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    • Negative Space
    • Crickets
    • People
    • Untitled (Margo Leavin Gallery, 1970– )
    • Coat Check Chimes
    • b/w
    • The Varieties of Experience
    • Silent Film of a Tree Falling in a Forest
    • The American Desert
    • Royal Leerdam Crystal Beer Bottle Candle Holders
    • Between Projects
    • Six-Foot Ruler
    • Everything Has Been Recorded
    • The Collected Live Recordings of Bob Dylan 1963-1995
    • The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths (12-Step)
    • Room Tone
  • Shows
    • MAKI Gallery
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    • Karma
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    • Karma LA
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    • Galerie Frank Elbaz
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    • Henry Art Gallery
    • Galerie Frank Elbaz
    • Contemporary Art Gallery
    • Kadist Art Foundation
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    • Galerie Frank Elbaz
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    • Hammer Museum
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    • Kadist Art Foundation
    • GAMeC
    • Statements
    • REC.
    • The Suburban
    • John Connelly Presents
    • Margo Leavin Gallery
    • University Art Museum
    • Cuenca Bienal
    • Margo Leavin Gallery
    • Margo Leavin Gallery
  • Books
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    • Time Life
    • Mail
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    • Crickets
    • Time People Money Crickets
    • People
    • Font Study (TIME)
    • The Varieties Of Experience
    • The Ellipses
    • California City
    • The White Album
    • Einstein #1
    • Negative Space
    • The Swordsman
    • Cuenca
    • Easy Field Guide
    • Everything Has Been Recorded
  • Texts
  • Info
  • Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Volume 17. Survival Manual, 2025
    4K video with sound
    Original score by Emit Thomson-Tribe; Mixed by Adrian Garcia
    3:42 minutes
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Volume 17. Survival Manual, 2025 (Excerpt)

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Headstand, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Headstand, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Headstand, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Headstand, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • October 1, 1990 (David Lynch)
    Enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Fitness), 2025
    Wallpaper
    192 x 120 inches / 488 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Fitness), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    192 x 120 inches / 488 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Full Body Circle, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Full Body Circle, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Full Body Circle, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Big American Apples, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Big American Apples, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Big American Apples, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Rodin), 2025
    Wallpaper
    180 x 120 inches / 457 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Rodin), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    180 x 120 inches / 457 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Saint John the Baptist Preaching, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Rodin), 2025
    Wallpaper
    180 x 120 inches / 457 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Rodin), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    180 x 120 inches / 457 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variableInstallation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • June 19, 1972 (The Occult Revival), 2025
    Enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • June 19, 1972 (The Occult Revival), 2025
    Enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Hand of a Pianist, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Hand of a Pianist, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Hand of a Pianist, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Hand of a Pianist, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Hand of a Pianist, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Office Aerobics, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Office Aerobics, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Office Aerobics, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Office Aerobics, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Ikebana), 2025
    Wallpaper
    184 x 120 inches / 467 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Ikebana), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    184 x 120 inches / 467 x 305 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Balance and Harmony, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Balance and Harmony, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Balance and Harmony, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • July 3, 1989 (The Sun)
    Enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • July 27, 2009 (Moonstruck)
    Enamel on low-iron mirror, poplar and aluminum
    74 x 56 x 2.5 inches / 188 x 142 x 6.5 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Wine & Spirits), 2025
    Wallpaper
    180 x 126 inches / 457 x 320 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Wine & Spirits), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    180 x 126 inches / 457 x 320 CM
    Installation dimensions variable
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Rainbow in a Glass, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Rainbow in a Glass, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Rainbow in a Glass, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Throwing a Specific Form, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Throwing a Specific Form, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Throwing a Specific Form, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Throwing a Specific Form, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Throwing a Specific Form, 2025
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Candle, 2024
    Lenticular print in artist’s frame
    39.75 x 30.75 x 2 inches / 101 x 78 x 5 CM
    Unique
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Candles), 2025
    Wallpaper
    120 x 120 inches / 305 x 305 CM
    Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Background Materials (Candles), 2025 (Detail)
    Wallpaper
    120 x 120 inches / 305 x 305 CM
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai

  • Study for July 27, 2009 (Moonstruck), 2025
    Vinyl on mylar
    19.75 x 15.25 x 1.5 inches / 50.17 x 38.74 x 3.81 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Study for October 1, 1990 (David Lynch), 2025
    Vinyl on mylar
    19.75 x 15.25 x 1.5 inches / 50.17 x 38.74 x 3.81 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Study for July 3, 1989 (The Sun), 2025
    Vinyl on mylar
    19.75 x 15.25 x 1.5 inches / 50.17 x 38.74 x 3.81 CM
    Unique
    Photo: Jeff McLane

  • Study for June 19, 1972 (The Occult Revival), 2025
    Vinyl on mylar
    19.75 x 15.25 x 1.5 inches / 50.17 x 38.74 x 3.81 CM
    UniquePhoto: Jeff McLane

  • Installation view, Mungo Thomson: Background Materials
    MAKI Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Photo: Yumi Sakai