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Howl! is pleased to announce the opening of a new gallery and performance space — Howl! Happening — with the exhibition "Arturo Vega American Treasure" on Sunday, March 29, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibition runs through April 25. Howl! Happening is located at 6 E. First St. (between Second Avenue and the Bowery).
Arturo Vega (Oct. 3, 1947 – June 8, 2013) was a Mexican-born artist who lived and worked in New York City from 1971 until his death in 2013. As a young artist, he fled the violent government repression of the student movement of the late 1960s in Mexico and became widely known for graphic visual imagery that defined punk music and fashion.
Beginning in 1972 and over the course of his lifetime, he produced close to 100 silver-dollar paintings of the open palm of a hand holding a 1972 silver dollar. As Arturo Vega lived on the Bowery from the early 1970s until his death, the paintings can be viewed as depicting a beggar’s outstretched palm or as a means of co-opting the power of the symbols of the United States. In a disillusioned post-Vietnam America, the symbols of American power could be reimagined as corporate imperial logos.
Upcoming at Happening
April 30–May 3
Vangeline Theatre: Japanese Butoh dance company firmly rooted in tradition while carrying the art form into the 21st century.
May 8–June 5
Lydia Lunch: So Real It Hurts. Exhibition, installation, ephemera, performances by the artist and friends. In association with Some Serious Business, Inc.
June 11–14
Quintan Ana Wikswo: The Hope of Floating Has Carried Us This Far. Performance, exhibition, book-signing in honor of her first novel, published by Coffee House Press. In association with Some Serious Business, Inc.
June 19–August 14
Clayton Patterson: The exhibition surveys of his work, focusing on the art, life, and times of the Lower East Side.
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