Alice Aycock on 1970s New York Art Scene and Feminist Exhibitions
In a 2008 conversation with Alexandra Schwartz for Afterall's Exhibition Histories, Alice Aycock reflects on her formative years in the New York art scene during the late 1960s and 1970s. She completed her BA at Douglass College in 1968 before enrolling in Hunter College for her Master's, where she studied with Robert Morris and others. At Rutgers, she connected with artists such as Jackie Winsor and Keith Sonnier. Lucy Lippard featured Aycock in 'Twenty-Six Contemporary Women Artists' (1971) and 'c.7,500'. Aycock showcased 'Maze' (1972) in New Kingston, Pennsylvania, and presented 'Studies for a Town' at MoMA in 1977. She exhibited at 112 Greene Street and drew inspiration from Earth artists and phenomenology. Her piece 'Project for Elevation with Abstracted Sightlines' (1972) was acquired by MOCA for the 2012 exhibition 'Ends of the Earth'.
Key facts
- Alice Aycock moved to New York in 1968 for a Master's at Hunter College.
- She studied under Robert Morris, Leo Steinberg, Tony Smith, and Gene Goossen.
- Lucy Lippard included Aycock in 'Twenty-Six Contemporary Women Artists' at the Aldrich Museum in 1971.
- Aycock showed photographs of 'Maze' (1972) in 'c.7,500'.
- 'Maze' was a large outdoor wood construction in New Kingston, Pennsylvania.
- In 1977, she created 'Studies for a Town' at MoMA, now in its permanent collection.
- Aycock began showing at 112 Greene Street with Gordon Matta-Clark and others.
- Her piece 'Project for Elevation with Abstracted Sightlines' was acquired by MOCA, Los Angeles.
Entities
Artists
- Alice Aycock
- Alexandra Schwartz
- Robert Morris
- Leo Steinberg
- Tony Smith
- Gene Goossen
- Linda Nochlin
- Rosalind Krauss
- Jackie Winsor
- Keith Sonnier
- Charles Simonds
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Allan Kaprow
- Geoff Hendricks
- Bob Watts
- Lucy Lippard
- Nancy Holt
- Mark Segal
- Annette Michelson
- Kate Linker
- Roberta Smith
- Regina Cornwell
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Suzanne Harris
- George Trakas
- Tina Girouard
- Susan Rothenberg
- Ned Smyth
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Richard Serra
- Philip Glass
- Yvonne Rainer
- Robert Smithson
- Carl Andre
- Dennis Oppenheim
- Mary Miss
- Lauren Ewing
- Laurie Anderson
- Jennifer Bartlett
- Rita Myers
- Meg Shor
- Nancy Rosen
- Adrian Piper
- Martha Wilson
- Jackie Apple
- Athena Tacha
- Bernadette Mayer
- Cecile Abish
- Cynthia Carlson
- Sue Ann Childress
- Glorianna Davenport
- Susan Hall
- Mary Heilmann
- Audrey Hemenway
- Laurace James
- Mablen Jones
- Carol Kinne
- Christine Kozlov
- Sylvia Mangold
- Brenda Miller
- Dora Nelson
- Louise Parks
- Shirley Pettibone
- Reeva Potoff
- Paula Tavins
- Merrill Wagner
- Grace Wapner
- Barbara Zucker
- Michael Heizer
- Superstudio
Institutions
- Afterall
- Hunter College
- Douglass College
- Rutgers University
- The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
- Fischbach Gallery
- Dwan Gallery
- Castelli Warehouse
- Anthology Film Archives
- 112 Greene Street
- Max's Kansas City
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Williams College
- MOCA Los Angeles
- Art Omi
- Experiments in Art and Technology (E.A.T.)
- Heresies Collective
- Documenta 6
- Oberlin College
- Art Workers' Coalition
Locations
- New York
- New York City
- New Kingston
- Pennsylvania
- Ridgefield
- Connecticut
- Hartford
- Los Angeles
- California
- New York State
- Yucatan
- Upper West Side
- Wall Street
- SoHo
- 213 Park Avenue South
Sources
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