Artist Monograph

Dara Birnbaum, American

American, 1946–2025

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	7	87.5%
Photography	1	12.5%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	7	87.5%
Photography	1	12.5%

Production by Decade

2

1970s

5

1980s

1

1990s

Classification Types

Video — 5
Installation — 2
Photograph — 1

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1980	4
2007	1
2014	1
2023	1
2025	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 8 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman Video Acc. 1161.2007	1978-79	Video (color, sound)	5:50 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Committee on Media Funds
Kiss the Girls: Make Them Cry Video Acc. 727.1980	1979	Video (color, sound)	6:50 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Pop-Pop Video Video Acc. 728.1980.1-2	1980	Two videos (color, sound)	9 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Pop-Pop Video, Kojak/Wang 4, Contact Sheet Fragments Photograph Acc. 225.2023	1980	Four gelatin silver prints	Overall 14 15/16 × 12 5/8" (38 × 32 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Jill and Peter Kraus
Pop-Pop Video: General Hospital/Olympic Women's Speed Skating Video Acc. 728.1980.1	1980	Video (color, sound)	6 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Pop-Pop Video: Kojak/Wang Video Acc. 728.1980.2	1980	Video (color, sound)	3 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
PM Magazine Installation Acc. 203.2014	1982	Four-channel video (color, three channels of stereo sound; 6:30 min.), two chromogenic prints, Speed Rail® structural support system, aluminum trim, one wall painted Chroma Key Blue, and one wall painted red	Dimensions variable ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired with support from The Modern Women's Fund and The Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art, through the generosity of Ahmet Kocabiyik and Jill and Peter Kraus, and with Committee on Media and Performance Art Funds
Transmission Tower: Sentinel Installation Acc. 411.2025	1992	Eight-channel standard-definition color video and eight-channel audio (2:59 min.), three sections of Rohm steel transmission tower, and custom-designed hardware and brackets	193 ¾” x 29 ½” (492 ⅛ cm x 75 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Jill and Peter Kraus in honor of Glenn Lowry and the Estate of Dara Birnbaum