Artist, performer, filmmaker and writer Stuart Sherman has returned to New York, concurrent with a season of performance that descends upon the city this November, courtesy of Performa. Eight years after his passing, an exhibition at NYU's 80WSE gallery brings together the first extensive sampling of Sherman's prolific output. A folding table Sherman used for his tabletop performances in Washington Square Park in the 1970s announces the exhibition from the street-level windows of 80 Washington Square East.
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In 1989, Martha Rosler organized "If You Lived Here...," a major multi-part project on homelessness and housing at the Dia Art Foundation. The cycle of three exhibitions placed film, video, photo and poster works alongside graphs, charts, billboards and hand-painted slogans-such as the infamous Ed Koch quip, "If you can't afford to live here, mo-o-ve!" More significantly, Rosler planned an extensive series of public events ranging from Town Hall meetings to poetry readings.
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