A performer hangs from scaffolding while costumed crew lift large black drums below him.

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The Gods Are Pounding My Head (AKA Lumber Jack Messiah) Richard Foreman

2005, printed 2009

Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 9/16 × 13 7/16 in. (26.8 × 34.1 cm)
Accession number: 2011.117.32
Acquired: 2011
Credit line: Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press
Reproduction credit: ©️ Tina Barney
Department: collection

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Tina Barney, The Gods Are Pounding My Head (AKA Lumber Jack Messiah) Richard Foreman, 2005, printed 2009. Chromogenic print, sheet: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm) Image: 10 9/16 × 13 7/16 in. (26.8 × 34.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press 2011.117.32. ©️ Tina Barney

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Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection 2016-04-02 – 2017-04-02
I, YOU, WE 2013-04-25 – 2013-09-01
Visions from America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001 2002-06-26 – 2002-09-22
Whitney Biennial 1987 1987-04-10 – 1987-07-05

The Gods Are Pounding My Head (AKA Lumber Jack Messiah) Richard Foreman

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