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    Some images from the book The Obvious Illusion: Murals from the Lower East Side in the Subculture issue of Craft International New York 1987.

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    Craft International - The Culture of Subculture 1987

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    TANGO: Language of the Dark sS Painted Dreams of Loisaida Se Alternate Autos! ~ < The Fate of the American Gypsy & oe e¢ Lucy Lewis and the Goddess of Fire & CONTRIBUTORS eons are rsh Dey fae Inungand snare aimnitnor ands eee 3 Fal. MwWan He ow des to En (ero races ender the om-de-gure Rk Cathy talon pth arg She ar ned ota ary ara ee Now Hope tse Aean Sin Ns pehcton sade ln ace Hoops arse) arate abo shows i Ingots Es ig oles (dee ine fescs we ane be art ‘PeialginHaealancrtShtewbenatyor A are nde be tom can. chr Mniy srl nae oe Blinn tanger anneal apenas: wanasccatepteore eat NamethClege Foch: FllpPececsa Crain statecharts Yer sone yrs Herc xed ate ‘heme panes Pio eet cles TC Teoh on wre mciycorteperay mis Secale on Tans at Mw a cates Maret Sch. esearch ascat the a leer Mzeuro tape rw Use) Ianthan Seger sectaniesncean ren Sisanr nese ann jer {art Shea nent per on on fesovartecunernclOrponabsraseore tes {je Seth ns Las Andes er she ncn xcpagty amateur Scones rele pee Cartestrnsconplampher masters dein the arty shee ako a coreneache taco et sae Coleg cout on ML a Inhece sn expend nt aor and se Ian eos ar Sel born apes teh ‘oyeperunc tele acpny canon eo oss cover photo: Facade fe | Fen Galley” by Phi Pronk Mara Stor 1982 Craft International ‘THE QUARTERLY MAGAZINE OF THE CRAFTS OF THE MODERN WORLD ‘APRILMAY—JUNE 1987 CONTENTS (MARGARET MERWIN PATCH: 1894-1897 3 Rowe Sv EDITORIAL 5 Helen Gamba \WCCIIN BRATISLAVA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND VANCOUVER, CANADA Helen lamin Parla Schema on T Westevel TANGO: LANGUAGEOFTHEDARK 8 ‘rigs and Eehoss amcor Argentine Undertones: Pavia tha ‘Astor Pazzla ab the New Toago Helen Carin ALLSTOPS OUTFORALTERNATE AUTOS 12 ‘lard Mins Hoop Daun ‘THE FATE OF THE AMERICAN GYPSY 14 Car siseman PAINTED DREAMS OFLOISAIDA 16 Photo Esay Philp Pocock ‘Aaratomy of Devastation: Hien lama Foreig Correspondent on Pad Leave: spor by Instn Sige [ACCS NEW MUSEUM: FUNCTIONAL CRAFT TO THEBACKOFTHEBUS? 20 Helen Giamrin BOOKS 35, elon Glambran. araot Shel THECRAFT TRAVELER 25 the Godden of Fie: Cine vine acy Lewis EXHIBITIONS 27 Rochester, NY Fon Ney Richmond, VA anyon Favela Ne Tere Lote inevteld CRAFTCOLLECTOR 29 New Art Forms Exposition: Rosanne Rash CLGOES TOTHEWORKSHOP 30 Ceramics Symposlim. Bechye,CSSR: arian Wess Nani 12th Internation DOUGLAS FUCHS, 1947—1986 Inset dep repre ha we report tke death Dug Fucks, whose erg and courageous acount Ssragsle wih AIDS, 5. arstand a an a5 publi ur Aeri-May Jue, 1986 sa. Dow was lenght. is wrk character by bth creat ad fe ech. Fer ou Jaan ebri ‘rp Maeh 1986 sue he wets an insight cf cu rat Colette cling of as Fes Know cl for ans Kes ond is depth charac wil areal mised in cl commun. @_ CRAFTINTERNATIONAL ee ee Rose Slivka Editor in-Chiefand Founder Helen Giambrunt Executive Editor Jan T.Westervelt Publisher Michael Feldman Ar Director Els Olesk Assistant Art Director Gretchen K. Goodhart ‘Advertising Manager, Assistant to Publisher Rath N. Barratt Byron Bell Marea Gazzard Lee Hall Bernard Kester Elaine de Kooning, Leonard Leer Richard Minsky Stanley Moss Margaret M. Patch Curtis Roosevelt Robert L. Schiffer Edith Wyle Richard Yelle Editorial Board Frank A. Alg-Imoukhuede ‘Bandula S. DaSiha Olga PS. Artagaveytia Helena Langlois John Vedel-Rieper WCC Editorial Advisers RAFT INTERNATIONAL Is published quareny by the World Crafts Foundation, 247 centre Sue, New Vor. NY 10013, USA Vol VL NOL Copyright 1987 by CRAFT INTERNATIONAL Publica: tions, Inc. Allright resened Clisa trademark Baltoral and business oles located a 247 Centre Suet, New York NY 10013. Phone: (212) 925-7320 Publ by the Wer Cts Cou eth the Ponca estan of Uns ‘Ure Subvention 1964 — 1985, DG) ‘Ds. 31 (CLT). Ths publication is made pes, in part by fads from [bandas pate individuals, and Pub fonds fom the New York Sate Coun the rs. The es ered in Clare ot neces sary hese ofthe Wir Crs Founda CaonorWerd Cris Col Adress ll subscription, advertising and bus: ‘ess comtespondence to CRAFT IN- TERNATIONAL. 