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Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This Is What Liberation Feels Like™ Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Kathy Acker Letter to Dennis Cooper, 1981 Dennis Cooper Letter to Kathy Acker, 1981 1 Typescripts Dennis Cooper papers, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Mike Albo Untitled, 2014 2 Courtesy the artist Abe Ajay Letter to Ad Reinhardt (with Reinhardt's handwritten response in the margins around the original letter), February 2, 1963 3 Typescript Ad Reinhardt papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Artists Poster Committee (Frazier Dougherty, Jon Hendricks, Irving Petlin) Q: And Babies?, 1970 4 Offset lithograph 25 x 38 inches Collection of David Platzker and Susan Inglett Kathe Burkhart Suck My Dick: from the Liz Taylor Series (Candid shot), 2004 5 Acrylic, singed rejection letters from publishers, museums and galleries, dildo on canvas 90 x 60 x 9 ½ inches Courtesy the artist Nao Bustamante To Nao and to Wow, 2011 6 Photographic fleece, letters 60 x 40 inches, Edition of 11 Courtesy the artist Jibz Cameron Breakup Day, 2011 7 Paper bag and pencil Courtesy the artist 2 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Leidy Churchman Hardbacks: Ridykeulous, 2010 8 Oil on wood 10 x 7 inches Courtesy the artist and SILBERKUPPE, Berlin Zackary Drucker A vacuum of fucking in a world in which we don't really exist, 2011 10 C-print, iShuffle, audio (6:19m) 10 x 8 inches Courtesy the artist and Luis De Jesus, Los Angeles Nicole Eisenman Welcome to Anger Management, 2011 11 Phototransfer, ink on canvas 10 x 10 inches Courtesy the artist and Koenig & Clinton, New York Tracey Emin Your Name Try CUNT INTERNATIONAL, 2004 Pink neon 12 38 x 66 x 2 inches Edition 1/3 Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong 3 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Tracey Emin She Did What, 2005 Embroidery on fabric 13 10.55 x 12.13 inches (26.8 x 30.8 cm) Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong Daniel Feinberg Untitled (Orchard Street), 2011 14 C-print dry-erase board mounted on plywood 48 x 36 inches Courtesy the artist Louise Fishman Letter to my mother about painting, 1972 –1973 15 Oil on canvas, two-sided Six panels, 13 ¾ x 14 inches each Courtesy the artist and Cheim & Read, New York Glen Fogel From Anna, n.d. Oil on canvas 16 62 x 48 inches Courtesy the artist and Callicoon Fine Arts, New York 4 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Hollis Frampton Letter to Donald Richie, 1973 17 Typescript Courtesy Anthology Film Archives Simon Fujiwara Untitled, 2010 18 Flag and ephemera Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist and Neue Alte Bruecke, Berlin Gary Gissler Fucking Asshole, 1998 Graphite, varnish on 19 gessoed panel 8 x 8 inches Collection of Stephen Clearman Guerilla Art Action Group (G.A.A.G.) Guerilla Art Action Group, Open Letter to Dr. John Spiegel, President, American 20 Psychiatric Association, November 16, 1974 Typescript Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, New York 5 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Harmony Hammond Small Erasure #3, 1999 Photocopy, latex rubber, acrylic, white-out and glass 21 Three panels, 8 x 10 inches each Courtesy the artist and Alexander Gray Associates, New York Kathleen Hanna and Toby Vail Tell Me So, n.d. Demirep, n.d. Lil Red, n.d. Sugar, n.d. Jigsaw Youth, n.d. 22 Ink on paper and typescript Kathleen Hanna papers, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University K8 Hardy Dear Reena Spaulings Fine Art 23 Ink on yellow paper 11 x 8 ½ inches Courtesy the artist I.U.D. Pet Names, 2009 24 Video, 4 min. 50 sec. Ed. of 3 Courtesy the artist 6 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Donald Judd RCA Global Telegram, 1970 25 Typescript Collection of David Platzker and Susan Inglett Zoe Leonard I Want a President, 1992 26 Xerox 13 x 8 ½ inches Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York Ali Liebegott Law & Order Episodes Where It’s the Woman’s Fault, 2011 27 Pen ink watercolor on Arches cold press 11 x 8 ½ inches Courtesy the artist Lucy Lippard Letter to a Young Woman Artist, 1974 Published in Anonymous Was a Woman: A Documentation of the Women's Art Festival: A 28 Collection of Letters to Young Women Artists (Ed. Miriam Schapiro. Valencia, California: Feminist Art Program, California Institute of Arts, 1974) Courtesy the artist 7 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Catherine Lord Global Feminisms, 2011 29 Inkjet triptych 11 x 119 inches Courtesy the artist Bernadette Mayer “To a Politician” 30 Poem from Scarlet Tanager (book), 2005 Courtesy the artist Allyson Mitchell & Deirdre Logue Crystal Catastrophe, 2011 31 Three pieces of printed paper Courtesy the artists Eileen Myles Dear Ridykulous, 2011 32 Marker, dry erase board 17 x 11 inches Courtesy the artist 8 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Chuck Nanney Untitled, 1997-2001 33 Pencil on paper 8 x 8 inches Collection of Joanne Greenbaum Genesis Breyer P-Orridge Eva Adolf Braun Hitler, 2002 Single-channel video, 8 min. 34 45 secs. Edition 3 of 5 Courtesy the artist and Invisible-Exports, New York Laura Parnes Untitled, 1992 35 Mixed media Courtesy the artist and Fitzroy Gallery, New York Laura Parnes Untitled, 1992 36 Phonebook, gun damage Courtesy the artist and Fitzroy Gallery, New York 9 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Adrian Piper “To the Editor of the New York Times (27 October 2001)” From adrianpiper.com Homepage> Adrian Piper> 37 Commentary: *@#%!!CENSORED: Letters to the Editor> http://adrianpiper.com/ny_ times.shtml © Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation Berlin William Powhida Dear Future Art World 38 Ink on paper 20 x 16 inches Collection of Wendy Olsoff William Powhida Rant, 2010 39 Ink on paper 44 x 30 inches Collection of Max Levai Ridykeulous PATRIArchives, 2005-2011 40 Various documents Courtesy the artists 10 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Ridykeulous Work of Art (Prequel to the Minimalist Show TBD), 2014 41 Wood, plastic, Band-Aids, kitchen utensils, tape, metal, glass, puzzle, garlic Courtesy the artists Ridykeulous The Advantages of Being a Lesbian Woman Artist, 2006 42 Silkscreen on paper Courtesy the artists Carolee Schneemann CS to Cee Brown, 1978 43 Ink on paper 17 x 11 inches Courtesy the artist and P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York Jack Smith Untitled (from Capitalism of Lotusland), c. 1977 Ink on paper 44 10 x 8 inches Courtesy Jack Smith Archive and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels 11 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Jack Smith Untitled, n.d. Ink on paper 45 Courtesy Jack Smith Archive and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels Nancy Spero Letter to Lucy Lippard, October 29, 1971 46 Lucy R. Lippard papers, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Nicola Tyson Dear Man on the Street, 2011 Ink on paper, laminated, 47 hung on noose, 34 x 16 inches Ed. of 5 Courtesy the artist and Petzel Gallery, New York Kara Walker Letter of recommendation to, 2011 48 Ink on paper 11 x 16 1/8 inches Courtesy the artist 12 Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like™ Checklist Kara Walker Dear you hypocritical fucking Twerp, 2011 49 Ink on paper 11 ½ x 9 inches Courtesy the artist Kara Walker Art letter, 2011 50 Ink on paper 11 ½ x 9 inches Courtesy the artist David Wojnarowicz Letter to Pat (never mailed), 1975 Typescript 51 David Wojnarowicz papers, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University David Wojnarowicz Letter to Sylvia Hochfield and Editor, ARTnews, January 6, 1990 52 Typescript David Wojnarowicz papers, Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University 13 .
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