V. Back on Bowery, 1981 - 85

IntroductionMarc H. MillerAugust 30, 2017Chapter Introduction, Return to the Bowery, 1981-85

Voices from 98 Bowery

Telephone Answering Machine Messages, 1982 – 1987. Individually each message is a record of a specific person and moment. Together they form something more -- a sound portrait of my life in the 1980's composed of the voices of the people who were in it.

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ART/new york - Introduction

ART/new york, a Video Magazine on Art. The early history of an innovative video series that featured contemporary art exhibitions in New York and artist interviews. Account covers the years 1981-1985.

Section 1 - Selected Sequences

ART/new york, a Video Magazine on Art. The early history of an innovative video series that featured contemporary art exhibitions in New York and artist interviews. Account covers the years 1981-1985.

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Section 2 - Public Art

ART/new york, a Video Magazine on Art. A segment on John Ahearn's "We Are Family" in the South Bronx from New Public Art (1983) and segments from "Graffiti/Post Graffiti" (1984) featuring Lady Pink and Fab 5 Freddy.

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Section 3 - Graffiti / Post-Graffiti

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Section 4 - Jean-Michel Basquiat

ART/new york, a Video Magazine on Art. A segment on Jean Michel Basquiat at the Fun Gallery from "Young Expressionists" (1982/1983). Interview with Basquiat from "Graffiti/Post Graffiti" (1984).

The Book: ABC No Rio Dinero

The online version of the 1985 book ABC No Rio Dinero: The Story of A Lower East Side Art Gallery, a much cited source about the New York art scene of the 1980s.

Acknowledgements, Foreword and Preface

An introduction to the story of ABC No Rio an artist run gallery on the Lower East Side that found inspiration in its Hispanic neighborhood, the politics of the 1980s, and in the emerging East Village music and art scene.

Introduction

An introduction to the story of ABC No Rio an artist run gallery on the Lower East Side that found inspiration in its Hispanic neighborhood, the politics of the 1980s, and in the emerging East Village music and art scene.

Colab

Many of the artist connected with ABC No Rio were affiliated with Collaborative Project Inc. (Colab), a loosely organized artist group with innovative ideas about what art should be and how it should be exhibited and distributed.

Related Groups

Like the South Bronx art space Fashion/Moda, ABC No Rio was located in an urban slum. Artists connected to the gallery were committed to an interactive art reflecting political concerns. In this respect ABC No Rio paralleled other artist groups like Group Material and PADD.

The Neighborhood

ABC No Rio was located in the Lower East Side, a famous slum that in 1980 was on the brink of gentrification. The gallery found inspiration in both its Hispanic neighborhood and in the emerging East Village music and art scene.

The Real Estate Show

Real Estate Show, 125 Delancey Street, 1980, Lehmann Weichselbaum, Alan Moore, Becky Howland, Peter Moennig, Colen Fitzgibbon, Andy Baird, Mike Glier, Peggy Katz, Scott Miller, Edit deAk, Jane Dickson, Cara Perlman, Joseph Beuys, Ann Messner, cops, police, manifesto, eviction, artists, landlords

Welcome To No Rio

From its inception in 1980, ABC No Rio attracted a degree of attention that greatly exceeded what one might expect of a dilapidated, cash-strapped, off-the-beaten track, artist-run gallery.

Exhibitions 1980-81

ABC No Rio had almost nothing to offer artists, not even "clean white walls," but at a time when there were few other options, many artists were happy to have access even to a raw, dilapidated space.

Exhibitions 1981-82

The art world in the 1980s witnessed a revival of painting and sculpture of which ABC No Rio proved to be an early indicator. Exhibitions at the gallery included young, up-and-coming artists like Kiki Smith.

Exhibitions 1982-83

Many of the artists who showed at ABC No Rio had a political agenda and wanted to promote the improvement of social conditions with their art. Artists worked with children from local schools and created themed shows around political issues.

Exhibitions 1983-84

The year 1983 saw a shift at ABC No Rio as the volunteer artist administrator who had started and still ran the gallery passed the baton to a new group of artists who were primarily committed to performance and multi-media.

Poetry

Through an ongoing series of poetry readings ABC No Rio helped continue the bohemian, multi-cultural and impassioned spirit that characterizes the Lower East Side's rich poetry tradition.

BACK ON BOWERY, 1981-85