247 Ceare Steet, ‘New Yrk, NY [0013. Subscription Rates: Sl per year in the United ‘States $16 per Year outside the United tates Unsolicited matenal wpe handled with ere but ro re- sponsibility i assumed forst Man Ueerpts wil be tezurned only if ‘exompanled by 3 sel-addressed. Stamped envelope For change of ‘addres give old and new addresses With np codes Allow six weeks for the change o become efecve ‘Typesetinghy SST Editorial The Culture of Subculture Alls ote t CRAFTINTERNATIONAL ae hupy tobe back wt ouster a peri ftergantation and wean to anual yon cu teades that your subscriptions vullbe ented according Weare espelly rac t those of ou who woe {allestow much we were missed ls ecingto now we enced our support ‘os made sal he mene determined ge you the be mags i Our power "weat Clarecadlessfacraed by the inexhstblerciness and vacey of human ‘stl organization Inthe ae we lokat aarp of subcultues ups ome ‘ound share alton expences in some na outside he seeral cle, toguther nth the nye these values ate expressed tough "fo atl on the Agertine tango page) reveal the responses to thunted hopes ‘nthe pat poor mais in te row prc Buenos Aes bore the tum the ‘aur ners of ang sng ica aed dane. Cae Sten ids dearth ove ‘Suulty anda deliberate suendet to melanchly whe Paula Eberhart cues the ‘iret rot hate anges set language Astin lfereces appear inthe way these wr interpret the carcter of man-woman feltonships expressed INOURh inee na rematlabe photo ecey (page 16) Pip Pocock examines the muta of2 ‘gute ferent ero of newcomers the commun agely Peto Rican migrants to the Loner at Sel New Yo 6) picturing he works Sting of urban ‘sesoation, Pooek manages communkate the comple ofthe arts dress, ‘espa angr anc nesta "wththe Amencan Gypsies [page 4) ook st oup that has no wsh wo blons tothelargersoces whose rimory concer isthe maitenancect el separateness aol Siverman exes teil dsappesance of tacitonal spent lentottnssubeature value 3m "oul males inthe United tates are often bound together ina covenant of natal reoceupation wth he aerate In-Aemste Aus" [page 12] we eat frm thee men, Richard Mire, Hoop and Ould Dunit ho have care hat nerest Ingo aduhond-usingcars dare we sy iP —veicies ct seltenpreson Wc titerent one om the other both sie and atude. thle wot has nothing at to do with the cusomary Areran ca dar of sping oracericistas wh urs and a Rode Siva moving bate 02 rat dh CRAFTINTERNATIONALs ost a snd generous sopporte Margaret Merein ™ maybe fcundon rage) Andou ‘ont wantto miss Cyidee ines Cat Rave. xcou ofthe expences of another (Seulady the ncma indian porter Loy Lewin Hawa as visor ard eased teocher (page) Beginning on pase tan accounofthe Weld rats Counts meeting a the Bieinel in bratslava oechslvain I incliges Pamela enemas epert f et txpenences as for ands ook tan unt loaton aly oss though thes ereratons This complemertedty Marion Weis-Wunk' description a2 {eramics nts in Bechyne Ceechoslovatis pags 2) oa glimpse ofan active Stexperance nan Easter bce county "then here ne Rosanne a0 erluation ofthe New A Form: Expo hiss (oage24- ny om somenbatdotloueview ofthe cpening snow at New ors pew ‘nercan alts Museum age 20 and cahbiton reviews by 90 Wes Rew US. ‘Penni art of reat Brin and Ron Ney of Rocheste, Ni-—pat of our ells fetendexibitomcoverage tne sess Nolen Giambi ‘APRIL—MAY—JUNE 1987 5 Anatomy of Devastation by Helen Giambrunt no78thecanadin arse Togapher Pip Pocock moved te Lower Esc Sie of Mae fatten, 3 Hispanic