P.S. 1, Amanda Feilding, Trepanation for the National Health, Exhibition Booklet, 1978

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Offset print, 6 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ (folded)

An extreme example of ’70s artists’ fearless innovations, and the ambitions of alternative spaces like P.S. 1. The following year, Feilding (an aristocrat descended from the Habsburgs) ran for British Parliament on a platform of “Trepanation for the National Health.”

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DOWNTOWN ERA EXHIBITION HOMEPAGE

Gallery Exhibition Cards P.S. 1

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