Red People Are My Mother When She Sick And Visiting Me In The Hospital

Installation view of Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1-October 4, 2021). From left to right: Dave McKenzie, Self-Portrait Piñata, 2002; Dave McKenzie, Edward and Me, 2000; Chris Burden, Documentation of Selected Works 1971-75, 1971-75; Dave McKenzie, We Shall Overcome, 2004; (from top to bottom) Pope.L, Black People Are The Smell Of Freshly Baked Bread, 2001-02; Pope.L, Purple People Bust A Nut In The Gravy And We Learn Something, 2012; Pope.L, Black People Are The Silence They Cannot Understand, 2001-02; Pope.L, Red People Are My Mother When She Sick And Visiting Me In The Hospital, 2010; Pope.L, Orange People Are the Bodies Falling Piece By Piece To The Carpet, 2012; Dave McKenzie, Drawing After Andy, 2001; Walter Gutman, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Trisha Brown Co. at the Whitney Museum 1971—The Rehearsal, 1971. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself

Installation view of Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1-October 4, 2021). From left to right: Dave McKenzie, We Shall Overcome, 2004; (from top to bottom) Pope.L, Black People Are The Smell Of Freshly Baked Bread, 2001-02; Pope.L, Purple People Bust A Nut In The Gravy And We Learn Something, 2012; Pope.L, Black People Are The Silence They Cannot Understand, 2001-02; Pope.L, Red People Are My Mother When She Sick And Visiting Me In The Hospital, 2010; Pope.L, Orange People Are the Bodies Falling Piece By Piece To The Carpet, 2012; Dave McKenzie, Drawing After Andy, 2001; Walter Gutman, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Trisha Brown Co. at the Whitney Museum 1971—The Rehearsal, 1971. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself

Installation view of Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, May 1-October 4, 2021). From left to right: Dave McKenzie, Self-Portrait Piñata, 2002; Dave McKenzie, Edward and Me, 2000; Chris Burden, Documentation of Selected Works 1971-75, 1971-75; Dave McKenzie, We Shall Overcome, 2004; (from top to bottom) Pope.L, Black People Are The Smell Of Freshly Baked Bread, 2001-02; Pope.L, Purple People Bust A Nut In The Gravy And We Learn Something, 2012; Pope.L, Black People Are The Silence They Cannot Understand, 2001-02; Pope.L, Red People Are My Mother When She Sick And Visiting Me In The Hospital, 2010; Pope.L, Orange People Are the Bodies Falling Piece By Piece To The Carpet, 2012; Dave McKenzie, Drawing After Andy, 2001; Walter Gutman, Trisha Brown Dance Company, Trisha Brown Co. at the Whitney Museum 1971—The Rehearsal, 1971. Photograph by Ron Amstutz

From the exhibition Dave McKenzie: The Story I Tell Myself