Recognized as a defining force
of the alternative space movement, MoMA PS1 stands out from other major arts institutions through its cutting - edge approach to exhibitions and direct involvement of artists within a scholarly framework.
She is one of the originators
of the alternative space movement, beginning with Under the Brooklyn Bridge, a 1971 outdoor show she organized with installations by pioneering American and European artists.
Recognized as a defining force
of the alternative space movement, P.S. 1 stands out from major arts institutions in its cutting edge approach to exhibitions and direct involvement of artists with in a scholarly framework.
Not exact matches
Mullican arrived in New York in 1973, when the artist - run
alternative space movement was under way, with 112 Greene Street (later White Columns), Artists Space, P.S. 1, the Kitchen and Franklin Furnace eventually attracting a broad range of artists, experimental filmmakers, dancers and music
space movement was under way, with 112 Greene Street (later White Columns), Artists
Space, P.S. 1, the Kitchen and Franklin Furnace eventually attracting a broad range of artists, experimental filmmakers, dancers and music
Space, P.S. 1, the Kitchen and Franklin Furnace eventually attracting a broad range
of artists, experimental filmmakers, dancers and musicians.
Founded in 1970 as» 112 Greene Street», White Columns was established as an independent platform for artists and was a pioneering force in the
alternative art
space movement of the 1970s and 1980s.
This groundbreaking exhibition, curated by Alex Donis, features the works
of five seminal artists and artist groups: Rachel Rosenthal, Barbara T. Smith, Suzanne Lacy / Leslie Labowitz - Starus, Electronic Café International and EZTV; all who have been central to the
alternative artist
space movement in Southern California since the early 1970's.
The
alternative -
space movement of the last few decades has been characterized by artists developing their own cultural infrastructure to support changing methods
of production, in particular performance and emerging technologies.
With funding provided by NYSCA, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, AS - AP has a mandate to help preserve, present, and protect the archival heritage
of living and defunct for - and not - for - profit
spaces of the «
alternative» or «avant - garde»
movements of the 1950s to the present.
Organized by P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center founder, Alanna Heiss, FORTY features work by over 40 artists who were key participants in the 1970s
alternative art
spaces movement and the early years
of P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center.
The exhibition broadly considers the work
of the artists in the context
of significant artistic and cultural
movements: mail art and artist correspondences; the rise
of Chicano, gay, and feminist print media; the formation
of alternative spaces; fashion culture; punk music and performance; and artist responses to the AIDS crisis.
The site contains an online index
of over 1000
alternative spaces, locations
of avant - garde activity, tools to assist in archiving, and other aids for scholars interested in the
alternative or avant - garde
movement in the United States.
The key subject
of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative
Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis
of comprehensive phenomenon
of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms
of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems
of value judgment on today's market - led cultural phenomenon and cultural
movement, and the role
of curator as a cultural translator and mediator between the two; and exploration
of alternatives for ecological health
of increasingly globalized art and culture.
MD: During 1977 and 1978, you participated in two group exhibitions and a solo show at P.S. 1, one
of the first
spaces in the country exclusively showing contemporary art and a defining force in the
alternative space movement.
The
movement of HNW investors into the
space underscores the legitimacy
of net lease as an investment
alternative, Chichester says.