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Jef Bretschneider is a New York based contemporary artist. He is known for his participation in the 1980's EAST VILLAGE, NYC art scene.

 

Recently, Bretschneider was included in the 2017-2018 Club 57 Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art  (MoMA) in New York City

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JEF BRETSCHNEIDER

  NOVEMBER 2019  

 Film, Performance and Art 

in the East Village, 1978–1983

 CLUB 57 

MoMA CLUB 57 SHOW: Jef Bretschneider's "Shifting Borders"

   MoMA   

"SHIFTING BORDERS" is a kinetic light sculpture I built in 1978. It was exhibited  at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York as part of their 2017-2018 CLUB 57 RETROSPECTIVE .

 

 MoMA CURATORS 

Ron Magliozzi

Sophie Cavoulacos

 EXHIBITION DESIGN 

Matthew Cox

 EXHIBITION:

    OCTOBER 31st 2017  up thru April 1st, 2018     

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 POST WAR BOOM - COLD WAR EXUBERANCE

 "SHIFTING BORDERS" 

Bright, animated, a geographic cartoon about American prosperity and excess.

  "SHIFTING BORDERS"  

(1978)

The United States of America

Kinetic Light Sculpture

4 ft. x 5 ft.

MIXED MEDIA

Plaster, Christmas lights, Chicken wire, Drywall

 

Exhibited 2017-18 MoMA N.Y.C.

Exhibited 1988 at Port Jervis Art Center

Exhibited 1980 at CLUB 57, New York.

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