Bill Beirne
Biting the Hand that Feeds You

Bill Beirne documented the process and problems in obtaining a show at 112 by printing a text on the two large street level windows of the workshop. One text dealt with the gallery’s public image and was legible from the outside, and the second text dealt with the actual gallery practice as experienced by the artist and was legible from the gallery’s interior.

Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.