When Barry Blinderman opened Semaphore in Soho in 1980 the art world was still dominated by a few big galleries with established artists. During a seven year run, Semaphore, and its East Village satellite Semaphore East (1984), proved the viability of its group of mostly young, untested artists by holding exhibitions of the work of Martin Wong, Lady Pink, Robert Colescott, Duncan Hannah, Mark Kostabi, Jane Dickson and many others. |