New York City in the '80s

Welcome to this webliography about art and culture in downtown Manhattan during the 1980s, a date used loosely to define an era and a sensibility which began in the 1970s and resonated well into the 1990s. The hypertext headings listed below are followed by a partial list of the subjects covered on each page.

Art

Avant-garde (Aesthetics). Exhibitions. Art galleries, Commercial — New York (State) — New York. East Village (New York, N.Y.) — Popular culture. East Village (New York, N.Y.) — Social life and customs – Exhibitions. Modernism (Aesthetics) Civilization, Modern — 1950-Art, Modern — 20th century — Themes, motives. Avant-garde (Aesthetics) — History — 20th century — Themes, motives. Artists — United States — Biography. Popular culture — New York (State) — New York. East Village (New York, N.Y.). Arts and society — New York (State) — New York. History — 20th century.  Art — Aspect social.  Aesthetics, Modern — 20th century. Art, American — 20th century. Popular culture — United States — Influence. Semiotics and the arts. Graffiti. Popular culture — United States — Influence. Semiotics and the arts. Punk culture.  Intellectual life — 20th century. Art and society — United States. United States — Social life and customs. Postmodernism. Arts, Modern — 20th century. Art patronage. Government aid to the arts. Corporations — Art collections. United States. General Services Administration — Trials, litigation, etc. Law and art. Public sculpture — New York (State) — New York. . . .

Film and Theater

Art de performance — États-Unis — New York (N.Y.) — 1970-2000. Théâtre Expérimental — États-Unis — New York (N.Y.) — 1970-2000. Motion pictures — New York (State) — New York — History. Experimental films — New York (State) — New York — History and criticism.Video recordings industry — New York (State) — New York — History. Punk rock music. Avant-garde (Music). Basquiat, Jean-Michel, — 1960-1988 — Drama. Graffiti — Drama. New York (N.Y.) — Drama. Slackers — Drama. Visitors, Foreign — Drama. Families — Drama. Automobile travel — Drama. Vicious, Sid — Drama. Spungen, Nancy — Drama. Punk rock music — Drama. Punk rock musicians — Drama. Motion picture music. Rock music — 1981-1990. Man-woman relationships — New York (State) — New York — Drama. Violence in men — New York (State) — New York — Drama. New York (N.Y.) — Drama.  Taxicab drivers — New York (State) — New York — Drama.Loneliness — New York (State) — New York — Drama. Juvenile prostitutes — New York (State) — New York — Drama. Man-woman relationship — New York (State) — New York — Drama. Violence in men — New York (State) — New York — Drama. New York (N.Y.) — Drama. . . .

Lifestyle

AIDS (Disease) — Political aspects. AIDS (Disease) — Social aspects.AIDS (Disease) — Posters. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome — United States.Art — United States. Propaganda — United States. Public Policy — United States. Public spaces. Public art. Space (Architecture) City planning. Espaces publics. Art public. Espace (Architecture) Urbanisme. Clothing trade — New York (State) — New York. Fashion designers — New York (State) — New York. Fashion. New York (N.Y.) — Conditions sociales — Cartes. American fiction — 20th century. American literature — New York (State) — New York.Authors, American — Homes and haunts — New York (State) — New York. American literature — 20th century. Arts, American — New York (State) — New York — 20th century. SoHo (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life. Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) — Intellectual life. American fiction — New York (State) — New York. Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) — Fiction. City and town life — Fiction. New York (N.Y.) — Social conditions — Maps. New York (N.Y.) — Economic conditions — Maps. New York (N.Y.) — Population — Maps. . .

Music

Rock music — 1971-1980. Modern dance. Rock music — History and criticism. Rock music — 1971-1980 — History and criticism. Jazz. Rap (Music). Rock music — 1981-1990 — History and criticism. Punk rock music — History and criticism. Punk. Punk rock musicians — New York (State) — New York — Biography. Blondie (Musical group). Popular music — 1981-1990. Popular music — 2001-2010. Remixes. Pop, Iggy, — 1947- Rock music — 1971-1980 — History and criticism. . . .

Nightlife

Rock groups — New York (State) — New York — Portraits. Rock music — New York (State) — New York — History and criticism. Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) — New York (State) — New York — Pictorial works. CBGB OMFUG (Nightclub) — Pictorial works. Sound recording executives and producers — United States — Biography. Gay men — New York (State) — New York — Biography. Paradise Garage (Discotheque). Discotheques — New York (State) — New York. Popular music — History and criticism. Avant-garde (Aesthetics). Avant-garde. Avant-garde (Art).