Exhibition poster published in conjunction with the 1970 show by Keith Sonnier, Richard Landry, and Tina Girouard at Castelli Warehouse, New York. The poster features a black-and-white photograph by Landry of three performers interacting with Sonnier’s sculptures within the exhibition space. Castelli Warehouse, an industrial loft on Manhattan’s west side established by renowned art dealer Leo Castelli, played a pivotal role in the emergence of alternative art spaces and the promotion of avant-garde art in New York City. Regarded as one of the first "alternative" art venues in the.....
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An original two-sided flyer for a DEVO after-party at Danceteria, in New York in 1982. Also advertises a party for Neutral Records' "Vortex" film soundtrack release. The film starred Lydia Lunch and Ann Magnuson.

Condition: Very Good, toning to paper; edges unevenly trimmed.
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The oversize poster for Charlotte Moorman's 9th New York Avant Garde Festival 1972, taking place in New York City, Albany and "hopefully" Poughkeepsie, with some events taking place as as "A Riverboat Show Aboard the Alexander Hamilton," a passenger steamboat that travelled the Hudson River between New York, Albany and Poughkeepsie. The poster lists dozens of artists and performances including Eleanor Antin, Ay-o, John Cage, Dick Higgins, Carolee Schnemann, Allan Kaprow (mispelled "Allen" on the poster), Christo, Jean Dupuy, Allen Ginsberg, Yoko Ono, Otto Piene, Judith Scott, plus many, many.....
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The Portland Center for the Visual Arts was an exhibition space founded by artists in 1971. The gallery exhibited artists such as Eleanor Antin, Dan Flavin, Robert Smithson, Robert Irwin, and Bruce Nauman, along with many Northwest artists. This event poster features upcoming performances and exhibitions by Buster Simpson, Aleck Karis, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Fay Jones and Deborah Slater.

Condition: Fine two-color brochure printed on newsprint, unmailed, folded as issued.
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An exhibition flyer for the 1961 Salem exhibit Today in a Fur-Lined Tea Cup, an extended version of a riotous Dada-influenced Portland exhibit entitled Exhibition Syndrome that preceded it. The exhibit was an homage to Dada and its influence on local artists. A one-act Dada opera, An American Travesty, written by Portland composer and teacher Robert Crowley, was also performed. On the reverse of the folded flyer is an announcement for Paintings by Ruth Fluno at the Salem Art Museum-Bush House.

Condition: Fine, some slight transfer of black printing to.....
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