Issue edited by John Coplans. This is the issue of Artforum that includes the (in)famous Lynda Benglis "dildo photograph" advertisement. Essays "Skyscraper Style: Art Deco New York," by Cervin Robinson and Rosemarie Bletter; "John Storrs, Early Sculptor of the Machine Age," by Abraham A. ... [details]
Two-sided poster for Festival held July 20, 1980 at Passenger Ship Terminal, 55th Street & Hudson River, New York City. Huge roster of artists includes Ay-O, Christo, Barbara Ess, Simone Forti, John Giorno, Jon Hendricks, Dick Higgins, Nancy Holt, Joe Jones, Alison Knowles, Les Levine, Jackson Mac Low, Ann Magnuson, Nam June Pair, Michael Smith, and many many others. [details]
An archive of essential administrative documents relating to the organization of the 14th Annual Avant Garde Festival and 2nd Annual Cambridge River Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman in 1978. Includes: Artist's Invitation Letter and artist's requirements questionnaire; a map of Cambridge and sample festival sites; a photograph of sample festival sites; a news letter from the Cambridge Arts Council about the River Festival; a joint letterhead for the Avant Garde Festival and the Cambridge River Festival; an artists' information letter; a follow up postcard to artists that did not respond to the invitation to participate; an invitation letter to selected artists; an artists waiver agreement; a postcard to artist with updates; an invitation to art patrons; a copy of the first press release; a copy of the second press release; a thank you letter to participating artists; a thank you letter to organizations, VIPs, etc; and a copy of the festival poster. [details]
Poster published in conjunction with the 14th Annual Avant Garde Festival, New York City, and the 2nd Cambridge River Festival, Cambridge, MA held on May 20, 1978 presented by Charlotte Moorman. Participating artists included Gregory Battcock, Joseph Beuys, John Cage, Jean Dupuy, Dick Higgins, Geoff Hendricks, Richard Kostelanetz, Suzanne Lacy, Jackson Mac Low, Eileen Myles, Pauline Oliveros, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Faith Ringgold, Carolee Schneemann, and many, many others. [details]
Poster published in conjunction with the 13th Annual Avant Garde Festival held on June 19, 1977 at the World Trade Center, New York City. Presented by Charlotte Moorman participating artists included Laurie Anderson, Christo, Robert Filliou, Simone Forti, Geoff Hendricks, Joan Jonas, Allan Kaprow, Yoko Ono, Larry Rivers, Bill Viola, and many, many others. ... [details]
11th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman held November 16, 1974 at Shea Stadium, Flushing, Queens. Participating artists included Allen Ginsberg, Arman, John Cage, Christo, John Giorno, Allan Kaprow, Beryl Korot, Anne Tardos, Bill Viola, and many, many others. [details]
Promotional poster for the 9th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman aboard the riverboat "Alexander Hamilton" at South Street Seaport Museum, Pier 16, New York City, October 28, 1972, "hopefully" in Poughkeepse, New York, October 29, 1972 and in Albany, New York, October 30, 1972. ... [details]
Oversized folded promotional poster for the 8th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman, held at the 69th Regiment Armory, New York, November 19, 1971. Artists included Otto Piene, Eric Siegel, Shirley Clarke, Nam June Paik, Shuya Abe, Frank Lincoln Viner, Douglas Davis, Ralph Hocking, Ken Dominick, Pulsa, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Morton Subotnick, Stefan Tcherepnin, Richard Teitelbaum, Lil Picard, Jud Yalkut, Ed Emshwiller, Stan Vanderbeek, Christo, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Joe Jones, Robert Watts, Frank Gillette, John Reilly, Rudi Stern, Robert Breer, Ken Dewey, Geoff Hendricks, Ralph Ortiz, Tosun Bayrak, Bici Forbes, Gary Rieveschl, Jackson Mac Low, Philip Corner, Frederic Rzewski, Gregory Battcock, Shigeko Kubota, Joey Skaggs, Al Hansen, Emmett Williams, Jim McWilliams, Joseph Beuys, John Cage, Dick Higgins, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Allan Kaprow, Takehisa Kosugi, Pauline Oliveros, Faith Ringgold, Carolee Schneemann, Aldo Tambellini, Jean Toche, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell and many others. ... [details]
Promotional poster for the 7th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival presented by Charlotte Moorman held September 28 - October 4, 1969. Performers included Charlotte Moorman, Jon Aldefer, Billy Apple, Ay-o, Norman Bauman, David Behrman, Lois Bernard, Robert Breer, Darlene Butsch, Luis Camnitzer, Jackie Cassen, Jaropolk Cigash, Michael Cooper, Philip Corner, Arthur Corwin, Ian Crofts, Douglas Davis, Lindsay Decker, Ken Dewey, Juan Downey, Sean Emmett, Jeni Engel, Charles Frazier, Frank Gillette, Jimmy Giuffre, Michael Gurian, Al Hansen, Gary Harris, Don Heckman, Piero Heliczer, Bici Hendricks, Geoffrey Hendricks, Jon Hendricks, Dick Hogle, Richard Hyatt, Yukihisa Isobe, Ken jacobs, Poppy Johnson, Ray Johnson, Joe Jones, Kenneth Knowlton, Gilles Larrain, Fred Lieberman, Ernst Lurker, Jackson Mac Low, Max V. ... [details]
Poster for the Sixth Annual New York Festival of the Avant Garde which took the form of a parade down Central Park West in New York City on September 14, 1968, from 7pm to 10pm. Organized by Charlotte Moorman. ... [details]
