The Cat Show

Jeff Funnell, Untitled, c. 1992, pastel on paper, nine drawings: 29.5 × 21.5 in. each. Courtesy of the artist. (A 3×3 grid of nine portrait-oriented paintings with patterned cat silhouettes in shades of black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and white.)

Eric Ginsburg, Untitled, 2013, acrylic on canvas, 36 × 48 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painted portrait of a tan cat with green eyes on a blue background)

Lucky DeBellevue, Untitled, 2010, collage, 52 × 38 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A blue, orange, white, brown and red mixed-media collage with a patterned image of a cat, red stripes and an image of someone holding a cigarette.)

Michael Auder, Cat Stranglers, 2009, C-print, edition of 5, 11 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist and Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York. (A landscape-oriented image of two side-by-side photographs. On the left, a person lays on a bed. On the right, a cat lays on a bed.)

Michael Auder, Cat in the Afternoon, 2009, C-print, edition of 5, 11 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist and Newman Popiashvili Gallery, New York. (A landscape-oriented image of two side-by-side photographs. On the left, a person lays seemingly nude on a bed under a white translucent canopy. On the right, a person holds a cat while standing in front of a painting of a figure holding a cat.)

Kathe Burkhart, Asia, 2012, marker and pencil on red vellum, 13 × 19 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A drawing of a person laying in grass next to a leopard with their hand on the leopard’s shoulder.)

Matthew Barney, CREMASTER 3: Plumb Line, 2001, C-print in acrylic fame, AP9, edition of 50 + 10 APs, 28 × 24 in. framed. Courtesy of James Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach, New York. (A photograph of a cat sitting on a cylindrical wooden surface that is holding towels. The photo is in a gray and orange frame.)

Rhonda Lieberman, Chanel Cat Lady, 2013, pencil on paper, 11 × 8.5 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A drawing of a person wearing sunglasses and holding a cat. Text under the drawing reads “CAT LADY/CHANEL.”)

Jake Ewert, Untitled, 2008, soot on corduroy, 27.5 × 27.5 in. Courtesy of the artist. (Geometric patterns of brown and white lines in a square.)

Jake Ewert, Untitled, 2009, soot on corduroy, 27.5 × 27.5 in. Courtesy of the artist. (Geometric patterns of brown and white lines in a square.)

Jason Rosenberg, Dargelos #1, watercolor on paper, 24 × 29 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of subtle blue, yellow and pink lines and bolder thin black lines.)

Kay Rosen, Catty Corner, 2013, vinyl on wall, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins, New York. (Two side-by-side images of adjacent walls meeting in corners. On the left, the corner reads “CATTY.” On the right, the corner reads “CORNER.”)

David Colman, Tom Queen / Queen Tom, 2013, mixed media, 49 × 24 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A brown canvas displays the words “TOM” and “STOP” in addition to imagery of playing cards, cattails, cat figurines and black and white polaroids.)

Jason Rosenberg, Object (Cat Whisker Paintbrush), 2013, found materials (whiskers, cotton thread, copper wire, electrical tape, acetate, wood), 9 in. long. Courtesy of the artist. (A paintbrush made with cat hair.)

June Hamper, Untitled (Cat), 2003, earthenware, 6 × 3 × 4 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A brown sculpture of a cat with blue eyes and a hallowed head.)

Alissa McKendrick, The Love of a Good Woman, 2012, watercolor, colored pencil and milk paint on paper, 11 × 8.5 in. Courtesy of the artist and Real Fine Arts, New York. (A painting of two cats playing music. Music notes, the moon and two treble clefs float above them.)

Daniel Heidkamp, Twinkletoes and Hammertoes, 2013, oil on linen, 31 × 25 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of a person holding a cat on their lap indoors. Plants line the three windows in the background.)

Cory Arcangel, Drei Klavierstucke op.11, 2009, DVD, 15 minutes, 58 seconds. Courtesy of the artist and Team Gallery, New York. (An image of an orange kitten standing on a keyboard.)

John Hiltunen, Untitled, 2013, collage, 11.25 × 10 in. Private collection, New York; Courtesy of the artist and Creative Growth, Oakland, CA. (A cat’s head on a person’s body. The person is holding a purse and has jewelry stacked on their wrists. The background is a canopy of leaves.)

Sadie Laska, The Relationship, 2012, oil on canvas, 40 × 48 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of two people with both of them holding a hand up to a cat’s ear. A blue cloud floats above the cat’s head.)

Lucky DeBellevue, Untitled, 2010, mixed media, 21.5 × 15.5 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An image of a Siamese cat with blue eyes. Small, irregular red rectangles are patterned bordering the cat.)

Marilyn Minter, Cat’s Eye, 2006, C-print, 86 × 60 in. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York. (An image with the lower half of a person’s face occupying the top of the photo and the right half of a cat’s face occupying the bottom of the photo.)

Ella Kruglyanskaya, Phil, 2013, flashe, oil and oil bar on linen, 20 × 22 in. Courtesy of the artist. (An image of a cat sitting on the lap of a more cartoonish rendering of a person.)

Paul Georges, Buster in the Arbor, 1999, oil on linen, 50 × 38.5 in. Courtesy of Paul Georges Estate, New York. (A painting of a cat and a bird walking on wooden planks covered in flowers. A dark gray cloud hangs above them.)

Bella Foster, The Mandolin Concerto, 2013, watercolor on paper, 8 × 6 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of a person wearing a red patterned cat shirt. Behind them are two other people facing each other.)

Dave Muller, Untitled, c. 2003, watercolor and googly eyes on paper, 4 × 3.5 in. Private Collection, New York. (A painting of two kittens with plastic googly eyes adhered to the paper.)

Bella Foster, The Mysterious Barricades, 2013, watercolor on paper, 7.89 × 9.38 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A flat painting of a person’s face on a mug on a table. At least six gray cats surround the mug on the table. A chair is placed at the corner of the table.)

Cynthia Daignault, CCTV Monitor [Keely], 2012, oil on linen, unique, edition of 30 + 1 AP, 12 × 16 in. Courtesy of the artist and Lisa Cooley, New York. (A black and white painting of a TV monitor on a shelf. On the screen, a cat is pictured laying on a rug.)

Peter Fischli / David Weiss, Busi (Kitty), 2001, DVD, 6 minutes, 30 seconds. Courtesy of the artists and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York.

Bella Foster, Duet, 2013, watercolor on paper, 7.89 × 9.38 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A painting of flowers in a planter on a pink table. A book, a sandwich, a glass and die are all pictured on the table. The background is black with white polka dots.)

Lucky DeBellevue, Calico Kinetic Moe Guy Sew, 2013, chenille stems and feathers, 24 × 19 in., height variable. Courtesy of the artist. (A long black, brown and white figure with feathered limbs suspended from the ceiling.)

Joe Scanlan, Scratching Post (with Dingbat), 2013, wood, cardboard, glue, contact cement, hardware and polyester carpeting designed by Garhard Richter, edition of 4, 16.5 × 42 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A cat’s scratch post patterned with orange, blue, green, yellow, black, white and red squares. A wire extends from the top of the post and curves.)

Freecell with Gia Wolff, Cat Habitat Construction, 2013, PVC piping and rope, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artists. (An installation of a wooden structure containing red shelves, TV monitors, wooden plants, a bust and black piping.)

Wayne Koestenbaum, Stray Cat, 2013, oil on paper, three parts: 16 × 12 in. each. Courtesy of the artist. (Three canvases in a row. The leftmost canvas has blue writing that reads “Without permission, my sister adopted a stray cat. My mother boy-.” The middle canvas reads “-cotted it, locked it in the garage,” in red. The rightmost canvas contains painted blue, red and yellow squiggly lines.)

Sam Roeck, Contemporary Art Sculpture for Cats #2, 2013, oak, Plexiglass, carpet and vinyl, 52 × 30 × 30 in. Courtesy of the artist. (A cat tree constructed of wooden boxes and pink, blue, green and yellow Plexiglass windows. A black cat sits on top of one of the boxes and a brown and white cat lays in one of the boxes.)

