Date of Award
Spring 5-5-2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Serubiri Moses
Academic Program Adviser
Lynda Klich
Abstract
This thesis examines Art Across the Park (1980 and 1982), a program of sculpture and performance conceived of by artist David Hammons sited throughout overlooked regions of New York City’s public parks. Amidst debates about the proper use of public space and the role of public art in the early 1980s, Art Across the Park asserted a more culturally expansive model of being in social space, one rooted in strategies of performance as an antidote to lasting effects of social control.
Recommended Citation
Catalano, Marie N., "Impressions of an Urban Vision: Art Across the Park (1980 and 1982)" (2023). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1063