THE REAL ESTATE SHOW WAS THEN: 1980
APRIL 4-27, 2014
OPENING RECEPTION:
FRIDAY APRIL 4, 6-8PM

James Fuentes Gallery
55 DELANCEY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10002
212-577-1201
info@jamesfuentes.com

John Heartfield ABC No Rio poster
Reproduction - and Non-Reproduction – of Multitudes: UP WITH PEOPLE

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This is a short paper I wrote for the upcoming book on Colab. Any corrections or additions are appreciated.
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ABC No Rio Gala & Benefit Auction - Building Fund 2011
Tuesday May 3, 2011 / 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Hosted by Allegra LaViola Gallery
179 East Broadway, Lower East Side

For over 30 years, ABC No Rio has been a vibrant part of New York City's radical cultural scene. It is a welcoming venue for emerging artists, internationally known for its commitment to a socially engaged culture. No Rio has meant many things to many people, but its mission remains constant: a commitment to political and social engagement, to an expanded vision of possibility for the lives of our neighborhoods, cities, and societies, to a place where people share resources and ideas to impact society, culture, and community. This benefit will allow this tradition to continue and flourish.

Festivities will include beer, wine, buffet, guest DJ's, brilliant conversation and spirited bidding throughout the evening. Local restaurants Alias, Two Boots and Roots & Vines will be providing delicious finger food that can be washed down with beer courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery and wine from Communal Brands. Ticket prices for the event will begin at $50.

To purchase tickets, please click here.

THIS WILL BE ABC NO RIO'S LAST BENEFIT GALA BEFORE NEW CONSTRUCTION.

Notable article by Kelefa Sanneh in the March 7, 2011 issue of the New Yorker on Ulli Rimkus and the Max Fish bar, which was scheduled to vacate its infamous Ludlow Street premises by the end of January - the landlord was asking for a prohibitively high rent increase - but was given a twelfth hour reprieve with a one year extension of lease.

The full text is only available with the purchase of a subscription to the New Yorker online. It also occupies pages 38 - 43 of the dead tree edition, and in case you might be successful (as I was) in locating a trashed copy, here's the relevant cover:

THE THING @ WHITE SLAB PALACE
Monday Screenings
Monday, September 27, 8pm

Raw courage or criminal stupidity? Early adventures in musical performance and alternative space making.

"X Magazine Benefit" (1978/2009; 12 min., b/w) Nearly all-black Super-8 document of the pre-No Wave concert with Contortions, DNA, Boris Policeband

summer exhibition at Brooke Alexander Gallery
http://www.baeditions.com/Installation%20Views/Colab%20Redux/Colab%20Red...

Colab (officially Collaborative Projects, Inc., founded 1977) was one in a string of New York City artists’ groups that started most strongly in the 1960s. Artists’ groups have had an escalating impact on the conventional art world. Today a number have roughly equal status with prominent individuals.

[Note of disclosure: I was a member of Colab, and have published on the group’s activities.]