"Westbeth Pioneers" Exhibition
Westbeth Gallery
This event has ended.
Westbeth gallery presents this historic survey of the work of the first visual artists who moved into Westbeth in the year 1970.
In this brave new experiment to provide affordable housing for artists and their families, Westbeth's first residents found themselves in an unknown part of town. Its streets dark, and forbidding, blood flowed nightly into the gutters of the Meat Market. Further south, the Men's House of Detention reverberated with sirens and secrecy. By day, what is now known as the High LIne was a shadowy, deteriorating hulk of rusting steel brooding over and through the building.
But within that building creativity blossomed, friendships formed, children grew, and the most extraordinary visual art was created.
Celebrate with us the landmark year of 1970, but also celebrate the amazing visual work that continues within its walls today. This exhibit also underscores that for the cultural life of a city to survive, how necessary affordable housing for artists remains as both an artistic and economic benefit for today and for the future.
Exhibition Coordinated by Jack Dowling
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Schedule
from August 14, 2010 to September 05, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-08-14 from 17:00 to 19:00