Group Show: September 1 – October 18, 1973

September 1–October 18, 1973 112 Greene Street/Workshop
Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Tropico de Cancer" in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973."  Also shown in "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"

Alice Aycock, Tropico de Cancer, 9 photographs, 8″ × 10″ each, installation view, 1973

Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock's "Maze" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Maze project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock's "Tunnel / Well Project" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Tunnel / Well Project project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock's "Project for Curvature of the Earth over a 1600 mile segment (minus atmospheric refraction)" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Project for Curvature of the Earth over a 1600 mile segment (minus atmospheric refraction) project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

 

 

Alice Aycock's "Asphalt Flat / Cloud Formation Project" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Asphalt Flat / Cloud Formation Project project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock's "Project for Elevation with Obstructed Site Lines" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Project for Elevation with Obstructed Site Lines project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Six Semi-Architectural Projects" project cards in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Six Semi-Architectural Projects project cards, installation view, 1973

Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Frequency Threshold" in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Frequency Threshold, installation view, tweeter, amplifier, audio generator, 1973

Installation view of Ned Smyth's work in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Ned Smyth, installation view, 1973

Bernard Kirschenbaum, Sprung Steel Sculpture, installation view, 1973. Photo: Bernard Kirschenbaum.

Participating Artists

Alice Aycock
Kathryn Bigelow
Ralston Farina
Betsy Ferguson
Abigail Gerd
Tina Girouard
Suzanne Harris
Jene Highstein
Gerard Herant Hovagimyan
Bernard Kirschenbaum
Jeffrey Lew
Al Loving
Gordon Matta-Clark
Carolyn Mazzello
G. McNeur
Larry Miller
Richard Mock
Anthony Mascatello
Richard Nonas
Christopher Rauschenberg
Ned Smyth
Marjorie Strider
Susan Weil

Exhibition Description

ALICE AYCOCK’s Frequency Threshold used an audio generator and amplified tweeter to transmit a sine wave of between 14,000 to 20,000 cycles per second thus attaining the upper frequency limit of human hearing.

The artist also exhibited Six Semi-Architectural Projects which consisted of photographs of her executed work and project cards for proposed works, and Tropico de Cancer which consisted of nine photographs, each measuring 8×10″ showing the artist straddling the boundary line at latitude 23½° North, Tampulipas, Mexico.

RALSTON FARINA’s “Time Art” was presented in two parts. For the first part, Farina created a continuously changing drawing with food coloring and glasswax on one of 112’s street windows. For the second part of “Time Art”, the artist placed found objects in a large wooden frame in various arrangements which were changed throughout the exhibition.

TINA GIROUARD exhibited Lie-No, which consisted of four pieces of flower-patterned linoleum placed on the floor.

SUZANNE HARRIS exhibited One / Four. No further information available.

JENE HIGHSTEIN exhibited an untitled steel piece consisting of two units. The work measured 7×26×42′.

GERARD HERANT HOVAGIMYAN exhibited Given: 1. An Elevated, 2. A Golden Box. No further information available.

BERNARD KIRSCHENBAUM exhibited a sculpture consisting of two sprung steel oval loops, which bisected each other at right angles and stood perpendicularly to the floor. The sensitive steel was set in motion when the viewer walked through the piece.

AL LOVING exhibited a painting made with corrugated cardboard.

ANTHONY MASCATELLO described his piece as follows: “The piece here is a sequence of seven implied cones, whose seven needles will need to be periodically reset. Viewers are encouraged to do this resetting themselves, a rather delicate procedure wherein the viewer is taught by the needle to control himself—a sort of small theater.”

GORDON MATTA-CLARK attached a long row of photographs of graffiti-decorated subway trains to the outside wall of a building visible through the rear windows of the gallery. The viewers had to traverse the rear of the space, looking out the windows as if they were watching a subway train passing through a station. [Description taken from Rosemary Mayer, Arts Magazine, November 1973, pg. 63.]

LARRY MILLER exhibited Orange in Space, Ascending and Descending, which consisted of six pairs of photos of an orange which had been hit by a bullet. Rock, Ascending and Descending, Symmetry and Asymmetry consisted of two pairs of photographs. The artist was working with spatial relationships and the interaction between words (the titles) and images.

RICHARD MOCK’s Joachim and Boaz was created with brightly colored fabric and two gold fabric covered poles, which leaned against the wall, framing an irregular piece of patch-work fabric. Another multi-colored covered pole stood vertically in front of the large piece of fabric.

RICHARD NONAS showed North Slope Shorty, a rectangular structure of old wood beams with two parallel beams resting on the floor ahd the other two parallel beams resting on those below.

CHRISTOPHER RAUSCHENBERG Showed nine photographs. No further information available.

NED SMYTH showed cement architectural details and perspectives. No further information available.

SUSAN WEIL exhibited a painting, Same, consisting of four 24″ square sections of acrylic on wood, metal, paper, and linen respectively.

[No information is available for Kathryn Bigelow, Betsy Ferguson, Abigail Gerd, Jeffrey Lew, Carolyn Mazzello, G. McNeur and Marjorie Strider.]
Excerpted from Brentano, R., & Savitt, M. (1981). 112 Workshop, 112 Greene Street: History, artists & artworks. New York: New York University Press.
Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Tropico de Cancer" in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973."  Also shown in "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"
Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"
Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"
Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"
Photograph of Alice Aycock's "Maze" from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited at "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973" and "Alice Aycock: Sculpture and Photographs, April 20 - May 2, 1974"
Alice Aycock's "Maze" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Alice Aycock's "Tunnel / Well Project" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Alice Aycock's "Project for Curvature of the Earth over a 1600 mile segment (minus atmospheric refraction)" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Alice Aycock's "Asphalt Flat / Cloud Formation Project" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Alice Aycock's "Project for Elevation with Obstructed Site Lines" project card, from the series "Six Semi-Architectural Projects," exhibited in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Six Semi-Architectural Projects" project cards in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Installation view of Alice Aycock's "Frequency Threshold" in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"
Installation view of Ned Smyth's work in "Group Show: September 1 - October 18, 1973"

Alice Aycock, Tropico de Cancer, 9 photographs, 8″ × 10″ each, installation view, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Maze project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Project for Curvature of the Earth over a 1600 mile segment (minus atmospheric refraction) project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Asphalt Flat / Cloud Formation Project project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Project for Elevation with Obstructed Site Lines project card, from the series Six Semi-Architectural Projects, 1973

Alice Aycock, Six Semi-Architectural Projects project cards, installation view, 1973

Alice Aycock, Frequency Threshold, installation view, tweeter, amplifier, audio generator, 1973

Ned Smyth, installation view, 1973

Bernard Kirschenbaum, Sprung Steel Sculpture, installation view, 1973. Photo: Bernard Kirschenbaum.