Gary Cannone

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Freud Bookcase (Detail), 1992

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Books matching a section of Sigmund Freud's bookcase were gathered in the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library, stacked, and photographed. Final form of piece marries original documentary photograph with stack in library.

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Low Hanging Fruit is the Low Hanging Fruit of Metaphors, 2014

Comedy set done as part of KCHUNG's contribution to "Made in LA" exhibition at the Hammer Museum. Performance begins at 34:45

Corner Prop (Study), 2014

Six Foot Party Sub on top of Jorge Pardo's Mountain Bar, 2014

T & A Q & A, 2014

QR Code (Armory), 2014

Hand-drawn QR Code done during "Monster Drawing Rally" fundraiser at Armory Center for the Arts (Drawing is legible to QR Readers and links to the gallery's current...

Columbo Club, 2014

Monthly Screenings / Gatherings / Performances centering on episodes of the television show "Columbo" projected on hill overlooking Los Angeles

Brainstorm / Shitstorm, 2014

Brainstorming Books, Enemas

Sorted Jokes, 2014

Ink on Index Cards

Motorcade, 2014

Image taken as cab crossed exact spot where John Kennedy was assassinated, camera pointed towards "Grassy Knoll."

Chicken Exchange Rates, 2013

Exchange rates between parts of a chicken after the removal of currency as a mediating device. Calculations overlaid with chart. (Pencil and Marker on Canvas)

Drywall Rubbing, 2012

Audio of a hand rubbing drywall, played from a boombox on a chair against wall in exhibition space

Mint Condition U.S. Currency (1963) Exchange Rates, 2013

Exchange rates between collectible 1963 coins and dollar bills after the removal of currency as a mediating device. Calculations overlaid with chart. (Pencil and...

Let's Call it a Book, 2013

Unbound pages from an unpublished book (entitled Hiya, Gary!), given away one-at-a-time to house guests.

Drum Solo (After Keith Moon), 2012

Score created using limbs matching limbs used in "My Generation" drum solo.

Sagittarius, 2012

Nineteen nails driven into wall corresponding to visible stars of the Sagittarius constellation (variable dimensions)

Pointing Piece, 2013

Abu Ghraib image and John Baldessari artwork

You Bet Your Life / Death Spiral, 2013

dry transfer on wall, 2 1/4 x 6"

Ultimate Foreigner Setlist Prototype, 2011

The best possible concert sequence of the rock group "Foreigner" was decided upon, written out in sharpie, and duct-taped to the floor of the exhibition space....

Base Three, 2008

Rocks and Three Stooges beer coasters were utilized to create a simple demonstration of a Base Three counting system where: 0=Moe, 1=Larry, and 2=Curly. (images...

Andrew Cunanan Fugitive Library, 2007

A recreation of the library assembled by Andrew Cunanan during his 1997 killing spree. (images copyright Joshua White)

Hiya, Gary! 2008-11

Hiya, Gary! is a book of collected anecdotes documenting deviance, improvisation, hyperbole or failure in intended acts of communication and exchange. The entire...

The Environment, 2007-08

"The Environment" written in neon

The Clint Eastwood, 2007

The results of a 2006 google search completing the pattern 'The Clint Eastwood of x" are hand-written on a gallery wall each time the work is shown.

Film Club, 2001-06

Film Club was a screening series originally hosted in Gary Cannone's apartment and later at various locations in Los Angeles, Rome, and New York (gallery spaces,...

Four minutes of CNN "Headline News" from 2001. Information in the bottom ticker, usually showing sports scores and stock prices, replaced with "readings" of objects...

Right Hand, Left Hand, Right Foot, Left Foot (John Bonham), 2012

Portraits of Led Zepplin drummer John Bonham done with each limb

Untitled Portrait, 1998

Portrait of Adolph Hitler without his mustache

Randolph Street Gallery Survey, 1993

Visitors to Randolph Street Gallery’s 1993 exhibition “Under Contract” were asked to hypothetically barter between six items (grapes, apples, eggs, chicken...

A Letter I'm Going to Mail Tomorrow, 2003

A letter addressed to Robert Rauschenberg asking if he would agree to having a hired hypnotist attempt to make him forget that he produced his famous "Erased...

Freud Bookcase (Detail), 1992

Books matching a section of Sigmund Freud's bookcase were gathered in the University of Chicago's Regenstein Library, stacked, and photographed. Final form of piece...

Seated and Standing Poses for Art Students, 1998

Students from Loyola University Art Department were each given a xeroxed book of line drawings based upon photographs of famous artists. Each drawing was...

Celebrity Lookalike Drawings, 1998

Students from multiple art schools were given photographs of celebrity impersonators and hired to make drawings from these images.

Adjectives used by Kurt Cobain during magazine and newspaper interviews, (1991-94), 1997

Recordings of adjectives used by rock musician singer Kurt Cobain (culled from magazine interviews) were played ten-seconds apart during a group exhibition. A...

A cake with a secret code written in icing was donated to Cakewalk Magazine's launching auction/fundraiser. The top message of the cake stipulated that if the...

New Art Examiner Project (1996)

A $5 discount was offered to new New Art Examiner subscribers, in exchange for their agreement to become eye donors. A laminated eye donor card was offered to new...

Subliminal Artists' Statements, 1995

Recordings of “Artist Statements” from artists participating in a group exhibition were subliminally embedded into the “Top 10” pop songs the week prior to...

Transfusion (Books from Keith Richard's Library), 1996

Roughly fifty books belonging to Rolling Stones' guitarist Keith Richard, rumored to need numerous blood transfusions because of past drug use, were gathered and...

Hijackers / Bela Lugosi, 1996

text directly on wall (6" wide)

James Dean (Books in Possession - 44th Street Apartment, Manhattan, 1952), 1992

Library books matching those belonging to James Dean while living at the Iroquois Hotel in Manhattan (1952) were exhibited butted up against each other on the...