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Photo: Don Stahl
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Shortly before his death in 1977, German painter Blinky Palermo created his most significant cycle of paintings, dedicating it "to the people of nyc." The work consists of 15 parts, composed from 40 painted aluminum panels arranged in combinations of cadmium red, cadmium yellow, and black. To the People of New York City (1976) is distinguished by its prescribed hanging and pacing and its rhythmically changing formats, which also bring to mind the jazz performances that Palermo sought out during his time in New York. This handsome edition discusses To the People of New York City—today in the collection of Dia Art Foundation—within this context and alongside works by his former teacher Joseph Beuys and his long-time friends and colleagues Imi Knoebel and Gerhard Richter, among others.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Dia Art Foundation
- ISBN
- 9783937572529
- Publication date
- 2009
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 208 pages
- Dimension
- 7.5 x 10 in.
- Publication credits
- Edited by Lynne Cooke and Karen Kelly, with Barbara Schröder. Essays by Lynne Cooke, Laszlo Glozer, Bernhart Schwenk, Christine Mehring, Anne Rorimer, David Reed, Pia Gottschaller, Dieter Schwarz, and Jaleh Mansoor
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Blinky Palermo
Blinky Palermo was born in Leipzig, Germany, in 1943. He died in the Maldives in 1977.
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Blinky Palermo: To the People of New York City (1976)
October 9, 1987–June 19, 1988, Dia Chelsea
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Blinky Palermo: Retrospective 1964–1977
at Dia:Beacon and CCS Bard June 25–October 31, 2011, Dia Beacon
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Blinky Palermo: To the People of New York City
September 15, 2018–March 9, 2019, Dia Chelsea
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March 24, 2012–November 25, 2019, Dia Beacon
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