Regina Mamou

The Loop, 2022
Installation with objects from the Wende Museum of the Cold War (Los Angeles, California) [objects listed below] and steel, aluminum, birch, hard-coated EPS foam, acrylic, waterborne alkyd paint (pedestal); digitally-modified Soviet payphone (circa 1970s), cast iron, plastic, 8 audio tracks, 85 7/8 x 154 x 34 in. (pedestal), 12 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 4 3/8 in. (phone)

The Loop (detail), 2022

Top Image
Front row
Maker: Novaya Zarya
Title: To the Cosmos (perfume)
Year: Undated (likely commemorating the Vostok 1 spacecraft launch, April 12, 1961)
Location of Creation: Soviet Union
Materials: Glass, liquid (fragrance) (bottle); Felt, plastic, fabric, paper (box)
Dimensions: 2 3/4 x 2 in. (bottle); 4 1/2 x 3 x 3 in. (box)

Back Row
Maker: Unknown
Title: Untitled (portrait of Erich Honecker with metal grate over the image)
Year: 1990
Location of Creation: East Germany
Materials: Paper, wood, metal
Dimensions: 36 5/8 x 27 9/16 x 1 9/16 in. (framed)

To the Cosmos (perfume) (detail), undated (likely commemorating the Vostok 1 spacecraft launch, April 12, 1961)

Untitled (portrait of Erich Honecker with metal grate over the image) (detail), 1990

Top Image
Front row
Maker: Unknown

Title: Cut Socialist Republic of Romania flag

Year: 1989

Location of Creation: Romania

Materials: Polyester

Dimensions: 39 1/2 x 55 1/2 in. (framed)



Back row
Artists: Yuri Panfilov and Andrei Vishnevski

Title: Leave No Trace on This Earth

Year: 1989

Location of Creation: Soviet Union

Materials: Tempera on fiberboard

Dimensions: Work can be oriented both horizontally and vertically; 28 3/4 x 41 3/4 in. (framed; horizontal); 41 3/4 x 28 3/4 in. (framed; vertical)


Cut Socialist Republic of Romania flag
 (detail), 1989

Leave No Trace on This Earth
 (detail), 1989

Top Image
Front row
Maker: VEB VERO Olbernhau

Title: Plattenbau model

Year: 1970s

Location of Creation: East Germany

Materials: Plastic, paint, adhesive, paper, ink

Dimensions: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.

Back row
Artist: Aleksandr Vasil’evich Lozenko

Title: Oracles (left); Oracles No. 2 (right)

Year: 1991

Location of Creation: Soviet Union

Materials: Tempera on fiberboard

Dimensions: 36 1/2 x 49 1/2 inches (framed; total 2-paneled work); 36 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches (framed; each)

Plattenbau model (detail), 1970s

Oracles (left); Oracles No. 2 (right)
 (detail), 1991

Digitally-modified Soviet payphone (detail), circa 1970s

Kimilsungia, 2018
Korean-language version of Kimilsungia song on cassette tape, cassette player, artificial orchids
Installation view, Reetsma Tobacco Factory (Berlin, Germany)

Kimilsungia (detail), 2018

Looping Swans, 2018
12-channel video installation on VHS tape (1 min 28 sec [looped]), TV sets (Sony TVs between the years 1970 and 1989), VHS players, coaxial cables, coaxial splitters; performative response by Maya Gurantz
Installation view, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) at The Cabin (Los Angeles, California)

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail of performative response by Maya Gurantz), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail of performative response by Maya Gurantz), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail of performative response by Maya Gurantz), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail of performative response by Maya Gurantz), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Looping Swans (detail), 2018

Kimilsungia, 2018
Installation with orchids, bronze plaque, artificial flowers, Korean-language version of Kimilsungia song on cassette tape, cassette player; performative response by Bo Choi
The Alice Gallery (Seattle, Washington)

