Alan Barrows
Alan Barrows[1] (born 1954) is co-founder of Civilian Warfare Gallery in Manhattan's East Village (1982–1987). It was one of the pioneer galleries of the East Village art scene in the 1980s and helped launch the careers of notable artists including David Wojnarowicz, Greer Lankton, Richard Hambleton, Luis Frangella, Jane Bauman and others.
History[edit]
Barrows was born in Florence, Arizona in 1954 and lived in Phoenix, Arizona until 1976 when he moved to Philadelphia. There, he met his future gallery partner, Dean Savard.[2]
New York[edit]
Barrows moved to New York in 1980 and met up with his friend Savard who was living in a storefront on 11th Street between Avenues A and B in the East Village which he used as a painting studio. They held informal salons under the name Civilian Warfare Studio which featured their friends' artwork. A formal gallery soon followed in the storefront, renamed Civilian Warfare Gallery, with moves to two other locations over the gallery's life.
Post New York[edit]
Since leaving New York, he and the gallery have been mentioned in multiple publications[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] and cited by academic institutions[1][11] as one of the creators of the East Village Art scene. In 2009 he wrote the introduction for the opening of Greer Lankton's permanent installation at the Mattress Factory Museum in Pittsburgh, PA.[12]. He was extensively interviewed by Cynthia Carr, for her book "Fire in the Belly,"[4] the definitive history about the life of David Wojnarowicz.
He moved to the West Coast in 2010. In 2019 he curated an exhibition at the Los Angeles LGBT Center's Advocate and Gochis Galleries in Hollywood for its 50th anniversary year and opening of the Anita May Rosenstein Campus; the exhibition was titled "Let Me Come Home",[13][14] which featured work from first-time exhibitors and well-known artists highlighting the Center's commitment to providing emergency and permanent housing for those who need it most.
Also in 2019, Barrows' photograph[15] by artist Curt Hoppe was one of 105 featured in Hoppe's one-man show at Howl! Happening "Downtown Portraits"[16] celebrating the downtown New York scene of the 1970's and 1980's. Barrows' image can be found within David Wojnarowicz's work "Untitled, 1988"[17] which is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His image is included in Timothy Greenfield-Sanders photographic survey titled "Art World" which is in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, New York City; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the New York Public Library.
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Barrows, Alan – David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base". artistarchives.hosting.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ "Savard, Dean – David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base". artistarchives.hosting.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ The New York Times Guide to the Arts of the 20th Century. Bruckner, D. J. R. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn. 2002. p. 2535. ISBN 1-57958-290-7. OCLC 49300395. Search this book on
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carr, C. (17 July 2012). Fire in the Belly : The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz (First ed.). New York. pp. Gallery: 214-215, 231, 232, 235, 236, 237, 256–259, 258, 266–268, 280–282, 299–300, 345 Alan Barrows: 214, 236, 245--246, 246–247, 257–258, 266–268, 280–282, 284, 299–300, 344-345 Dean Savard: 213-215, 236, 246–247, 266–268, 280–281, 299, 344–345, 465–466, 476. ISBN 9781596915336. OCLC 738346475. Search this book on
- ↑ Frank, Peter, 1950– (1987). New, used & improved : art for the 80's. McKenzie, Michael. (First ed.). New York: Abbeville Press. pp. 138, 148, 153. ISBN 0-89659-650-8. OCLC 15108315.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ Jones, Baird (2002). Mark Kostabi and the East Village scene, 1983-1987. Baj, Enrico, 1924–2003. Dosson di Casier [Treviso]: Matteo Editore. pp. 23–24, 90. ISBN 88-88726-01-2. OCLC 53953867. Search this book on
- ↑ Carr, C. (1993). On edge : performance at the end of the twentieth century. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press. p. 54. ISBN 0-8195-5267-4. OCLC 28113133. Search this book on
- ↑ David Wojnarowicz : a definitive history of five or six years on the lower east side. Lotringer, Sylvère., Ambrosino, Giancarlo. New York. 3 November 2006. pp. 17, 47, 90, 92, 100, 102, 103, 104, 125. ISBN 1-58435-035-0. OCLC 76880835. Search this book on
- ↑ New York calling : from blackout to Bloomberg. Berman, Marshall, 1940–2013., Berger, Brian (Brian F.). London: Reaktion. 2007. p. 282. ISBN 978-1-86189-338-3. OCLC 124982156. Search this book on
- ↑ Fensterstock, Ann (17 September 2013). Art on the block : tracking the New York art world from Soho to the Bowery, Bushwick and beyond (First ed.). New York, NY. p. 107. ISBN 978-1-137-27849-4. OCLC 828246109. Search this book on
- ↑ The Downtown Book : the New York Art Scene, 1974–1984. Taylor, Marvin J., Grey Art Gallery & Study Center., Fales Library., Andy Warhol Museum., Austin Museum of Art. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. 2006. p. 187. ISBN 0-691-12286-5. OCLC 58832292. Search this book on
- ↑ "Artist Spotlight: Greer Lankton". Mattress Factory. 2020-09-08. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Diaz, Gil. "Los Angeles LGBT Center's Advocate & Gochis Galleries presents "Let Me Come Home" Curated by Alan Barrows". Los Angeles LGBT Center. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Author (2019-05-10). "Let Me Come Home at The Los Angeles LGBT Center's Advocate and Gochis Galleries". Art and Cake. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ Hoppe, Kurt. "Curt Hoppe, Downtown Portraits". Issuu. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-11-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Curt Hoppe Downtown Portraits". 13 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- ↑ "David Wojnarowicz | Untitled". whitney.org. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
External Links[edit]
- Interview by Claudia Eve Beauchesne for Kennedy Magazine
- Photograph by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
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