During the 1980s, Manhattan below 14th Street was a vibrant and affordable place to live and make art, a flourishing scene for creative expression. With the city as their stage, artists working there engaged with graffiti culture and street art, photographed their communities of friends and lovers, and produced collaborative forms of sculpture, painting, design, and performance. The rough-hewn streets still bore the traces of New York’s economic collapse in the 1970s, and downtown was fertile ground for art responding to urban blight, Reaganomics, gentrification, and the first wave of the AIDS pandemic. Producing art for public spaces as well as exhibitions in galleries, studios, and nightclubs scattered across the neighborhood, these artists turned their environment into a hub for the integration of art and life.
Collection 1970s–Present
202
Downtown New York
202
Downtown New York
Fall 2019–Spring 2021
MoMA
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Alvin Baltrop Untitled 1975-86 -
Alvin Baltrop Untitled 1975-86 -
Scott Burton Perforated Metal Settee and Perforated Metal Chairs 1988-89 -
Keith Haring Untitled 1982 -
Jenny Holzer, Lady Pink Trust visions that don't feature buckets of blood 1983-84 -
Jeff Koons Pink Panther 1988 -
Martin Wong Stanton near Forsyth Street 1983
Artists
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Jenny Holzer
American, born 195023 exhibitions, 22 works online -
Jeff Koons
American, born 195518 exhibitions, 11 works online -
Keith Haring
American, 1958–199014 exhibitions, 17 works online -
Lady Pink
Ecuadorian, born 19643 exhibitions, 2 works online -
Scott Burton
American, 1939–198915 exhibitions, 6 works online - There are 8 artists in this collection gallery online.
Installation images
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