Tag Archives: 1988

Happy Day Before Earth Day Day

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Christopher George

Marilyn Bridges, Pathway Into Infinity, Nazca, Peru, 1979 (448.1983) Marilyn Bridges, Pathway to Infinity, high overview, Nazca, Peru, 1988 (2009.95.6) Marilyn Bridges, Nazca, Peru, “Concorde”, 1979 (450.1983) Marilyn Bridges, Feathers, Nazca, Peru, (447.1983) Marilyn Bridges, Birdman, Nazca, Peru, 1979 (446.1983) … Continue reading →

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“There’s Spring in the Air…”

Posted on March 27, 2019 by Christopher George

Charles Hoff, [Brooklyn Dodgers Training Camp, Bear Mountain, New York], 1945 (2013.6.15) Dodgers in training at Bear Mountain. Under direction of the coach “Chuck” Dressen the Brooklyn Dodgers undergo their first outdoor calisthenic drill at Bear Mountain. Text typed on … Continue reading →

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VOTE

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Christopher George

Charles Moore, [Voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama], 1965 (176.1991) Matt Herron, “Vote” Marcher, Selma to Montgomery, March 1965 (2008.56.1) Silence = Death Project, Silence = Death: Vote, 1988 (1251.2000) Today is election day. Vote like your life … Continue reading →

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The sun

Posted on June 22, 2018 by Christopher George

Cynthia Farnell, Steeple, Horry County, South Carolina, 2010 (2010.76.2) Weegee, [Empire State Building, New York], ca. 1955 (3378.1993) Weegee, Statue of Liberty, ca. 1961 (5916.1993) Charles H. Traub, Queensbridge Park, New York, 1988 (446.1991) Wu Yinxian, Afterglow, Guangxi, 1965 (167.1988) … Continue reading →

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Graciela Iturbide: the women of Juchitán

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Christopher George

Graciela Iturbide, Our Lady of the Iguanas, Juchitán, México, 1979 (130.1995) Graciela Iturbide, Serafina, Juchitán, Mexico, 1985 (129.1995) Graciela Iturbide, Doña Guadalupe, Juchitán, México, 1988 (131.1995) Graciela Iturbide, Celebration, Juchitán, México, 1986 (123.1995) Graciela Iturbide at ICP, February 19, 1997.

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Wendy Ewald

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Christopher George

[Wendy Ewald], [Untitled], 1988 (3797.1992) Alirio Casas, My mother drinking coffee in the kitchen after she made dinner, 1982-83 (3806.1992) Alirio Casas, A dream that Rubiela lost her body, 1982-83 (3809.1992) Fanny Valero, Uriel saddling the burro, 1982-83 (3804.1992) Dalida … Continue reading →

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Barbara Bloom

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Christopher George

Barbara Bloom, Shanghai Pigment Street, 2001 (2010.131.1) BB loved color charts because of the odd way they brought together the wholly abstract (a rectangle of color) and the delimiting powers of language (a name). Toddlers progress ecstatically from the assertively … Continue reading →

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World Aids Day, 2017

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Christopher George

Donald Moffett, He Kills Me, published by ACT UP New York (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), 1987 (1253.2000) As the AIDS epidemic spread, activists criticized the Reagan administration for ineffectively responding to the disease. In particular, they were concerned that … Continue reading →

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Gran Fury

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Christopher George

Gran Fury, Read My Lips (girls), 1988 (1137.2000) This postcard, produced for a nine-day nationwide protest in May 1988, was one of Gran Fury’s earliest designs. The nationally-based AIDS Coalition to Network, Organize, and Win called for the demonstrations, but … Continue reading →

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Vote

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Christopher George

Vu, “They will vote…” May 8, 1929, (2009.52.43) Unidentified Photographer, [Senator John F. Kennedy giving a campaign speech, Alexandria, Virginia], August 24, 1960 (2013.96.24) ALEXANDRIA, VA., AUG. 24 — CAMPAIGNS IN VIRGINIA — Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts, Democratic … Continue reading →

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