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Due to adverse weather conditions, Alake Shilling's inflatable sculpture Buggy Bear Crashes Made in L.A. is temporarily off view.

Digital Archive Take It or Leave It: Institution, Image, Ideology
110 Images
Cornered, by Adrian Piper, 1988

Adrian Piper, Cornered, 1988

Artificial Treatment, by Gretchen Bender, 1988

Gretchen Bender, Artificial Treatment, 1988

Total Recall, by Gretchen Bender, 1987

Gretchen Bender, Total Recall, 1987

Artful History, a Restoration Comedy, by Mark Dion and Jason Simon, 1987/2001

Mark Dion, Jason Simon, Artful History, a Restoration Comedy, 1987/2001

Laments: I am a man . . ., by Jenny Holzer, 1987

Jenny Holzer, Laments: I am a man . . ., 1987

The Death of American Spirituality, by David Wojnarowicz, 1987

David Wojnarowicz, The Death of American Spirituality, 1987

Planetarium Projector, by William Leavitt, 1987

William Leavitt, Planetarium Projector, 1987

Vanilla Nightmares #14, by Adrian Piper, 1986

Adrian Piper, Vanilla Nightmares #14, 1986

Crash: The Birth of Language / the Invention of Lies, by David Wojnarowicz, 1986

David Wojnarowicz, Crash: The Birth of Language / the Invention of Lies, 1986

Untitled, by John Miller, 1990

John Miller, Untitled, 1986

now you can afford to stop driving each other crazy, by Haim Steinbach, 1986

Haim Steinbach, now you can afford to stop driving each other crazy, 1986

Bedia's Stirring Wheel, by Jimmie Durham, 1985

Jimmie Durham, Bedia's Stirring Wheel, 1985