"Urban Archives: That Was Then This Is Now" Exhibition
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
This event has ended.
The first of a new, multi-year series of exhibitions that look at contemporary culture as a “living archive,” Urban Archives: That Was Then This Is Now draws primarily from the personal collections of a number of artists that have been working in and on the Bronx since the late 1970s. In their collections, the testimonies of long-time residents and occasional visitors coexist in the form of mementos, documentation, artwork and other sort of cultural artifacts.
Conceived as a means to open up the Bronx Museum Permanent Collection to the public while also offering new possibilities of interpreting it, the Urban Archives series proposes to engage artists, writers, curators and other arts professionals in the greater New York area in an ongoing dialogue about contemporary issues.
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Schedule
from October 05, 2009 to March 09, 2010
Artist(s)
Charlie Ahearn, John Ahearn, Afrika Bambaataa, Henry Chalfant, Joe Conzo, Martha Cooper, TATS CRU, Catherine Hazard, Lisa Kahane, Lady Pink, Jenny Holzer, Rokafella, Kwikstep, Hip Hop Icon Collection of Easy A.D. of the legendary Cold Crush Brothers established 1978, The Esses Graffiti Studio Archives, Stefan Eins, Fashion Moda Archives