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Pink backdrop with collage of black and white photos

Exhibition

Don't Forget to Call Your Mother

Overview Exhibition Objects Videos

Photo Bar, Sadie Barnette American, Inkjet print with rhinestones in arched frame, neon, plywood, holographic vinyl upholstery, glitter, plexiglass, glass crystals, 8-track player, and vintage headphones — Photo Bar
Sadie Barnette
2022

Don't Forget to Call Your Mother, Maurizio Cattelan Italian, Silver dye bleach print — Don't Forget to Call Your Mother
Maurizio Cattelan
2000

The Bathrobe, Sophie Calle French, Gelatin silver prints — The Bathrobe
Sophie Calle
1988–89

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled Film Still, Larry Sultan American, Chromogenic print — Untitled Film Still
Larry Sultan
1989

Untitled (Crotona Park from Thomas Ellis Photograph), Darrel Ellis American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled (Crotona Park from Thomas Ellis Photograph)
Darrel Ellis
ca. 1990

Untitled (Friends), Darrel Ellis American, Gelatin silver print — Untitled (Friends)
Darrel Ellis
ca. 1990

Untitled (Friends), Darrel Ellis American, Watercolor over graphite on paper — Untitled (Friends)
Darrel Ellis
ca. 1990

"Untitled" (Album), Felix Gonzalez-Torres American, born Cuba, Blind stamped leather album with interleaved paper pages bound with ribbons, paper, paper envelopes with ink stamps, stamps and pen, chromogenic prints with ink inscriptions on verso, photo mechanical prints on paperboard, newspaper and commercially printed paper with ink — "Untitled" (Album)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Edition Julie Sylvester
1992

Jollies, Sadie Benning American, Single-channel digital video, transferred from Pixelvision tape, black-and-white, sound, 11 min. — Jollies
Sadie Benning
1990

Chapter XI from "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII", Taryn Simon American, Inkjet prints — Chapter XI from "A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I-XVIII"
Taryn Simon
2008–11

My Left Hand: Me (Memories), Sheng Qi Chinese, Chromogenic print — My Left Hand: Me (Memories)
Sheng Qi
2000

My Left Hand (Mao), Sheng Qi Chinese, Chromogenic print — My Left Hand (Mao)
Sheng Qi
2000

They No. 7, Three Sisters, Hai Bo Chinese, Chromogenic prints — They No. 7, Three Sisters
Hai Bo
2000

I am Chairman Mao's Red Guard, Hai Bo Chinese, Chromogenic prints — I am Chairman Mao's Red Guard
Hai Bo
2000

Kama Mama, Kama Binti (Like mother like daughter), Hank Willis Thomas American, Chromogenic print — Kama Mama, Kama Binti (Like mother like daughter)
Hank Willis Thomas
1971/2008

Afterimages (Deflection of Vision), Stephanie Syjuco American, Photogravure — Afterimages (Deflection of Vision)
Stephanie Syjuco
2021

Ilene Segalove

1974–78

My Vows (Mes Voeux), Annette Messager French, 106 gelatin silver prints, bound between glass and cardboard, black tape, twine and acrylic push pins — My Vows (Mes Voeux)
Annette Messager
1990