JEF BRETSCHNEIDER  

  SPRING 2022   

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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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 In Studio: Currently working

 TRANS/HYBRID ABSTRACTION
4' X 5'
Acrylic on mesh
White frame
 

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" 

 POST WAR BOOM - COLD WAR EXUBERANCE

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

BRETSCHNEIDER'S "SHIFTING BORDERS" at MOMA 2017-2018

INSTALLATION DAY AT MoMA

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

  "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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