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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.
- Floating Garden, 2013, by Motoi Yamamoto. Medium: Salt. Yamamoto was born in Hiroshima in 1966 and worked in a shipping yard until 1988. In 1994, after the unexpected death of his sister, he began using salt for his art.
- Anthropomorphism I, 2014, by Freya Jobbins. Medium: Plastics, toy parts. Jobbins is an Australian artist who creates sculptures of humans from discarded doll and toy parts.
- We Were There, 2014, by Nick Gentry. Medium: Film strips, obsolete technology. Gentry is a British artist famous for creating portraits using obsolete technology.
- Self Portrait, by Thomas Deininger. Medium: Found objects, unrecyclable detritus. This portrait is wild enough to be lauded in many galleries even if it were only made of paint.
Feb 1, 2019 · Alternative art projects, DIY spaces, the internet as yet another site to display one’s art provide contemporary artists with more options than ever before. And, ultimately, the at times contentious dialog between artists and the institutions that promote and sell their art enriches art production itself.
- 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).
May 14, 2014 · From New York to L.A., these alternative galleries from across the country took the experimental momentum of the 1970s to new heights.
Jan 25, 2022 · While boundaries between what is traditional or mainstream and what is alternative are increasingly less discernable and less relevant, there are several innovative art spaces in Los...
4 days ago · 2334 Gulf Terminal Drive. The Orange Show Monument. Courtesy of Orange Show Center for Visionary Art. The Orange Show's vibrant curator Pete Gershon describes the "visionary art environment" as "a ...
