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Tall, textured bronze mound that expands at bottom, with red baseball cap sitting on top
Abstraction with Hat
Tony Tasset
1994
Adoration of the Masters
Adoration of the Masters
Elizabeth Olds
1940
Color photo of a bird figurine inside a windowsill, and a seagull outside on the window ledge
Birds of a Feather
Mona Hatoum
1997
Caricature of two women with shocked expressions in a crowd in front of artworks depicting nude wome
Cette année encore des Vénus.... (Still more Venuses this year….), plate 2 from the series Croquis Pris au Salon par Daumier
Honoré Daumier
1865
Portrait with a yellow background of a woman with short hair wearing blue and looking at the viewer
Chairman Ma #21 (Gertrude)
Deborah Kass
1993
Communication
Communication
Sidney Chafetz
1963
The artist wears a Zhongshan suit and is flanked by two women wearing identical designer dresses
Gladys Solomon, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Jean Tailer, from the portfolio Costumes at the Met
Tseng Kwong Chi
1980
Cover of box with red and gold design and the artist’s name and "THE GREAT FARCE” in a carnival font
The Great Farce Portable Theater
Federico Solmi
2019
Skeleton on toilet reading "The History of Surveillance" and an eyeball looking over his shoulder
The History of Surveillance
Enrique Chagoya
2012
Bust portrait of Donald Trump with orange face paint & white ruff, subtitled ‘idiot’ in cursive
Idiot, from the portfolio Trumped 2.0
Jessica Robles
2020
Industrial Crane
Industrial Crane
Richard Mock
1991
Pink pants, laying flat to display backside, with rainbow letters spelling “KICK ME” across the seat
Kick Me Pants
Cary Leibowitz
1991
White, urn-shaped vase with the rainbow letters spelling “LOOZEr” written vertically down its body
Loozer Vase
Cary Leibowitz
1992
Cartoonish crocodile wearing a crown faces five other animals including a rabbit, peacock, and dog.
Luxor
Saul Steinberg
1971
Mace Bearer
Mace Bearer
Sidney Chafetz
1970
Advertisement layout in shades of green with famous artists' names, works of art, and prices
May 15, 2001
Kerry James Marshall
2003
Not Masters, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
Not Masters, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
Dan S. Wang
2015
Spiral form rising from a collared shirt between two semi-nude figures, above a watery landscape.
Paradise Lost
Glen C. Davies
1977
Photograph of man with face painted blue in a room with elaborate collection of blue everyday items
Quarantine Blues, from the series Quarantine Blues
Leonard Suryajaya
2020
In black type, "RELAX SENATOR HELMS, THE ART WORLD IS YOUR KIND OF PLACE!" followed by bullet points
Relax Senator Helms, the Art World Is Your Kind of Place
Guerrilla Girls
1989
Four grotesque winged figures surround a woman who has the face of Barack Obama and gestures upwards
Return to Goya No. 9
Enrique Chagoya
2010
Toilet paper roll made of Cuban newspapers in a toilet paper holder made for wall mounting
Speech
Wilfredo Prieto
1999
Studies in Race and Nationalism, No. 1, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
Studies in Race and Nationalism, No. 1, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
Dan S. Wang
2002
This Land Is Your Land, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
This Land Is Your Land, from the portfolio A Ragbox of Overstood Grammars
Dan S. Wang
2010
Table of women, three excitedly raising a glass to toast and one seated and slumped over
Toast porté à l'émancipation des femmes, par des femmes déjà furieusement émancipées (A toast to women's liberation by some already seriously liberated women)
Honoré Daumier
1848
Black-and-white photograph of male-presenting person posing with mannequin in Chinese silk robe.
Tseng Kwong Chi Posing with Mannequins, from the series Costumes at the Met
Tseng Kwong Chi
1980, printed 2014
A small knight on horseback and holding a lance attacks a large pineapple.
Untitled
Saul Steinberg
ca. 1968
Montage of various cultural figures and themes, including an artist, Aztec figure, and cartoon girl
utopiancannibal.org
Enrique Chagoya
2000
Photocopy of textbook page that repeats "What is the solution to the above problem?" five times
What is the Solution to the Above Problem
Kameelah Janan Rasheed
2019
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