Downtown Arts Scene

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The Downtown Arts Scene was an artistic community based in New York City's Downtown area. [1] [2]

Members of the Scene included Alvin Baltrop, Jackie Curtis, Jasper Johns, [1] Trisha Brown and Philip Glass. [3]

The Downtown arts scene used photocopying as a rapid way for artists to share and distribute images. [4]

The Downtown Arts Scene is generally considered to have reached its end in the 1980s. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Downtown Arts Scene". NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  2. Schjeldahl, Peter (2017-02-03). "The Invention of the Downtown Art Scene". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  3. Searle, Adrian (2011-03-02). "Pioneers of the Downtown Scene: a walk on the wall side". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  4. Eichhorn, Kate (2021-02-23). "How the Copy Machine Gave Rise to New York's Downtown Arts Scene". The MIT Press Reader. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  5. "The End of the Downtown Scene". The Gotham Center for New York City History. 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2022-12-05.