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public’s attention; that the core of the museum is not the building or administrative structure but the art it houses; and that the public deserves an unobstructed view through the vision of the artists to art they have created. We have been called figurative, representational, realist, genre, narrative and other labels. We are all these and more -- we do not accept these definitions as limitations. Rather, to assure the exposure of such art and others, we are structuring the
Artists’ Choice Museum to reflect the interests and involvement of a broad range of artists and to attract the largest number of viewers and participants.To this end, the Artists’ Choice Museum will be a not-for-profit organization governed by a Board of Artists (serving self-limited terms) and with the aid and support of a Board of Trustees and two Advisory Boards. Our objectives include acquiring permanent space in New York City, mounting major Artists’ Choice exhibitions, assembling a permanent collection, organizing major shows by younger artists and touring travelling shows which have not received wide exposure. We take this responsibility with enthusiasm because art is now being made which as a strength and ambition greater than any of the individuals involved -- a cumulative force whose objectives are beyond the reach of the art world that now exists. Joining us in our endeavor are distinguished members of the business, financial and art communities. As founding members of the ARTISTS’ CHOICE MUSEUM, we welcome the support of fellow artists, patrons and the public in this significant and unique undertaking.
104:, Prince Street, and First Street Galleries - although it was a broad survey and did not exhibit just artists from those galleries. After the first show older artists were brought into its structure. Other group shows followed in clusters of galleries on 57th street and in museums: “Benefit Exhibit” in 1979 (40 artists), “Younger Artists: Benefit Exhibit” in 1980 (61 artists), “Intimate Visions” in 1982 (14 artists), “Narrative Sculpture” in 1982 (12 Artists), “Painted Light” in 1983 (90 artists) and “Bodies and Souls” in 1983 (156 artists) to name some. By 1980 The
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Galleries. By then, the CCF ( Cultural Council Foundation of New York) had become the museum's fiscal manager and through the CCF the ACM began functioning as a tax-exempt, not-for-profit organization. In 1980 the Board of Regents of the State of New York granted Museum Status to the organization.
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We are artists who have joined together to create a Museum which will be directed by artists. This effort is based on the belief that in viewing contemporary art, artists are the true “experts.” That it is their eyes which are the most knowing and sure in selection of works which deserve the
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Bass, Ruth. “Artists’ Choose: Figurative/Realist Art, A Benefit
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de Kooning, Elaine. “A. Kaldis Remembered at Artists’ Choice Museum.”
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Berlind, Robert. “Recent Realism and the Artists’ Choice Museum.”
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