Kimilsungia (clip of performative response by Bo Choi), 2018

Kimilsungia (detail), 2018

Kimilsungia (detail), 2018

From foreground to background: Kimilsungia (orchids) and Looping Swans (video), 2018
Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles, California)

From left to right: Kimilsungia (detail) and Looping Swans, 2018

Kimilsungia (detail), 2018

Kimilsungia (detail), 2018
Bronze plaque, 10 x 20 inches

Looping Swans (1 min 28 sec [looped]), 2018

Looking for Freedom, 2018
Ephemera from performative intervention at Adjunct Positions (Los Angeles, California)

Looking for Freedom (clip of performative intervention), 2018

Looking for Freedom (detail), 2018

Looking for Freedom (detail), 2018
4 individual screenprints from performative intervention, 11 x 11 inches (each)
Installation images by Austin Radcliffe, 2018.

Untitled (Black [Orchid, Kimilsungia], Blue [Matthew Todd Miller, No. 107], Red [Evan Carl Hunziker]), 2018
Unique screenprint on paper, 38 x 50 inches

Untitled (Blue [Begonia, Kimjongilia], Red [Matthew Todd Miller, No. 107], Black [David Sneddon]), 2018
Unique screenprint on paper, 38 x 50 inches

Untitled (Red [Magnolia, National Flower], Black [Matthew Todd Miller, No. 107], Blue [Matthew Todd Miller, The New York Times]), 2018
Unique screenprint on paper, 38 x 50 inches

Untitled (Black [Otto Frederick Warmbier], White [Otto Frederick Warmbier]), 2018
Unique screenprint on paper, 60 x 20 inches
Documentation images (above) by Chris Adler, 2017.

How the West Was Won, 2018
Installation view, Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago, Illinois)

How the West Was Won, 2018
Installation view, Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago, Illinois)

How the West Was Won, 2018
Installation view, Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago, Illinois)

How the West Was Won, 2018
Installation view, Bert Green Fine Art (Chicago, Illinois)

How the West Was Won, 2017
Performance at The Sugar Lab (Los Angeles, California)

How the West Was Won, 2017
Performance at The Sugar Lab (Los Angeles, California)

How the West Was Won (ephemera from performance), 2017
Flashe paint on newspaper, 24 x 22 inches

How the West Was Won (ephemera from performance), 2017
Flashe paint on newspaper, 24 x 22 inches

An Island Is Just An Island, 2017
Mixed media on paper in unique frames, 22 inches (each)
Installation view, Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, California)

An Island Is Just An Island, 2017
Installation view (background left drawings only), Charlie James Gallery (Los Angeles, California)

Installation images by Charlie James Gallery, 2017. www.cjamesgallery.com.

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2016
8 x 10 inches, Edition of 50
Essays by Meg Whiteford, John Murphy, and Karsten Lund
Printed by Paper Chase Press (Los Angeles, California)
Designed by Jacob Halpern and Jessica Kao

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise (detail), 2016

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise (detail), 2016

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise (detail), 2016

Ecto (Sample A), 2015
Metallic digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches
 

Ecto (Sample B), 2015
Metallic digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Ecto (Sample C), 2015
Metallic digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Ecto, 2015
Installation view, Slow Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Untitled (Case Stack), 2015
Psychometric cases, mirrored acrylic, 72 x 12 inches
Installation view, Slow Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Electrum, 2015
Psychometers, copper, polycarbonate, black light bulbs, plywood, lacquer
Installation view, The Sub-Mission at The Mission Projects (Chicago, Illinois)

Electrum (detail), 2015

Electrum (detail), 2015

Electrum (detail), 2015

Electrum (detail), 2015

Grounding Object, 2015
Electropsychometers, mirrored acrylic, balloons, helium
Installation view, §üb∫amsøn at Samsøñ Projects (Boston, Massachusetts)

