Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art
Summary information
Date
Sun Apr 26 1981 until Mon Jun 15 1981
Location
- MoMA PS1 type:exhibition building spaces
- 22-25 Jackson Avenue type:thoroughfare names
Concurrent exhibitions
Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.
Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation
# | Start | End | Title |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Mary Corse | ||
2 | Poetry (Spring 1981): Sardines | ||
3 | Wm. Schwedler: Recent Paintings on Plywood and Paper with Roseville | ||
4 | James Biederman, Don Gummer, Nigel Hall, Mel Kendrick, Avital Oz | ||
5 | Barry LeDoux: Four Songs for Dowland |
# | Start | End | Title |
---|---|---|---|
1 | West/East: First Generation Environmental Sculptures | ||
2 | Architecture (Spring 1981): Coy Howard | ||
3 | Video (Spring 1981): Louis Grenier | ||
4 | International Studio Program (Spring 1981) | ||
5 | Heads | ||
6 | Video (Spring 1981): Funny Video Tapes | ||
7 | Sound (Spring 1981): Alison Knowles | ||
8 | Photography (Spring 1981): Couches, Diamonds and Pie | ||
9 | Special Projects (Spring 1981) | ||
10 | Film (Spring 1981): Anita Thatcher: Lighthouse | ||
11 | Bill Hoppe: Recent Paintings | ||
12 | National Studio Artists 1980–1981 | ||
13 | Spring Dance Series (1981): DANCETEXTFLASH Festival |
# | Start | End | Title |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Acquisitions: Drawings | ||
2 | New Art II: Surfaces/Textures | ||
3 | Wendy Clarke: Love Tapes | ||
4 | Photographs by Alfred Capel-Cure | ||
5 | Dorothea Rockburne: Locus | ||
6 | Before Photography: Painting and the Invention of Photography | ||
7 | Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects | ||
8 | Gerry Schum: Video | ||
9 | Pierre Alechinsky: A Print Retrospective | ||
10 | Summer Light |
Artists
There were 8 persons who influenced this exhibition.
Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.
Richard Artschwager
Biographical statement American, 1923–2013
Born 1923 (click to view other people born in this year)Died 2013
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Richard Artschwager
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Richard Artschwager was involved in 69 exhibitions across 6 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,2000s with 17 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Selections from the Art Lending Service | |||
2 | Selections from the Art Lending Service | |||
3 | The 1960s: Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Information | |||
2 | Prints for Collectors | |||
3 | Unique Photographs and Multiple Sculpture | |||
4 | Unique/Multiples: Sculpture/Photos | |||
5 | Recent Acquisitions, 1968–1973 | |||
6 | Collectors of the Seventies, Part I: Dorothy and Herbert Vogel | |||
7 | MoMA PS1 Long-Term Installations | |||
8 | Rooms | |||
9 | Rooms | |||
10 | New Art for the New Year | |||
11 | New York Avant-Garde/Works and Projects of the Seventies | |||
12 | Richard Artschwager | |||
13 | The Detective Show | |||
14 | Selections from the Collection | |||
15 | Recent Acquisitions: American Prints | |||
16 | Contemporary Sculpture: Selections from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art | |||
17 | Views over America |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Printed Art: A View of Two Decades | |||
2 | Inside Spaces | |||
3 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
4 | Special Projects (Winter 1983) | |||
5 | Habitats | |||
6 | Some Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture | |||
7 | Sculptors' Drawings | |||
8 | Drawing since 1940 | |||
9 | Painting and Sculpture, New Reinstallation | |||
10 | Contemporary Works from the Collection | |||
11 | Rauschenberg, 34 Drawings for Dante's "Inferno" and Selections from the Drawings Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Out of Site | |||
2 | For 25 Years: Brook Alexander Editions | |||
3 | American Sculptors in the 60's: Selected Drawings from the Collection | |||
4 | Adding It Up: Print Acquisitions 1970–1995 | |||
5 | Sculpture from the Collection | |||
6 | Impressions of Nature | |||
7 | Philip Johnson: Architecture and Design Gifts | |||
8 | From Bauhaus to Pop: Masterworks Given by Philip Johnson | |||
9 | The Maximal Sixties: Pop, Op, and Figuration | |||
10 | More than One: Twentieth-Century Print Portfolio | |||
11 | Selections from the Collection | |||
12 | On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the Werner and Elaine Dannheisser Collection | |||
13 | Reopening: Installations and Projects | |||
14 | New Concepts in Printmaking 2: Willie Cole |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matter | |||
2 | Architecture Hot and Cold | |||
3 | Actual Size | |||
4 | Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now | |||
5 | To Be Looked At: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection | |||
6 | Painting and Sculpture: Inaugural Installation | |||
7 | Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection | |||
8 | Drawing from the Modern, 1945–1975 | |||
