Deb Sokolow
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Projects (2003-Current)
Visualizing (2023)
Thinking Drawings (2023)
Chicago Architecture Biennial (2023)
Visualizing the Built Environment
ENVIRONMENTS FOR CONTROLLING PEOPLE: BEST PRACTICES (2022)
A Visionary (and Somewhat Skeptical) Architectural Future (2021)
Profiles in Leadership (2019)
Drawings without Words (2019)
Mr. Vladimir Putin's Photo with Women (2018)
An Organism/ The Architect
The Presidents (some of them) (2017)
Deb Sokolow's archive of possibilities
Joke Research Archive
Debate Stage Water Bottles (2016)
Men (2016)
Frank Lloyd Wright (2015-2016)
A Case Study in Schematics, Surveillance and Murder (2015)
Mr. F. (2015)
Chapters for a book (ongoing)
Chapter 14. Mary Pinchot Meyer
Chapter 13. Oswald and Your Cousin Irving
Drawings for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (fishy episodes from the history of an institution) (2014)
install detail
The Curse on the Building
The Cheesesteak Storage Years
The Problem Solver
The Continual Conflict Over Flooring
You tell people you're working really hard on things these days, part 2 (2013-2015)
Several Mysteries (2013)
Some concerns about the candidate (2013)
Norway... (2013)
de Kooning’s Bell System (2011-2012)
Notes on Denver International Airport and The New World Order (2010-2011)
You tell people you're working really hard on things these days (2010)
Dear Trusted Associate (2009)
The Ways in Which Things Operate (2009)
Whatever happened to the Pentagon (restaurant)? (2007)
You are one step closer to learning the truth (2008)
The trouble with people you don't know (2008)
Secrets and Lies and More Lies (2006-2007)
Understanding Scarface (2006)
Someone tell Mayor Daley the pirates are coming (2005)
If you have any questions for us, don't be afraid to ask (2005)
Don't worry, everything will be fine (2004)
Rocky and Adrian (and me) (2003)
Small Drawings
Books
Male Leaders of the World
New Developments
Willem de Kooning.
Inside the Famous Architect’s Compound
Frank Lloyd Wright vs. Secretaries
The Truth About David Copperfield
A Walk in Nature
A Short History of Unconventional
Briefcase Exchange, Men’s Bathroom, McDonalds, Washington, D.C., 1986
Managerial Hierarchies
A Comparative Analysis of Sex Scenes
Studio
Bio
Press
Western Exhibitions
Contact
Deb Sokolow
Home
Projects/Drawings/Books/Studio
Projects (2003-Current)
Visualizing (2023)
Thinking Drawings (2023)
Chicago Architecture Biennial (2023)
Visualizing the Built Environment
ENVIRONMENTS FOR CONTROLLING PEOPLE: BEST PRACTICES (2022)
A Visionary (and Somewhat Skeptical) Architectural Future (2021)
Profiles in Leadership (2019)
Drawings without Words (2019)
Mr. Vladimir Putin's Photo with Women (2018)
An Organism/ The Architect
The Presidents (some of them) (2017)
Deb Sokolow's archive of possibilities
Joke Research Archive
Debate Stage Water Bottles (2016)
Men (2016)
Frank Lloyd Wright (2015-2016)
A Case Study in Schematics, Surveillance and Murder (2015)
Mr. F. (2015)
Chapters for a book (ongoing)
Chapter 14. Mary Pinchot Meyer
Chapter 13. Oswald and Your Cousin Irving
Drawings for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (fishy episodes from the history of an institution) (2014)
install detail
The Curse on the Building
The Cheesesteak Storage Years
The Problem Solver
The Continual Conflict Over Flooring
You tell people you're working really hard on things these days, part 2 (2013-2015)
Several Mysteries (2013)
Some concerns about the candidate (2013)
Norway... (2013)
de Kooning’s Bell System (2011-2012)
Notes on Denver International Airport and The New World Order (2010-2011)
You tell people you're working really hard on things these days (2010)
Dear Trusted Associate (2009)
The Ways in Which Things Operate (2009)
Whatever happened to the Pentagon (restaurant)? (2007)
You are one step closer to learning the truth (2008)
The trouble with people you don't know (2008)
Secrets and Lies and More Lies (2006-2007)
Understanding Scarface (2006)
Someone tell Mayor Daley the pirates are coming (2005)
If you have any questions for us, don't be afraid to ask (2005)
Don't worry, everything will be fine (2004)
Rocky and Adrian (and me) (2003)
Small Drawings
Books
Male Leaders of the World
New Developments
Willem de Kooning.
