(COUNTER)PUBLIC ART, INTERVENTION & PERFORMANCE IN LOWER MANHATTAN FROM 1978–1993

(Counter)Public Art, Intervention & Performance reflects a period of social, political, and artistic extremes in the downtown artistic community. This snapshot of a time and place presents a diverse range of projects while capturing each artist’s varied response to the overall political climate, including the HIV/AIDS crisis, civil rights violations, the changing public sphere, and the impact of newly pervasive media.

The exhibition, co-curated by Alex Fialho and Melissa Levin, features artwork and documentation of public art, performance, and interventions by Tseng Kwong ChiAgnes DenesEiko & KomaGuerrilla GirlsKeith HaringJenny HolzerTehching HsiehJohn KellyWilliam Pope.LREPOhistoryMierle Laderman Ukeles, the Visual AIDS Artists’ Caucus, including Allen FrameFrank Franca, and Nan Goldin, and more.