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From the Academy to the Avant Garde

Curator
Richard Simmons; Richard Simmons
Publisher
Visual Studies Workshop
Place
Rochester, New York
Organizer
Visual Studies Workshop
Site
Visual Studies Workshop and traveling
Subjects
Texts by Author
ETC archive
ETC2772
Curator(s)
Richard Simmons

Abstract

Complete catalog from exhibition. From the Academy to the Avant Garde, a traveling exhibition produced by Visual Studies Workshop, 1981. Curator Richard Simmons. Catalog introduction Arthur Tsuchiya. Videotapes in order of viewing Howard Fried, Davidson Gigliotti, Juan Downey, Tony Labat, Frank Gillette, Les Levine
Institution/Organizer:
Visual Studies Workshop
Site:
Visual Studies Workshop and traveling
Curator(s):
Simmons,Richard

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ETC2772

Complete catalog from exhibition. From the Academy to the Avant Garde, a traveling exhibition produced by Visual Studies Workshop, 1981. Curator Richard Simmons. Catalog introduction Arthur Tsuchiya. Videotapes in order of viewing Howard Fried, Davidson Gigliotti, Juan Downey, Tony Labat, Frank Gillette, Les Levine

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