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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: On Friday in Queens, MoMA PS1 hosted its first ever “Back to School” benefit, under the direction of artist Ryan McNamara, with over 30 artists presenting projects and performances. It was an quite an evening! In some ways, it was very high school—there were classes like sex education, anatomy, and art history, and a cafeteria serving corn dogs—and in other ways it was very much not like high school in that there was quite a bit of alcohol and a fair number of scantily clad people, at least one wielding a whip. Below, a look at the evening. (Not pictured, my session with the guidance counselor, Jessica Mitrani, which included dancing salsa to Celia Cruz’s “La Vida Es un Carnaval.” It was the highlight of the evening.)
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The interior of the tent, with a table to grab a snack bag, with a PB&J, juice box, and a bag of sour cream and onion chips. Plus, the first of many, many bars at the event.
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Toys.
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A lunch table.
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Beer bong.
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The evening's dress code was "come as you were in high school."
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A temporary locker room in the basement.
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People with lights wrapped around their torsos ran through rooms on the first floor.
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The "Behind the Bleachers" room.
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A mini dance party in the "Behind the Bleachers" room.
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"Sex Education with Nikki Columbus: Lesbian Pulp Fiction Art: The Identification and Classification of the Female Homosexual": At this point in her class, she was describing how on the covers of lesbian pulp novels, the women are always drawn the same, except for their hair colors.
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Mini corndogs were available in the cafeteria.
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Drag queens getting ready on the second floor.
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The door wouldn't open, but a creepy, rattling noise emanated from within.
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Witchcraft.
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The instructor for A.P. Studio Art, Jacolby Satterwhite, on the left. He kept cracking his whip and shouting "Lee Bontecou."
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A life model in A.P. Studio Art.
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I think this was Anatomy class. There was a pizza party in the back room.
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Art History with Malik Gaines.
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A coffee break in the teacher's lounge.
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A runway student walking with the help of an instructor, Paul Alexander.
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Runway class.
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An EDM-inspired Home Economics class.
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Great viking outfit.
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"As we go on/We remember/All the times we/Had together."
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