Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City,

Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952-1965

This enlightening and thought-provoking look at New York Cityâ€™s postwar art scene focuses on the galleries and the artists that helped transform American art. While the achievements of New York Cityâ€™s most renowned postwar artistsâ€•de Kooning, Pollock, Rothko, Franz Klineâ€• have been studied in depth, a large cadre of lesser-known but influential artists came of age between 1952 and 1965. Also understudied are the early, experimental works by more well- known figures such as Mark di Suvero, Jim Dine, Dan Flavin, and Claes Oldenburg. Focusing on innovative artist-run galleries, this book invites readers to reevaluate the periodâ€•uncovering its diversity, creativity, and nuances, and tracing the spacesâ€™ influence during the decades that followed. Inventing Downtown charts the development of artist-run galleries in Lower Manhattan from the early 1950s to the mid-1960s, showing how the areaâ€™s multicultural spirit played a major role in shaping the artworks exhibited there. The book explores 14 key spaces in which styles such as Pop, Minimalism, and performance and installation art thrived. Excerpts from 33 revealing interviews with artists, critics, and dealers, conducted by Billy KluÌˆver and Julie Martin, offer unique personal insight into the eraâ€™s creative milieu. Taken together, the bookâ€™s essays and interviews provide a distinctly new assessment of how downtown New Yorkâ€™s fertile environment nurtured an innovative art scene.
Country USA
Brand Prestel
Manufacturer Prestel
Binding Hardcover
Color Silver
ReleaseDate 2017-01-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783791355580

Country	USA
Brand	Prestel
Manufacturer	Prestel
Binding	Hardcover
Color	Silver
ReleaseDate	2017-01-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783791355580

Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952-1965

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