Times Square Show
The Times Square Show was in June 1980 held art exhibition near the Times Square .
The Times Square Show was organized by Colab and took place in an abandoned massage parlor. On four floors, among other things, pictures, films and live performances by over a hundred artists were shown, who wanted to draw attention to the complex population of the Times Square at that time through their stylistic diversity and the use of varied media. Driven by national debt and more and more broken buildings, New York was burned out at the time and was associated with a lot of prostitution and violence. In order to set an example against the impending gentrification, the artist collective Colab designed an exhibition with many symbolic aspects of the Times Square around sex, violence and urban decay. The exhibition received international attention and was documented on film by Matthew Geller .
Participating artists (selection)
- Dan Asher
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Keith Haring
- Normal group
- Peter Pakesch
- Nan Goldin
- Tom Otterness
- Kiki Smith
- Jane Dickson
- Jane Sherry
- Marc Blane
- Charlie Ahearn
- John Ahearn
- Josh Baer
- Andrea Callard
- Eva DeCarlo
- Ellary Eddy
- Stefan One
- Peter Fend
- Coleen Fitzgibbon
- Bobby G.
- Ilona Granet
- Mimi Gross
- Becky Howland
- Justen Ladda
- Joe Lewis
- Ann Messner
- Alan W. Moore
- Joseph Nechvatal
- Ann Newmarch
- Cara Perlman
- Walter Robinson
- Christy Rupp
- Teri Slotkin
- Diane Torr
- Sophie Vieille
- David Wells