Artists Space

Selections from the Artist File

November 17, 1988 – January 7, 1989

Organized by Valerie Smith

A wooden chair sits against a white wall. Above it, an image of flowers on a patterned background with a border hangs on the wall. A fragment of the the flower image is missing, and it is affixed to two wooden poles that lean against the wall, placing it level with the flower image.
Craig Pleasants, A House in the Tropics, 1988. [A wooden chair sits against a white wall. Above it, an image of flowers on a patterned background with a border hangs on the wall. A fragment of the the flower image is missing, and it is affixed to two wooden poles that lean against the wall, placing it level with the flower image.]

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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).

    A view of a gallery space with concrete floors, white walls, and white columns. In the foreground, a grouping of five striped cylinders of varying sizes are placed on the floor. Other works are visible in the background.
    Selections from the Artists File. Installation view, Artists Space, 1988. [A view of a gallery space with concrete floors, white walls, and white columns. In the foreground, a grouping of five striped cylinders of varying sizes are placed on the floor. Other works are visible in the background.]