The first-ever history of New York's pioneering art space, with film
stills, ephemera and photography in a scrapbook style
Since its inception in the early 1970s, MoMA PS1 in Long Island City,
Queens, has been a crucible for radical experimentation. Committed to
New York City as well as to maintaining an international scope, PS1 has
always put the artist at the center, engaging practitioners at work in
every discipline from performance, music, dance, poetry and new media to
painting, sculpture, photography and architecture. This groundbreaking
publication captures the vibrancy of a long and venerable tradition that
began with the legendary series of performances and events organized by
founder Alanna Heiss under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1971.
Organized into four main sections that delve into the former school's
rich history as an art center during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s up to
the present, the book features in-depth conversations between Heiss and
Klaus Biesenbach, the director of MoMA PS1 from 2010 to 2018, and more
than 40 recollections by artists, curators and critics closely
associated with the institution--including Marina Abramovic, James
Turrell, agnès b, Rebecca Quaytman, Carolee Schneemann and Andrea
Zittel.
Presenting extensive photographic documentation of historic exhibitions
and performances and related ephemera from the archives, plus an
illustrated chronology and comprehensive exhibition history, this
indispensable volume offers a vivid chronicle of the extraordinary
history of MoMA PS1.
