Alice Lang | Butt Vessel

Alice Lang 

Butt Vessel

Los Angeles, USA: Self-published, 2022

5.25 x 3.25 x 4.5"

Unlimited numbered edition

A mug or flower vase cast consisting of a scaled down 3D body scan of the artist, cast in doll porcelain. Each are hand-painted to include atomically correct replications of her freckles, moles and pubic hair (and nipples, on the sold separately Boob Vessel). 

Priced at $80 US, they are made to order from the artist, here, or available from the New Museum store, here. 

Dorothy Iannone | (Ta)Rot Pack

Dorothy Iannone 

(Ta)Rot Pack

New York City, USA: New Museum Store, 2009

[27] pp., 13 x 9.8 x 1.6 cm., loose leaves

Edition of 60 signed and numbered copies

In 1967, Dorothy Iannone accompanied Emmett Williams on a trip from New York to Iceland. Williams was going to meet up with Dieter Roth, whose forthcoming book he was editing. After an eight day long sailing trip - with only a few other passengers - they arrived in Reykjavik. Roth was waiting for them at the pier, with fresh wrapped fish in newspaper under his arm. 

"And when I saw Dieter," Iannone writes in An Icelandic Saga, "I knew I would change my life". She separated from her husband a week later.

The pair lived together in Düsseldorf, Reykjavik, Basel and London until 1974 (which Iannone called “their seven year embrace”). He became a muse to her and features in much of her artwork. 

Many of these works appeared in her first solo show in the US, which was held when she was 75 years old. To accompany the exhibition The New Museum published this deck of twenty-seven tarot cards. 

Based on drawings made in 1968 and '69, the cards depicts scenes from artist Roth’s life, often together with Iannone. They are pictured fishing, hunting, cooking and fucking. The card for patience portrays Roth teaching class, indigestion features him dining with friends, reverence depicts him giving Iannone oral sex (as does Pacifies, above, bottom). 

In the top right corner of each card Iannone illustrates an image of Roth’s own artwork. Depending on the context of his work, he used many variations of his name: Dieter Roth, dieter roth, DITERROT, Dietrich Roth, etc. The title (Ta)Rot Pack refers to the common variation where he dropped the 'h' in his name. 

In addition to the deluxe set of cards which are signed and numbered and housed in a handmade cherry wood custom box, a trade edition (unsigned, unboxed) was also produced in an edition of 190, for a total of 250. 

Open Letter to the New Museum

"We stand in solidarity with the New Museum Union.

We are troubled by New Museum leadership’s decision to hire an anti-union firm to sow fear and hostility and to misinform both management and staff about the role of unions in the workplace. Intimidation and misinformation do not constitute open engagement with the Museum employees. Moreover, such behavior goes against everything that the Museum has historically stood for—that is, equity, diversity, and a commitment to institutional responsibility.

We implore New Museum leadership to do the right thing and allow their employees to form a union without interference. We also urge leadership to bargain with the New Museum Union in good faith for a fair contract. Your coworkers are not simply union supporters but devoted colleagues who deeply love and believe in the institution and are fully committed to its future.

Signed:

Julie Ault, Artist

Andy Bichlbaum, the Yes Men

Claire Bishop, Professor, PhD Program in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center

Hannah Black, Artist

Nayland Blake, Artist, Chair ICP-Bard MFA

Jennifer Bolande, Professor, New Genres, UCLA Dept. of Art

Justin Vivian Bond, Transgenre Artist

Gregg Bordowitz, Artist

A.K. Burns, Artist

Paul Chan, Artist

Howie Chen, Curator

Liz Collins, Artist

Leah DeVun, Associate Professor, Rutgers University (Member, AAUP-AFT Local 06323)

Kimberly Drew, Writer and Independent Curator

Andrea Fraser, Professor and Chair, UCLA Department of Art

Malik Gaines, Artist

Liam Gillick, Artist

The Guerrilla Girls, Artists

Miguel Gutierrez, Artist

House of Ladosha

Sharon Hayes, Artist

Katherine Hubbard, Artist

Juliana Huxtable, Artist

David Joselit, Distinguished Professor, PhD Program in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center

Alhena Katsof, Curator

Jibade-Khalil Huffman, Artist and Writer

Nicole Killian, Artist and Assistant Professor, Virginia Commonwealth University

Devin Kenny, Artist

Kate Kraczon, Curator

Molly Larkey, Artist

Simon Leung, Artist and Professor of Art, UC Irvine

Monica Majoli, Artist and Professor, UC Irvine

Yong Soon Min, Professor Emerita, UC Irvine

Fred Moten, Professor, New York University

Carlos Motta, Artist

Gala Porras-Kim, Artist

R.H. Quaytman, Artist

Halsey Rodman, Artist; Co-Chair of Sculpture, Bard MFA; Critic, Yale School of Art, Painting and Printmaking

Martha Rosler, Artist

Alexandro Segade, Artist

Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Artist; Visiting Artist Faculty, California Institute for the Arts and

Bard Summer MFA

Gregory Sholette, PhD, Professor, Queens College Art Dept, CUNY

Patrick Staff, Artist

Eric A. Stanley, Assistant Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies, UC Berkeley

A.L. Steiner, Artist

Eric Golo Stone, Writer, Artist, and Curator

Lincoln Tobier, Artist, Otis College of Art and Design / SEIU Local 721

Mariana Valencia, Artist

Chris E. Vargas, Artist

Anton Vidokle, Artist and Founder of e-flux

Matt Wolf, Filmmaker

Yellow Jackets Collective"

Nancy Dwyer | The ME Block

Nancy Dwyer
The ME Block
New York City, USA: Josh Baer Gallery, 1989
34.3 x 31.8 x 33.7 cm.
Edition of 40 [+ 8 AP]

Made from Honduran mahogany, this work recently sold at Christies auction for $3,824, against an estimate of less than half that price.

Jim Lambie | Dubtronic

Jim Lambie
Dubtronic
New York City, USA: The New Museum, 2005
40.6 × 19.6 × 21.6 cm.
Edition of 30 [+6 APs] signed and numbered copies



"To create Dubtronic, Scottish artist Jim Lambie cast two functional lamps in concrete. The sculpture lights up when a thick, neon-colored power cord is plugged into an outlet. With Dubtronic, Lambie has given new life to ordinary desktop lamps by imbuing them with glamour. As a result, he extends these domestic objects into the realm of metaphor.

Lambie, a musician and DJ, frequently includes references to pop culture and rock ’n’ roll in his work. He is particularly interested in the reggae genre of dub, which involves DJs reinterpreting songs in battles with other DJs. The dub tradition informs Lambie’s appropriation and reworking extant objects. Just as a disk jockey puts his or her own twist on music, Lambie invites collectors to personalize Dubtronic by adorning it with colored lightbulbs of their choosing."

- New Museum press release

Jenny Holzer | Truisms Footstool: An Elite Is Inevitable...

Jenny Holzer
Truisms Footstool: An Elite Is Inevitable... 
New York City, USA: The New Museum, 1988
40.6 x 58.4 x 40.6 cm.
Edition of 40

A baltic brown granite bench, now valued at approximately $35,000.

New Museum Top 20 of 2015

Herbert Pfostl is the buyer for the New Museum's bookstore, which is one of the best-curated museum shops in North America. When visiting NYC I often fail to make time to see their exhibitions, but I never miss a visit to the store.

Pfostl has just announced his top twenty titles of 2015. The list includes the two recent Harry Smith catalogues, a great memoir from Werner Herzog, another by neurologist Oliver Sacks (who died shortly after its publication) and Find a Fallen Star by Regine Petersen.

Read the full list here.