Originally curated in 1984 by Jeffrey Deitch (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) at Leila Heller's
former uptown gallery, Calligraffiti explored a myriad of possible connections shared between the seemingly disparate styles of select mid-century abstract, U.S. graffiti, and calligraphic artists from the Middle East and its diaspora.
Focusing on a ten - year period between mid «40s and forth, Paintings New York at Hauser & Wirth brings attention to possibly the least - known aspect of Kaprow's decades - long career, bringing together a body of works at the
gallery's uptown outpost, a location where the former Martha Jackson Gallery housed the artist's first Yard installation i
gallery's
uptown outpost, a location where the
former Martha Jackson
Gallery housed the artist's first Yard installation i
Gallery housed the artist's first Yard installation in 1961.