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Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties
Lévy Gorvy Dayan is delighted to announce the exhibition Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties organized in collaboration with Mary Boone and opening on September 18 in New York. The presentation will feature significant paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper by artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Guerrilla Girls, Peter Halley, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, David Salle, Kenny Scharf, Julian Schnabel, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Haim Steinbach, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz, and Christopher Wool.
The 1980s New York art scene was a locus of experimentation and creativity. As Boone states, “The ’80s was about discovery and new ideas. There was a feeling of possibility and fluidity, supported by an engaged arts community.” With the city as a catalyst, artists—both emerging and established—probed art history, politics, current events, and visual and consumer culture, and conceived new forms of representation. The works in Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties represent the diverse and groundbreaking art created during, and in response to, this epochal time—while also highlighting the community shared by the featured artists.
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Lévy Gorvy Dayan is delighted to announce the exhibition Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties organized in collaboration with Mary Boone and opening on September 18 in New York. The presentation will feature significant paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper by artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Guerrilla Girls, Peter Halley, Keith Haring, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Cady Noland, Richard Prince, David Salle, Kenny Scharf, Julian Schnabel, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Haim Steinbach, Andy Warhol, David Wojnarowicz, and Christopher Wool.
The 1980s New York art scene was a locus of experimentation and creativity. As Boone states, “The ’80s was about discovery and new ideas. There was a feeling of possibility and fluidity, supported by an engaged arts community.” With the city as a catalyst, artists—both emerging and established—probed art history, politics, current events, and visual and consumer culture, and conceived new forms of representation. The works in Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties represent the diverse and groundbreaking art created during, and in response to, this epochal time—while also highlighting the community shared by the featured artists.
Artists on show
- Andrés Serrano
- Andy Warhol
- Barbara Kruger
- Cady Noland
- Christopher Wool
- Cindy Sherman
- David Salle
- David Wojnarowicz
- Eric Fischl
- Francesco Clemente
- Guerrilla Girls
- Haim Steinbach
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Jeff Koons
- Julian Schnabel
- Keith Haring
- Kenny Scharf
- Louise Lawler
- Peter Halley
- Richard Prince
- Robert Mapplethorpe
- Ross Bleckner
- Sally Mann
- Sherrie Levine
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