American (1948)
About the artist:
Education The New School for Social Research B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design Professional Experience 1988- now The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Associate Professor (Tenured) Drawing, Printmaking The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Acting Dean The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Interim Associate Dean 1993-94 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Interim Dean 1982-88 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Assistant Professor (Full-time) Drawing, Printmaking 1976-80 The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Instructor, Printmaking 1975-77 Parsons School of Design, Instructor, Printmaking 1974-75 Pratt-Phoenix School of Design, Instructor, Drawing Lectures and Service to the Field 2010 The Cooper Union, “Women’s Suffrage and Women’s Rights” in Great Evenings in The Great Hall, reader. 2005 “A Knock at the Door” panel discussion organized by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Great Hall, Cooper Union, New York, NY. “A Knock at the Door”, assisted Seth Cameron and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in organizing the exhibition at Cooper Union, New York, NY. 1988 “Artists Talk on Art” panel discussion on the current state of Prints, with Barry Walker, Curator of Prints at the Brooklyn Museum, Editor of Print Collectors Newsletter and Judith Solodkin, master printer and Director of Solo Press. 1985-87 Artist Certification Committee, The Department of Cultural Affairs, reviewed materials submitted for artist housing certification. 1984-85 Heresies collective, editorial design and production of “Satire,” Heresies Magazine, issue 19. 1984 Lincoln Center, “Aesthetic Education in the Schools” program, lecture on alternative Print processes and demonstration. 1983 Bennington College, lecture on the history and techniques of Papermaking and demonstration. 1982 The Cooper-Hewitt Museum Lecture Series, lecture on the historyand techniques of Intaglio and demonstration. P.S. 122, lecture on the history and techniques of Papermaking and demonstration. Exhibitions 2011 Contemporary Art from the Collection, MoMA, New York, NY. 2011 Your House is Mine , edited by Andrew Castrucci and Nadia Coen, produced by Bullet Space, BMW Guggenheim Lab, New York, NY. 2011 Quality-Of-Lifer , solo exhibition in collaboration with Dennis Thomas, Asja Gleeson, Tommy Coleman and Annabel Roberts-McMichael, La Mama La Galleria, New York, NY. 2010 Breaking into the Human Race, in collaboration with Rina Goldfield, Sharon Hayes and Annabel Roberts-McMichael, The Cooper Union, New York, NY. 2008 Reverse Turing Tests , work included in an installation by Kevin Zucker, Eleven Rivington, New York, NY. 2006 The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984, Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York, NY. Speed Limit, curated by James Leary, presented by Redhead Project Space at Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY. 2005 A Knock at the Door , curated by Seth Cameron, presented by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council at The Cooper Union, The Melville Gallery at The South Street Seaport and Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY. ABC No Rio 25th Anniversary Benefit Auction, Deitch Projects, New York, NY. 2004 Loose Cannon, RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Now and Ten Years Ago, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany. 2002 “We Shall Not Be Moved: International Graphics on Gentrification and Homelessness,” traveling and online exhibition, The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. 2000 MoMA 2000 Series, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Ides of March, ABC No Rio, New York, NY. 1998 Urban Encounters , curated by Gregory Sholette, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. 1997 Public Notice: Art and Activist Posters, 1951-1997, curated by Papo Colo, Jeanette Ingberman and Cesar Trasobares, Exit Art, New York, NY; Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA; Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; The College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL. 1996 Mixing Messages, curated by Ellen Lupton, organized by International Association of Graphic Artists, The Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, NY. 1995 Cultural Economies, curated by Julie Ault, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. 