VITO ACCONCI, UNDERTONE 1972
FILM Megan Christiansen FILM Megan Christiansen

VITO ACCONCI, UNDERTONE 1972

One of Acconci's most compelling works, Undertone is a confrontational attempt to engage the viewer in an intimate, ultimately perverse relation with the artist…

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SUSAN MOGUL, TAKE OFF, 1974
FILM Megan Christiansen FILM Megan Christiansen

SUSAN MOGUL, TAKE OFF, 1974

In one sense Take Off is like a public service announcement or a TV commercial about vibrators and masturbation. My persona is a salesperson demonstrating a product…

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RENEE C</a>OX, YO MAMA’S LAST SUPPER, 1996
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

RENEE COX, YO MAMA’S LAST SUPPER, 1996

Deeply concerned with the racial discrepancies in society, artist Renee Cox explores black identity through photography, collage, video, and other media, using the body to displace religious symbols from the white-centric paradigm…

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GARY HILL, BATHING, 1977
FILM Megan Christiansen FILM Megan Christiansen

GARY HILL, BATHING, 1977

A woman is lying in a bathtub with her eyes closed.  In the background the splashing from a running tap can be heard.  The camera pans across the woman’s body to dwell on her face, which just protrudes above the surface of the water…

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GRACIELA ITURBIDE, JUCHITÁN</a>
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

GRACIELA ITURBIDE, JUCHITÁN

In 1979, Graciela Iturbide traveled to Juchitán, a small town in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, to photograph the Zapotec indigenous group. For nearly a decade, she immersed herself in the community during a series of visits, spending long periods with Zapotec women and cultivating friendships…

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ANNIE HSIAO-CHING WANG, THE MOTHER AS CREATOR
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

ANNIE HSIAO-CHING WANG, THE MOTHER AS CREATOR

Over the years – 21 to be precise – the project evolved, deepening as did the tender relationship between mother and son. The near-annual photographic traditions brought Annie and her son closer, “because we often need to recall, review and revise” both the past and future in order to make a new image…

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REN HANG, SELECTED WORKS
PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

REN HANG, SELECTED WORKS

Ren Hang, who took his life February 23, 2017, was an unlikely rebel. Slight of build, shy by nature, prone to fits of depression, the 29-year-old Beijing photographer was nonetheless at the forefront Chinese artists’ battle for creative freedom…

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YOKO ONO, CUT PIECE, 1964
PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen PERFORMANCE Megan Christiansen

YOKO ONO, CUT PIECE, 1964

Ono gave her first performance of Cut Piece (1964) in Kyotoin July 1964. She sat motionless on stage in a traditional Japanese feminine position, and invited members of the audience to cut a piece of her clothing away…

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THOMAS RUFF, NUDES
PHOTOGRAPHY, PORNOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen PHOTOGRAPHY, PORNOGRAPHY Megan Christiansen

THOMAS RUFF, NUDES

The nudes series was created by Ruff downloading photographs from online pornographic thumbnail galleries and enlarging and distorting them to varying degrees. Literally and figuratively blurring the boundaries between pornography, formalist nude photography, and the art historical genre of the nude…

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