Gary Simmons
Disinformation Schoolroom 

November 16–December 16, 1990

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

( A dark-colored school desk chair with a connected writing surface and a storage shelf under the seat. )

Gary Simmons, Eraser Chair,1989

Exhibition Description

Simmons’ installation is consisted of a blank chalkboard background, a podium with a microphone, and a live cockatoo, which perched at the lectern and screeched whatever phrases it had been taught, just as educators might unthinkingly pass on lessons that they learned by rote.

Invitation

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, exhibition invitation, 1990.

( A dark-colored school desk chair with a connected writing surface and a storage shelf under the seat. )

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

Gary Simmons: Disinformation Schoolroom, installation view, 1990.

Gary Simmons, Eraser Chair,1989