Art Gangs : Postmodern Artists’ Collectives in New York City

by Moore, Alan W.

• ISBN13: 9781570272370
• ISBN10: 1570272379
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-15
• Publisher: A K Pr Distribution

Summary

Explores the world of protest and counterculture through the work of artists' groups in New York City after 1968. From the Art Workers' Coalition through Art & Language, Colab and Group Material in the 1980s, in Soho and the Lower East Side, these collectives built the postmodern art world. This is the key background story of today's politicized international art world.

Author Biography

Alan W. Moore worked with the artists' group Colab and helped start the cultural center ABC No Rio. He has worked as a critic, media artist and teacher, and earned a PhD in art history from CUNY. He lives in Madrid.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction: On and Off the Collective Subject in Contemporary Art	p. 1
Taking it Out of the Modern: Founding the Art Workers' Coalition	p. 10
The Action Fraction: Guerrilla Art Action Group	p. 27
Soho Spring: The Alternative Space Arrives	p. 46
Revising American Art: Art & Language and the Anti-Catalog	p. 65
Punk Art: No Wave & Colab	p. 80
Political Postmodernism: Of Streets and Museums	p. 109
Aftermath: The Ball Gets Rolling	p. 141
Biblipgraphy	p. 159
Index	p. 177
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