A collection of memories from the earliest years of the Clocktower Gallery, by the artists, gallerists, and cultural players who helped shape it, including Vito Acconci, Ann Magnuson, Richard Nonas, Jeffrey Deitch, and Mary Heilmann.
Stories, projects, exhibitions, and performances by the artists who occupy AIR's legendary space, the Clocktower Gallery, founded in 1972 by AIR Director and visionary Alanna Heiss.
Ellen Phelan discusses her early years as a painter in New York, and her encounters with Jennifer Bartlett, Elizabeth Murray, John Baldessari and, more importantly (as we would later find out), Joel Shapiro. A bit of our history at the Clocktower.