Kitchen stable.To the Editor: Your fortieth-anniversary issues [March and April 2003] cover the 1980s in splendid detail. A master plan, it also serves as an open call for additions and reminiscences. It is almost twenty-five years since Cindy Sherman's "Untitled Film Stills," 1977-80, were thumb-tacked up at the Kitchen, the multidisciplinary art and performance venue then on the corner of Broome and Wooster, where I was curator from 1978 to 1980. Almost twenty-five years since Robert Longo's pencil drawing pencil drawing Drawing executed with a pencil, an instrument made of graphite enclosed in a wood casing. Though graphite was mined in the 16th century, its use by artists is not known before the 17th century. of a knight in armor was installed in the entrance hall, his wall reliefs in the gallery, and his performance Surrender, 1979, scheduled for the evening. Sherrie Levine's slide projection President Profile, 1979; Jack Goldstein's film loop The Jump, 1978, to be projected from floor to ceiling onto a brilliant red wall that matched the film's background; Thomas Lawson's paintings, Troy Brauntuch's photos, and a wall installation by David Salle David Salle (born 1952) is an American painter and leading contemporary figurative artist. David Salle was born in Norman, Oklahoma. He gained a BFA and MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, where he studied under John Baldessari. numbered among the venue's varied performance, visual art, and video-viewing projects and events. While several of these artists were included in Douglas Crimp's landmark 1977 exhibition "Pictures" at Artists Space, it should be noted that many of them received their first solo shows at the Kitchen. More than a performance, video, and dance space, the Kitchen, located in the heart of late-'70s SoHo, was a launching pad for the first wave of '80s visual artists. With its daytime exhibition hours and nightly programming, it was also a watering hole for a broad cross-generational, cross-disciplinary group: Sherman, Longo, Salle, William Wegman William Wegman may refer to the following people:
His father was an Italian immigrant who took him to museums and opera houses and gave him his first arts education. , Philip Glass Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is a three-times Academy Award-nominated American composer. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th century[1][2][3][4][5] , Bill T. Jones, Arnie Zane, Molissa Fenley, Laurie Anderson, Glenn Branca, Shigeko Kubota, Julia Hayward, Yvonne Rainer, Nam June Paik Nam June Paik (July 20, 1932 - January 29, 2006) was a South Korean-born American artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the first video artist.[1] He is considered by some[2] , Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, John Lurie, Barbara Ess, Brian Eno, James Nares, and too many more to mention would stop by at all hours. In the back room stocked with folding chairs, speakers, and video monitors, one of the key themes of the '80s--the swing between high and low--was discussed, as excerpts from The Gong Show, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (sometimes abbreviated as MH2) was a 1976-1977 syndicated prime-time soap opera parody produced by Norman Lear and directed by Joan Darling. , or tapes by Bill Viola, Gary Hill, and Kit Fitzgerald played in the background. "New Music New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ," a festival of new composers and their music under the direction of music curator and composer Rhys Chatham, hosted by the Kitchen in 1979, was a magnet for visual artists as well as those practicing other disciplines. Alongside the Kitchen, BAM's Next Wave Festival, P.S. 122, Pyramid Club, and artists such as Karen Finley, Spalding Gray, Eric Bogosian, and Ann Magnuson all contributed to the decade. Clearly, the history of performance is critical to an understanding of the 1980s overall. --RoseLee Goldberg New York |
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