Alternative art, New York, 1965-1985 : a cultural politics book for the Social Text Collective / Julie Ault, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ault, Julie.

Social Text Collective.

Drawing Center (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, American--New York (State)--New York--20th century.

Art, American.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics).

History.

Alternative spaces (Arts facilities).

New York (State)--New York.

Alternative spaces (Arts facilities)--New York (State)--New York.

Politics in art.

Minorities in art.

Avant-garde (Aesthetics)--New York (State)--New York--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

ix, 396 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press ; New York : Drawing Center, [2002]

Summary:

By the mid 1960s, New York's art establishment was out of step with the city's diversity and had largely ignored the decade's social, political, and cultural ferment. In response, marginalized artists created an oppositional network of organi-zations, exhibit spaces, and cooperative galleries that both paralleled and challenged the status quo. Alternative Art New York, 1965-1985 brings together a wide variety of artists and critics to explore the origins and evolution of this diffuse and vibrant cultural scene.

Locating the movement within both the art world and its larger social and political context, these authors decipher the shifting configurations of cultural power in this period and the complex relationship between the mainstream and the marginal. With a unique, annotated chronology of the alternative art scene from 1965 to 1985, and illustrated with 150 images of key works, installations, and exhibits; reproductions of posters, communiques, and other ephemera; and photographs of protests and meetings, this volume is an important work of contemporary art history and a valuable sourcebook that suggests the basis for the return of an artist-driven cultural economy.

Contents:

A Chronology of Selected Alternative Structures, Spaces, Artists' Groups, and Organizations in New York City, 1965-85 / Julie Ault 17

Part I Context

Biting the Hand: Artists and Museums in New York since 1969 / Lucg R. Lippard 79

On Discourse as Monument: Institutional Spaces and Feminist Problematics / Juli Carson 121

Part II Mainstreaming

Public Funding and Alternative Spaces / Brian Wallis 161

When (Art) Worlds Collide: Institutionalizing the Alternatives / Arlene Goldbard 183

Polarity Rules: Looking at Whitney Annuals and Biennials, 1968-2000 / David Deitcher 201

Part III Space, Place, and Community

Alternative: Space / Martin Beck 249

Sitings of Public Art: Integration versus Intervention / Miwon Kwon 281

Local History: The Art of Battle for Bohemia in New York / Alan Moore with Jim Cornwell 321.

Notes:

Catalog of a 1996 exhibition entitled: "Cultural economies: histories from the alternative arts movement, NYC" held at The Drawing Center, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0816637938

0816637946

OCLC:

50253087