Press release for a series of exhibitions held April 27 - June 15, 1980, curated by Alanna Heiss. Exhibitions include: "Image Into Pattern," with paintings by Roger Brown, Robert Gordy and John Tweddle: "Special Projects Room," with work by Gigi Franklin, Paul Franklin, Peter Downsbrough, John Massey, Dennis Oppenheim, Howard Gross, Roberta Allen, Joy Walker, Tony Moore, Mikiya Matsuda, Cheryl Vicario Laemmle, Toshio Sasaki, Gloria Kish and Frances Hynes; "Poetry Reading," by Jaime Manrique Ardila, curated by Steve Hamilton, held April 27, 1980; "Photography," by Joel-Peter Witkin, curated by Sam Wagstaff; "Architecture;" with work by Bernard Tschumi, Robert Mangurian and Craig Hodgetts, curated by Lindsay Shapiro; "International Studio Program," with artists Wolf Kahlen, Catharina Cosin, John Hall, Jasper Halfmann, Franz Goebel and Elke Schmees; "Canadian Video," curated by Peggy Gale featuring work by Robert Hamon, General Idea, Tom Sherman, Susan Britton, Colin Campbell, Elizabeth Chitty, Noel Harding, Pierre Falardeau, Nancy Nicol, Clive Robertson and Lisa Steele; "Video Installation," curated by Bob Harris featuring Tony Martin; "Studio Workspace Program Exhibition 1979 - 1980," with artists Candida Alvarez, Rae Berolzheimer, Douglas Braswell, Marina Cappelletto, Efrain de Jesus, Natalie Dymnicki, Ron Edson, Darrel Ellis, Peter Fend and others; "Outdoor Sculpture Show," featuring Allen Bertoldi, David Black, Barry Feurstein, Jene Highstein, Ray Kelly, Yoav Shapiro, Merle Temkin and Maura Sheehan. ... [details]
Critical theory by Cynthia Maris Dantzic, "...an extensive review of New York painters and their widely diverse works. It presents an overview of styles, mediums, subjects, even philosophies of art found in galleries, museums, and artists' studios of present-day New York, the oft-acknowledged Art Capital of the contemporary world. ... [details]
"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, America's oldest museum and school of fine arts, was founded in 1805. Today, the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni representing the greatest artists this country has produced. ... [details]
