New York City’s Club 57 will have its moment in the spotlight
TOM SCULLY, TISH, AND SNOOKY BELLOMO AT “LADY WRESTLING,” CLUB 57, 1980. PHOTO: COURTESY of HARVEY WANG.
HAVING FUN, KENNY SCHARF, 1979, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 16 × 20"; COURTESY of BRUNO TESTORE SCHMIDT.
MAGNUSON AT CLUB 57, c. 1980. PHOTO: ROBERT CARRITHERS. KEITH HARING AT CLUB 57, 1980. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JOSEPH SZKODZINSKI.
GERARD LITTLE, 1980. PHOTO: ROBERT CARRITHERS; COURTESY of THE ARTIST.
PROCESS ART FROM SHATTERED (MALE BONDAGE), ANNEY BONNEY, 1978-79, XEROX COLLAGE, 10 1/8 × 8 ½"; COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF FILM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
MY NEW CAR…WHAT A BEAUT, KENNY SCHARF, 1979, ACRYLIC ON CANVAS, 18 × 24"; COURTESY of THE MUGRABI FAMILY COLLECTION.
CLUB 57 SIGN, c. 1979, DESIGN BY STANLEY STRYCHACKI; COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF FILM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
KRISTINE DREUILLE AND DREW STRAUB AT “ELVIS PRESLEY MEMORIAL PARTY,” CLUB 57, 1980. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JOSEPH SZKODZINSKI.
“STOP CLUB 57” FLIER, 1981, 11 × 8 ½"; COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART.
“EROTIC ART SHOW” POSTER, 1981, SILKSCREEN, 22 ¾ × 17"; COURTESY OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK, DEPARTMENT OF FILM SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
PETER NOLAN SMITH IN ANTHONY SCIBELLI’S THE RULE OF MR. KLAUS #19, 1980. PHOTO: ANTHONY SCIBELLI, COLLECTION PETER NOLAN SMITH; COURTESY OF THE ARTIST.
LARRY ASHTON IN “ACTS OF LIVE ART,” CLUB 57, 1980. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JOSEPH SZKODZINSKI.
KEITH HARING AT CLUB 57, 1980. PHOTO: COURTESY OF JOSEPH SZKODZINSKI.
CLUB 57 APRIL CALENDAR, ANN MAGNUSON, 1980, ORIGINAL COLLAGE, 8 ½× 11"; COURTESY OF ANN MAGNUSON.
