Looking Back / The 6th White Columns Annual – Selected by Ken Okiishi and Nick Mauss

Michaela Eichwald, Pofalla (willst Du mir jetzt komplett den Garaus machen?), 2010, Collage on paper, 37 ft. × 67 in. (An elongated rectangular frame of a colorful mixed media collage. Various images cover a creased yellowing background with splotches of red, yellow, and blue.)

Anicka Yi, Convox Dialer Double Distance Of A Shining Path, 2011, Recalled powdered milk, abolished math, antidepressants, palm tree essence, shaved sea lice, ground Teva rubber dust, Korean thermal clay, steeped Swatch watch, aluminum pot, cell phone signal jammer and electric burner, 23 × 15 × 15 in. (An overhead view of a large silver cooking pot resting on a portable stove. Inside the pot are tree leaves and a white liquid.)

Amy Yao, YYSL (Kitchen) no. 2, 2011, 24 × 17 1/2 in. (A framed photograph of a person in a black dress standing in a kitchen, back faced towards the camera. There are flowers in the foreground.)

Carissa Rodriguez, Secrétaire 006: But can you type, Mrs. Clinton?, 2010, Inkjet print on Melamine, wood, Unique + 1 AP, 48 × 44 . × 27 1/2 in. (Angled view of a wooden desk with a built-in box showing a sideways black-and-white photograph of a person.)

Cosima Von Bonin, The Bonin/Oswald Empires Nothing #4 (The New York Version with Blue Feet), 2011 Wool, fabric, MDF, lacquer, CD player, electrical wiring, speaker cable, 66 × 81 × 33 in. (A giant stuffed black bunny rests on a tall, light pink table. Next to the bunny’s head are two pieces of sound equipment.)

Adrian Piper, I Am Somebody, The Body of My Friends #1-18, 1992-1995, 15 Color photographs, 3 Black & White photographs, 8 × 12 in. (Gallery view of two walls meeting at a corner, 18 framed photographs are evenly spaced between both walls, with 9 images in a 3×3 grid on the left and 9 more, also in a grid, on the right. All the photographs are “selfies” of the artist with various other people.)

Adrian Piper, This Is Not the Documentation Of A Performance, 1976, 49 × 45 in. (A framed newspaper story with added text.)

Joan Mitchell, Untitled, 1943-1954, Oil on canvas, 28 1/6 × 20 . in. (Rectangular abstract painting filled with hues of yellow, gray, and blue.)

(In a yellow frame, a painting of colorful plants against a blue background, but instead of flowers, six cat heads bloom.)

Amy Lien, Crying: Reproductive Heteronormativity is the Broadest Global Institution, 2011, Colored pencil, watercolor, gouache and kohl crayon on paper, 11 × 13 in. (A colorful drawing of a masculine figure in a red jacket sitting at a yellow table, there is a yellow pitcher, a cup and a red pot on the surface.)

Sherrie Levine, Small Cradle, 2010, Cast bronze, ed. 2 of 12, 3 8 1/4 × 27 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (A gold metallic cradle installed on the floor.)

Margaret Lee, Collaborative Photographs, 2010-2011 (Gallery view of two walls meeting at an angle, on the left wall there are four framed photographs in two rows and on the right there are six photos also in two rows, all with varying sizes and objects within the images.)

Louise Lawler, Birdcall, 1972-1981, Audio recording 7:01 min. (A clear fish bowl with red and white tapes inside.)

E’wao Kagoshima, Overtime, 2008, Oil on canvas, 18 × 24 in. (A framed painting: to the left is textured colorful paint next to an abstract face that looks like a beam of light. On the right is black steam train with a face, fading into a misty gray background.)

Alex Kwartler, Wheel, 2011 Plaster on plywood, 96 × 48 in. (A curved piece of wood with the image of a spiral.)

Josie Collins, Untitled (Party Hat), 2011, Plastic hat form, newspaper, magazines, wire, tape, 15 × 14 × 6 in. (A clear hat with newspaper flowers sits on a plinth.)

Loretta Fahrenholz/Grand Openings, Grand Openings Return of the Blogs, 2011, DV transferred to DVD, Two-channel 2:05:40 min. (Two black TV screens placed back to back on a plinth with headphones attached, on the screen is an image of a crowd of people in a white building.)

Michaela Eichwald, Alone Like a Tree, Together Like a Bunch of Flowers (Einzeln wie ein Baum Gemeinsam wie ein Blumenstrauss) No future, 1993, Xerox book, staple bound 4 ¼ × 2 7/8 in. (A black and white book encased in a clear plexiglass box, resting on an unfinished wooden shelf.)

Thomas Eggerer, Downward (Dark Triangle), 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 64 × 42 in. (A rectangular painting of two shirtless figures in shorts holding one another on an angled gray hill, looking down at a dark abyss, the background is a neon green.)

Chloe Dzubilo, 3 Gramercy, 2008, Pen and marker on paper, 14 × 11 in. (A drawing with a completely white background and an oval to the upper left made out of scribbles; text in the middle of the oval reads “3 Gramercy Park”.)