9 | Artists and Prints: Part 2 | |||
10 | Take Two: Worlds and Views from the Contemporary Collection | |||
11 | Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection | |||
12 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2008 | |||
13 | Book/Shelf | |||
14 | Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus | |||
15 | Painting and Scultpure Changes 2009 | |||
16 | Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection | |||
17 | 1969 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2011 | |||
2 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012 | |||
3 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013 | |||
4 | Public Spaces Changes 2013 | |||
5 | Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City | |||
6 | Greater New York | |||
7 | FORTY |
Red Grooms
Biographical statement American, born 1937
Born 1937 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Red Grooms
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Red Grooms was involved in 30 exhibitions across 6 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 10 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1990s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Five Painters: Epstein, Grooms, Milder, Passuntino, and Weisselberg | |||
2 | Drawings | |||
3 | The Black City, The Red People: Red Grooms and Jay Milder | |||
4 | Building Hallway Mural | |||
5 | Drawings | |||
6 | Below Zero 1960 |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Happenings Series: Magic Train Ride, The Big Laugh, Small Cannon | |||
2 | Grooms: Red | |||
3 | Group Show | |||
4 | Ray Gun Spex |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Artists Make Toys | |||
2 | Prints by Sculptors | |||
3 | Rooms | |||
4 | Artists by Artists | |||
5 | NewYork/New York | |||
6 | New York/New York | |||
7 | Stage Show | |||
8 | The Stage Show | |||
9 | People Watching | |||
10 | Movin' |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Around Picasso | |||
2 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
3 | The New Portrait | |||
4 | Reinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries | |||
5 | El Arte Narrativo Y Pintura Mexicana | |||
6 | Film (Spring 1985) | |||
7 | Painters for the Theater |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | For 25 Years: Brook Alexander Editions |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today | |||
2 | Greater New York |
Steve Gianakos
Biographical statement American, born 1938
Born 1938 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Steve Gianakos
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Steve Gianakos was involved in 10 exhibitions across 3 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 6 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Homers | |||
2 | Works on Paper | |||
3 | Steve Gianakos: Recent Works | |||
4 | Artists Make Toys | |||
5 | Rooms | |||
6 | Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture Show |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
2 | The New Portrait | |||
3 | An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration |
Pieter Holstein
Biographical statement Dutch, born 1934
Born 1934 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality Dutch
Gender Male
External information resources for Pieter Holstein
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Pieter Holstein was involved in 4 exhibitions across 2 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s with 2 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1970s,1980s with 2 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent Acquisitions, 1968–1973 | |||
2 | International Studio Program (Winter 1978–1979) |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Printed Art: A View of Two Decades | |||
2 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art |
Edward Ruscha
Biographical statement American, born 1937
Born 1937 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for Edward Ruscha
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Edward Ruscha was involved in 76 exhibitions across 6 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 2000s with 28 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Tamarind: Homage to Lithography |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Pop Art Prints, Drawings, and Multiples | |||
2 | Information | |||
3 | Nine Print Portfolios | |||
4 | Ways of Looking | |||
5 | California Prints | |||
6 | Prints for Collectors | |||
7 | Landscape | |||
8 | Recent Acquisitions, 1968–1973 | |||
9 | Los Angeles: Selections from the ALS | |||
10 | Los Angeles: Selections from the Art Lending Service | |||
11 | Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976 | |||
12 | Bookworks | |||
13 | A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection | |||
14 | Mirrors and Windows: American Photography Since 1960 | |||
15 | Views over America | |||
16 | Movin' |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Printed Art: A View of Two Decades | |||
2 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
3 | American Prints, 1960–1985 | |||
