Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in dual venues : "The Eighties" at MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA, December 19, 1987 - February 7, 1988 and "Pioneers" at Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, November 23, 1987 - January 15, 1988. Artists included at MIT: Judie Bamber, Nancy Burton, David Bunn, Barbara Carrasco, Brad Dunning, Tim Ebner, Nancy Evans, Michael Gonzalez, John L. Graham, Connie Hatch, Jim Isermann, Mike Kelley, Liz Larner, Daniel J. Martinez, Patrick Nagatani, Luciano Perna, Lari Pittman, Stephen Prina, Ernest Scott, Jim Shaw, Mitchell Syrop, Andrée Tracey, and Christopher Williams. Artists at Bank of Boston included: ASCO, Michael Asher, Billy Al Bengston, John Baldessari, Chris Burden, Edward Kienholz, Kenneth Price, Bruce Nauman, Allen Ruppersberg, Edward Ruscha, Betye Saar, and "Futura" an installation by Jim Isermann. Essays by Friis-Hansen, Dennis Cooper, Rita Valencia, Benjamin Weissman, and "a conversation between two Los Angeles art critics" by Christopher Knight and Howard Singerman. Illustrations, biographies, checklist, and selected general readings.