Landmarks Video Archive

Landmarks Video presents the most highly regarded and influential works of video art from the past six decades. This page is an archive of every work presented as part of the Landmarks Video program and includes curatorial essays, images, and other contextual information. 

Please note that some videos may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Mungo Thomson
cartoon scene of a canyon
The American Desert (for Chuck Jones)
2002

Video
34:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and galerie frank elbaz

Exhibited March 2020
Ryan Trecartin
A colorfully dressed person underneath a palm tree
Sibling Topics (section a)
2009

HD video 
50:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Exhibited July 2016
Luis Valdovino
Screenshot of Luis Valdovino's "Work in Progress"
Work in Progress
1990

Video
14:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the Video Data Bank at the School of theArt Institute of Chicago, vdb.org

Exhibited May 2022
Kawita Vatanajyankur
Two figures are seen in this still. One person reading a piece of paper supports another person who is positioned like a broom or vacuum. The room is pink with wallpaper in the center with a window.
Tools (video series)
2012-2014

Video
Various times, color, silent
Courtesy of the artist and Nova Contemporary

Exhibited September 2021
Cecilia Vicuña
A still from Cecilia Vicuña's "Semiya (Seed Song)"
Semiya (Seed Song)
2015

HD video
07:43 min., color, sound
Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), New York

Exhibited January 2023
Kara Walker
Four Kara Walker Video Stills arranged in a grid; Each depicts a figures or figures against a white or colored background
The Fact of Fiction: Four Works by Kara Walker
2004-2011

Video
Color, sound
All works courtesy of the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York.

Exhibited September 2020
Carrie Mae Weems
A still from Carrie Mae Weems' "Meaning and Landscape."
Meaning and Landscape
2003-2004

Video 
12:31 min., black and white, sound 
© Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

Exhibited February 2024
Guido van der Werve
Screenshot of Guido van der Werve's "Nummer Twee"
Nummer Twee: Just because I’m standing here doesn’t mean I want to
2003

35 mm film
Duration: 3 minutes 8 seconds
© Guido van der Werve; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York,GRIMM, Amsterdam, and MONITOR, Rome

Exhibited March 2021
Kehinde Wiley
One man smiling
Smile
2003

Digital video
90:00 min., color, sound
Courtesy of the artist and Roberts & Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

Exhibited March 2017