Arleen Schloss (born December 12, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American performance artist, video/film artist, sound poet, director and curator[1] of the lower Manhattan art, video, performance art and music scenes. Schloss began her influence through A's – an interdisciplinary loft space in New York City that became a hub for music, exhibitions, performance art, films and videos. Artists and performers such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eric Bogosian, Phoebe Legere, Sonic Youth, Liquid Liquid, Carolee Schnemann, Alan Vega, Martin Wong, and Aei Wei Wei performed, exhibited and got their start at A's. [1][2] In the 1990s A's became A's Wave where website works and other forms of digital media were shown.
Concurrently with A's, Schloss established herself as a curator, co-organizing shows at Danceteria and The Storefront of Art and Architecture, now an architectural venue in New York.[3]
Schloss operated as a performance artist in the 1970s.[4] The New York Times stated that her performances were "superior to much performance art."[5] and the SoHo Weekly News noted that her voice was "musical the way Patti Smith or Yoko Ono are musical."[6]
- ^ a b Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix, p. 514 Publisher: Walther Konig; Har/Com edition (March 1, 2009)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "How do You Like the Bowery?: Short Films and Videos by Douglas Leichter, Alan Raymond, and Arleen Schloss About the Bowery and the Art That Has Been Made There :: NewMuseum.org". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-08-22.
- ^ Kay Larsen Village Voice p. 119 November 6, 1978
- ^ New York Times, "Music (?): Kitchen Sink," Robert Palmer, October 13, 1977
- ^ SoHo Weekly News, "Schloss/Smead", January 30, 1975