JOHN KNIGHT | MacGuffin 8-2975 (1975) | Anthology Film Archives, New York | July 13, 2022

John Knight
Corner displacement, 1969
Closed circuit video
Dimensions variable
John Knight, Installation view, No Place Like Home, Greene Naftali, 2021
John Knight, Installation view, Grassroots, Geneva Biennale Sculpture Garden, Geneva, 2020
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Bronze plated metal, river rocks
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2012
Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2011
John Knight
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
65 bone china plates
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
65 bone china plates
variable dimensions
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
:La Formule, a work in situ, 2008
Neon sign
8 7/8 x 70 7/8 inches (22.5 x 180 cm)
John Knight
Delicious, 2005
Color video with sound
40 seconds, looped
John Knight
There's No Place Like Home, 1990
Neon and audio tape
12 3/4 x 23 x 2 1/4 inches (32.4 x 58.4 x 5.7 cm)
55 minutes 46 seconds, looped
John Knight
Federal Style, 1989
44 Copper plates
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Federal Style, 1989 (detail)
44 Copper plates
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Untitled, 1982
Birch plywood and tourist poster
24 x 30 x 1 5/8 inches (61 x 76.2 x 4.1 cm)
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
Quiet Quality, 1974
Electric blanket and text
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Quiet Quality, 1974 (detail)
Electric blanket and text
Dimensions variable
John Knight
One Inch to a Foot, 1971
Overhead projector, photo-negative glass plate
Overall: 26 1 /2 x 112 x 144 inches (71.1 x 284.5 x 365.8 cm)
John Knight
Proposal to the curators of the exhibition ‘Art In The Mind’, 1970
Ink on paper
8 ½ x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
John Knight
Corner displacement, 1969
Closed circuit video
Dimensions variable
John Knight, Installation view, No Place Like Home, Greene Naftali, 2021
John Knight, Installation view, Grassroots, Geneva Biennale Sculpture Garden, Geneva, 2020
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, Headshots, a work in situ, The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Ordet, Milan, 2019
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Établissement d’en face, Brussels, 2018
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, The Skulptur Projekte 2017, Münster, Germany, 2017
John Knight, Installation view, A Work in situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2015
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Bronze plated metal, river rocks
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
Curb Appeal, 1966/2012 (detail)
Installation view, 2012 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 2012
John Knight, Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2012
Installation view, A Work In Situ, Greene Naftali, New York, 2011
John Knight
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
65 bone china plates
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
65 bone china plates
variable dimensions
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
Autotypes, A Work In Situ, 2011 (detail)
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Worldebt, 1994 (detail)
Lithography on aluminum
165 parts, 3 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (8 x 13 cm) each
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ, 2008
Vinyl films
Variable dimensions
John Knight
:La Formule, a work in situ, 2008
Neon sign
8 7/8 x 70 7/8 inches (22.5 x 180 cm)
John Knight
Delicious, 2005
Color video with sound
40 seconds, looped
John Knight
There's No Place Like Home, 1990
Neon and audio tape
12 3/4 x 23 x 2 1/4 inches (32.4 x 58.4 x 5.7 cm)
55 minutes 46 seconds, looped
John Knight
Federal Style, 1989
44 Copper plates
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Federal Style, 1989 (detail)
44 Copper plates
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Untitled, 1982
Birch plywood and tourist poster
24 x 30 x 1 5/8 inches (61 x 76.2 x 4.1 cm)
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
MacGuffin 8-2975, 1975 (still)
Black and white 16mm film
9 minutes 37 seconds, looped
John Knight
Quiet Quality, 1974
Electric blanket and text
Dimensions variable
John Knight
Quiet Quality, 1974 (detail)
Electric blanket and text
Dimensions variable
John Knight
One Inch to a Foot, 1971
Overhead projector, photo-negative glass plate
Overall: 26 1 /2 x 112 x 144 inches (71.1 x 284.5 x 365.8 cm)
John Knight
Proposal to the curators of the exhibition ‘Art In The Mind’, 1970
Ink on paper
8 ½ x 11 inches (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
John Knight
Corner displacement, 1969
Closed circuit video
Dimensions variable
John Knight (b. 1945) lives in Los Angeles and works in situ. His work is currently on view at Greene Naftali (through April 29, 2023). Recent solo exhibitions include Cabinet, London (2022); The Intermission, Piraeus, Greece (2019); Ordet, Milan (2019); CCA Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan (2019); Établissement d’en face, Brussels (2018); the Cultuurcentrum, Strombeek, Belgium (2017); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2016); Greene Naftali, New York (2015, 2011); Art Institute of Chicago (2015); Cabinet Gallery at Fitzpatrick-Leland House, Los Angeles (2014); and Portikus, Frankfurt (2013).
His public artworks have been installed at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2010); Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin (2008); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York (1998); The Hague’s Center for Visual Arts, The Hague, Netherlands (1991); FRAC Centre, Orléans, France (1990); and FRAC Rhône-Alpes, Lyon, France (1989). Select public collections include the Art Institute of Chicago; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and the Museum der Moderne Salzburg.
JOHN KNIGHT | MacGuffin 8-2975 (1975) | Anthology Film Archives, New York | July 13, 2022
JOHN KNIGHT, BRANDON NDIFE, TOM BURR, DIAMOND STINGILY
No Place Like Home
Lutz Bacher, Julie Becker, Tony Cokes, Lucy Gunning, John Knight
1966 - 2016
Lutz Bacher, Bernadette Corporation, Tony Conrad, Harun Farocki, Dan Graham, John Knight
John Knight
Vacant Possession
Cul-de-sac
October Files
Bohemian Grove
Quiet Quality
Autotypes
IN VIVO
Works in Situ, A Work in Situ
87º
Enkele Werkens
EX SITU
ŁEETSOII
UNE VUE CULTURELLE
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