Haoui Montaug- Finger-Paint on Finger-Paint Paper, 1981

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Cara Perlman, Haoui Montaug, finger-paint on finger-paint paper, 1981
16 x 20 in.

Haoui Montaug was a doorman and event organizer at popular clubs like Danceteria, Studio 54 and the Palladium. On off nights he frequently visited Tin Pan Alley. He died of AIDS in 1991.

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CARA PERLMAN: FINGER-PAINT PORTRAITS, TIN PAN ALLEY 1981-1982 EXHIBITION HOMEPAGE

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Cara Perlman: Finger-Paint Portraits, Tin Pan Alley, 1981–82
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Perlman’s portraits, executed with a painting method typically used by children, fit broadly into the 1980s wave of neo-expressionism but they go way beyond that context.