On the Cusp of the Eighties, Martha Rosler

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Martha Rosler, On the Cusp of the Eighties
Martha Rosler, On the Cusp of the Eighties
Martha Rosler
On the Cusp of the Eighties
circa 1980
Martha Rosler, artist
born 1943
On the Cusp of the Eighties, circa 1980
Portfolio/Series title: Artifacts at the End of a Decade
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: offset lithograph; flexi discs
Credit line: Museum purchase: National Endowment for the Arts and Mr. and Mrs. Francisco Drohojowski
Accession number: 1989.0005.17
On display: Marshall Balcony
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Exhibition Label: “Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture and the 1980s,” Aug-2009, Susan Earle Using fragments of newspaper clippings and a sound recording, this work addresses the political climate in the United States around the time of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration as U.S. president in 1980. Rosler wrote about this: “On the cusp of the ‘80s people are giving up their democratic rights under pressure of economic warfare.” Rosler is a performance and conceptual artist.

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