Search Our Inventory by Theme: African Diaspora – LGBTQ – Woman Interest

For artists, the final decades of the 20^th century were a time of heightened self-awareness, a period when many people began to explore their own lives and find content in issues of personal identity. Accompanying this were demands for political change that soon established the foundations for a new, more multicultural art world with an increased sensitivity to ethnic, gender and sexual diversity.

Much of this story is reflected in the art ephemera from these years. Because this history is just as important as the story of individual artists and galleries, Gallery 98 makes it accessible through search prompts organized by themes.

Below are three major categories – African Diaspora, LGBTQ, Woman Interest — with a selection of examples from each of the themes.

African Diaspora

Malick Sidibé, The Clubs of Bamako, Deitch Projects, Flyer/Poster, 1999. Size: 17 x 11 inches

Fred Wilson, Card, Gracie Mansion Gallery, 1990. Size: 6.5 x 4.5 Inches — Available

Faith Ringgold, “Sunflowers Quilting Bee at Arles” (1991) From Exhibition Debuting “The French Collection” series, Card with Price List, Press Clipping, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, 1992. Size: 4.5 x 6.25 Inches — Available 

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LGBTQ

The Saint At Large, The Black Party: Rites XI, Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, Poster, 1990. Size: 28 x 20 inches. — Available

Someone Else From Queens is Queer, a performance by Richard Elovich, directed by Itamar Kubovy, Card, Performance Space 122, 1991. Size: 7.25 x 4.5 Inches — Available

Girl Bar, 15 St. Marks Place, Card, c. 1988. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches

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Woman Interest

ARTnews, Where Are The Great Men Artists?, Cover photo by Neil Slavin, Full Magazine, Vol. 79 #8, 1980. Size: 11 x 8 inches — Available

The group photo on the cover features Faith Ringgold, Rosemarie Castoro, Louise Bourgeois, Miriam Schapiro, May Stevens, Hannah Wilke, Joyce Kozloff, Dorothea Rockburne, Nancy Graves, Colette, Audrey Flack, and others.

Joan Semmel, Odalesque (1998), Jersey City Museum, Three-Fold Card, 2000. Size: 7 x 5 inches — Available

Miriam Schapiro, I’m Dancin’ As Fast As I Can, Bernice Steinbaum Gallery, 28-Page Catalogue with 6-Page Essay, 1986. Size: 11 x 8.5 inches — Available

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