Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
30 documented works
Michael Aschenbrenner
"Damaged Bone Series"
1990
Glass, fabric, wire, twigs
Oberall estimated: 64 × 62 × 4 in., 36.8 lb. (162.6 × 157.5 × 10.2 cm, 16.7 kg) 2003.39a: 28 1/2 × 6 × 6 in., 5 lb. (72.4 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm, 2.3 kg) 2003.39b: 28 1/2 × 2 3/4 × 3 1/4 in., 2.6 lb. (72.4 × 7 × 8.3 cm, 1179.352g) 2003.39c: 24 1/4 × 10 1/4 × 4 1/4 in., 2.6 lb. (61.6 × 26 × 10.8 cm, 1.2 kg) 2003.39d: 33 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/2 in., 2 lb. (83.8 × 5.7 × 6.4 cm, 907.194g) 2003.39e: 22 3/4 × 4 × 4 1/2 in., 3 lb. (57.8 × 10.2 × 11.4 cm, 1360.791g) 2003.39f: 25 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 8 in., 3.4 lb. (64.8 × 8.9 × 20.3 cm, 1542.23g) 2003.39g: 19 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 2 1/2 in., 1.6 lb. (49.2 × 5.4 × 6.4 cm, 0.7 kg) 2003.39h: 25 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 2 5/8 in., 3.4 lb. (64.8 × 16.5 × 6.7 cm, 1.5 kg) 2003.39i: 13 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 3 1/2 in., 1.4 lb. (34.3 × 5.7 × 8.9 cm, 635.036g) 2003.39j: 11 × 2 × 2 1/2 in., 0.6 lb. (27.9 × 5.1 × 6.4 cm, 272.158g) 2003.39k: 8 1/8 × 2 1/4 × 4 1/8 in., 4 lb. (20.6 × 5.7 × 10.5 cm, 1814.388g) 2003.39l: 21 × 4 × 2 7/8 in., 2.2 lb. (53.3 × 10.2 × 7.3 cm, 1 kg) 2003.39m: 12 1/2 × 2 × 2 1/2 in., 0.6 lb. (31.8 × 5.1 × 6.4 cm, 272.158g) 2003.39n: 17 × 4 7/8 × 2 1/2 in., 1.8 lb. (43.2 × 12.4 × 6.4 cm, 0.8 kg) 2003.39o: 22 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 4 in., 2.6 lb. (57.2 × 8.9 × 10.2 cm, 1179.352g)
View at museumI Want My Spot Back
2011-2012
Audio recording of performance (28 min)
Dimensions variable
View at museumAlwar Balasubramaniam
Body as Shell
2011–15
Sandstone
6 1/4 × 20 5/8 × 33 in., 96 lb. (15.9 × 52.4 × 83.8 cm, 43.5 kg) Weight: 96 lb. (43.5 kg)
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Byzantine
Silenus, the Tutor of Dionysos
4th–7th century
Bone
Overall: 4 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 3/4 in. (10.7 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm)
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Byzantine
Bone Carving, Possibly of a Dionysiac Revel
300–500
Elephant ivory
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 13/16 in. (9.8 x 6 x 2 cm)
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Byzantine
Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile
6th century
Elephant ivory
Overall: 1 x 2 7/16 x 1/4 in. (2.6 x 6.2 x 0.6 cm)
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Byzantine
Dionysos
4th–6th century
Bone
Overall: 5 3/8 x 2 1/16 x 9/16 in. (13.6 x 5.3 x 1.5 cm)
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Coptic
Arm and Hand Fragment
4th–7th century
Marble
Overall: 3 1/8 x 1 1/4 x 7/8 in. (8 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm)
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Coptic
Fragment of a Male Torso with a Tree Trunk
4th–7th century
Marble
Overall: 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 in. (9.5 x 6.1 x 4.4 cm)
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Coptic
Fragment of a Female Figure
4th–7th century
Marble
Overall: 3 9/16 x 2 7/8 x 2 1/16 in. (9.1 x 7.3 x 5.3 cm)
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Coptic
Fragment of a Stela
4th century
Wood, paint
Overall: 16 1/2 x 11 x 2 in. (41.9 x 27.9 x 5.1 cm)
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Coptic
Plaque with an Eros
4th–5th century
Bone, traces of red and blue paint
Overall: 3 9/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/16 in. (9.1 x 6 x 0.4 cm)