Inside the Famous Architect’s Compound
Frank Lloyd Wright vs. Secretaries
The Truth About David Copperfield
A Walk in Nature
A Short History of Unconventional
Briefcase Exchange, Men’s Bathroom, McDonalds, Washington, D.C., 1986
Managerial Hierarchies
A Comparative Analysis of Sex Scenes
Studio
Bio
Press
Western Exhibitions
Contact
Projects/Drawings/Books/Studio
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Small Drawings
Plans for Wrapping the New Luxury Resort Grounds Around the Ongoing Archaeological Dig
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, ink, pastel and collage on paper
11 x 14 x 1 inches
2020
Set Designs for Stand-Up Comedy TV Specials (Patton Oswalt)
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, pastel and collage on paper
14 x 11 inches
2020
Visualizing the Floor Plan for the New Museum for Séance Culture and Spirit Appreciation
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, ink, pastel and collage on paper
11 x 8½ x 1 inches
2020
Aerial View of One of Several Verdant Gardens Adjacent to the Mausoleum for Art (Not Shown)
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, pastel and collage on paper
11 x 8 ½ x 1 inches
2020
Mr. Kim Jong-un Attempts to Kidnap Mr. Michael Jordan
graphite, coloured pencil, pastel, crayon, ink and collage on paper
11 x 18 inches
2019
The Groucho Marx Cure for Insomnia
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
11 x 14 x 1 inches
2019
Nighttime Routines for Successful World Leaders
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, ink, crayon and collage on paper
11 x 14 x 1 inches
2019
Underground Structures
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, crayon, acrylic and collage on paper
14 x 11 inches
2019
Rocks Inside Mr. Vladimir Putin's Country Dacha
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
15 x 22 x 1 inches
2019
Wardrobe Transition Stations for Dictators, Presidents and Supreme Leaders
graphite, ink, colored pencil, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
15 x 22 x 1 inches
2019
Lip Gloss Palettes for Talk Show Hosts
graphite, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
14 x 11 x 1 inches
2019
Floorplan for Underground Entertainment Complex
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
14 x 11 inches
2019
Potential Schematics for Kidnapping American Basketball Hero Mr. Michael Jordan
graphite, colored pencil, pastel, crayon and collage on paper
14 x 11 x 1 inches
2019
Closets for Suits
graphite and crayon on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2014
Modernist Statuettes
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
8 x 6 inches
2015
McRib = Code Red
graphite, toner on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2015
A Dead Millionaire
graphite on paper
8 x 6 inches
2015
New Endeavors and Joint Initiatives
graphite, toner, collage, adhesive on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2015
1994: Maryland McDonalds with Drive-Through
graphite, toner, collage, adhesive on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2015
McDonalds Employee Diagram
graphite, collage, adhesive on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2015
Rocks make good hiding places.
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
8 x 6 inches
2015
Manufactured Chaos
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
6 x 8 inches
2015
Make your workers believe.
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
8 x 6 inches
2015
The Amateur Designer
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
6 x 8 inches
2015
JFK's Amphetamine Cocktail
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
6 x 8 inches
2015
A Common Method
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage, adhesive on paper
8 x 6 inches
2015
Secretarial Retribution
graphite, acrylic, colored pencil, crayon, collage on paper
8 1/2 x 11 inches
2014
Reichian Therapy #1
graphite, colored pencil, crayon, collage on paper
8 x 6 inches
2014
Planning for a Political Campaign
graphite, acrylic, colored pencil, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 x 3/4 inches
2014
Willem and Elaine de Kooning: Big City Living
graphite, crayon, colored pencil, collage on paper
8 x 6 inches
2014
Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich Mix #1
graphite, colored pencil, crayon on paper
8 x 6 inches
2014
Desires to Hump Pedestals
graphite, colored pencil, crayon, collage on paper
8 x 6 inches
2014
Gravy Spectrum
graphite, colored pencil, crayon on paper
8 x 6 inches
2014
Sandwich Shacks
graphite, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2013
Where the Feds are building all the new bunkers
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
The Desert Hermit
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
How do these people manage?
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
Revision #7
ink, graphite, acrylic on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #4 (Poisoned Cigars)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #5 (Highly Explosive Clams)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #6 (Fungus in Scuba Gear)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #7 (Mustache Wax)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
Staples and paperclips
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
No one makes fun of Mr. Serra
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
Oswald and Your Cousin Irving #2
graphite, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2010
Oswald and Your Cousin Irving #1
graphite, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2010
The Nuclear Football
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2011
Denver International Airport (Investigation Pending #2)
graphite, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2010
Denver International Airport (Investigation Pending #1)
graphite, acrylic, collage on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2010
People Don’t Like to Read Art
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
12 x 9 inches
2009
The Famous Artist Scam
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
12 x 9 inches
2009
The Dinner with the Famous Artist
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
12 x 9 inches
2009
Afterthoughts from the Dinner with the Famous Artist
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
12 x 9 inches
2009
The CIA Rented These Apartments in New York City
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2009
The CIA Rented This House on Telegraph Hill
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2009
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #3 (The Pencil)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2009
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #2 (Castro’s Shoes)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2009
CIA Failed Assassination Attempt on Castro #1 (Presidential Palace)
graphite, ink, acrylic, collage on bristol board
11 x 8 1/2 inches
2009
Study for the Pentagon
2008
Scam Email
various media on paper
11” x 8 1/2”
2009
Detective Skills
various media on paper
9 3/4” x 7”
2009
The Pentagon Organization
various media on paper
9 1/2” x 8”,
2009
Inside the Hill to the Getty
various media on paper
12” x 9”
2009
Winchester House
various media on paper
11” x 8 1/2”
2009
Interview Questions
various media on paper
10” x 8 1/2”
2009
Denver International Airport
various media on paper
14” x 11”
2009
The Environmental Engineering Firm
various media on paper
12” x 9”
2009