Alternative Histories: New York Art Spaces, 1960 to 2010

by Mary Anne Staniszewski

A groundbreaking history of pioneering alternative art venues in New York where artists experimented, exhibited, and performed outside the white cube and the commercial mainstream.

This groundbreaking book--part exhibition catalogue, part cultural history--chronicles alternative art spaces in New York City since the 1960s. Developed from an exhibition of the same name at Exit Art, Alternative Histories documents more than 130 alternative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017962
• ISBN13: 9780262017961
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher