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Apr 14, 2019 · An alternative art space is a venue for presenting (and, in some cases, creating and distributing) art that is distinct from the traditional commercial art gallery and the art museum. The descriptor “alternative” indicates its defiance of these older models: the first, driven by profit; the second, critiqued as rarified and exclusionary.
- Experimental, experiential, and ephemeral. In November 1970, poet Peter Schjedahl entered a strange space. “Dingly lighted,” it housed art that was “scarcely distinguishable” from its “crumbling walls,” “rugged floors,” and “ruined fixtures.”
- Not a white cube. During the 1970s, both museums and commercial galleries in New York City ascribed to the convention of the “white cube”: a space structured by right angles and smooth white walls.
- 112 Greene Street. 112 Greene Street was founded by artists Jeffrey Lew, Alan Saret, and Gordon Matta-Clark in 1970. It occupied the ground floor and basement of a former rag-picking factory: a recycling venture that was itself recycled by artists.
- Artists Space. Located at 155 Wooster Street, just a few blocks south of 112 Greene Street, Artists Space opened in October 1973. Founded by art historian Irving Sandler and arts administrator Trudie Grace, it was backed by the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).
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Sep 8, 2020 · The Oxford Learner’s Dictionary defines canon as “a generally accepted rule, standard, or principle by which something is judged.”. However, mainstream artistic canon has a history of leaving out certain artists that may not have been deemed “legitimate” by those in power at art institutions during those times.
Feb 24, 2023 · An alternative art space is a venue for presenting (and, in some cases, creating and distributing) art that is distinct from the traditional commercial art gallery and the art museum. The descriptor “alternative” indicates its defiance of these older models: the first, driven by profit; the second, critiqued as rarified and exclusionary.
Feb 1, 2019 · Kaleidoscope. Published on February 1, 2019. by Maria Doubrovskaia. A rt galleries and museums are powerful institutions, able to determine the very modalities of seeing and structure our relationship with the artwork, but alternative art spaces have gained more importance recently.
Jan 24, 2019 · 10 Artistic Masterpieces Meant to Be Experienced Online. Aria Dean. Jan 24, 2019 12:54PM. One of the great things about the history of art made for the internet is that it’s related to the rest of recent art history, but often sits just outside of it, a world unto itself.
