Artist: Slava Polishchuk Title: Wall Audio: Date: 2002 Dimensions: 90″ x 448″ Location in Library: Second floor Media: Oil and paper on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Slava Polishchuk. © Slava Polishchuk Description: Human suffering and its inevitability has long been a theme in Polishchuk’s work. […]
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Artist: Xu Bing Title: Vegetable Fields Audio: Date: 1983 Dimensions: 28″ x 36″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Woodcut works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Xu Bing Description: The Chinese Communist Movement promoted the traditional […]
Artist: William Kentridge Title: Typewriter Audio: Date: 2003 Dimensions: 30 1/2″ x 36 11/16″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Sugarlift aquatint, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with The Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© William Kentridge Description: The typewriter in this […]
Artist: William Kentridge Title: Dancing Couple Audio: Date: 2003 Dimensions: 73″ x 51″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Offset lithograph, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © William Kentridge Description: In Dancing Couple, Kentridge aims to […]
Artist: Vik Muniz Title: Ad Reinhardt Audio: Date: 2000 Dimensions: 44″ x 66″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Cibachrome Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Vik Muniz Description: Muniz collected dust and detritus from the galleries and offices […]
Artist: Shahzia Sikander Title: Embark/Disembark I-VI Audio: Date: 2002 Dimensions: I, V, VI, 18″ x 15″; II, 15″ x 18″; III-IV, 24″ x 20″ Location in Library: Fourth floor Media: Photolithography and silkscreen; works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art […]
Artist: Seymour Meyer Title: The Torch Audio: Date: 1971 Dimensions: 27 1/2″ x 8″ x 8″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Bronze Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Gift of Dr. Seymour Meyer. å© Dr. Seymour Meyer Description: Dr. Meyer is a renowned hand surgeon and internationally recognized sculptor […]
Artist: Sarah Sze Title: Night Audio: Date: 2001-03 Dimensions: 37 1/2″ x 71″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Offset lithography and silkscreen, works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. å© Sarah Sze Description: In both Day and […]
Artist: Sarah Sze Title: Day Audio: Date: 2001-03 Dimensions: 37 1/2″ x 71″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Offset lithography and silkscreen works on paper Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. Purchased with Dormitory Authority of New York Art Acquisition Funds. © Sarah Sze Description: In both Day and […]
Artist: Samuel J. Woolf Title: Fiorello LaGuardia Audio: Date: 1945 Dimensions: 41″ x 31″ Location in Library: First floor Media: Oil on canvas Owner: The Brooklyn College Library Collection. © Artist’s Estate Description: Fiorello LaGuardia, the namesake of the Library building, was Mayor of New York City from 1934 to […]
