The First (And Only) Annual Arties, 1986. Organized by Franklin Furnace, Awards for Performance Artists, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Nam June Paik, and others, Cover Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Acconci’s work was influential in the art world, opening the way for performance and video art, and reconfiguring conceptual art into something more personal and expressive.
The John Gibson Gallery featured challenging Fluxus and Conceptual Art by Joseph Beuys, Richard Long, Christo, Vito Acconci, and Dan Graham, among others.