During the 1980s, New York City teemed with cultural activity—and new venues and mediums for art. Rough-hewn streets still bore the traces of the economic collapse of the 1970s, and many artists responded to urban blight, economic inequality, and the first wave of the AIDS pandemic. At the same time, artists took on the glittering excesses of commodity culture—in a city seen as the finance capital of the world—and the global expansion of the art market. Some, such as Sherrie Levine, even forecasted the end of art itself. Creating work for a growing network of galleries, studios, and storefronts, these artists engaged their local communities and neighborhoods, but they also probed their own personal and private lives. They depicted their friends and lovers, their anxieties and desires—and invented new forms of sculpture and image-making for a changing landscape.
Collection 1970s–Present
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To Live and Die in New York
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To Live and Die in New York
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Terry Adkins Dark Night 1987-88 -
Alvin Baltrop Untitled 1975-86 -
Alvin Baltrop Untitled 1975-86 -
Robert Gober Untitled 1986 -
Jenny Holzer, Lady Pink Trust visions that don't feature buckets of blood 1983-84 -
Jeff Koons Pink Panther 1988 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 3 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 5 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 6 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 7 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 8 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 9 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 10 1987 -
Sherrie Levine Large Check: 12 1987 -
Elizabeth Murray Dis Pair fall 1989 - winter 1990 -
Robin Winters Life Full of Holes 1986 -
Martin Wong Stanton near Forsyth Street 1983
Artists
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Terry Adkins
American, 1953–20147 exhibitions, 4 works online -
Alvin Baltrop
American, 1948–20043 exhibitions, 6 works online -
Robert Gober
American, born 195435 exhibitions, 54 works online -
Jenny Holzer
American, born 195023 exhibitions, 22 works online -
Jeff Koons
American, born 195518 exhibitions, 11 works online - There are 10 artists in this collection gallery online.
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