Poster
Size: 17.75 x 24.75 inches
Three (3) Available — $250
Christopher Wool’s poster for Hell Is You: The New Cinema 1979, a program of films that Wool curated at Printed Matter in 1994, is a reminder of the fascinating independent film movement that thrived in Lower Manhattan in the 1970s and 80s. Wool’s program centered around the films screened at the New Cinema, a short-lived venue on St. Mark’s Place funded by the artist group COLAB, and which mostly featured works by young directors from the art world rather than from film schools.
While few of these films were commercial successes, they provide a glimpse of the passions that fueled the East Village art scene during a creative highpoint. These low-budget, Super-8 productions embody the period’s do-it-yourself ethos, as well as, the fusion of art, music and club culture that animated the downtown scene. Many feature celebrity casts with downtown musicians and art-scene trendsetters.
Gallery 98 spotlights below a collection of vintage posters and flyers by East Village filmmakers. For additional posters as well as photographs taken on set, you can visit our 2019 online exhibition, No Wave and Independent Film.
Film Musicals: Snakewoman & Barbie, Directed by Tina L’Hotsky, 1977
Poster
Size: 11 x 17 inches
Available — $200
The Deadly Art of Survival, Directed by Charlie Ahearn, Silkscreen Poster, 1979
Charlie Ahearn, The Deadly Art of Survival, with Nathan Ingram, Silkscreen Poster, 1979. Charlie Ahearn later produced and directed the film Wildstyle (1982).
Poster
Size: 22.5 x 29.5 inches
Available — Price on Request
Black Box and G-Man, Directed by Beth B & Scott B, 1978
Beth B and Scott B, Black Box and G-Man, double-sided flyer for screenings at P.S. 1, 1978
Flyer
Size: 8.5 x 14 inches
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Program of Films by James Nares, Charlie Ahearn, Beth B & Scott B, Vivienne Dick, c. 1979
Poster
Size: 11 x 11 inches
Available — $200
Nick Zedd, Greek Maggot Bingo, Hand-Colored and Signed Flyer, 1983 / 2013
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Nick Zedd, Geek Maggot Bingo with Richard Hell and Brenda Bergman, Xerox Flyer, 1983 / 2013. The prolific Nick Zedd (1956 -2022) was the pioneer of the Cinema of Transgression. This flyer was hand-colored and signed on the back in 2013.
Flyer
Size: 8.5 x 11
Available — $200
The Foreigner, Directed by Amos Poe, 1978
Poster
Size: 8.5 x 14 inches
Sold
