Jeffrey Lew
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Jeffrey Lew stationed life-size Kodaliths (a photographic process) on glass in front of the columns presenting rear views of his Favorite Artists. The same rear views could be seen looking toward the front or toward the rear of the gallery. Among those depicted were Philip Glass, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, and Cy Twombly. Lew entitled another series of Kodaliths, which angled off the wall and rested on the floor, The Chinese Lesson. Images of hair, tooth, mouth, nose and eye were featured with English and Chinese translations below them. The artist also provided a list of 26 reasons for learning Chinese. Other Kodaliths which hung in the back windows of the space included one of Geronimo, one of a starfish, and one of another Indian.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.