Civilian Warfare Gallery [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] was an art gallery located in New York City's East Village in the early 1980's and was one of the founding galleries of the East Village art movement. Founded by artists Alan Barrows [1] [6] [3] [4] [5] [7] and Dean Savard, [1] [4] [5] [7] the gallery helped launch the careers of notable artists including David Wojnarowicz, Richard Hambleton, Luis Frangella, Greer Lankton, the Grey Organisation/Toby Mott and Jane Bauman among others.
Civilian Warfare | |
Founders | Alan Barrows (1954-); Dean Savard (1958-1990) |
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Founded at | New York City, New York, USA |
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