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Joe Grant

June 3 - July 3, 1981 Large architectural sculpture by Joe Grant, part of the Downtown Artists series. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, Installation, LACE Tagged With: 1981, architectural sculpture, Downtown Artists, Downtown Artists series, Joe Grant, Sculpture

Americana

    June 3 - July 3, 1981 An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Mike Roddy, a New York based artist. His works consisted of self portraits depicting the artist as a seedy, ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1981, Americana, drawing, Exhibition, Mike Roddy, painting

Hangers / Birds on Pedestals with Bomber Ladies

May 23, 1981 Performance by collaborative group Hangers composed of three dancer/choreographers, three visual artists, and two actors that manipulated autobiographical material and examined media ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, LACE, Performance Tagged With: 1981, Bernadette Devlin, Birds on Pedestals with Bomber Ladies, choreography, dance, Hangers, Hangers / Birds on Pedestals with Bomber Ladies, multimedia performance, performance, theater

Comedy Performance and Video

April 17, 1981 Michael Smith, who uses traditional comedy and vaudeville to present daily drama of his alter ego, assumed roles such as Baby Ikky, Blandman, Mr. Everyman and Just Plain Mike in his ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, LACE, Performance, Video Tagged With: 1981, Baby Ikky, Blandman, comedy, Comedy Performance and Video, Just Plain Mike, Michael Smith, Mr. Everyman, performance, theater, Video

4th Annual Downtown Artists Show

  April 11 - 16, 1981 Included works of downtown artists: Liz Christensen, Donald Jackson, Scott Reeds, and Bill Quinn. Curated by Julie Brown, curator of the Hudson River Museum. ... [Read More]

Filed Under: 1980-1984, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1981, 4th Annual Downtown Artists Show, Bill Quinn, Donald Jackson, Downtown Artists, Downtown Artists series, Julie Brown, Liz Christensen, Scott Reeds

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