Prison Bunk Beds
c. 1988-1991
Artist, American, 1946 - 1999
NGA, East Building, EU-404-B, S
Artwork overview
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Medium
acrylic on canvas
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Credit Line
Patrons' Permanent Fund and Purchased with support from the Ford Foundation
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Dimensions
overall: 152.4 × 121.92 cm (60 × 48 in.)
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Accession
2024.144.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist [1946-1999]; his estate; The Martin Wong Foundation, 2017; [1] purchased 2024 thorugh (PPOW Gallery, New York) by NGA .
[1]The estate transferred the painting to the Martin Wong Foundation after the death of the artist’s mother Florence Wong Fie in 2017. See email from the Head of Research to the Estate of Martin Wong and Co-Editor of the Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné dated 4 February 2024 in NGA curatorial file.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Soap: Erotic Jail Paintings, The Pyramid Club, New York, 1991, no catalogue.
2017
Martin Wong: Human Instamatic, Berkely Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkely, 2017, not in the catalogue
2018
Walking Point (group exhibition), Green Naftali, New York, 2018, no catalogue.
2021
1981–2021, Martin Wong/Aaron Gilbert, P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, 2021, not in the catalogue.
2022
Martin Wong. Maliciuos Mischief, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain, Camden Art Center, London, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 2023-2024, repro.
Bibliography
n.d.
Holman, Matthew. "Introducing Martin Wong," Royal Academy Magazine 159 (2023):31, repro.
2020
Beadnell, Anneliis, Vanessa Kam, Marci Kwon, Mark Johnson and Gary Ware. "Prison Bunk Beds." Martin Wong Catalogue Raisonné. 2022-, repro. Online resource. URL: https://purl.stanford.edu/kt278kc6873. Accessed 17 October 2024.
2021
Scobie, Ilka. "Martin Wong and Aaron Gilbert P.P.O.W. Review", Artlyst April 21, 2021, https://artlyst.com/reviews/martin-wong-aaron-gilbert-p-p-o-w-review-ilka-scobie/. Accessed 17 October 2024.
2023
Moore, Sam. "Prisoners, cruising and Bruce Lee: how the world caught up with artist Martin Wong," The Guardian August 22, 2023, https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/aug/22/prisoners-cruising-and-bruce-lee-how-the-world-caught-up-with-artist-martin-wong. Accessed 17 October 2024.
Poletta, Gianandrea. "Tales from the Gutter. Martin Wong’s “Malicious Mischief” at KW, Berlin." Nero, May 18, 2023, https://www.neroeditions.com/tales-from-the-gutter/. Accessed 17 October 2024.