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EXIT HISTORY:
ILLEGAL AMERICA
2/10/1982
- 3/6/1982
Curator(s): Papo Colo and Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Vito Acconci, Gempei Akasegawa, Louis Aragon, Scott
Billingsley, Mar Blane, Gunther Brus, Barry Bryant, Chris Burden,
Gordon Matta Clark, Papo Colo, Bogomir Ecker, William Farley,
John Fekner, Lou Forgione, Guerilla Art Action Group (GAAG),
John Giorno, John Halpern, Abbie Hoffman, Tehching Hsieh, Jay
Jaroslov, Komar & Melamid, George Maciunas, Ann Messner,
Richard Mock, Cesar Chavez, Peter Monnig, Charlotte Moorman,
Otto Muehl, Herman Nitsch, Dennis Oppenheim, People's Flag Show,
Real Estate Show, Jan Van Raay
Exhibition: This historical show examined artists' work, 1930-1982,
from the United States, Europe, and Japan, who in the process
of making their work came into conflict with the law, challenging
issues of legality and censorship. The show included photo-documentation
of the work with an artist statement and extensive written documentation
of each incident, many of which continued as legal cases.
Publication: Critical text by curators Jeanette Ingberman and
Papo Colo. Statements by each of the artists in the exhibition
and documentation of the work in the show.
OCTOPUS: AN ACT OF SCULPTURE BY PAPO COLO
7/8/1982 - 9/30/1982
Artists: Papo Colo, Nicolassa Mohr, Amiri Baraka, John Fekner,
Regina Vater, Vito Acconci, Miguel Algarin, David Hammons, Piri
Thomas, Komar & Melamid, Mathew Geller, Jorge Soto, Rene
Ojeda, Pedro Pietri, John Giorno, Catalina Parra, Juan Sanchez,
Americo Casiano, Richard Mock, Fernando Salicrup, Felix Cordero,
Tehching Hsieh, Tato Laviera, Manny Vega, Anne Pitrone, Quincy
Troupe, Rolando Briseno, Marcos Dimas, Nestor Otero, Olga Casanova,
Candace Hill-Montgomery, Enrique Buenaventura, Estrella Artau,
Roberto Ortiz Melendez, Clemente Soto Velez, Jose A Vasquez,
Rafael Colon Morales
Exhibition: Octopus was an extraordinary anthology of 25 poets
and visual artists, invited by Papo Colo, to create their work
on a giant, outdoor book of poetry: a constructed work which
presented a collective idea through an individual piece of sculpture.
These artists/poets were invited to participate so that the work
would combine the diverse currents in poetry existing at the
time of artists from different cultures living in New York City.
The book, consisting of 13 plywood panels, each 4 feet wide and
8 feet high, had the capacity to open up to 52 feet long. Each
artist/poet had one page/panel to represent them. The artists
constructed their work in white on previously painted black pages,
the white serving to visually unite a diverse group.
DIRTY PICTURES: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS
12/4/1982 - 12/30/1982
Curator(s): Jeanette Ingberman
Artists: Martha Boyden, Papo Colo, Jane Dickson, Dan Freeman,
Michael Hafftka, Kim Keever, Komer & Melamid, Roberto Llimos,
Carey Marvin, Richard Mock, Mike Roddy, Betsey Rosenwald
Exhibition: Dirty Pictures was a group show of paintings and
drawings with highly charged subject matter: sex, in one form
or another, from the explicit to the merely suggestive.
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