Psychometrics, 2015
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, psychometer, 0.25-carat diamond made from human hair, walnut, acrylic
Installation view, Chicago Artists' Coalition (Chicago, Illinois)

Psychometrics (detail), 2015
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, 75 x 50 inches

Psychometrics (detail), 2015
Acrylic rod, 0.25-carat diamond made from human hair, 4 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches

All That Has Ever Happened Is Present, 2014
Digital C-print, acrylic, plywood
Installation view, Chicago Artists' Coalition (Chicago, Illinois)

All That Has Ever Happened Is Present (detail), 2014
Digital C-printed, acrylic, 40 x 32 inches

All That Has Ever Happened Is Present (detail), 2014

A Record of Disillusion, 2014
Amber, mirrored acrylic, black light bulbs, floodlights, extension cord, wall plate, power outlet
Installation view, Chicago Artists' Coalition (Chicago, Illinois)

A Record of Disillusion (detail), 2014

A Record of Disillusion (detail), 2014

Proposed Vortex (Iteration #2), 2014
Digital C-prints mounted on Dibond, volcanic stones
Installation view, Chicago Artists' Coalition, (Chicago, Illinois)

Proposed Vortex (detail), 2014
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, 40 x 50 inches

Proposed Vortex (Iteration #2) (detail), 2014

Proposed Vortex (detail), 2014
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, 40 x 50 inches

Proposed Vortex (Iteration #2) (detail), 2014

Proposed Vortex (Iteration #1), 2014
Digital C-prints, black light bulbs, floodlights, wall plate, power outlet, chalk
Installation view, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (New York, New York)

As Within, So Without (detail), 2014
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, two-way mirrored acrylic, lighting stand, clamp, sandbag

As Within, So Without (detail), 2014

As Within, So Without (detail), 2014
Digital C-print mounted on Dibond, 40 x 50 inches

As Within, So Without (detail), 2014

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Chartres Cathedral, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches
 

Lustgarten, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Fieldwork (Blue and Gray), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Richard Meier's Vision for Athene, Night #2, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Ascetic Living, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

St. Francis of Assisi #2, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Frederick's Wing Until Death, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Harmonist Cemetery, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Site (Community Vineyard), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Fieldwork (Blue), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches
 

Inspirational Historical Fiction (Amana #1), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Philip Johnson's Vision of God, 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Fieldwork (Silver and Brown), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

LDS Temple, Twilight (Icarian Town Plat), 2012
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013–2014
Installation view, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013
View of the exhibition venue, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

Unfortunately, It Was Paradise, 2013
View of the exhibition venue, The Historic Water Tower Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)

78 rpm (1s) (4s), 2011
Digital C-print, 24 x 20 inches
 

78 rpm (2s) (2s), 2011
Digital C-print, 24 x 20 inches
 

78 rpm (4s) (1s), 2011
Digital C-print, 24 x 20 inches

Untitled (Abdali's Plan), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Untitled (Circle 1–8), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Seven Hills (diptych), 2010
Digital C-prints, 40 x 32 (each), 40 x 64 (total)

Untitled (Site #1), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (From Jabal Al-Qala'a), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (Bird Garden), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (Accidental Document #1), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (Third Circle), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Some Undefined Boundary (diptych), 2010
Digital C-prints, 40 x 32 (each), 40 x 64 (total)

Untitled (Street Corner, Hashimi), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Untitled (Makan), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

While Meditating on Loss (diptych), 2010
Digital C-prints, 40 x 32 (each), 40 x 64 (total)

Untitled (Dawn, Hashimi), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Untitled (Rainbow Building), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

East/West Division (diptych), 2010
Digital C-prints, 40 x 50 (each), 40 x 100 (total)

Untitled (Luzmila Hospital), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (Shmeisani Hospital), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Untitled (InterContinental), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 32 inches

Untitled (Abdoun Bridge), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches

Untitled (Site #2), 2010
Digital C-print, 40 x 50 inches