Cary Leibowitz, The Cat Show Mug, 2013, ceramic mugs. Courtesy of the artist. (A pyramid of three white mugs covered in small text.)

Takeshi Murata, Condos, 2012, pigment print, edition of 3, 62 × 50 in. Courtesy of the artist and Salon 94, New York. (An image of a pink, green, purple, orange and white cat tree. A cup of coffee sits on a keyboard in front of the cat tree.)

Bill Adams, Untitled, 2009, oil on canvas, 12 × 16 in. Courtesy of the artist and Kerry Schuss, New York. (A yellow, orange, gray and white painting of a cat face.)

Frances Stark, Hopefully all of my cat videos…, 2004, pencil and collage on paper, 31.25 × 26.5 in. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. (A drawn image of video tapes stacked on top of each other. The silhouette of a figure reading on a stack of books is on the right of the image.

Andy Warhol, Cat Drawing, c. mid-1950s, ink on paper, 17 × 12.5 in. Private collection, New York. (A black and white drawing of a cat sitting.)

Bill Adams, New Brian Joiner, 2013, mixed media, 11.5 × 7.25 × 7 in. Courtesy of the artist and Thunder Sky Inc., Cincinnati, OH. (A painting of a blue-eyed, white cat’s face.)

Mike Kelley, Square Cat and Tangents, 1980, ink on paper, three parts: 17 × 14 in. each. Private Collection, Belgium. (Three drawings on a wall in a row. The leftmost is an image of a square. The middle image renders a cat behind a square with straight lines drawn in every direction. The rightmost image is of a cat.)

Elizabeth Peyton, Blossom Sleeping, 2001, colored pencil on paper, 16.75 × 13.25 in. framed. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. (A framed drawing of a black, orange and white calico cat lying next to a plant on a white surface.)

Rita Ackermann, With No Roots Behind Them I, 1997, collage on paper, 10.75 × 7 in. Courtesy of the artist and Huaser & Wirth. (A collaged image of a person in a bathroom with a cat lying on its back on the floor.)

Ann Craven, installation view, 2013. (Seven painted portraits of cats lined in a row on the wall of a gallery.)

David Shrigley, Untitled (Feed All Cats), 2010, ink on paper, 11.5 × 8.25 in. Courtesy of the artist and Anton Kern Gallery, New York. (A 4×3 grid of black and white drawings of a cat. Some images are full-body and others are headshots.)

Matt Keegan, Domestic Cat, 2009, C-print mounted to aluminum, 16.25 × 18.13. Courtesy of the artist. (An image of a gray and white cat sitting in a corner next to an outlet.)

B. Wurtz, Untitled (cat purchase), 1990, acrylic paint and modeling paste on wood, 12 × 12.75 × 0.75 in. Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York. (A painting with blue and yellow markings reminiscent of fingerprints border the canvas. In the middle, red writing reads “my cat, without a second thought, would purchase all of my art.”)

Laura Owens, Untitled, 2004, oil and acrylic on linen, 32 × 26 in. Collection of Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, New York. (A painting of a person holding a small gray kitten against a purple background.)

Mark Leckey, Flix, 2008, animation transferred to 16 mm film, edition 2 of 3 + 1 AP, 1 minute loop. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. (An image of a projector casting an image of a negative squiggle shape against a white background.)

Graham Anderson, Untitled, 2009, oil on panel, 50 × 37.5 in. Courtesy of the artist and Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York. (A blue pleated painting of two black cats standing next to each other against a white canvas.)

Michele Abeles, 6th of April, 2007, archival pigment print, edition 1 of 5, 25 × 30 in. Courtesy of the artist and 47 Canal, New York. (A portrait of a fluffy white cat with light blue eyes.)

Eileen Quinlan, The Last Picture I Took of Crow, 2012, C-print mounted on Sintra, edition 3 + 2 APs, 24 × 20 in. Courtesy of the artist and Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York. (A portrait of a black cat with its eyes squinted.)

