ART/new york: A Video Magazine on Art, The 1982 – 1983 Art Season, Keith Haring, Nam June Paik, Brice Marden, Lee Krasner, Julian Schnabel, Robert Rauschenberg, 1983. Folded card. Size: 10.5 x 12.25 inches — For Sale
This mailer for Paul Tschinkel’s Art/new york: A Video Magazine on Art is a reminder of how dynamic the contemporary art scene was in the 1980s. Gallery 98’s Marc H. Miller was fortunate to experience all of it up close, by narrating, and interviewing artists for this pioneering videotape series.
The portable video camera was still a novelty in the early 1980s, and artists were eager to see how they and their art looked on television. A new generation of artists was making its debut, while successful artists from the 1960s and 70s were still going strong. At ART/new york, we had no trouble putting together exciting thematic programs covering the most successful new exhibitions.
Much has changed in the forty years since these videotapes were made. What was once exciting because it was new, is now valued because it is historic. The technology of video has also evolved, especially in terms of its distribution. Back then subscribers received video cassettes in the mail; now they can see ART/new york programs online through services like YouTube and Vimeo.
What follows below is designed as an update of the 1983 printed mailer, now incorporating new technology. Each of the six short video trailers promotes one of the programs of the 1982-1983 art season featured in the Art/new york brochure above.
NEW PUBLIC ART – with Joyce Kozloff, Keith Haring, John Ahearn, and Henry Geldzahler
Keith Haring in New Public Art, ART/new york, tape #15, 1983. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 2:58 min.
Highlights include: Pattern and Decoration pioneer Joyce Kozloff discusses the tiles she used for the Wilmington, Delaware Train Station; Keith Haring on his precedent setting mural at Houston and Bowery; the South Bronx dedication ceremony for “We Are Family” by John Ahearn and Rigoberto Torres.
See more ephemera by Keith Haring, Joyce Kozloff, and John Ahearn.
VIDEO AS ART – with Nam June Paik, David Byrne, Ernest Gusella, and MoMA curator Barbara London
Nam June Paik in Video as Art, ART/ new york, tape #16, 1983. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 2:27 min.
Highlights include: Nam June Paik’s retrospective exhibition at The Whitney Museum of American Art; and also, coverage of an exhibition about performance video at MoMA featuring an interview with David Byrne on music videos.
See more ephemera by Nam June Paik and David Byrne
GEOMETRIC ABSTRACTION – with Brice Marden, Al Held, and an installation of works by Sol Lewitt
Brice Marden in Geometric Abstraction, ART/ new york, tape #17, 1983. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 3:45 min.
Highlights include: Al Held explains how he strives for spacial ambiguity by using contradictory space-creating techniques; how an exhibition of Sol Lewitt wall drawings is installed; Brice Marden explaining the visual significance of different numerical configurations.
See more ephemera by Brice Marden, Sol Lewitt, and Al Held
EXPRESSIONIST PAINTING – with Lee Krasner and Malcolm Morley
Lee Krasner in Expressionist Painting, ART/ new york, tape #18, 1983. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 6:45 min.
Highlights include: An articulate Lee Krasner talks about her creative aims, while enjoying late career acclaim a year before her death; Malcom Morley’s unusual painting technique is documented along with his passionate personality.
See more ephemera by Lee Krasner and Malcolm Morley
YOUNG EXPRESSIONISTS – with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Julian Schnabel
Julian Schnabel in Young Expressionists, ART/ new york, tape #19, 1983. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 1:14 min.
Highlights include: a rare early interview with Jean-Michel Basquiat, and footage of his acclaimed exhibition at the Fun Gallery; Julian Schnabel interviewed while working outdoors at his Bridgehampton summer studio.
See more ephemera by Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente
POP ART TODAY – with Tom Wesselmann, James Rosenquist, and Robert Rauschenberg
Robert Rauschenberg in Pop Art Today, ART/ new york, tape #20, 1984. Produced by Paul Tschinkel. Click for video preview, 2:00 min.
Highlights include: Tom Wesselmann and James Rosenquist explain how their 1980s work is connected to their origins as Pop Artists; coverage of an important exhibition by Robert Rauschenberg, which includes his collaborations with Japanese ceramicists and Chinese artisans.
See more ephemera by Robert Rauschenberg, Tom Wesselmann and James Rosenquist
Paul Tschinkel videotaping the exhibition Graffiti/Post-Graffiti at the Sidney Janis Gallery, 1983. Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Mona Lisa can be seen to the left. From the back of Art/new york’s promotional mailer “The 1982 – 1983 Art Season.”
