Visual Thinking

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7.80 lb (100 Sheets of Paper), 2015

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100 Sheets of inkjet prints, trash can

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1% of the Static You See is not Cosmic Background Radiation from the Big Bang, 2015

Andy Alvarez

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In order, top-to-bottom:

1. Artist Name: Susan Philipsz Piece: Part File Score Date:  2014 Medium: Digital prints / silk screens on canvas, speakers Click here to see video documentation of the work.

2. Artist Name: Susan Philipsz Piece: Lowlands Date:  2010 Medium: speakers, song sung by artist Click here to see video documentation of the work.

3. Artist Name: Susan Philipsz Piece: You are not Alone Date:  2009 Medium: radio-transmitted sound installation Click here to see video documentation of the work.

4. Artist Name: Susan Philipsz Piece: Study for Strings Date:  2012 Medium: 24-channel sound installation Click here to see video documentation of the work.

5. Artist Name: Susan Philipsz Piece: Surround Me Date: 2010 Medium: sound installation Click here to see video documentation of the work.

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1. Artist Name: Dan Flavin Piece: The Diagonal of May 25, 1963 (to Constantin Brancusi) Date: 1963 Medium: Warm white fluorescent light tube Dimensions: 96″

2. Artist Name: Dan Flavin Piece: Icon V (Coran's Broadway Flesh) Date: 1962 Medium: Oil on cold gesso on Masonite, porcelain receptacles, pull chains, and clear incandescent “candle” bulbs. Dimensions: 31 5/8 x 31 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches (80.5 x 80.5 x 25.1 cm) including fixtures and lamp

3. Artist Name: Dan Flavin Piece: "monument" 1 for V. Tatlin Date: 1964 Medium: Fluorescent lights and metal fixtures Dimensions: 8' x 23 1/8" x 4 1/2" (243.8 x 58.7 x 10.8 cm)

4. Artist Name: Dan Flavin Piece: greens crossing greens (to Piet Mondrian who lacked green) Date: 1964 Medium: Green fluorescent lights Dimensions: first section: 4 ft. (122 cm) high, 20 ft. (610 cm) wide; second section: 2 ft. (61 cm) high, 22 ft. (670 cm) wide

5. Artist Name: Dan Flavin Piece: untitled (Marfa project), 1996 Date: 1964 Medium: fluorescent light tubes

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1. Artist Name: Douglas Gordon Piece: Play Dead; Real Time Date: 2003 Medium: Three-channel video (color, silent), two projectors, two screens, monitor  Duration: 19:11 min., 14:44 min. (on large screens), 21:58 min. (on monitor) Minimum Room Size: 24.8m x 13.07m Click here to see video documentation.

2. Artist Name: Douglas Gordon Piece: The End of Civilisation (still) Date: 2012 Medium: Three-channel video (color, silent), two projectors, two screens, monitor   Click here to see video documentation.

3. Artist Name: Douglas Gordon Piece: Deja-vu Date: 2000 Medium: Video Installation Click here to see video documentation.

4. Artist Name: Douglas Gordon Piece: Making Eyes Date: 2000 Medium: Video Click here to see video documentation.

5. Artist Name: Douglas Gordon Piece: 24 Hour Psycho Date: 1993 Medium: Video Installation Duration: 1440 minutes (24 hours) Click here to see video documentation.

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1. Artist Name: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Piece: Storm Room Date: 2009 Medium: Mixed media installation  Dimensions: Variable Click here to view video documentation.

2. Artist Name: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Piece: Blue Hawaii Bar Date: 2007 Medium: Mixed media installation  Dimensions: 4m x 4m

3. Artist Name: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Piece: Alter Bahnhof Video Walk  Date: 2012 Medium: Video walk  Dimensions: 26 minute walk Click here to view video documentation.

