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Precious Okoyomon's Garden Installation at MoMA PS1

exhibition · 2026-07-29

Artist and poet Precious Okoyomon has created an elaborate garden installation in the courtyard of MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, which will remain for two years. The work features a giant teddy bear that visitors can enter through its anus and exit through its mouth, referencing Leo Bersani's 1987 essay "Is the Rectum a Grave?" Okoyomon described the rectum as "just a portal" during a press event on a drizzly Wednesday.

Key facts

  • Installation is in the courtyard of MoMA PS1
  • Location is Long Island City, Queens
  • Duration is two years
  • Artist is Precious Okoyomon
  • Work references Leo Bersani's essay 'Is the Rectum a Grave?'
  • Press event took place on an overcast Wednesday with drizzle

Entities

Artists

  • Precious Okoyomon

Institutions

  • MoMA PS1

Locations

  • Long Island City
  • Queens

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