FROM BOWERY TO BROOKLYN, 1985-89

The year 1985 took me in a new direction. After answering an ad in the New York Times, I was appointed curator at the Queens Museum. For most of my time at the museum, I still lived at 98 Bowery, waking early and driving my beat-up car the forty-five minutes out to Flushing Meadows Park, where the Queens Museum is located. As curator, I continued to work with many downtown artists, but little by little my interest expanded. I did exhibitions on the New York World’s Fairs and on the jazz musician Louis Armstrong, In 1989, I left my fifth-floor walk-up at 98 Bowery and moved to Brooklyn with my wife and newborn son. An unexpected epilogue to my Bowery story would come in 2016: an exhibition about the Ramones at the Queens Museum.

Posts tagged Queens Museum Album

Curator at the Queens Museum, 1985-1994

Curator Marc H. Miller remembers his years at the Queens Museum, New York from 1985 - 1990. An album of photographs shows exhibitions by Laurie Anderson, Keith Haring, George Rhoads, Luis Cruz Azaceta, Tom Wesselman.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerNovember 30, 2016Queens Museum Album, Chapter 6

Television's Impact

The complete catalogue for the exhibition Television's Impact on Contemporary Art at the Queens Museum, New York, 1986. Television's influence of painting, photography, and other traditional, static mediums from Pop Art to East Village Art.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerOctober 30, 2016Queens Museum Album, Chapter 6

Lady Pink (Sandra Fabara)

An exhibition by Sandra Fabara (Lady Pink) at the Queens Museum, New York, 1990. Text from the catalogue recounts her rise from subway graffiti artist to working on canvas and exhibiting in galleries and museums.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerSeptember 30, 2016Queens Museum Album, Chapter 6

Louis Armstrong

The 1994 exhibition "Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy" told Armstrong's life story by combining documentary photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia with fine art that more broadly expressed the spirit of jazz and the importance of African-American culture.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerJune 20, 2016Chapter 6, Queens Museum Album

Hey! Ho! Let's Go! Ramones and the Birth of Punk

The exhibition "Hey! Ho! Let's Go! Ramones and the Birth of Punk" marks the 40th anniversary of the Ramones' debut album, and takes place near their hometown of Forest Hills, Queens.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerApril 20, 2016Chapter 6, Queens Museum Album

Postscript

The website 98 Bowery recounts a time when everyone in the East Village seemed to be an artist, and has inspired a number of real-world exhibitions and events.

Bowery to Queens Museum, 1985-89Marc H. MillerJanuary 1, 2016Chapter 6, Queens Museum Album