -
Paintings by Fontaine Dunn. From Gary Bower, Fontaine Dunn, Hermine Ford, Artists Space, 1976. [A color installation image of a gallery space. Several small canvases painted with geometric forms are hung on the walls.] -
On Being an Exhibition. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. Photo: Bill Orcutt. [The interior of a Soho loft space. In the foreground, a plastic bucket hands from a red rope attached to an overhead pulley that is suspended from a wooden plank hanging overhead. '"ARTISTS SPACE" is written on the far wall, and a number of bookcases, a white pedestal with a clear plastic hood, and a front desk populate the room. Behind the front desk are two neon quotation marks.] -
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.] -
New Red Order Give it Back, detail, 2020 Acrylic LED displays with cut vinyl, water cooler, poster, couch, desk, chairs, magazine rack, The New Red Times Magazine, and three televisions. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A close up image of three tv monitors on a wall with vinyl lettering that reads "New Red Order", in the right corner is a water cooler.] -
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Shala Miller performs Genesis: Medley at Artists Space, co-presented with Frieze New York 2023. Performance documentation, May 19th. Photo by Vanessa Diaz/CKA. Courtesy of Frieze. [Color photograph of the center of a gallery room, in which performers are seated in wooden chairs around the center, alongside three hanging screens that project a video still of a figure's face against a dark background. All around the room, audience members sit on the floor or stand.] -
Jeff Koon. Installation view, Artists Space, 1983. [A black and white Duratrans on a lightbox of a portrait of a child holding a crayon with a box of crayons and a small book lie on a desk in front of them under their crossed arms. This is on a wall with the plug for the box coming from under the left side.] -
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Crystal Z Campbell, Revolver, 2022. 16mm film transferred to Digital Video, Stereo, Sound. 17:27 min. Courtesy the artist -
New Red Order Give it Back, 2020 Acrylic LED displays with cut vinyl, water cooler, poster, couch, desk, chairs, magazine rack, The New Red Times Magazine, and three televisions. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [An image of a white facade with real estate listings in the windows, and above them, in vinyl lettering reads "NRO".] -
[Black typewriter text, underlined, reads, "Vigilance: An Exhibition of Artit's Books Exploring Strategies for Social Concern," text with no font alteration reads, "after an exhibition curated by Mike Glier and Lucy R. Lippard."] -
Abasement #68. Performance documentation, February 12, 2024, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. -
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Americo Rossi, Untitled, 2021, digital photography -
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Ei Arakawa. Social Muscle Rehab (early edit for exhibition), 2021. 5:19 minutes. With Dan Chen, Danielle A. Jackson, K.O. Nnamdie, Masako Shiba, Kenneth Teng, Ivanny Pagan, Britnie Williams. Camera by Lazar Bozic (Ortvi.com). Image courtesy Artists Space, New York. Photo: Filip Wolak [View of a florbound television screen and speaker next to a brown pole. The edge of a black net is visible on the left.] -
The Body Politic. Installation view, Artists Space, 1991. [A black and white photograph of four sculptures resting on slightly elevated rectangular plinths. The sculptures are constructed of metal molded into headless and limbless humanoid body shapes.] -
Art From the British Left. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. Artwork by Mary Kelly. Courtesy Artists Space. [Three walls hung with small works on paper and photographs are visible. There is a window on the right.] -
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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.] -
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The New Normal. Installation view, Artists Space, 2008. [An image of an exhibition space consisting of a mock up bedroom, a bed, table, chair, lamp, television, microwave, and coffee maker sit on a large beige rug.] -
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.] -
ART CLUB2000 Kaputtmachen im Graz, 1994 Printed vinyl, carpet, and boombox Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A view of a large image of multiple individuals sitting and standing in a defaced bedroom. A yellow boombox sits on a black carpet.] -
[Black text overlays a color-scheme grid background. The text reads: “Jan 27 / Lee Ann Brown / Brian Kim Stefans" Smaller text in the bottom left corner reads: “5pm / 11 Cortlandt Alley + Zoom / Zoom ID: 893 9594 7519 / $5 (all proceeds go to readers)] -
Critical Art Ensemble, Disturbances (London: Four Corners Books, 2012). [The front and back cover of a book; on the front, the title in white and red - on the back, two people in hazmat suits walking through a foggy field.] -
Charlotte Posenenske. Configured by the staff of Artists Space. Installation view, Artists Space, 2010. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A geometric, silver metal sculpture sits on a wooden gallery floor in a brightly-lit gallery space. The sculpture is modular and consists of rectangular and triangular metal components arranged in a tall, ring-shaped structure.] -
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[A poster design featuring two figures—a child and an older man—superimposed on a dark backdrop. The child's image has a blue hue and takes the shape of a circular cut-out, while the older man's image has a yellow hue. Above both figures, white text superimposed against a towering city skyline reads, "DER ANGRIFF DER GEGENWART AUF DIE UBRIGE ZEIT / EIN FILM VON ALEXANDER KLUGE."] -
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 an orange wall that reads "Wandering with no specific intent or has something specific in mind but doesn't tell what it is." met with a tower of gap shoe boxes. Near the gallery wall are life like cutouts of individuals dressed in animal costumes.] -
