SELECTED NEW YORK SEENS 1979 opened with a whoop, holler, and focus on the "New" sound/slides/improvisation in "Homerunrnuse" by Carolee and "Old": "New Image Painting" at the Whitney Museum Schneemam. An informal documentation slide showing of centered on ten painters using isolated images in new con- Fandango's history was screened, dong with original broad- texts, simplifying recognizable objects placed on non-associ- side issues of their earliest editions. ative grounds, transforming scale and color to yield "new" "New" style spectacles of "old" favorites were presented meanings. Artists included Nicholas Africano, Jennifer Bart- at the newly-refurbi~hedEntermedia Theatre in the Nova lett, Denise Greene (also showing drawings and paintings at Convention, a gathering of artists, writers, fhmakers, thin- Max Protetch), Michael Hurson, Neil Jenney, Lois Lane, kers, and the like, dedicated to the writings and ideas of Robert Moskowitz, Susan Rothenberg, David True, Joe Zuc- William ~~~o~ghs:readings and performances by Allen ker. Other museum and gallery exhibitions of new works Ginsberg, JO~Cage, Merce Cunningham, Anne WaIdman, Ed included two by Robert Rauschenberg (Sonnabend), wall Sanders, Tim teary, Les Levine, theatrical events with Bel- works by Rosemary Mayer (55 Mercer), metal reliefs by gium's Le Plan K, Frank Zappa reading Burroughs, and Frank Stella (Leo Castelli), photoworks by Al Souza (O.K. Laurie Anderson and Julia Heyward presenting a new audio- Harris), acrylicjskrim paintings by Chris Darton (Mary distortion story. A second event celebrated the New Year in Boone), "new Wave" collage by Henry Benvenuti (Monson), a benefit for the recently burnt-out St. Marks' Church with Charlemagne Palestine's "RedjBlack" and Keith Sonnier's a similar six-hour all-star cast. "Porte-Voix" installations (The Clocktower), Marta Samson's Nova Convention film screenings presented One Vims, "Miss Behave Uncovered" moving stills (Bertha Urdang), including Bruce Connor's Devo: The Mangoloid, Kathy sculpture by Jackie Winsor (Museum of Modern Art), new AckerYs~lood and Cuts in Highs&ool, Amos Poe's The suite "Faites Memorables" by Jean Dubuffet (Pace Editions), End of the Film World, Kathy BigeIowysSet- up, Eric and a dynamic group show of sculpture by Gerard Hovagim- Mitchell's &r oash and Michael Oblowitz's Circuits of yan, Chiara Smith and paintings by John Shaw, Hany Spitz control. (75 Warren Street). Other fdm showings included four nights of new-no-now- Retrospective showings included Illark Rothko and Man- wave fims and performance (57 Club) in Double Exposure drian (Guggenheim), Matis= paintings and book illustrations including new works by Kathy Acker, J~~~ Aherne,Scott (Museum of Modern "Willim Williams & The Beth B., John Lurk, James Naires; fims by Joanna Kiernan American Scene" tWhitney Museum), Le Va's "Four (Milennium), Kathy Bigelow & Betty Ferguson & Manuel Consecutive Installations and Drawings" (New Museum), Delanda (mitney Museum), and Anthony McCall & Andrew drawings by sculptors Mark DiSuvero, Mary Miss, Jackie Tyndall's Argument (Millenium) with attendant discussion Fern, Sol LeWitt, Alice Avcock, Christ0 (Touchstone), of contests and entertainments (Whitney Museum's New "Georgia O'Keeffe" by Alfred Steiglitz (Metropolitan Muse- American Filmmakers Series).Anton Perich created video um of Art), Jack Levine (Jewish Museum). nightmajik (Robert Friedus Gallery ), and Dieter Froese "The New West" series at the Kitchen Center for Video and opened in ill ~~i~~~'~videotape Streetworks (~~th~l~~~ Music presented West Coast visual artists Chris Langdon Video). (films), James Welling (photographs/video), Pat O'Neill Musical offerings ranged from Michael Sahl & Beth An- (animated film loops), Morgan Fisher (fh-as-scul~ture)and derson's Cabaret of Neurosis and Nostalgia through a electronic music composers David Durn (sonic "pictures" of new Eno.produced Lp with DNA, Contortions, ~erfomancesites), Ron Robboy (sound tour of Sari Diego), Mars, Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, "new-wave" exprimen- "Blue" Gene Tyranny (Polymoog orchestrations), Frankie tal synthesizers Suicide, 6-52's, Walter Stedding, Model Ci- Mann (synthesizer-minicomputer-electric bass solos). Also, tizens, to a LcProgressiveManifestivaln presented by Zu a new version of composer/piani~tIvan Tcherepnin's Santur including Daevid Alien and Fred Frith, and at the other Opera, ~ichaelNyman and Peter Greenway in ffim/music end of the spectrum new music from international corn- intercollaboration, and vocal compositions of Meredith posers Peter Garland, Michael Byron, Tim Souster, lngram Monk were performed. Marshall, John Adams, Paul Dresher, and Michael Nyman A "new" episode in Bland Man's life, hilarious brainchild organized under the aegis of The Reich Music Foundation, of Michael Smith, premiered at Artists' Space; also, Me1 which also presented an evening with James Tenney, perfor- Andringa's "Babylon/34th Street: A Lecture/Perfomance," ming 8 dynamic pieces. Phil Niblock and Greg Sandow drawings by Tom Martin, Auste Peciura, Alan Saret, Patti performed their compelling new works at Intermedia. Smith, Nancy Spero, photographs by Laurie Simmons~video Outstanding performances by Vancouver's Western Front installation by Peter D'Agosfino, Pieter Holstein's Paper Society, droll comedy of Robert Carroll, incisive theatre collage "Waterfall" and R. M. Fisher's "Served Up!" from Britain's Theatre of Mistakes, a personal-perceptive lighting fixture installation. trilogy of plays by Spaulding Gray and Elizabeth LeCompte High ~ointsin P.S. 1's current exhibition program included titled Three Places in Rhode Island, and more delightful, Organization of Independent Artists' postcard size art, work provocative readings from the works of Henw James Korn of Pal Oleszko, drawings by Anthony Thompson, and and Richard Kostelanetz highlighted the new year's opening, couple^" curated by Alanna Heiss-a look at the collabora- heralding a concern with communication and context. Notes tive and independent work of 16 artists, among them Helen in the next issue will provide detailed reviews of new works and Newton Harrison, Klaus Rinke, Annette Messager ;also on the New York Scene. Watch for news of your old fa- music tapes by Eberhard Blum. vorites and new interests! Franklin Furnace mounted exhibitions including front win- -Judith Aminoff dew by D~~ ~~~h~~,photographs and new book works of Editor's Note: Judith Aminoff is a writer, currently working as a free- Barbara Krueger, and a variable work-in-progress using lance reviewer for Flash Art and various New York City publications. She is now Contributing Editor (New York) for Umbrella. .