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AVANT - Street Art New York City, 1980's
origins of the street-as-gallery movement / historical image archive

History 80's Street Art NYC New York 1983 SoHo 80's Street Art NYC: AVANT "Drive-In Show", 1983, (SoHo) - DF, CHC, PE.

History 1980's Street Art archive NYC New YorkStreet Artists L to R: DF, JT, MT, PE, WP; DF, CC, JT, DF, CC, MT, CC, DF.

1980's Street Art archive SoHo New York 80's Streetart NYC: AVANT "Drive-In Show",1983, Wooster & Grand, NYC. This "outstallation" was continued with avants' first SoHo exhibition at Gabrielle Bryers Gallery up the block on Greene street.

streetart nyc 1980s"Drive-In Show" list of paintings.

origins street artAVANT "Drive-In Show" DF.

80's Street Art origins NYC New York AVANT, 80's Streetart NYC: "Excact-Change" Show,1980s. 25 Bus-Stop shelter displays commandeered (padlock clipped & relocked) for exhibition use. DF.

80's Street-Art NYC New York 1980s AVANT Streetart, "Excact-Change Show", 1983, Houston Street. JT.

AVANT Streetart, "Excact-Change Show",1983. Lincon Center: JT.

streetart 1980s"Excact-Change Show",1983. Lincon Center: JT.

Streetart NYC New York 1980's AVANT, 80's street art painting: DF.

Street Art soho NYC 1980s AVANT, street art 80s: CHC.

Early Street Art origins New York early 1980's AVANT, early 80s streetart: CHC.

Street Art New York early 1980s AVANT, street art 80s: JT.

Birth of first Street Art NYC New York early 1980's avant with Hambleton Birth of Street-art NYC 1980: Avant: DF & pre shadow-man Richard Hambleton, Shanon's band Konk, Mudmen.

80s Street Art origins NYC New York early 1980's avant and hambleton Origins of Streetart NYC early 80s: avant poster & Richard Hambelton shadow figure.

AVANT, streetart painting: BK

Steet Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: MT.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art paintings: CHC.

Early Street Art history NYC New York 1980s AVANT, nyc streetart 80s history: BK.

Early Streetart NYC New York 1980s AVANT, street art paintings: JT & CHC.

Street-Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting, JT.

avant origins of Street Art NYC New York 1980's AVANT, street art 1980s: DF.

Street Art NYC New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: JT.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting, DF.

Streetart nyc New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: MT.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: CHC.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art 80s: BK.

AVANT, street art painting: BK.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: CHC.

Street Art NYC New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: JT.

AVANT, street art painting: JT.

historical Streetart nyc New York 1980s AVANT, street art painting: JT.

AVANT, street art painting: DF.

AVANT, street art painting: DF.

AVANT, street art painting: PE.

AVANT, street art painting: PE.

AVANT, street art painting: DF.

Street Art New York 1980s AVANT, Triad street art painting on sheet metal: CHC.

AVANT, street art painting: CHC. photo courtesy: michael natale

AVANT, street art painting: CHC.

AVANT, 80s street art painting: MT.

AVANT, street art: CHC, MT, JT.

AVANT, street art painting.

streetart 80sAVANT, street art 1980. CHC

AVANT, street art nyc 80s. DF

AVANT, street art painting: MT.

AVANT, street art painting: CHC.

AVANT, street art paintings: JT over DF.

street art 80s sohoAVANT, street art painting: CHC.

streetart mta avantAVANT Streetart, "Excact-Change Show",1983: CHC.

street as gallery traditionAVANT Streetart, "Excact-Change Show",1983: JT.

AVANT, street art painting: JT.

getting up to get up.

AVANT, putting up drive-in show, 1983.

AVANT, drive-in show survivors - 26 years later in 2009. photo courtesy allan molho

Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1996, by David Robinson.Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1990, Copyright David Robinson. Page 55. avant: CHC

Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1996, by David Robinson.Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1990, Copyright David Robinson. Page 59. avant: CHC

Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1990, Copyright David Robinson. Page 60. avant: CHC

Soho Walls - Beyond Graffiti, 1990, Copyright David Robinson. Page 61.

First avant paintings ever posted 1980: CHC.

First avant paintings ever posted '80: CHC.

First avant paintings ever posted '80: CHC.


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