WHAT NERVE!
Alternative Figures in American Art, 1960 to the Present
July 8–August 14, 2015
522 West 22nd Street
526 West 22nd Street
502 West 22nd Street
New York
Jeremy Anderson Six sculptures 1965–78
Painted wood, cardboard, mixed media
Robert Arneson
Untitled (Binoculars) 1965
Ceramic with glaze
Robert Arneson
Miss Liberty Coin (1942 Dame) 1965
Glazed ceramic
Man on Horseback 1957
Fabric, burlap, string, wire, wood
Drawing for Exhibition Poster (Bob the Dog Twice) 1961
Enamel on museum board
Roy De Forest
A Farm Boy’s Autobiography 1961
Polymer paint, carved wood, wood dowels
Roy De Forest
The Young Wordsworth 1963
Acrylic on wood
Robert Hudson Diamond Back c. 1964
Welded steel with paint
Robert Hudson
Inner-Mission 1965
Enameled steel
Ken Price
Red Egg 1968
Fired and painted clay
Peter Saul
Vietnam 1966
Oil on canvas
Peter Saul
Black Beauty White Shame 1966
Wax crayon, ballpoint pen, and ink on cardboard
Peter Voulkos
Blue and Gray 1959
Stoneware, slips, glaze
Jim Falconer
Untitled 1966
Watercolor and ink on paper
Jim Falconer Untitled 1968 & Untitled 1968
Silkscreen mounted on oil-painted linoleum in artist’s frame with hanging tag
Art Green
Advanced Dichotomy 1968
Oil on canvas
Art Green
Disclosing Enclosure 1968
Oil on canvas
Art Green
Occupational Hazards 1966
Pen and ink on paper
Hairy Who Hairy Who poster 1966
Offset lithograph
Hairy Who The Portable Hairy Who! 1966
Four-color offset lithograph commercially printed on newsprint
Hairy Who Hairy Who poster 1967
Offset lithograph
Hairy Who The Hairy Who Sideshow 1967
Exhibition catalogue
Hairy Who Hairy Who (cat-a-log) 1969
Exhibition catalogue
Hyde Park Art Center
Hairy Who exhibition cocktail napkin 1966
Printed napkin
Gladys Nilsson
Inside the Ship 1966
Ink on paper
Gladys Nilsson Very Worldly 1967
Acrylic and collage on Plexiglas in artist’s frame
Gladys Nilsson Space Drawing #9 1967
Ink and watercolor on paper
Gladys Nilsson Lycanthropie Drawing 1969
Ink on paper
Jim Nutt Untitled 1966
Reverse painted Plexiglas with steel artist’s frame
Jim Nutt Wowidow 1968
Acrylic on Plexiglas in artist’s frame
Jim Nutt
Now! Hairy Who Makes You Smell Good poster 1968
Offset lithograph
Jim Nutt
Rasore Sharp 1968
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Jim Nutt
Wet Pants Hot Breath 1968
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Jim Nutt, Karl Wirsum I’m Wet 1969 and Chairy Blossom 1969
Painted metal lawn chairs
Suellen Rocca Chocolate Chip Cookie 1965
Oil on canvas, two joined panels
Suellen Rocca
Purse Curse 1968
Oil on plastic purse
Suellen Rocca Palm Finger 1968
Oil on canvas
Suellen Rocca Untitled c. 1968
Ink on glossy paper
Suellen Rocca Untitled (hands/"handbag-handbag") c. 1968
Ink on paper
Karl Wirsum
Baseball Girl 1964
Acrylic on canvas
Karl Wirsum Schlitzie c. 1967
Plaster and acrylic with wooden stand
Karl Wirsum
Gilateen 1968
Oil on canvas
Karl Wirsum Mighty Might in the Green Trunks (blue trunks) 1968
Papier-mâche, acrylic
Karl Wirsum
Spawning a Yawn with a Yellow Awning On 1967
Acrylic on canvas
Karl Wirsum
Teachers Tshirt Hung in Effigy 1968
Papier-mâche, acrylic, plastic rope
Cary Loren Cellar Death on Set 1974
Gelatin silver print
Cary Loren Jim Shaw as a Spaceman 1975/2011
Gelatin silver print
Cary Loren John Reed, Jim Shaw, Mike Kelley, God’s Oasis 1975/2011
Gelatin silver print
Cary Loren Mike in Trout Mask, Goggles, God’s Oasis A2 1975/2011
Gelatin silver print
Cary Loren Niagara as the Giant Sphinx 1975/2011
C-print
Cary Loren Mermaid and Angel (Niagara on Set) 1975/2011
C-print
Mike Kelley
Untitled 1975
Etching on paper
Mike Kelley
Jim Shaw Shark Bait 1976
Mixed media on paper
Mike Kelley
Political Cartoon (In the Clutches of Evil) 1976/2011
Pigment print on paper
Niagara
Sacrifice 1975
Colored pencil on paper
Niagara
Letter from the Devil 1978
Colored pencil on paper
Niagara
Redbirds are Seconal 1982
Colored pencil on paper
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
Blueprint 1977
Blueprint
Jim Shaw
The End is Here 1977
Mimeograph booklet
Forcefield P Lobe Shroud 1995–2015
Mixed media
Forcefield
Olde Shroud 1996
Mixed media
Forcefield
P Lobe Shroud 2000
Mixed media
Forcefield
Meerk Puffy Autumn Shroud 2002
Mixed media
Forcefield
P Lobe Autumn Shroud 2001
Mixed media
Forcefield Little Rope 2002 and Muncher 2002
Mixed media
Forcefield Lord of the Rings Modulator Shroud 2002–15
Stainless steel ID rings
Forcefield
R.P.P.L. Shroud 2003
Mixed media
Forcefield
R.P.G.R. Shroud 2003
Mixed media
Forcefield Lord of the Rings Modulator LP insert 2002/15
Silkscreen on paper
Forcefield
Third Annual Roggabogga 2002
Silkscreen
Installation Video
Publication
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