Alternative Art New York, 1965, 1985

by Ault, Julie

• ISBN13: 9780816637942
• ISBN10: 0816637946
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr

Summary

By the mid 1960s, New York's art establishment was out of step with the city's diversity and had largely ignored the decade's social, political, and cultural ferment. In response, marginalized artists created an oppositional network of organi-zations, exhibit spaces, and cooperative galleries that both paralleled and challenged the status quo. Alternative Art New York, 1965-1985 brings together a wide variety of artists and critics to explore the origins and evolution of this diffuse and vibrant cultural scene.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Catherine de Zegher
Acknowledgments	ix
For the Record	1	(16)
Julie Ault
A Chronology of Selected Alternative Structures, Spaces, Artists' Groups, and Organizations in New York City, 1965-85	17	(62)
Julie Ault
Part I: Context
Biting the Hand: Artists and Museums in New York since 1969	79	(42)
Lucy R. Lippard
On Discourse as Monument: Institutional Spaces and Feminist Problematics	121	(40)
Juli Carson
Part II: Mainstreaming
Public Funding and Alternative Spaces	161	(22)
Brian Wallis
When (Art) Worlds Collide: Institutionalizing the Alternatives	183	(18)
Arlene Goldbard
Polarity Rules: Looking at Whitney Annuals and Biennials, 1968--2000	201	(48)
David Deitcher
Part III: Space, Place, and Community
Alternative: Space	249	(32)
Martin Beck
Sitings of Public Art: Integration versus Intervention	281	(40)
Miwon Kwon
Local History: The Art of Battle for Bohemia in New York	321	(46)
Alan Moore
Jim Cornwell
Contributors	367	(4)
Index	371