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The Issues of Our Time. Installation view, Artists Space, 2014. Photo: Adam Reich. [Two gray silhouettes displayed next to each other on a white wall. In front of them, a gray table displays colorful documents.] -
Abasement #62. Performance documentation, December 5, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure in a black hoodie and an LED light stapped on their chest performs on a stage, behind a table full of audio equipment. A green light projection is cast onto the stage.] -
Tom of Finland: The Pleasure of Play. Installation view, Artists Space, 2015. [A wall of pornographic illustrations displayed in frames at eye level.] -
[Black and white line drawing of a bucket with handle.] -
Local Transit. Installation view, Artists Space, 2006. [A gallery space with two columns. One column is wrapped in an off-white fabric, the other in bright pink. There are four white plinths of various heights with gray objects on top. One of the surrounding walls has a long sheet of paper with a drawing of highway signs and a gas station on it; the other has colorful framed images.] -
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.] -
Still from Leave, Cara Benedetto, 2023. [Color image of a white, blonde woman laying face down on the floor. Empty bottles of alcohol and other drinks cover the floor, along with balloons, cardboard boxes and a wooden shelf.] -
SCRAAATCH, Tower of Babel, 2019, Les Urbaines. Photo: Mathilda Olmi [A crowd is pictured in front of a performer. Behind the performer are three large colorful projections.] -
Chorus: A Sound Poetry Festival. Performance documentation, November 11, 2022, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman [A figure sits behind a table, looking at a laptop, and speaking into a microphone.] -
Abasement #82. Performance documentation, November 17th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [The image positioned below a speaker shows a performer singing while playing the keyboard. ] -
Joyce Kim, Untitled, 2000. Acryclic, latex and enamel on canvas, 48 x 45 inches. Courtesy the artist. [Abstract paint splatters of various muted colors on a grey background.] -
Frozen Lakes. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [A white speaker displayed on a three-legged stand in an exhibition space. To the right of the stand, a television monitor rests on the ground. An image of gravel and dirt is pictured on its screen.] -
Abasement #77. Performance documentation, April 7th, 2025, Artists Space. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [Color image of a performer on stage holding a microphone close to their mouth. They are holding a drum stick in one hand, standing next to a cymbal and a drum set on a stand. They are bathed in red and pink light, and the background is lit with blue, red, and purple light. Small white dots of light from a disco ball fill the room.] -
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Elephant Cemetery. Installation view, Artists Space, 2007. [A wide wooden worktable sits in a gallery space with various models, books, and papers displayed on its surface. One of the models located closest to the viewer is yellow and has an amorphous shape. A series of black and white photographs of buildings hang on the wall to the right of the table.] -
New Red Order with Maiingan “iNDiO1763” Wiikwedong, Gaile Pranckunaite, and Inpatient Press. Conscientious Conscripture, 2018 - Ongoing Polyester knit feather flag, polyester knit fabric step-and-repeat, table, tablecloth, chair, vinyl retractable banner, dibond print on easel, three televisions, red phone, newspaper box, and childrens activity book. Image courtesy Artists Space, New York Photo: Filip Wolak [A table with red cover that reads "NEW RED ORDER" sits in between three tv monitors. On either side of the tv monitors sits a banner and a newspaper dispenser.] -
Drake Carr: Housecalls. Performance documentation, September 7, 2023, Artists Space at the Armory Show. Photo: Joshua Wildman. [A color image of a white wall with windows and black and white curtains with pink flowers. Through the windows, a figure is seen laying down on a sofa. Only the legs are visible.] -
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Terry Fox: All These Different Things Are Sculpture. Installation view, Artists Space, 2024. Photo: Filip Wolak. [A color image of the corner of a gallery space. On the left wall there is a line of nine polaroid photographs, evenly spaced and hung about five feet from the light wooden floor. The right wall features a frame from a video being played from a projector. The black and white film frame shows the interior of an industrial space, the exposed ceiling rafters and brick wall. ] -
[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)"] -
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[A black and white postcard with an image of a bed with a mountain in the middle of it and a dilapidated chair with the back hollowed out. Text underneath the images reads, "A Bed / And A Chair / Eileen Neff / April 9 - May 23, 1992 / Artists Space."] -
Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault. Installation view, Artists Space, 2013. Photo: Daniel Pérez. [Several small planks of wood of different sizes, shapes, and colors lean against a white gallery wall. Different words have been painted across the length of each plank, including "rhythm," "grace," "love," and "warmth." Above the planks hang two framed, green paintings.] -
Louise Lawler, Who Says, Who Shows, Who Counts, 1990, Three chablis glasses with glass shelf, 8 1/2 x 14 x 4 1/4 in (21,6 x 35,6 x 10,8 cm), Edition of 50, Signed & numbered. [Three wine glasses sit next to each other on a glass shelf with a black background. Each glass has text lasered into the front. From left to right the first says, "who says," the second, "who shows," and the third, "who counts."]
