Friday 4 March 2011

Focus Week 4 - The Barbican - Pioneers of the Downtown Scene New York 1970s




These arts scenes were taking in the developing centre of Manhatton during the 1970s. With musician Laurie Anderson, performance artist, artist Gordon Matta-Clark and choreographer Trisha Brown were all friends and active in the involvement of the New York art community. They concentrated on the practical and daring approaches with photos taken from dancing on roof tops and accessing abandoned buildings. This small group focused on performance and arts.
Also at the exhibition by a variety of programmes with talks, performaces and events.

The dance pieces shown are immense and are not usually considered as dance, however it kept me engaged. It is probably related more towards a artistic dance fashion with no elements on the canvas.

The only negative side is that the exhibition costs £8.

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