Poster, Video Laughing: William Wegman, Nam June Paik, The Kipper Kids, Tom Johnson, February 13-24, 1979. The Kitchen's Archive.

The Kitchen

The Kitchen x Printed Matter Poster Sale

On View: April 22-May 9, 2021

512 West 19th Street

Time:

Sep 3-Nov 30, 11am-2pm

We are pleased to partner with fellow non-profit Printed Matter for a special sale of select vintage posters produced by The Kitchen between 1976 and 1991. Presented on occasion of our 50th anniversary, this offering of ephemeral works traces The Kitchen’s rich schedule of programs and performances in this era, encompassing experimental music, video, film, performance art, dance and theater. The posters available in the sale represent events by artists such as Kathy Acker, Ambitious Lovers, Laurie Anderson, Glenn Branca, John Cage, Fab Five Freddy, and Diamanda Galas, and historic group endeavors such as the 1979 festival New Music, New York, The Kitchen’s tenth anniversary benefit event Aluminum Nights in 1981, and more. The poster sale is augmented by an in-store display at Printed Matter in Chelsea curated by The Kitchen’s 2020–2021 Curatorial Fellow Kathy Cho, featuring a selection of posters and ephemera drawn from The Kitchen’s archive.

This joint initiative by Printed Matter and The Kitchen highlights our organizations’ shared commitment to artist-designed print materials. From its first decade, The Kitchen recognized the forms of posters, flyers, and programming calendars as both a means of promotion and sites of artistic expression. The pieces available are stylistically diverse, representing the many ways The Kitchen collaborated with artists on the design and imagery of printed materials. Many of these posters were pasted up around town as a primary form of event advertisement.

Posters offered at deeply discounted prices for the duration of the sale with proceeds benefiting both non-profit organizations.

Watch and Wait, February 24, 1982. Richard Baim. Poster, 16 x 20 in.
Watch and Wait, February 24, 1982. Richard Baim. Poster, 16 x 20 in.
Staten Island Ferry, June 1, 1982. Glenn Branca, Eric Bogosian, Fab Five Freddy & Friends, Lisa Fox, David Van Tieghem, Oliver Lake & Jump Up, Julia Hayward & T-Venus. Poster, 10 x 16.5 in.
Staten Island Ferry, June 1, 1982. Glenn Branca, Eric Bogosian, Fab Five Freddy & Friends, Lisa Fox, David Van Tieghem, Oliver Lake & Jump Up, Julia Hayward & T-Venus. Poster, 10 x 16.5 in.
Dance Day, January 20, 1980. Simone Forti, Peter Van Riper, Grethe Holby, Charles Moulton, Kenneth King, Sheryl Sutton. Poster, 11 x 19.5 in.
Dance Day, January 20, 1980. Simone Forti, Peter Van Riper, Grethe Holby, Charles Moulton, Kenneth King, Sheryl Sutton. Poster, 11 x 19.5 in.
Pictures and Promises: A Display of Advertisings, Slogans and Interventions, January 8 - February 5, 1981. Barbara Kruger. Poster, 20 x 17 in.
Pictures and Promises: A Display of Advertisings, Slogans and Interventions, January 8 - February 5, 1981. Barbara Kruger. Poster, 20 x 17 in.

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