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"Anarchy to Affluence" exhibition of rebellious culture
The gritty, grimy New York City that Travis Bickle wanted to wash away in 1976's "Taxi Driver" had nothing worth saving. But downtown, inventive artists were creating rebellious fashion, furniture and graphic design that Parsons School of Design is displaying in the exhibit "Anarchy to Affluence." For instance, from 1974 to 1984, fashion mavens like Norma Kamali substituted sweatshirt material for silk, and graphic artists familiarized themselves with copying, cutting and pasting to build visual images. Christopher Mount, Parsons' director of exhibitions and public programs, equated the artistic resourcefulness of the time with the city's recent reaction to the transit strike. The show coincides with New York University's Grey Art Gallery exhibition "The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974-1984."
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