Gallery 98’s collection of the East Village Eye can be traced back directly to the accumulated inventory that the Eye had in storage when it ceased regularly publishing at the end of the 1980s. At one point, Gallery 98 had nearly every Eye issue. While this is no longer the case, we can truthfully state that we still have the largest Eye inventory anywhere.
Most Eye issues are expensive because of their rarity. However, our inventory also includes a few issues that survived in quantity because of the way the Eye was originally distributed. Given that there were always extra copies printed and, as it was impossible to predict how many copies of an issue would sell at each distribution point, copies were often returned and placed in storage. What we are offering now, at a bargain price, are the ten issues that, by chance, we have in multiplicity.
Founded in 1979 by Leonard Abrams (1954-2023), the Eye published 72 issues before it stopped regularly publishing in 1987. Fortunately, this overlapped with one of the East Village’s most influential and fascinating periods. The Eye covered it all – music, art, fashion, literature and politics. Today, the Eye archives are preserved at the New York Public Library, which is testimony to the newspaper’s importance, and assurance that it will continue to be a part of our city’s cultural history.
East Village Eye – $50 Sale
Taylor Mead, Centerfold for East Village Eye Issue Vol 1. No. 3, July 1979
Christof Kohlhoffer, “25 Billion Dollars,” Centerfold for East Village Eye, September 1979
Copies of this centerfold were cut up and pasted irregularly on the walls of the “Money Love and Death” room at the now legendary Times Square Show.
Times Square Show Centerfold in Sex-Video East Village Eye, July 1980
John Sex, Centerfold for East Village Eye Vol. 5 No. 35, September 1989
Advertisement for Danceteria’s 2nd Birthday in East Village Eye Vol. 5 No. 40, February 1984
This advertisement contains the names of everyone who participated in Danceteria activities during the club’s first two years.
Interview with Glenn Branca in East Village Eye Vol. 5 No. 40, February 1984
Sarah Charlesworth, Interview by Paul Bob in East Village Eye Vol 5. No. 44, June 1984
David Wojnarowicz, Interview with Carlo McCormick in East Village Eye, July 1984
