The Downtown Book. The New York Art Scene 1974-1984
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006. 1st Edition. Small quarto, publisher's photo-illustrated flexible boards lettered in red and white, illustrated endpapers.
First edition of this survey of the downtown art scene during a crucial ten-year period, 1974-1984. "Downtown is more than just a location, it’s an attitude–and in the 1970s and ’80s, that attitude forever changed the face of America.... Published in conjunction with the first major exhibition of Downtown art (organized by New York University’s Grey Art Gallery and Fales Library), The Downtown Book brings the Downtown art scene to life, exploring everything from Punk rock to performance art" (from the publisher). Illustrated with over 150 color and black-and-white photos and reproductions; with personal reminiscences by some of the artists and writers who were there (Richard Hell, Lydia Lunch, Lynne Tillman and others), as well as scholarly essays by director of the Fales Library at NYU Taylor, Bernard Gendron, Roselee Goldberg, Robert Siegle and others; with a bibliography, filmography, discography and index. Published simultaneously in hardcover. Fine. Item #13399
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