Artists Space

Project:
Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye

September 28 – November 4, 1989

Selected by Hubert Muschamp

Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye is an installation by Massachusetts artist Don Stinson, exploring the metaphysics of perspective in architecture and drawing.

At the center of a page there is an image of a charcoal drawing of a foot overlapping a scrap of an architectural diagram on a black background. Above this image, text reads, "Don Stinson, Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye." Below the image, text reads, "September 28-November 4, Artists Space."
Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye. Leaftlet cover, Artists Space, 1989. [At the center of a page there is an image of a charcoal drawing of a foot overlapping a scrap of an architectural diagram on a black background. Above this image, text reads, "Don Stinson, Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye." Below the image, text reads, "September 28-November 4, Artists Space."]

Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye Press Release

Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye Postcard

Artists Space programs are made possible by: the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, New York State Council on the Arts, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; AT&T Foundation, Inc., The David Bermant Foundation: Color, Light, Motion, The Bohen Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, Inc., Horace w. Goldsmith Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, The J.M. Kaplan Fund, The Dorothea L. Leonhardt Foundation, Inc., The Joe and Emily Lowe Foundation, Inc., The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, The Menemsha Fund, Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation, Betty Parsons Foundation, The Reed Foundation, Inc., The Rockefeller Foundation, The Mark Rothko Foundation, Inc., and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.; American Express Company, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., Equitable Real Estate Group, Inc., General Atlantic Corporation, R.H. Macy and Company, Inc., Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Philip Morris Companies Inc., and U.S. Trust Company of New York; as well as Artwatch, Galleries in Support of Artists Space, Members and numerous Friends.

Artists Space is a member of the National Association of Artists Organizations (NAAO) and the National Alliance of Media Arts Centers (NAMAC).

    On a black background, a charcoal drawing of a foot overlaps a scrap of an architectural diagram.
    Perspective: The State of Existing in Space Before the Eye. Installation view, Artists Space, 1989. [On a black background, a charcoal drawing of a foot overlaps a scrap of an architectural diagram.]