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Red is for Painting: the SoHo Center Library

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Sharon Chickanzeff
Sharon Chickanzeff*
Affiliation:
Parsons School of Design, New York
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The SoHo Center for the Visual Arts was founded by Larry Aldrich in 1973 in an area of New York inhabited by many artists whom the Center was intended to benefit; it included a Library specifically for artists, developed by Bernard Karpel. The Library’s collections emphasised twentieth-century art and were organised by means of colour-coding in place of orthodox classifying. The Library was staffed by artists, and was well used until its closure in 1985; it has subsequently been reopened within the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

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Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , 1986 , pp. 5 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1986

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References

1. For a thorough discussion of the complex history of the SoHo district, see: Simpson, Charles. SoHo: The Artist in the City. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1981.Google Scholar
2. Gardner, Paul. ‘SoHo: Brave New Bohemia’. Art News, April 1974, p. 56.Google Scholar
3. Larry, Aldrich. ‘New talent USA’. Art in America, July 1966, p.22.Google Scholar
4. Ibid. p.22.Google Scholar
5. Ibid. p.23.Google Scholar
6. In 1986 Karpel, Bernard (1911–1986) was chosen as the first recipient of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding professional contributions.Google Scholar
7. Joan, Thatcher. ‘Alumni profile: Bernard Karpel’. Pratt Alumnus, Spring 1969, p.5.Google Scholar
8. The New Museum of Contemporary Art: Report. 1984.Google Scholar