4. Artist Name: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Piece: Dreams - Telephone Series  Date: 2008-10 Medium: Telephone, iPod  Dimensions: variable, about 6 X 8 3/4 X 5 1/2 inches (15.24 X 22.23 X 13.97 cm)

5. Artist Name: Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller Piece: Cabin Fever  Date: 2004 Medium: Wooden structure, diorama, 2 headphones  Dimensions: recording is approx. 4min

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1. Artist Name: Chris Burden Piece: Shoot Date: 1971 Medium: Artist, .22 Caliber Rifle, Friend  Dimensions: Shot from 15 feet away

2. Artist Name: Chris Burden Piece: Trans-fixed Date: 1974 Medium: Artist, Volkswagen Beetle, Nails

3. Artist Name: Chris Burden Piece: Doomed Date: 1975 Medium: Artist, Wall Clock, 5-by-8-foot sheet of plate glass

4. Artist Name: Chris Burden Piece: Medusa’s Head Date: 1990 Medium: Plywood, steel, cement, rock, model railroad trains and tracks Dimensions: 14' (426.7 cm) in diameter

5. Artist Name: Chris Burden Piece: The Big Wheel Date: 1979 Medium: Three-ton, eight-foot diameter, cast-iron flywheel powered by a motorcycle Dimensions: 112 x 175 x 143 in.

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Triptych 2 | Andy Alvarez | 2015

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Triptych 2 | Andy Alvarez | 2015

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A brief overview.

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Associative Images

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Contradictory Images

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1. Artist Name: Olafur Eliasson Piece: Contact Date: 2014

2. Artist Name: Olafur Eliasson Piece: Frost activity Date: 2004

3. Artist Name: Olafur Eliasson Piece: Homage to P. Schatz Date: 2012 Medium: Optical lighting film, aluminum rings, LED strips Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 11 7/8 x 27 3/4 inches; 30.2 x 30.2 x 70.6 cm

4. Artist Name: Olafur Eliasson Piece: The blind pavilion Date: 2003

5. Artist Name: Olafur Eliasson Piece: Beauty Date: 1993 Medium: Spotlight, water, nozzles, wood, hose, pump

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1. Artist Name: Maurizio Cattelan Piece: Untitiled Date: 2007 Medium: Taxidermied Horses

2. Artist Name: Maurizio Cattelan Piece: Untitled (Stephanie) Date: 2003 Medium: Wax dummy, synthetic hair, metal / Armature en métal, mannequin en cire, cheveux synthétiques Dimensions: 43 1/4 x 25 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches / 110 x 65 x 42 cm

3. Artist Name: Maurizio Cattelan Piece: Frank & Jamie Date: 2002 Medium: Wax dummy, clothes, shoes / Mannequins en cire, vêtements, chaussures  Dimensions: Frank: 6.3 feet x 25 1/4 inches x 20 3/4 inches Jamie: 71 3/4 x 24 3/4 x 18 inches / Frank: 191,7 x 63,5 x 52,7 cm Jamie: 182,2 x 62,8 x 45,7 cm

4. Artist Name: Maurizio Cattelan Piece: Untitled Date: 2007 Medium: Two stuffed labrador dogs, a stuffed chick 

5. Artist Name: Maurizio Cattelan Piece: Less than ten items Date: 1997 Medium: Galvanized iron Dimensions: 7.2 feet x 23 1/2 inches x 47 1/4 inches / 220 x 60 x 120 cm

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In order, top-to-bottom:

1. Artist Name: Urs Fischer Piece: UF Date: 2015 Medium:Aquaresin, steel, wax, pigment, nails, adhesive Dimensions: 34 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 22 inches (87 x 38.7 x 55.9 cm)

2. Artist Name: Urs Fischer Piece: EPlaster, oil-based primer, stainless steel, nylon filament Date: 2013 Dimensions: Variable (3000 colored drops, each up to 6 1/2 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/8 inches (16.5 x 5.7 x 6 cm))

3. Artist Name: Urs Fischer Combined Pieces: Untitled (Suspended Line of Fruit), Untitled (50 Rocks), Portrait of a Single Raindrop, Untitled (Floor Piece) Date: 2012, 1996, 2003, 2006 Medium: Nylon filament, fresh fruit in ascending sizes (grape, strawberry, lime, apple, grapefruit, coconut, pineapple), glue, nail, screw, paint, wood, 50 found river rocks, Cuts in wall with relocated cutouts, Black adhesive vinyl, latex paint  Dimensions: variable

4. Artist Name: Urs Fischer Piece: Noisette Date: 2009 Medium: Hole in wall, silicone, motion sensor, electric motor, mechanism Dimensions: variable

5. Artist Name: Urs Fischer Piece: Untitled (Lamp / Bear) Date: 2006 Medium: Cast bronze, epoxy primer, urethane paint, acrylic polyurethane topcoat, acrylic glass, gas discharge lamp, stainless-steel framework Dimensions: 275 5/8 x 255 7/8 x 295 1/4 inches (700 x 650 x 750 cm)