"THE EARLY SHOW: VIDEO FROM 1969-1979," March 16 - May 6, 2006

Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, City University of New York

Curated by Constance De Jong, "The Early Show: Video from 1969-1979" presents single channel video works by New York artists made during the years of video's emergence. Over forty works by twenty-four artists will be shown on monitors, as projections and as a self-navigating on demand station. "The Early Show" features works by Vito Acconci, Jared Bark, Dara Birnbaum, Trisha Brown, Peter Campus, Ron Clark, Dan Graham, Ralph Hocking, Nancy Holt, Joan Jonas, Beryl Korot, Richard Landry, Mary Lucier, Gordon Matta-Clark, Larry Miller, Robert Morris, Tony Oursler, Martha Rosler, Carolee Schneemann, Richard Serra, Keith Sonnier, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner and Hannah Wilke.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 64-page catalogue featuring excerpts from interviews with the artists conducted by Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Constance De Jong and graduate students from the Early Video Seminar: Chris Howard, Lauren O'Neill-Butler, Rotem Ruff, Rachel Liebowitz (MA students) and Tania Cross, Colin Kim, Justin Matherly, Hugh Walton, Andrea Merkxx (MFA students). "The Early Show" presents a rarely seen portrait composed of video's revered and lesser-known pioneers.

New York Times review, April 28, 2006