1991 Your House is Mine, street poster project, organized by Andrew Castrucci and Nadia Coen, produced by Bullet Space, exhibited on the streets of the Lower East Side, The Center for the Book Arts, Kenkeleba House, New York, NY. Humor, Irony and Satire, Lehman College Gallery, Bronx, NY. 1990 Societal Images, with Debora Jenks, Craig Kalpakjain, John Lekay, Dennis Thomas and Kenneth Goldsmith, White Columns, New York, NY. The Decade Show, curated by Gary Sangster and Laura Trippi, The Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art, New Museum of Contemporary Art and The Studio Museum of Harlem, New York, NY. 1988 Committed to Print, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY,;Chicago, IL; Dayton, OH; San Diego, CA; Albany, NY. 1987 The Castle, curated and installed by Group Material, Documenta 8, Kassel, West Germany. Fake, curated by William Olander, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. Issues that Won’t Go Away, curated by Heresies, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, NY. 1986 The Affluent Want…, A & P Gallery, New York, NY. Fresh Fruit for Rotten Vegetables, A & P Gallery, New York, NY. Artists for Artists, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY. Mass Art, curated by Group Material, Hall Walls, Buffalo, NY; Aljira Arts, Newark, NJ; Spaces, Cleveland, OH; Art Consortium, Cincinnati, OH. 1985 Art is Not a Commodity, Forsythe Street Sculpture Garden, New York, NY. Mass Art, installation curated by Group Material, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. The Real Estate Show, World Trade Center, New York, NY. The Nicaragua Show, A & P Gallery, New York, NY. 1984 I Love You Nancy, A & P Gallery, New York, NY. Art for the Evicted, organized and curated by Lucy Lippard for Political Art Documentation/Distribution, various sites on the Lower East Side, New York, NY. The Second Coming, or Is there Feminist Porn?, curated by Carnival Knowledge, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY. Artists Call Against Intervention, organized by Political Art Documentation/Distribution, Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY. 1983 Looks and Books , ABC No Rio, curated by Brad Melamid, New York, NY. Subculture , organized by Group Material, exhibited at the New Museum of Contemporary Art and Taller Latino Americano, installed in cars of the IRT Subway Lines, New York, NY. Bibliography 2002 “We Shall Not Be Moved: International Graphics on Gentrification and Homelessness,” traveling and online exhibition, The Center for the Study of Political Graphics, Los Angeles, CA. 1996 “Mixing Messages: Graphic Design in Contemporary Culture,” Ellen Lupton, Princeton Architectural Press, New York, NY. 1991 1989 “Your House is Mine,” edited by Andrew Castrucci and Nadia Coen, Bullet Space, New York, NY. 1987 “Fake, a Meditation on Authenticity,” William Olander, Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY. Fake exhibition review by Kate Linker, Art in America, October. 1986 The Affluent Want… exhibition review by Tony Cokes, Art in America, January. 1985 Mass Art exhibition review by Jeanne Fischer, October. “Recodings,” Hal Foster in The Culture Effect, Bay Press, WA. 1984 "The Problem with Puerilism," Craig Owens, Art in America 72, no. 6 (Summer 1984): 162-163. “City Limits,” Jim Sleeper, This Neighborhood is Not for Sale, June/July. “Art and Artists,” Gentrification, November. Heresies collective, “Satire,” Heresies Magazine, issue 19. Collections Museum of Modern Art New York Public Library List Collection New Museum of Contemporary Art Brooklyn Museum Cooper-Hewitt Fogg Museum, Harvard University Getty Institute Gutenberg Bibliothek, Germany Herzog Museum, Germany Mainz Bibliothek, Germany Museo del Commune di Milan, Italy Offenbach Bibliothek, Germany Pesci Museum, Prato, Italy Smith College, Northampton, MA Spencer Collection, Yale University, New Haven, CT Staadt Museum, Berlin Stielich Bibliothek, Germany University of Kansas, Lawrence University of Wisconsin, Kohler Art Library, Madison Victoria and Albert Museum Wellesley College, MA The Whitney Museum of American Art
Education The New School for Social Research B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design Professional Experience 1988- now The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Associate Professor (Tenured) Drawing, Printmaking The Cooper Union for the