"The goal for Downtown/Uptown is quite simple: to showcase the decade's best art for new generations. I was thinking about what art was pivotal to the moment, said Brett Gorvy, show co-curator. And also what over time has become pivotal. We've been lucky to be able to access the greatest paintings of so many of these artists. According to Gorvy, the 80s were typified by the central role of celebrity in the art world,"
"Ultimately there were drugs and excess. The show taps legendary art dealer Mary Boone, herself a major figure in the 80s art world, to co-curate, offering an unparalleled expertise into the minds of the artists one piece by Basquiat demonstrates Boone's intimate role, a punching bag onto which he has written her name in block letters below his iconic crown."
Downtown/Uptown: New York in the Eighties brings together major works by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francesco Clemente, Jeff Koons, Keith Haring, Cindy Sherman, and others to argue for the decade's ongoing relevance. The exhibition emphasizes the centrality of celebrity, rapid market-driven success, and the influence of hyper-capitalist attitudes marked by slogans like Gordon Gekko's 'greed is good.' The era was also shaped by the AIDS epidemic and a culture of drugs and excess that accompanied sudden wealth. Mary Boone co-curates, leveraging close relationships with artists to include intimate and emblematic pieces that capture both extravagance and pivotal artistic moments.
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