“Love Among the Ruins 56 Bleecker Gallery and Late 80s New York” Exhibition
Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project
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Presented by Some Serious Business and Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project
Taylor Mead in the Tin Room at 56 Bleecker by Mark Sink
Artists featured in this retrospective will be:
Austė, Suzanne Anker, Donald Baechler, Sylvie Ball, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Beck, Bill Beckley, Mike Berg, John Bowman, Jeff Carpenter, Stefano Castronovo, George Condo, Arch Connelly, Bruce Conner, Scott Covert, Ingrid Dinter, Arnold Fern, Vincent Gallo, Graham Gillmore, Allen Ginsberg, Nan Goldin, Eric Goode, Robert Hawkins, Roberto Juarez, Scott Kilgour, Ruth Kligman, Norman Korpi, Joyce Kozloff, Tseng Kwong Chi, David LaChapelle, Greer Lankton, Claire Lieberman, Daniel Mahoney, Frank Majore, Fidel Márquez, Sylvia Martins, McDermott & McGough, Taylor Mead, Nicholas Mouffarrege, David Nelson, Felix Pène du Bois, Jeff Perrone, Elizabeth Peyton, William Rand, Elaine Reicheck, Rene Ricard, Bill Rice, Alexis Rockman, Nicolas Rule, Vittorio Scarpati, Bruno Schmidt, Jo Shane, Mark Sink, Stephen Sprouse, Ken Tisa, Noel Vietor, William Wegman, Dondi White, Martin Wong, Thomas Woodruff, and Jimmy Wright.
56 Bleecker Gallery held a unique position in the late 80’s art world. Part serious gallery, part happening, the space was a scene that reflected the explosive intersection of art, performance, music, fashion and the incredible nightlife culture of that era. While it was a time of enormous creativity, it was also one of deep sorrow. The exhibition and catalogue focus upon the impact of the AIDS epidemic on our community at a time when lights dimmed as dear friends, colleagues, and role models succumbed to the disease.
Some Serious Business and Howl! Happening are pleased to present Love Among The Ruins: A Short History of 56 Bleecker Gallery and late 80s NY, co-curated by Susan Martin, founding director of Some Serious Business; Bill Stelling, 56 Bleecker gallery director and founder of the groundbreaking FUN Gallery with Patti Astor; and artist and exhibition designer, Maynard Monrow. All three curators were close friends of Dean Rolston, co-owner of 56 Bleecker who died of AIDS and serves as inspiration for the exhibition. See Special Events below. Exhibition runs through October 6th.
A fully illustrated catalog will accompany the show with essays and commentary on the AIDS epidemic, the artists, and the times by Penny Arcade, Tom Breidenbach, Susan Martin, Carlo McCormick, Maynard Monrow, Sylvia Myles, Jeff Perrone, Ariana Reines, Adam Rolston, Bill Stelling, Sur Rodney (Sur), and Linda Yablonsky. Some Serious Business will also publish Rolston’s memoir, Remembering Dying with drawings made especially for the book by Austė. A memento mori of Dean’s death from AIDS, it is a tribute to a remarkable man and a metaphor for all of those we lost.
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from September 10, 2017 to October 06, 2017