Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions
Curator Chrissie Iles on John Baldessari’s I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (1971)
Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles discusses John Baldessari’s I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art, and the restaging of the 1971 work that she organized in conjunction with Off the Wall—Part 1: Thirty Performative Actions. Iles also reads Baldessari’s original instructions for the work.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Dara Birnbaum
In this video, artist Dara Birnbaum discusses her work, Mirroring (1975) with Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles. Birnbaum explains how the medium of video provided a means for her to explore her own sense of identity.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Vito Acconci
In this video, artist Vito Acconci discusses with Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles the intense self-hypnosis he underwent while creating his work Claim Excerpts (1971).
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Nate Lowman
In this video, artist Nate Lowman speaks with Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles about his reinterpretation of Yoko Ono’s Painting to Be Stepped On (1960), created in conjunction with Off the Wall: Part 1—Thirty Performative Actions.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Martha Rosler
In this video, artist Martha Rosler discusses the inspiration for her work Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained (1977), as well as how it reflects the connection between the social judgment of women and the crimes committed against them with Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Dennis Oppenheim
In this video, artist Dennis Oppenheim discusses with Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles the aggressive and rhythmic quality of the four-screen film installation Echo (1974), as well as its relationship to body art.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Laurie Simmons
In this video, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles speaks with artist Laurie Simmons about her work, Walking Camera II (Jimmy the Camera) from 1987. The artist explains the inspiration behind the work and how it functions as a portrait of her close friend Jimmy DeSana.
Curator Chrissie Iles in Conversation with Robert Longo
In this video, Anne & Joel Ehrenkranz Curator Chrissie Iles speaks with artist Robert Longo about his work, Body of a Comic (1984). The artist describes why he dedicated the sculpture to the late comedian Andy Kaufmann and his desire for the work to “die” and come back to life.
