Clifford Owens

From an exceptional gift of Australian Aboriginal art in New York, to highlights from Impressionist favorites in São Paulo — our pick of this week's must-see shows

We all encounter art we don’t like, that upsets and infuriates us.

This week it was all about public installations for Art21 artists. Jenny Holzer’s text piece for the New York City AIDS memorial officially opened to the public.

MoMA PS1 presents the first New York museum exhibition of artist Clifford Owens (American, b. 1971). The solo exhibition premieres Owens’s latest

MoMA PS1 presents the first New York museum exhibition of artist Clifford Owens (American, b. 1971). The solo exhibition premieres Owens’s latest

A joke, credited in the “Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art” catalog to the young artist Simon Fujiwara, might summarize how one

For the past few weeks, with our artist in residence Clifford Owens, we have been writing our own one-line “scores” for performance pieces and performing them, as well as learning about the history and importance of performance art in the canon of American art. On October 29, we had the pleasure of a visit from performance artist Shaun Leonardo who gave us some insight into his own performance art work. Leonardo began by explaining how he combines his identities as a Hispanic man, football player, and artist to develop his unique body of work. After showing us clips of his performances, we discussed how he uses recognizable masculine gestures to comment on American society. Then we headed up to the Robert Indiana: Beyond LOVE exhibition. We were given time to explore the show and pick a favorite piece before we divided into groups. Each group collectively chose an artwork and created a “still” performance based on our interpretation of Indiana’s work and how it speaks to our own life experiences. Owens photographed our performances.   For our final activity, five people were chosen to perform individually for the group. Owens assigned each performer a one-line “score” written by one of the Writers. I performed the score, “Express anger without showing violence.” To prepare, I thought about how I feel and process anger. For my performance, I walked through the audience in silence while making intense eye contact with individuals. Once immersed in the crowd, I selected a person at random who I stood over and glared at, then slowly removed either my sweatshirt or shoes and angrily placed them in front the person. After my performance, the primary reaction from the audience was that I scared people with my intensity. The highlight of the day for me was interacting with the audience during my performance, as well as getting feedback from Leonardo and Owens. It was great to get a new perspective on what performance art is and it was interesting collaborating with other YI Writers on the group performances. By Tess W, Youth Insights Writer

The artist Kara Walker had a surprise cameo today in Clifford Owens’s last performance in his exhibition “Anthology” at MoMA PS1.

Perspectives 173: Clifford Owens marks the first museum solo exhibition for this New York-based photographer and performance artist.

Anthology is the artist’s attempt to right a historical wrong, and provide a voice to African-American artists, whose performance art has long been underrepresented and largely undocumented.

For Anthology, Clifford Owens asked 26 inter-generational black artists to provide him with scores for performance works which he interpreted

Last week, artist Clifford Owens told The Observer in an interview that he planned to force a sex act on an audience member for his final performance

Even-numbered years always mean March Madness for photography thanks to the FotoFest Biennial, a citywide extravaganza of photo-related exhibitions.

Thursday night at the Contemporary Arts Museum, visitors were invited to a performance and photo shoot by Clifford Owens before an opening reception

On two consecutive nights the week prior to the opening of Deliverance, exhibiting artist Clifford Owens staged his performance Photographs With

Kick off 2011 comfortably with three centrally-located Montrose shows this week. Perspectives 173: Clifford Owens Works

The MoMA PS1 Performance Dome returns this month to host our weekly Sunday Sessions series as well as other special performances and exhibitions.

Armory Show is upon us. The fair that spreads itself over two piers on the Hudson, Pier 92 and Pier 94, opens its doors to the public Thursday

The artist Clifford Owens walked out onto the stage of the theater in MoMA's Education and Research Center Friday, naked, his bare feet padding across