From the Exhibition: 40 Top Art Events of the Downtown Era: A Timeline, 1974–1992

P.S. 1, Amanda Feilding, Trepanation for the National Health, Exhibition Booklet, 1978

Offset print, 6 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ (folded)

An extreme example of ’70s artists’ fearless innovations, and the ambitions of alternative spaces like P.S. 1. The following year, Feilding (an aristocrat descended from the Habsburgs) ran for British Parliament on a platform of “Trepanation for the National Health.”

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From the Exhibition: 40 Top Art Events of the Downtown Era: A Timeline, 1974–1992