August 25 Art & The Quotidian Object

VOCABULARY: readymade

dada assemblage installation

conceptual art

Marcel Duchamp,

L.H.O.O.Q.,* 1919

(various versions exist)

*Elle a chaud

au cul

Marcel Duchamp as

Rrose Sélavy,* 1921

(photo by Man Ray)

*Éros, c’est la

vie

Walker Evans, Allie Mae Burroughs,

1936

Sherrie Levine, Untitled (After Walker Evans),

1979

Sherrie Levine, installation view, Untitled (After August Sander), 2013

Sherrie Levine,

installation view (After

August Sander), 2013

Dick Jewell, from Found

Photos, 1972

Dick Jewell, from Found

Photos, 1972

Dick Jewell, from Found

Photos, 1972

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (We Don’t Need Another Hero),

1987

Barbara Kruger,

Untitled (Your Body Is a

Battleground), 1989

Barbara Kruger, Untitled (It’s a

Small World, but Not If You Have

to Clean It), 1990

Barbara Kruger, installation view, 2013

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Placebo), 1991

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (USA Today), 1990

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (USA Today) different version, 1990

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Perfect Lovers), 1987–90

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Lover Boys), 1991

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Welcome), 1990

Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled (Gun Deaths),

1990

Stephen Gill, A Series of Disappointments (detail from book), 2008

Stephen Gill, A Series of

Disappointments (detail), 2008

Stephen Gill, A Series of

Disappointments (detail), 2008

Tom Friedman, Self-Portrait, 1990

Tom Friedman, Bubble Gum,

1990

Tom Friedman, Dollar Bill, 1999

Tom Friedman, Everything (detail), 1995

Tom Friedman, Everything (detail), 1995

Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1995

Tom Friedman, Untitled, 1998

Tara Donovan, Transplanted, 2003

Tara Donovan, Untitled (acetate sheets), c2012

Tara Donovan, Untitled (pins), 2003

Tara Donovan, Untitled (toothpicks), 2003

Tara Donovan, Untitled (pin drawings), 2012

Tara Donovan, pin drawing, 2012

Tara Donovan, pin drawing, 2012