“The Last Party” The Influence of New York’s Club Culture: Mid 70s – Early 90s

The Last Party

THE INFLUENCE OF NEW YORK’S CLUB CULTURE: MID 70s – EARLY 90s

Amulti-disciplinaryshowcuratedbyAnthonyHaden-Guest

The Last Party celebrates the creative ferment that exploded in New York’s club culture in the mid 70s, following Watergate and the Vietnam War. It became a phenomenon whose influence spanned three decades and crossed continents until it waned in the early 90s.

The Last Party is a survey exhibition of �ne art, graffiti and street art, photography, video, fashion, and memorabilia that is profiled in Anthony Haden-Guest’s 1997 book, TheLastParty:Studio54,DiscoandTheCultureoftheNight . This exhibition will run throughout the summer at WhiteBox. Offsite musical performances and capsule exhibitions will be hosted at ACME and VS Gallery (dates to be announced).

Participating artist include:
Michael Alig
Ida Appelbroog
Gary Azon
Roberta Bayley
Harry Benson
John Cale
Neke Carson
Mike Cockrill
Damen Corrado
Bob Colacello
William Coupon
Jessica Craig-Martin
Ford Crull
Karen Finley
Ron Galella
David Gamble
Cristos Gianakos
David Godlis
Bobby Grossman
Bob Gruen
Michael Holman
Gregory Homs
Curt Hoppe
Henry Jones
Daffyd Jones
Laura Kaplan
Hubert Kretzschmar
Layla Love
Stephan Lupino
Alfredo Martinez
Taylor Mead
Marc H. Miller and Bettie Ringma
Glenn O’Brien
Toby Old
Tina Paul
Anton Perich
Adrian Piper
Rick Prol
Marcia Resnick
Walter Robinson
Mick Rock
Walter Steding
Linda Troeller
Arthur Weinstein
Wolfgang Wesener
Phil Weaver
Melissa Wolf
Christina Yuin
Phase 2
Music By:

Alexander Dexter-Jones and Harper

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