MERYL MEISLER – NEW YORK PARADISE LOST
2021-06-07Meryl Meisler’s series “New York PARADISE LOST Bushwick Era Disco” is an intimate journey through the pandemonium and ecstasy of New York City from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Meisler documents a tumultuous time in the city’s history marred by epidemics of crime, addiction, and AIDS, intensified by a paralyzing blackout and political and fiscal crises. Frequenting Manhattan’s legendary discos that arose from the disorder, she captured hedonistic havens patronized by celebrities and revelers of the night. In contrast, daylight revealed the beauty of those who loved and thrived in burnt-out Bushwick, where Meisler worked as a public school art teacher and continuously documented her surroundings.
Opposite – Family Picnic, Palmetto Street, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY, September 1982
Exhibition runs through to July 9th, 2021
ClampArt
247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor
New York
NY 10001