4 | For 25 Years: Crown Point Press | |||
5 | In Honor of Toiny Castelli: Drawings from the Toiny and Leo Castelli Collection | |||
6 | Master Prints from the Collection | |||
7 | Contemporary Works from the Collection |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | On to Pop | |||
2 | Gifted: Collectors and Drawings at MoMA, 1929–1983 | |||
3 | Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now | |||
4 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2012 | |||
5 | The Shaping of New Visions: Photograph, Film, Photobook | |||
6 | Painting and Sculpture Changes 2013 |
William Wegman
Biographical statement American, born 1943
Born 1943 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for William Wegman
Exhibitions
In this dataset, William Wegman was involved in 44 exhibitions across 5 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1980s,1990s with 12 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 3 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Images | |||
2 | Projects: Video I | |||
3 | Artists Make Toys | |||
4 | Projects: Video VIII | |||
5 | Projects: Video IX | |||
6 | Artists by Artists | |||
7 | New York Avant-Garde/Works and Projects of the Seventies | |||
8 | Gold | |||
9 | Video (Winter 1979): Anthology Film Archives | |||
10 | The Altered Photograph |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Around Picasso | |||
2 | Selections from the ALS | |||
3 | Selections from the Art Lending Service | |||
4 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
5 | Photography (Spring 1981): Couches, Diamonds and Pie | |||
6 | Performance Video | |||
7 | Big Pictures by Contemporary Photographers | |||
8 | Video Art: A History | |||
9 | The New Portrait | |||
10 | Self Portrait: The Photographer's Persona, 1840–1985 | |||
11 | Selections from the Video Study Collection: 1968–1987 | |||
12 | Recent Acquisitions |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Photography Until Now | |||
2 | Artist's Choice: Chuck Close, Head-On/The Modern Portrait | |||
3 | Recent Acquisitions | |||
4 | Selections from the Collection | |||
5 | Consumer Tools: Personal Visions | |||
6 | New Acquisitions, Video: Joan Jonas, Nam June Paik, and William Wegman | |||
7 | Slow Art: Painting in New York Now | |||
8 | More Than One Photography: Works Since 1980 from the Collection | |||
9 | William Wegman's Cinderella | |||
10 | Multiple Images: Photographs Since 1965 from the Collection | |||
11 | Recent Acquisitions: Photography | |||
12 | 100 Drawings |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sets and Situations | |||
2 | Video Acts: Single Channel Video Works from the Collections of Pamela and Richard Kramlich and New Art Trust | |||
3 | Photography: Inaugural Installation | |||
4 | Photography Collection: Rotation 2 | |||
5 | Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970–Now | |||
6 | Book/Shelf | |||
7 | Artist's Choice: Vik Muniz, Rebus |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960 | |||
2 | MoMA Media Lounge 2012 | |||
3 | Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000 |
Boyd Webb
Biographical statement New Zealander, born 1947
Born 1947 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality
Gender Male
External information resources for Boyd Webb
Exhibitions
In this dataset, Boyd Webb was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 1 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 1 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art |
William T. Wiley
Biographical statement American, born 1937
Born 1937 (click to view other people born in this year)Died
Nationality American
Gender Male
External information resources for William T. Wiley
Exhibitions
In this dataset, William T. Wiley was involved in 23 exhibitions across 4 decades.
- Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1970s with 13 exhibitions.
- Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1960s,1990s with 2 exhibitions.
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selections from the Art Lending Service | |||
2 | Young West Coast Artists |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Recent American Acquisitions | |||
2 | Recent Drawings Acquisitions: National Endowment for the Arts | |||
3 | Prints by Sculptors | |||
4 | A Museum Menagerie | |||
5 | Projects: William T. Wiley | |||
6 | Handmade Paper Prints and Unique Works | |||
7 | Prints: Acquisitions, 1973–1976 | |||
8 | Maps | |||
9 | Bookworks | |||
10 | Artists by Artists | |||
11 | American Drawn and Matched | |||
12 | Stage Show | |||
13 | The Stage Show |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Eight Funny Artists: Wit and Irony in Art | |||
2 | Handmade Paper | |||
3 | Prints: Acquisitions 1977–1981 | |||
4 | An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture | |||
5 | For 25 Years: Crown Point Press | |||
6 | Committed to Print |
# | Start | End | Location | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | The Maximal Sixties: Pop, Op, and Figuration | |||
2 | A Singular Vision: Prints from Landfall Press |