ghetto nowe tot inhabitants in shone sppronmaton, a6 Lotsa" They sre ol the test of te sucesive ‘Faves of immigrants who had Pied these tenements lg the cry snd quae aid Bore by the (risdocumentary photographs ‘ob Rlzand Les Hine butthe Low {reset Sdehit bottom ustas Porc re Some fy Yeats of false 1 Itwotsufiient ax mona fo maine tha the infasroctre of bls, tMenspoation sitet, schools and ine ofshoighted public pl ies an priate red, ad Ie to the Sendonment of many Sulaings or thas deliberate torehing” by lon for for istance money As dog teredbulnes and ‘became somes mocha pose even by the ‘The spaced-ot [aniles who slept heseer they coulé et In caused Zell more fies, mote abandoned tldngs Inthe end the Lower East lie the South ont andes t= {Ein Laatsand Detoay deas tated: tad arved at what hs been Called "the establishment under peste condos ofthe rot e- Fowsble state of ubon desolation Tis then isthe setting for the murals photoephed B7 Philip Po eighborhood people. slthough Shouts thiol ham were supported tycommaniy programs inclcing ‘parts Workshop, CETAand ool block Seoctions progiams designed © bromate community spi end Ercage nent Such groups id ne conor the ait es although ace fas mere avore thatthe conn elf mort be satised or the works ‘seul be immediatly elaced The ponte wer stall ro prtessonal (iss ondtha mals are mote olga se expression a comm iy and place han osc wos Of rt As Pocock exoang. "the ‘tole sete than the sum fhe parts” He wasn fc. dean the Greroby te unital ume and place Iteavehimheecingot ng the ‘Sige efcluaten” fa vew nt the cure “Th eval of Llcida mony Puerto Rican migrants. arved wit igh expectation of bt ile end fr enrrment nightmarish bey that sla sts revel both thei drm of Amerea ond tht ane Sues of Liber snd aman wotin sus a5 machinery nds away andthe as choked withemote—together with nostalgia rel top ‘Mos ofthese works were done wth ordinary house pin wthowt Peps cation cect onthe wal Ropihyexestes they Geeted or wee de ‘toyed almost ct. By nox ney ll ave clseppearedFuthemere i the few yor since Pococls photographs wee ake, a Loge piece of [Essic hos been transfommed inf the Eat Vilage Arts moved in rst. trom ty ow tents, then gles polereted, and the poli ean hard rie dug dealers Now the blcted tenements ae rps being uted Shed bull or demolished ac replaced. The Hispanic population andthe Panter ofthese murals ae beng saucezd ov ite by ite Genzica- {ions in fll ving Philip Pococ's potogarhs ae all the more ounBle ‘Decne they remind so people me should ot oat. sceegn sat, Tcestn” Te Obs i: a fe eee Et Se See og et cestanemintanewccnanas Le es Mes on. Pence sere 16 CRAFTINTERNATIONAL LOISAIDA eee te A Photo Essay by Philip Pocock Planted in a wasteland of urban blight, they presented themselves as colorful oases, dreams scrawled onto walls in a futile effort to recover a culture about to be lost. Jonathan Seliger ‘The situation that Pocock came upon could be described simply: two-dimensional, painted illusions filled with color and hope within a three-dimensional landscape of despair. One couldn't have asked fora more natural, credible irony. Jonathon Seliger ‘roained sybase par sane ‘APRIL—MAY—JUNE 1987 17 FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT ON PAID LEAVE At first he looked in disbelief when he saw two doors leaning against the horizon. And wity no since it was his special habit to try to disprove. Whatever anyone tried to tell him, and this ne certainly remembered being told in early childhood. His paternal forebear was already quite old Lapses of mild delirium were by then not uncommon, But using the analogy ofthe front and the back. of the house made it easy for him to understand Sonow what ofall that, with only solid plane of plaster-grey siy for the doorjambs and lintels? Could this be the old manse? ‘But soon Gabriel, archangel of premonitory

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