Erika Rothenberg
Erika Rothenberg is a conceptual artist whose provocative and humorous work about social and political issues takes many forms, from paintings and photographs to museum installations and large-scale outdoor works. Rothenberg’s work has been widely exhibited at galleries and museums including MoMA New York, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, MCA Chicago, and Documenta IX in Kassel, Germany. She has taught at CalArts, UCLA, and Otis, and received grants from the Getty and Norton Foundations.
Her work is in many private and public collections, including MOMA, LACMA, MOCA Los Angeles, the Art Institute of Chicago, and MCA Chicago. Rothenberg has completed several large-scale public art projects, including The Road to Hollywood in LA, and Freedom of Expression National Monument in NYC. She reinstalled her 1992 Museum of Modern Art exhibition House of Cards at Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago in 2015 and at Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles in 2016.
Selected Works
America, A Shining Beacon to the World
Aluminum sign with plastic letters
36 x 24 inches
2018
Aliens
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper
35 x 28 inches
Edition of 3
2022-23
Minds Wandering
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper
Edition of 3
28 x 34 inches
2022
Snakes
Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper
35 x 28 inches
Edition of 3
2022-23
Dad’s Ashes
Ceramic, brass plaque and chain
2000
One World So Many Ways It Could End
Acrylic on panel and wood construction
36 x 30 x 13.5 inches
Edition of 5, 2015
Trump Cards
Gouache and ink on paper
14 x 31 inches
2016
From the House of Cards installation
Gouache and ink on paper
9 x 12 inches
1992
From the House of Cards installation
Gouache and ink on paper
9 x 12 inches
1992
From the House of Cards installation
Gouache and ink on paper
9 x 12 inches
1992
From the House of Cards installation
Gouache and ink on paper
9 x 12 inches
1992
Exhibitions
Fairs
