Quarantine Reading List
Bat Guano, Ebola Face, Teacher’s Unions Fighting For What’s Right
ArtSpace Interview with curators Sarah Fritchy and Martha Lewis from Vertical Reach catalogue
Another Giant Dick Enters Presidential Race – Animal NY
David Livingston’s Tuuum Interview
Framing Political Protest: ArtSpace Exhibit Expands on Yale Conference
Artist Lugs Giant Wool Dick To New York Supreme Court Steps
CHECK YOUR PACKAGE AT THE DOOR: NEW MUSEUM – Artnet Magazine
Skin Fruit: Artist David Livingston Wears His Big Dick to New Museum – NY Press
New Museum Hard On “Big Dick,” Kicks Out Artist – The Gothamist
“Big Dick Tools Around Park Slope” – Brooklyn Bugle
March 2010
New York artist David Livingston was turned away from the New Museum after attempting to enter the building wearing a six-foot-long flaccid pink felt penis. Video of the stunt, dubbed Big Dick and part of series of such performances Livingston has been executing in “various New York neighborhoods,” has gained Livingston a definite following, though as it happens the clip is relatively uneventful — the artist marches casually in, and is turned away by a guard, who warns him, “Sir, you have to check that package.”
Writing to the Bowery Boogie website, Livingston explained his motivations: “I am fascinated by my sudden transformation from anonymous pedestrian to attention-grabbing street performer.” Well, having a six-foot penis will do that! As for the New Museum, the institution clarified its policy, via Twitter, to Artnet: “re: enormous package, Museum policy requires visitors to check backpacks + all items larger than 11 × 17 inches.”
CHECK YOUR PACKAGE AT THE DOOR: NEW MUSEUM – Artnet Magazine