{"id":729,"date":"2010-06-16T21:59:59","date_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=729"},"modified":"2010-06-16T21:59:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T21:59:59","slug":"punk-art-exhibition-the-catalogue-washington-project-for-the-arts-washington-dc-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewlangley.com\/blog\/?p=729","title":{"rendered":"Punk Art Exhibition – The Catalogue Washington Project For The Arts, Washington, DC, 1978"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I stumbled over a link for this at of all places \u201cBrightest Young Things\u201d website, it has a link to the 98 Bowery website<\/a> (Marc H. Miller\u2019s website and address for the 20 years or so that he lived there from 68 – 89)<\/p>\n

Alice Denney, the mastermind of this show, was the kind of agent provocateur the DC area has missed for the last 20 or so years. Her vision that helped define the Washington Project For the Arts has yet to be surpassed and really it only ever came close during the era that Jock Reynolds helmed the WPA in the early eighties. Since then, it\u2019s pretty safe to say that the WPA has been asleep pretty much since the mid to late 80\u2019s. Here\u2019s hoping that with a new approach we will see some more exciting things come it\u2019s way.<\/p>\n

A punk show in DC without mention of harDCore?<\/h4>\n

That\u2019s right because this show was put on in 1978 (just during the birth of the DC scene, and the fact it was primarily curated with an eye towards the East Village and Lower East Side of Manhattan as a visual guide.<\/p>\n

In digging through the catalog I was shocked \u2013 literally by Tom Otterness\u2019s inclusion in this \u2013 I\u2019ve always thought of his work as just those friendly little sculptures, etc. \u2013 this will show a dark side that will surprise you.<\/p>\n

I really enjoyed the ephemera that helped make and provide insight into the exhibit \u2013 a lot of things that are mostly forgotten now are given a bit of life in this presentation.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t gone there yet \u2013 here\u2019s the link<\/a><\/p>\n

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Images:<\/h4>\n

Top: Punk Art Catalogue Back cover: Scott B & Beth B, Max Karl, 1978<\/p>\n

Bottom: Punk Art Catalogue front cover: Miller, Ringma & Hoppe, “Smashed Mona,” 1978<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I stumbled over a link for this at of all places \u201cBrightest Young Things\u201d website, it has a link to the 98 Bowery website (Marc H. Miller\u2019s website and address for the 20 years or so that he lived there from 68 – 89) Alice Denney, the mastermind of this show, was the kind of agent provocateur the DC area has missed for the last 20 or so years. Her vision that helped define the Washington Project For the Arts has yet to be surpassed and really it only ever came close during the era that Jock Reynolds helmed the…<\/p>\n

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