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Coptic
Plaque from a Casket with a bird
4th–5th century
Bone with polychromy
Overall: 2 7/8 x 2 x 1/8 in. (7.3 x 5.1 x 0.3 cm)
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Coptic
Fragment of a Plaque with a Standing Woman
4th century
Bone
Overall: 2 7/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/16 in. (6.2 x 3.1 x 0.1 cm)
View at museumPaul Fusco
RFK Funeral Train
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
Chromogenic print
Image: 38.6 × 57.6 cm (15 3/16 × 22 11/16 in.) Sheet: 19 15/16 in. × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm)
View at museumPaul Fusco
RFK Funeral Train
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
Chromogenic print
Image: 38.6 × 57.6 cm (15 3/16 × 22 11/16 in.) Sheet: 19 15/16 in. × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm)
View at museumPaul Fusco
RFK Funeral Train
June 8, 1968, printed 2006
Chromogenic print
Image: 38.6 × 57.6 cm (15 3/16 × 22 11/16 in.) Sheet: 19 15/16 in. × 24 in. (50.6 × 61 cm)
View at museumAnita Huffington
Persephone
1999
Pink alabaster with granite base
25 in. × 10 in. × 9 1/2 in. (63.5 × 25.4 × 24.1 cm) Weight 2002.401a: 133 lb. (60.3 kg) Weight 2002.401b: 62.8 lb. (28.5 kg)
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Late Roman/Early Byzantine
Bone plaque with Female Dancer
4th–6th century
Bone
6 5/8 × 1 11/16 × 13/16 in. (16.8 × 4.3 × 2 cm) Mount: 7 7/8 × 3 5/16 × 3/8 in. (20 × 8.4 × 0.9 cm)
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Late Roman/Early Byzantine
Panel with Warrior Resting
4th–6th century
Bone
3 1/8 × 1 9/16 in. (8 × 4 cm)
View at museumWhitfield Lovell
Wise Like That
2000
Charcoal on wood panel with iron hinge, nails, screws and found metal and wood objects
45 in. × 23 1/2 in. × 10 in. (114.3 × 59.7 × 25.4 cm) Weight: 16.8 lb. (7.6 kg)
View at museumBruce Metcalf
"Memento Mori" Brooch with stand from the "Thanatos Series"
2001
Brooch: Boxwood, diamonds, 18K gold, cotton thread Stand: Painted basswood
Brooch H: 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) Stand: 13 × 5 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (33 × 13.3 × 7 cm) Weight 2007.384.37a, b: 2.4 lb. (1.1 kg)
View at museumGabriel Orozco
Cemetery
2002
Chromogenic print
Image: 85.7 x 118.7 cm (33 3/4 x 46 3/4 in.) Frame: 88.3 x 121.3 cm (34 3/4 x 47 3/4 in.)
View at museumWalid Raad
Preface to the third edition_Acknowledgment (Coupe II)
2014
3D print plaster composite, paint
4 1/2 × 7 1/2 × 5 7/8 in. (11.4 × 19.1 × 14.9 cm) Weight: 1.8 lb. (0.8 kg)
View at museumEverything #4, Edition 3 of 8
2004
Oval mirror with gold leaf engraved text in mahogany frame.
13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
View at museumTavares Strachan
ENOCH (display unit)
2015–17
Bronze, 24k gold, steel, radar retroreflectors and sacred air blessed by Shinto priest
14 3/8 × 3 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (36.5 × 8.9 × 10.5 cm) Weight 2021.385a: 6.6 lb. (3 kg) Weight 2021.385b: 1.6 lb. (0.7 kg) Weight 2021.385c: 0.8 lb. (0.4 kg)
View at museumGunnar Theel
Enibas
1992
Patinated steel
19 1/2 × 15 5/8 × 2 1/4 in. (49.5 × 39.7 × 5.7 cm) Weight: 25.2 lb. (11.4 kg)
View at museumEverything #4, Edition 5 of 8
2004
Oval mirror with gold leaf engraved text in mahogany frame
13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
View at museumEverything #4, Edition 6 of 8
2004
Oval mirror with gold leaf engraved text in mahogany frame.
13 × 10 in. (33 × 25.4 cm)
View at museumEverything #4, Edition 7 of 8
2004
Oval mirror with gold leaf engraved text in mahogany frame
13" x 10” (33 cm x 25,4 cm).
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