Artist Monograph

Tony Oursler, American

American, born 1957

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Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Video	5	35.7%
Watercolor	2	14.3%
Other Media	2	14.3%
Lithography	1	7.1%
Acrylic Painting	1	7.1%
Screenprint	1	7.1%
Installation	1	7.1%
Sculpture	1	7.1%

Department Distribution

Department	Works	Share
Media and Performance	7	50%
Drawings & Prints	6	42.9%
Painting & Sculpture	1	7.1%

Production by Decade

1

1970s

3

1980s

9

1990s

1

2010s

Classification Types

Video — 5
Installation — 3
Print — 2
Drawing — 2
Multiple — 1
Periodical — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Medium (30–100 cm)	4	66.7%
Large (1–3 m)	1	16.7%
Monumental (> 3 m)	1	16.7%

Range: 36.5 cm → 1,033.8 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1981	1
1984	1
1994	1
1996	1
1998	2
1999	1
2000	1
2003	1
2004	1
2005	1
2006	1
2011	1
2016	1

American Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 14 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Life of Phillis Video Acc. 557.2004	1979	Video (black and white, sound)	55:23 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
The Loner Video Acc. 714.1981	1980	Video (color, sound)	30 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
The Weak Bullet Video Acc. 739.1994	1980	Video (color, sound)	12:41 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
Spin Out Video Acc. 575.1984	1983	Video (color, sound)	16:02 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Purchase
Tunic (Song for Karen) Video Acc. 473.2003	1990	Video (color, sound)	6:17 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 artists
Camcorder 9 Drawing Acc. 10.2000	1993	Watercolor and graphite on paper, laminated	11 1/4 x 14 3/8" (28.6 x 36.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Eileen and Peter Norton
Mylanta/Soventol/Nootpon/Advil Drawing Acc. 2601.2005	(1994)	Watercolor and pencil on four pieces of paper	14 x 11" (35.6 x 27.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Parkett no. 47 Periodical Acc. 120.1998.2.x1-x2	1996	Journal	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Parkett
Pressure (Flesh/Red) Installation Acc. 1141.2011	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Gift of Gwen and Peter Norton
Six Installation Acc. 205.1996	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Painting & Sculpture	Margot Gottlieb Bequest (by exchange)
Talking Light (for Parkett no. 47) Multiple Acc. 99.1998.a-d	1996	Multiple of CD, light bulb, and sound organ kit	⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled from the Museum in Progress project Portraits of Artists Print Acc. 514.2006.28	(newspaper published May 9, 1996)	Lithograph, offset printed	sheet: 18 1/2 x 12 3/8" (47 x 31.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Surveillance; Alien/Houston St. Deli from Exit 99 Print Acc. 180.2000.4	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Jacqueline Brody Fund
Imponderable Installation Acc. 259.2016	2015-16	5-D multimedia installation (color, sound)	90 min. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Media and Performance	Acquired in part through the generosity of Jill and Peter Kraus