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Patti Astors True Story of the Fun Gallery and Jean-Michel Basquiat Patti Astor aka Queen of the Downtown Scene has announced the release of her production Patti Astors True Story featuring excerpts from her self-published memoir Fun Gallery. Patti Astor was known as the Queen of the Downtown Scene and was an underground film actress and culture maven in 1970s and 80s NYC.

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Patti astor fun gallery. It got its name when Kenny Scharfs show Atoms Can Be Fun. The four of us belong to a very special group you see one that also includes Keith Haring Kenny Scharf and Jean-Michel Basquiat. This is the first site of the eponymous graffiti gallery.

Patti Astor talks about her new book and her role in the New York art scene of the 1980s. A long time ago in the 1960s a young white girl from Ohio committed herself to being a revolutionary begins a short feature documentary about Patti Astor and her FUN Gallery see within. FUN Gallerys goal was to be a gallery for artists not buyers.

MoMA PS1 brought the artists together in its landmark 1981 exhibition New York. D10000 FUN GALLERY Trademark Filing History. It was meant to be an outlet from the pomp of the ivory shall we say white tower art world that had.

I love this story from founder Patti Astor I was meeting all the graffiti artists while we were getting the Wild Style movie together and I asked Futura 2000 to paint a mural in my East Third Street apartment. Patti Astor aka Queen of the Downtown Screen was massively influential in the East Village art scene of the 80s and was. Film Director Anita Rosenberg with The Gang.

I want to thank everyone for the fantastic input and support for my two new pages Fun Gallery and Patti Astor it means a lot to me and very inspiring to see all the energy coming from all over the. The original Queen of the Downtown Scene Patti Astor has released her memoirs Fun Gallery the True Story chronicling her experiences and those of her friends during the 1980s legendary NYC East Village scene. It was among the first venues to showcase street and graffiti artists such as Keith Haring and Jean.

His paintings were shown in the historic Times Square show of 1980 at Patti Astors Fun Gallery and at Tony Shafrazi Gallery alongside those of his friends Keith Haring Jean-Michel Basquiat Rammellzee and Kenny Scharf. Spc9 Hermosa Beach CA 90254. Patti Astor started the Fun Gallery with Bill Stelling in 1981 they gave the first shows to many artists including Basquiat Lee Quinones SHARP Keith Haring Fab 5 Freddy Cey One Zephyr and Revolt.

It was instrumental in reintroducing the underground art form into the mainstream artworld in the early 1980s. But Astor is also known for cofounding the Fun Gallery in 1981 in Manhattans East Village. NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED IN TRAM.

PATTI ASTOR FUN Gallery 731 10th St. THE FUN GALLERY The Fun Gallery holds an important place in aerosol art history. Keith Haring Kenny Scharf and Patti Astor in the Black Light Room bottom Right.

Ad Free Shipping Available. Patti astor interview The following written material is an exclusive interview for the web site 149st and excerpted from the upcoming book FUN GalleryThe True Story. Patti Astor with the tagged Fun Gallery refrigerator Patti Titchener was one of the most popular and talented members of Walnut Hills High Schools class of 1968.

621 likes 1 talking about this. Description Date Event Coding. One of the greatest art projects of all time was 81 to 85 the FUN Gallery Astor said to me.

The gallery an experiment by Astor and her partner Bill Stelling represented the marriage of. On 2 Dondi Haze Duro Kano Bottom left. She opened up The Fun Gallery at this location with partner Bill Stelling in 1981 and the art gallery featured some of the earliest exhibitions of graffiti and street art including Taki 183 Keith Haring Fab 5 Freddy and Jean Michel Basquiat.

It opened its doors to the people and kids who actually lived in the East Village. I celebrated the event with an Art Opening Barbeque. Good Services and Codes.

When Astor and partner Bill Stalling launched FUN Gallery in 1981 they moved graffiti and hip-hop into a gallery space bringing uptown sensibilities downtown. I was hoping to run into some old friends I havent seen in a while like Fred Futura and Zephyr but none of them made it to Patti Astors book signing. Any other use is unauthorized.

Astor is standing outside a tiny basement storefront at 225 East 11th Street in New York Citys East Village where she and partner Bill Stelling opened the original FUN Gallery in 1981. Patti Astor aka Queen of the Downtown Screen was massively influential in the East Village art scene of the 80s and was involved in the early popularization of hip hop starring in the first. FUN Gallery opened originally in the tiny basement storefront at 229 East 11th Street in 1981 later moving to 254 East 10th Street until it closed in 1985.

The gallery was founded in 1981 by underground film star Patti Astor and Bill Stelling. In 1980 on a lark Patti Astor and Bill Stelling opened FUN Gallery in the then undiscovered East Village. Fun Gallerythe true story by Patti Astor.

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