JEF BRETSCHNEIDER  

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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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  2021 BREAKOUT  

(RED) TRANS ABSTRACTION

36in x 60in

92cm x 153cm

Acrylic on mesh

White frame

RESERVED

COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST

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

   MoMA   

 Film, Performance and Art 

in the East Village, 1978–1983

 CLUB 57 

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

 "SHIFTING BORDERS" 

INSTALLATION DAY AT MoMA

As with any installation (hanging, pre-exhibition)  the din of hammers, drilling and sawing goes with the territory

WORK FOR SALE

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

 POST WAR BOOM - COLD WAR EXUBERANCE

  "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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