| Description |
208 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / Lynn Gumpert -- Playing the field : the downtown scene and cultural production, an introduction / Marvin J. Taylor -- The downtown music scene / Bernard Gendron -- Ann Magnuson -- Chi Chi Valenti -- A crack in time / Carol McCormick -- Gracie Mansion -- Sur Rodney (Sur) -- Lydia Lunch -- Art after hours : downtown performance / Roselee Goldberg -- Joe Lewis -- Martha Wilson -- Not a part of any wave : no wave cinema / Matthew Yokobosky -- Sarah Schulman -- Writing downtown / Robert Siegle -- Richard Hell -- Eric Bogosian -- What's wrong with this picture? / Brian Wallis -- Lynne Tillman -- Afterword and acknowledgements / Lynn Gumpert and Marvin J. Taylor -- Chronology / Ian Alteveer -- Michael Musto |
| Summary |
"The Downtown Book brings the Downtown art scene to life, exploring everything from Punk rock to performance art. The book probes trends that arose in the 1970s and solidified New York's reputation as arbiter of the postmodern American avant-garde. The seven essays featured here examine from different perspectives how Downtown artists constantly pushed the limits of both traditional media and the art world."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
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Published in conjunction with an exhibition held Grey Art Gallery and the Fales Library, New York University, Jan. 10-Apr. 1, 2006; at the Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, May 20-Sept. 3, 2006; and at the Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Nov. 11, 2005-Jan. 28, 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Arts, American -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century.
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Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Punk culture -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80118393 -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006346
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| Author |
Gumpert, Lynn.
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Taylor, Marvin J.
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Andy Warhol Museum.
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Austin Museum of Art.
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Fales Library.
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Grey Art Gallery & Study Center.
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| LC no. |
2005046574 |
| ISBN |
0691122865 (hbk.) |
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