What It Is (Tony Shafrazi Gallery)

$300.00

Catalog accompanying a group exhibition of contemporary New York City artists held at the Tony Shifrazi Gallery in Soho from September 13-October 12, 1986. Part of Shifrazi’s influential program engaging both street and underground cultures and mainstream contemporary art dialogues. Features work by Andy Warhol, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, Ross Bleckner, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, Philip Taafe, Joseph Kosuth, Olivier Mosset, Keith Haring, Ed Ruscha, and Donald Baechler, among others. 4to (8.75” x 12”), printed wrappers, 59 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrations in both color and b/w. Curated by Wilfred DIckhoff with an introduction by Gottfried Benn and additional commentary by Georges Bataille and a number of the participating artists. Moderate bumping and rubbing to extremities, with mild creasing down the length of textblock.

Catalog accompanying a group exhibition of contemporary New York City artists held at the Tony Shifrazi Gallery in Soho from September 13-October 12, 1986. Part of Shifrazi’s influential program engaging both street and underground cultures and mainstream contemporary art dialogues. Features work by Andy Warhol, Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, Ross Bleckner, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scharf, Philip Taafe, Joseph Kosuth, Olivier Mosset, Keith Haring, Ed Ruscha, and Donald Baechler, among others. 4to (8.75” x 12”), printed wrappers, 59 unnumbered pages, chiefly illustrations in both color and b/w. Curated by Wilfred DIckhoff with an introduction by Gottfried Benn and additional commentary by Georges Bataille and a number of the participating artists. Moderate bumping and rubbing to extremities, with mild creasing down the length of textblock.