Articles (mostly photocopies) and magazines about 8BC; photographs, mainly of club performances; slides; scrapbooks, and a 331/3 recording, "Poo Poo Bomb." The material was compiled by Cornelius Conboy, and mostly relates to publicity of the club's events. Also found are books and articles on the East Village scene, and other clubs, galleries, and performance spaces operating during the 1980s.
Biographical / Historical:
Multimedia gallery and performance art club; East Village, N.Y., located in the East Village, N.Y., on 8th St. between B and C. Cornelius Conboy was a co-founder and owner. The club opened October 31, 1983, and closed October 20, 1985.
Provenance:
Donated 2000 by Cornelius Conboy, owner of 8BC.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
The East Village Area X Gallery records measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1977-1988. The collection consists primarily of artists files for fifteen artists represented by or of interest to the gallery. The files are varied but may include biographical information, correspondence, financial and inventory records, printed materials, and photographs. Gallery records include scattered financial records, publicity files, and printed materials.
Scope and Content Note:
The East Village Area X Gallery records measure 2.4 linear feet and date from 1977-1988. The collection consists primarily of artists files for fifteen artists represented by or of interest to the gallery. The files are varied but may include biographical information, correspondence, financial and inventory records, printed materials, and photographs. Gallery records include scattered financial records, publicity files, and printed materials.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged as 4 series:
Series 1: Artists Files, 1977-1988 (Boxes 1-2; 1.5 linear feet)
Series 2: Finacial Records, 1984-1987 (Box 2; 0.5 linear feet)
Series 3: Publicity Files, 1980-1987 (Box 3; 0.3 linear feet)
Series 4: Printed Material, circa 1980-1987 (box 3; 3 folders)
Historical Note:
The Area X Gallery was founded in New York City by Bobbie Sioux Xuereb (Goldberg) in February 1984. Located at 200 E. 10th St., the gallery was part of the larger East Village art scene of the 1980s. Among the artists represented by gallery were Keith Achepohl, John Himmelfarb, Leon Johnson, Michael McCollum, and Louis Mueller. As with many of the East Village galleries, the Area X Gallery closed in 1987.
Provenance:
The records of the Area X Gallery were donated by Bobbie Sioux Xuereb, the gallery's founder and director, in 1998.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- East Village (New York, N.Y.) Search this
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Artists -- East Village (New York, N.Y.) Search this
Function:
Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State)
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Financial records
Citation:
Area X Gallery records, 1977-1988. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
Complete set (13 issues) of the newsletter 108: An East Village Review (also titled 108 East Village Review and 108 Review) published between June 1986 and Winter 1988-89.
Biographical / Historical:
Patty Harris is an art writer and reviewer. Harris, along with writers Calvin Reid and Janet Gillespie created, edited and published the art newsletter 108: An East Village Review in New York, N.Y. documenting art -related activities in the East Village, N.Y.
Other Title:
108 East Village review
108 review
Provenance:
Donated 2010 by Patty Harris.
Occupation:
Authors -- New York (State) -- New York Search this
Torrey Maldonando is an author who lives in the neighborhood East Village in Manhattan, New York. He and the interviewer talk about the effects of gentrification in the East Village, Red Hook down in Brooklyn and even in Washington DC. Maldonando delves into the books he writes, who he writes them for and what he hopes to achieve through writing.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of the materials requires an appointment. Please contact the archivist to make an appointment: ACMarchives@si.edu.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
David Wojnarowicz : a definitive history of five or six years on the lower east side / interviews by Sylvère Lotringer ; edited by Giancarlo Ambrosino ; co-edited by Hedi El Kholti, Chris Kraus and Justin Cavin
East village art in Berlin : 2. bis 29. September 1984 / [kuratorisch betreut von Regina Trapp und Michael Kohn, New York; organisiert von Trapp & Gray, New York und Zellermayer Galerie, Berlin]
The East Village scene : [exhibition] October 12-December 2, 1984, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania / [compiled by] Janet Kardon
