“The Downtown Decade: NYC 1975-1985” Exhibition
RARE / Glenn Horowitz Bookseller
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The Downtown Decade: NYC 1975-1985 is a multi-genre overview of the visionary and intensely interconnected creative scene that developed on New York City’s Lower East Side during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
At a time when the city was on the brink of fiscal disaster and suffering daily internal chaos, a burgeoning artistic community emerged that would enduringly alter previously-held perceptions of art, photography, literature, film, and music. On display will be original items both by and featuring many of
the participants, including William Burroughs, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Rene Ricard, the Lurie brothers, Richard Prince, Blondie, Philip Taaffe, the Ramones, and more, as well
as documentary material and a period soundtrack.
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Schedule
from September 10, 2015 to October 10, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-09-15 from 18:00 to 20:00