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Title
80 Langton '80
Creator
May, Tony
Demystavision
Date Created and/or Issued
1980~
Contributing Institution
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Collection
California Revealed from Museum of Performance and Design
Rights Information
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Description
Tony May is an artist who created several site specific installations and was very active in California, with showings at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco Art Institute, 80 Langton Street, Capp Street Project, San Jose Museum of Art, and the deSaisset Museum. He also taught at San Jose State University for several years. Rudolph Serra is a sculptor who worked heavily in the San Francisco Bay Area. Bill Morrison was a San Francisco-based artist whose work was featured heavily at SFMOMA and San Francisco Art Institute. Frankie Mann is a composer and performance artist whose work has been featured in visual arts venues and museums. Video by Demystavision. Videographers Bill Bathurst, Ron Blanchette, Jed Handler. Features Tony May, Rudy Serra, Bill Morrison, Frankie Mann. Likely refers to "installation: 'Red Branch Retrofit,' 80 Langton Street, Fifth Anniversary Show at the Knights of the Red Branch Hall, San Francisco, 1980. (This installation was documented in '80 Langton Street - May 1980 - April 1981)" [From Tony May's website]
014.035.952: 80 Langton '80; 014.035.953: 80 Langton '80 II (Edit). Spine label: Frankie Mann 495-658 CAC Edit
Type
moving image
Format
Betamax
Form/Genre
Experimental films
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
014.035.952
014.035.953
csfpal_000295_t01; csfpal_000295_t02
Language
English
Subject
May, Tony
Serra, Rudolph
Morrison, Bill
Mann, Frankie, 1955-
Provenance
Museum of Performance + Design
California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

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