Chloe Dzubilo, If more news…, 2008, Pen and marker on paper, 9 × 12 in. (A written poem with symbols on white paper.)

Chloe Dzubilo, Big Ol’ Tranny Shoe, 2008, Pen and marker on paper, 9 × 12 in. (A drawing of a blue pointed-toe stiletto heel; handwritten text on the inside of the heel reads “BIG OL’ TRANNY SHOE.”)

Chloe Dzubilo, Ain’t Nothin like Knowin…, 2008, Pen and marker on paper,10 × 6 in. (A written poem framed between two panes of glass on a piece of tan, lopsided paper.)

T De Long, Untitled, N.D., 2011, Pen on paper, 14 × 11 in. (A written poem with a figure drawing, signatures, and a large capital T in block letters, all in blue, green, and black ink.)

T De Long, Untitled, N.D., 2011, Pen on paper, 14 × 11 in. (A white paper with a short statement reading “OUTSIDER WITHIN,” and, under that, “marginalized masculinities,” and a drawing of a face in the middle under the text.)

T De Long, Untitled, N.D., 2011, Pen on paper, 24 × 18 in. (A written poem with lines and shapes throughout it on white paper.)

T De Long, Untitled, N.D., 2011, Pen on paper, 23 1/4 × 16 1/2 in. (A poem written on the top center of a white paper.)

T De Long, Untitled, N.D., Installation view, 2011 (Four poems hang on a wall, the two on the left are smaller and the two on the right are larger.)

Donna Collins, A Passing Thought, 2009, Oil on linen, 24 × 20 in. (A blue, red, orange and yellow abstract painting made up of various lines, shapes, and depth.)

Donna Collins, All Together Now, 2009, Oil on linen, 24 × 20 in. (A blue, orange and tan painting of figure-like shapes all twisting and connecting.)

Bulletin Board: Mary Cassatt In the Omnibus Fernand Léger Informational Handout from Brasserie Chloe Dzubilo There is a Transolution (An angled view of a bulletin board, with three posts in each window, to the left is a print of two women in old-fashioned dresses, in the middle is letter, and to the right is a handwritten sign that reads “This is a Transolution”)

Sid Branch, 10 Year Anniversary, 2011, Mixed media, 8 × 10 in. (A framed mixed media collage of photographs, drawings, buttons, thread, testosterone bottles and other miscellaneous items.)

Fia Backström, Hours Ago, 2011, Digital print on linen, 79 3/4 × 56 3/4 in. (A white sign with centered text that reads “GOING BANANAS/ APPLE DESK UTENSILS/ ORANGE JUMPSUIT/ UNIFORM FRUITSALLAD.”)

Miwako Aarawaka, Untitled, 2011, Paper, string, wire, 18 × 10 × 4 in. (Paper cranes of various sizes and colors are suspended from a wire.)

Alvin Baltrop, Untitled, 1974-1991 (A photograph of a nude person with sneakers bent over so hands are touching the ground, with flowing water in the background.)

Antoine Catala, HDDH, 2011, HD TVs, mirrored cylinder, sound system, sound processor, antennae

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery view of four walls; the walls on the right are closest to the viewer and meet at an angle, with 4 framed photographs to the left and 8 photographs to the right. Behind that wall is another that meets at the corner. Both walls on the left and right have 9 evenly spaced and sized framed photographs.)

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery view at an angle, nearest to the viewer is a small white sculpture resting on a black plinth. The wall to the left has two paintings, a large spiral piece and slightly smaller figurative piece with a bright green background. The wall to the right has four pieces of varying sizes and mediums.)

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery view of three artworks, nearest to the viewer is a small white sculpture resting on a black plinth, to the left is a collaged white desk, and spread out across the adjacent walls is an elongated tapestry of collaged imagery and colors of paint.)

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery view at an angle of two sculptures in front of the gallery desk, to the left is a cooking pot on an electric stove, in the middle is a collaged white desk, on the back wall is a TV screen with two headphones connected.)

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery view at an angle of two adjacent walls. Pointing towards the left wall is a projector resting on a plinth, projecting an image of people sitting on a bed, in the corner is a radio placed on the floor, the wall on the right has a TV screen with an image of a woman looking away, there a two pairs of headphones hanging underneath the screen.)

Installation View, 2011 (Gallery at an angle view, on the left wall is five pieces, four of them are drawings and writing on paper in various sizes, one is a framed painting of a train. Where both walls meet is a golden cradle resting on the floor. To the right are two TVs with headphones placed back to back on a plinth, behind it is a large colorful painting and paper cranes hanging on the top right.)

Installation view of The Optimists, 2011 (Frontal view of a painting hung above a staircase, the painting is of two partially nude people standing in water with their thumbs up looking at the viewer.)

Installation View, 2011 (Frontal view of a large painting hung so that it is suspended in midair over four smaller pieces and a black bunny laying on a light pink rolling table with “SLOTH” written in blue on the feet stands on the right side.)