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Artists›Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

1957

New York, NY, USA

ContemporaryInstallation ArtVideo Art

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None documented

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Works in Collection

138

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Movements

• Contemporary
• Installation Art
• Video Art

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Contemporary

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Museum Collections

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artworks (15)

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2015 · 5-D multimedia installation (color, sound)

90 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Surveillance; Alien/Houston St. Deli from Exit 99

1999 · Screenprint from a portfolio of seven screenprints and one etching and aquatint

composition: 25 x 16 3/4" (63.5 x 42.5cm); sheet: 29 15/16 x 21 15/16" (76 x 55.8cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Pressure (Flesh/Red)

1996 · Citizen 30 PC projector, VCR, video, tripod, wood, Plexiglas, ceramic, and water

53 x 11 x 11" (134.6 x 27.9 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Portraits of Artists

1996 · Lithograph, offset printed

sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Six

1996 · Six-channel video (color, sound), projectors, tripods, video cassette players, and acrylic paint on fiberglass

Each sphere, approximately 18" (45.7 cm) in diameter. Overall dimensions variable, Museum installation 11' 5" x 34' 9" x 28' (347.9 x 1059.1 x 853.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Talking Light (for Parkett no. 47)

1996 · Multiple of CD, light bulb, and sound organ kit

Museum of Modern Art

Mylanta/Soventol/Nootpon/Advil

1994 · Watercolor and pencil on four pieces of paper

14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Camcorder 9

1993 · Watercolor and graphite on paper, laminated

11 1/4 x 14 3/8" (28.6 x 36.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Education

California Institute of the Arts

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