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Laurie Anderson: Trisha Brown: Gordon Matta-Clarke: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s

Laurie Anderson: Trisha Brown: Gordon Matta-Clarke: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene, New York 1970s
Library Shelf Location 14.USNY
Publication Date 2011
Description This exciting volume presents the work of three leading figures of the New York art scene of the 1970s, focusing on the intersections between their practices and exploring their shared concerns. Exhibition Itinerary: Barbican Art Gallery, London March 3–May 22, 2011 Published in association with Barbican Art Gallery, London. Collaborators and friends, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown, and Gordon Matta-Clark were at the cutting edge of Manhattan’s burgeoning downtown art scene during the 1970s. This catalogue accompanies an exhibition at Barbican Art Gallery in London, which examines the crossover of these artists’ practices and the influence of their work on each other. Focusing on their mutual themes of performance, the body, the urban environment and found spaces, the book is divided into four sections: Downtown New York; Drawing and Performing; Urban Inventions; and Performance and Interaction. The city of New York in the 1970s, faced with bankruptcy, rising crime rates and unemployment, plays its own starring role in the book, as these artists worked in derelict city buildings for their large-scale projects and engaged directly with the public out of doors. This beautiful volume documents an exciting period in the history of contemporary art and reveals the lasting value of open exchange between artists.
ISBN 9783791351223
Quantity 1
Pages 224
Authors Philip Ursprung, Lydia Yee
Format Hardback
Publisher Prestel Publishing, New York
Related Artists Gordon Matta-Clark, Laurie Anderson, Trisha Brown
Category Art from a specific town/city/region
Related City/Region New York
Language English

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