Two invitations to Milk Bar exhibitions, 1988

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Lot includes two invitations.

Announcement for “‘ART’—that’s a man’s name” at Milk Bar, 1988. Print on paper, 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″.

Announcement for “POP ART” at Milk Bar, 1988. Print on paper, 5 1/2″ x 3 1/2″.

Baird’s exhibitions at this short-lived West Village nightclub featured such blue-chip artists as Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Andy Warhol.

$150

Man's-name

Did this exhibition really feature Picasso, Dalí, De Kooning, et. al.? With Baird curating, you can’t be sure.

Pop-art

“On Display: Hoop’s Hoopmobile, the winner of the 1987 Car and Driver Award for best car art”

BAIRD JONES EXHIBITION

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The Anomalous Baird Jones (1955–2008)

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Few people personify the free-wheeling, polymorphous spirit of fin-de-siècle downtown New York as well as the idiosyncratic curator, club party promoter, photographer, author, and celebrity gossip Baird Jones.