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.
Clocktower Gallery founder Alanna Heiss discusses the early, very early days of the Clocktower Gallery and other 1970's alternative spaces with sculptor Jene Highstein (Part 2 of 2).
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.
Artist Joel Shapiro and bridges. Bridges, ladders, chairs, bridges, and an inaugural exhibition at the Clocktower Gallery, among other treasures of the early 1970's in the New York art world.
