Artist Monograph

Gary Hill, American

American, born 1951

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Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	9	90%
Painting & Sculpture	1	10%

Production by Decade

1

1970s

5

1980s

3

1990s

1

2000s

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1985	2
1994	1
1995	1
1997	1
1999	3
2005	2

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 10 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Soundings Video Acc. 718.1994	1979	Video (color, sound)	18:03 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of the artist
Around & About Video Acc. 1325.1999	1980	Video (color, sound)	5 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Primarily Speaking Video Acc. 1326.1999	1981-1983	Video (color, sound)	19:23 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Why Do Things Get in a Muddle? (Come on Petunia) Video Acc. 484.1985	1984	Video (color, sound)	33:09 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
URA ARU (the backside exists) Video Acc. 485.1985	1985-1986	Video (color, sound)	28:30 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired through the generosity of Margot and John Ernst
Incidence of Catastrophe Video Acc. 1327.1999	1987-1988	Video (color, sound)	43:51 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Inasmuch As It Is Always Already Taking Place Installation Acc. 297.1997	1990	Sixteen-channel video (black and white, sound), sixteen black and white TV tubes and wires	Recessed in a wall 42" (106.7 cm) from the floor, overall 16 x 53 3/4 x 68" (40.6 x 136.5 x 172.7 cm). ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Agnes Gund, Marcia Riklis, Barbara Wise, Margot Ernst and purchase
Between Cinema and a Hard Place Installation Acc. 61.1995	1991	Video (color, sound), monitors, laser disc players, speakers, stereo amplifier, and audio mixer	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of The Bohen Foundation in honor of Richard E. Oldenburg
Core Series: Glasses Installation Acc. 3507.2005	1991	Two-channel video (color, sound), two monitors, white stand	26 x 36 x 28 3/4" (66 x 91.5 x 73 cm) Each monitor 60 x 30 x 24" Overall ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner
Blind Spot from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image Video Acc. 3510.2005.7	2003	Video (color, sound)	12:27 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of The New Art Trust