Laura Aldridge, Cats Are Not Important, 2011, screen print on Perspex, dye, fabric and plaster, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Kendall Koppe, Glasgow. (Green, brown and yellow knotted strings scattered around the frame. An image of a black and white cat is pictured near the top left of the image.)

Richard Prince, Untitled (original), 2011, original illustration and paperback book, 33 × 29 in. Courtesy of the artist. (Two identical images, the one on the left large and drawn by hand, the other a book cover. Both images are of a figure in a bathing suit with a large, catlike shadow behind them.)

Elad Lassry, Two British Shorthair Cats (BSH), 2009, C-print and painted frame, AP1, edition of 5 + 2 APs, 11.5 × 14.5 × 1.5 in. Collection of Pamela and Arthur Sanders. (An image of two kittens, one gray and one brown, sitting next to each other and looking over their shoulders.)

Lisa Anne Auerbach, Trap, Neuter, Release, 2009, Merino wool (with plastic display bust), dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist and Gavalk Gallery, West Palm Beach. (A white background with at least nine images of kittens playing with yarn.)

Will Benedict, Untitled, 2013, gouache on Foamcore and canvas, archival inkjet print and aluminum frame with glass, 42.5 × 61 in. Private Collection; courtesy of the artist and Bortolami Gallery, New York. (A painting of a cat’s face at the top left of a larger painting displaying patterns of wet paint marks.)

Ann Cathrin November Høibo, Documentation is Everything, 2013, tripod, Chinese fortune cat, acrylic paint and glue, 58.25 × 32.25 × 27.13 in. Courtesy of the artist and Standard (OSLO), Oslo. (A black Chinese fortune cat figurine standing on top of a tripod in a white space.)

Steven Shearer, Self Plaster Catdrum, 2011, inkjet print, edition of 4 + 1 AP, 3 parts: 28.25 × 21 in. each. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York. (Three photographs in a row–the left image is of a shadowed person outdoors wearing a hat. The middle image displays a missing smoke detector from a ceiling. The rightmost image is of a cat in front of a white drum against a red background.)

Cat enclosure sketch for The Cat Show. (A sketch of a wooden enclosure with written dimensions and description.)

Siobhan Meow, The Cat Show flyer. (A scan of a newspaper comic occupies the bottom half of the image. The top has writing that reads “THE CAT SHOW @ WHITE COLUMNS!!!/OPENING RECEPTION 13 JUNE, THURSDAY/6PM/320 W 13 ST/(ENTER @ HORATIO).”

Cat enclosure sketch for The Cat Show. (A sketch of a wooden enclosure with written dimensions.)

View of cats up for adoption. (Two kittens laying in an enclosure.)

Cat enclosure sketch for The Cat Show. (A sketch of a wooden enclosure with written dimensions and description.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (Five images hanging on two adjacent walls in a gallery space. The corner at which they meet, which is to the right of the frame, has text that reads “CATTY.” To the left of the frame is a TV monitor sitting on top of a cabinet with wheels and a stool sits in front of it. In the background to the left, a bucket and shelf sit on the floor and more images hang on the wall.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (Seven portraits of a cat line a gallery wall in a row. Underneath the row are three hanging drawings and to their right is a shelf of three cubed figures. To the right of the shelf and the cat portraits are a collage and a drawing.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (A mixed-media collage hangs on a gallery wall to the left, and on the wall adjacent to the right are five framed artworks.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (Four sculptures sit on a white podium in the middle of a gallery space. On the adjacent walls behind it hang Eight other artworks.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (A black structure with cords and a light in a gallery space. Two majority blue paintings hang on the walls in the background.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (A wooden enclosure containing shelves and black piping in a gallery space. A multicolored wooden cat tree is pictured outside of the enclosure.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (A tripod, projector and stool on the floor of a gallery space. Several hanging artworks occupy the adjacent walls in the background.)

Rhonda Lieberman, installation view of The Cat Show, 2013. (Seven artworks hanging on the wall of a gallery space.)