Between 1970 and 1980, 112 Greene Street was home to one of the city’s most revolutionary art spaces. Co-founded by Jeffrey Lew and Gordon Matta-Clark, the radical gallery gave artists free reign to express themselves. In this environment, Vito Acconci, Laurie Anderson, Richard Serra and Louise Bourgeois produced some of their most challenging and inspiring work. But, you wouldn’t know it now. Anonymously nestled next to the type of Scandinavian design store that sells lamps shaped like buck heads, 112 Greene Street is one of the many casualties of Soho’s yuppie revolution.
Royce Bannon and the Endless Love Crew are trying to change that. Thursday night they’ll unveil Work to Do, a collaboration between fifty one street and urban artists that fills every paintable space in the gallery with their work. Recently, Flavorwire had a chance to catch a sneak preview of the exhibit and discuss the project with curator Royce Bannon.
