Artists Space

Margia Kramer

January 5 – January 19, 1980

MARGIA KRAMER'S installation, titled "Part I: Secret", will also be on view January 5 through the 19th. Kramer's piece is comprised of colored gravel on the floor and represents a fragment of text from FBI documents, articles and related papers on Jean Seberg. Kramer has stated that her piece is overtly political in its thematic relationship to the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act and public access to governmental records.

Black and white photograph of cursive white text on a black background on the floor.
Margia Kramer. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Black and white photograph of cursive white text on a black background on the floor.]

Margia Kramer Press Release

Margia Kramer Artist Statement

Kramer, Margia. "Kramer vs. the FBI: Making Art of Politics." Women Artists News. Vol. 6. No. 1. May 1980. Print, 14-15.

Zimmer, William. "Margia Kramer." The Soho Weekly News. January 7, 1980. Print, 24.

Larson, Kay. "Downtown." The Village Voice. January 21, 1980. Print, 81.

    Black and white photograph of cursive white text on a black background on the floor of a room with an upside down chair in the foreground and a heater in the background.
    Margia Kramer. Installation view, Artists Space, 1980. [Black and white photograph of cursive white text on a black background on the floor of a room with an upside down chair in the foreground and a heater in the background.]