IMAGE CAPTIONS AND CREDITS

Figure 1.1.

Sign-up sheet for spring 2012 midterm reviews, Rhode Island School of Design, Department of Painting, MFA Program.

Figure 1.2.

Zach Seeger, Saskia, 2012. Canvas, fabric, foam, shells, 62 x 32 x 38 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 1.3.

Claudia Bitran, My Reflection, 2011. Acrylic on wooden panel, 5 x 5 feet. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 1.4.

Taniya Vaidya’s midterm review, spring 2012. (Photograph: Douglas Burns)

Figure 1.5.

Joseph Bochynski, DIY Chair Kit (Shaker Model), 2012. Cement, rebar, wood forms, tools, cardboard box, 5 x 7 x 2 feet. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 1.6.

Arthur Peña, (left) Attempt 14, 2012. Stitched canvas, latex, 36 x 36 inches; (right) Attempt 15, 2012, stitched canvas, latex, 36 x 36 inches. (Photograph: Kevin Jacobs; image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 1.7.

Douglas Burns, Untitled: Television Project, 2012. Mixed media, dimensions variable. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 2.1.

Jan van der Straet/Stradanus (Phillip Galle, printmaker), Color Olivi, 8 x 10.5 inches. (16th–17th century). Woodcut. (Flemish Prints Collections, Graphic Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library)

Figure 2.2.

Jaime Sabartés. Photograph: El Comercio, Guatemala, 1913. (Public domain)

Figure 2.3.

Andy Warhol, Oxidation Painting (in 12 parts), 1978. Acrylic and urine on linen, 48 x 49 inches. (The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Founding Collection, Contribution The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. © 2010 The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)

Figure 2.4.

Claire Fontaine, Working Together, installation view, 2011. (Image courtesy of Metro Pictures, New York)

Figure 3.1.

Nicholas Frank, Nicholas Frank Biography, page 72 (Second Edition), 2002. Framed printed book page, 9 x 11 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 3.2.

Paul Druecke, Blue Dress Park Invite, 2000. Four-color printing on paper, folded size 5.25 x 6 inches, open size 10.5 x 12 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 3.3.

Kim Miller, still from Quincy Jones Experience, 2008. Digital video, 4:25 minutes. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 3.4.

The Mary Nohl Art Environment. (Photograph: Debra Jane Seltzer)

Figure 3.5.

Carly Huibregtse, Adoration of the Mystic Lamb. Installed at 516-TJK. (Photograph: Imagination Giants)

Figure 4.1.

Dana Schutz, Presentation, 2005. Oil on canvas, 120 x 168 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 4.2.

Dana Schutz, Frank on a Rock, 2002. Oil on canvas, 66 x 47 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 4.3.

Dana Schutz, Face-Eater, 2004. Oil on canvas, 23 x 18 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 4.4.

Dana Schutz, Singed Picnic, 2008. Oil on canvas, 80.25 x 90.25 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 4.5.

Dana Schutz, Party, 2004. Oil on canvas, 72 x 90 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 4.6.

Dana Schutz, God 1, 2013. Oil on canvas, 106 x 72 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Petzel, New York.)

Figure 5.1.

Mary Walling Blackburn, still from Oofoe (Exercise One), 2012. Digital video, 4:21 minutes. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 5.2.

Mary Walling Blackburn, Library for (the land of fuck), installation view, 2011. Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. (Photograph: image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 5.3.

Mary Walling Blackburn, still from Grizzly Man Again, 2013. Digital video, 34:16 minutes. (Image courtesy of the artist)

Figure 5.4.

A large male polar bear with the remains of a cub he caught and killed in the Manitoba Conservation Churchill Wildlife Managment Area, November 20, 2009. (Photograph © 2009 Daniel J. Cox/NaturalExposures.com)

Figure 5.5.

Casa del Migrante, Tijuana, Mexico. (Photograph: Mary Walling Blackburn)

Figure 6.1.

Stephen Kaltenbach, Mirrored Contacts (Personal Appearance Manipulation), 1968. Photo collage, 18 x 24 inches. (Image courtesy of Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin)

Figure 6.2.

Stephen Kaltenbach, Nothing is Revealed (Graffiti Stencil), 1968. Stencil card, 9 x 12 inches. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)

Figure 6.3.

Stephen Kaltenbach, Artist’s Canvas to be arranged by Collector (Modern Draperies), 1967. Canvas, 3 x 12 feet. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)

Figure 6.4.

Giuseppe Penone, Rovesciare i propri occhi, 1970. (Photograph © Paolo Mussat Sartor)

Figure 6.5.

Stephen Kaltenbach, Couch Painting 3 (Lord and Taylor Series) by Es Que, 1968–2010. Digital print on canvas, edition of 5. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)

Figure 6.6.

Stephen Kaltenbach, Portrait of My Father, 1972–1979. Acrylic on canvas, 10 x 15 feet. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)

Figure 6.7.

Lee Lozano (as remembered by Stephen Kaltenbach), Time, 1969. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)

Figure 6.8.

Stephen Kaltenbach, PRESENT, 1970–present. Steel and unknown contents. (Image courtesy of the artist and Another Year in LA)