2017.41 Michael Armitage, Nyali Beach Boys
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From the 2013 Westgate Shopping Mall attacks to the #mydressmychoice response to a series of sexual assaults, Michael Armitage responds to current events and contemporary issues that have resonated bo
2014.11 Konrad Lueg, Untitled (Champignons...)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
During Konrad Lueg’s brief career as a painter from 1963 to 1968—before changing his name and owning the legendary Konrad Fischer Gallery in Düsseldorf—he made major contributions to the discourse around painting and consumerism in Germany.
2014.9.A-G Darren Bader, obi and/with SCOBY oak with/and smoke owl and/with towel oar with/and store oil with/and mohel oat and/with note orc with/and fork
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Darren Bader is known for his innovative and unconventional uses of materials that push the boundaries of sculpture and activate environments with unexpected pairings and phenomenological experiences.
2013.24.A–E Erin Shirreff, Monograph (no. 2)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
While Erin Shirreff creates works of video, photography, and sculpture, she considers herself—first and foremost— a sculptor. This can be seen in the artist’s unwavering investigation of the sculptural object through other mediums.
2013.21 Kazuo Shiraga, Imayo Ranbu (Modern Dance)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Created when the artist was seventy-six years old, Imayō Ranbu is an immensely powerful later example of Kazuo Shiraga’s foot paintings.
2014.12 Danh Vo, Lot 20. Two Kennedy Administration Cabinet Room Chairs
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In his practice of appropriation, deconstruction, and reconfiguration, Danh Vo considers quotidian objects to be witnesses to narratives of both personal and global significance.
2014.15.2 Will Benedict, 1 800 Bad Drug
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this painting, along with its pendant Yellow Fever [2014.15.1], two women sit opposite one another, engaged in a staring contest.
2014.15.1 Will Benedict, Yellow Fever
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
In this painting, along with its pendant 1 800 Bad Drug [2014.15.2], two women sit opposite one another, engaged in a staring contest.
1995.152 Winogrand, Untitled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
As the leading figure in America’s street photography movement, Garry Winogrand carried a 35mm Leica and took pictures constantly for over three decades.
1990.182, Bozzi, Scene of Three Murders
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This painting is from a group of on-site works of the same location, executed at the same time of day, sunset, over the period of one year. Together, they function as a set of mug shots of the place where victims of three unrelated murders were found the previous year.