Press Images: What Absence is Made Of

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Giovanni Anselmo, Invisible, 1971 Slide (projector); dimensions variable Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 2003 Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Giovanni Anselmo, Invisible, 1971. Slide (projector); dimensions variable. Holenia Purchase Fund, in memory of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 2003. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

oseph Beuys, F.I.U. Blackboards, 1977-1979Blackboards, chalk, pail, water and rags; each blackboard: 63 x 47 1/2 x 5/8 in.; bucket: 12 1/2"h x 11 1/4" dia. Gift of Frayda and Ronald Feldman in Honor of James T. Demetrion, 2002 Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Joseph Beuys, F.I.U. Blackboards, 1977-1979. Blackboards, chalk, pail, water and rags; each blackboard: 63 x 47 1/2 x 5/8 in.; bucket: 12 1/2″h x 11 1/4″ dia. Gift of Frayda and Ronald Feldman in Honor of James T. Demetrion, 2002. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube, 1963 (fabricated 2008) Plastic and water; 30 x 30 x 30 in. Museum Purchase, 2008 Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube, 1963 (fabricated 2008). Plastic and water; 30 x 30 x 30 in. Museum Purchase, 2008. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Joseph Kosuth, Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [idea], 1966 Ink on paper mounted on cardboard in wood frame; 57 x 57 x 2 3/8 in. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2007. The Panza Collection Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Joseph Kosuth, Titled (Art as Idea as Idea) [idea], 1966. Ink on paper mounted on cardboard in wood frame; 57 x 57 x 2 3/8 in. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2007. The Panza Collection. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Ed Atkins, Safe Conduct, 2016. Three channel installation with 5.1 surround sound. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Tyrrhenian Sea, Conca, 1994. Gelatin silver print; 46 15/16 x 58 11/16 in.  Museum Purchase with funds provided by The Glenstone Foundation, Mitchell P. Rales, Founder, 2006.Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Doris Salcedo, Untitled, 1995. Wood, cement, cloth, and steel;  77 1/8 x 74 7/8 x 49 5/8 in.  Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 1995. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Robert Moskowitz, Giacometti Piece (For Bob Holman), 1984. Pastel on paper; 108 x 41 5/8 in. Museum Purchase, 1990. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

AA Bronson, Mirror Sequences, 1969-1970. Gelatin silver print; 7 3/4 x 5 in. each. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 2008. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Christian Boltanski, Monument, 1989. Photographs, tin, lightbulbs, sockets, and transformer; 104 x 90 in.  Joseph H. Hirshhorn Bequest Fund, 2002. Courtesy Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Ping

Huang Yong Ping, Abbottabad, 2013. Terracotta, compost, wood ships, printed canvas, and plywood; installed: 53 1/4 × 452 3/4 × 196 7/8 in. Joseph H. Hirshhorn Purchase Fund, 2016. Photo courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels