Bullet Space
 Bullet Space front entrance | |
| Formation | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | 292 E 3rd St. New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 40°43′16.2″N 73°58′47.2″W / 40.721167°N 73.979778°W |
| Leader | Andrew Castrucci |
Bullet Space is a legalized squat, artists' collective and art gallery on the Lower East Side of New York City, founded in 1986 by Andrew and Paul Castrucci, among others. In 2009, it was legalized by the city.
History
[edit]The building at 292 East Third Street on the Lower East Side in Manhattan was squatted in 1986.[1] Featuring living spaces as well as a gallery and exhibition space, Bullet Space shows politically oriented street art.[1] It became an art gallery. The collective's Your House Is Mine artists' book, from 1992, collects thirty-three signed silkscreen prints made in the aftermath of the 1988 Tompkins Square Park riot, with artwork from David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, Sandra "Lady Pink" Fabara, and Lee Quiñones, writing from Miguel Algarín, Chris Burden, Martha Cooper, Allen Ginsberg, Cookie Mueller, Public Enemy, and Andres Serrano, and has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Getty, and the Walker Arts Center, among others.[2][3] In 2009, it was the first of the East Village squats to become legalized by the city.[3]
Artists
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The gallery has housed or exhibited artists including:
- Lizzi Bougatsos[4]
- John Farris[5]
- Leo Fitzpatrick[4]
- David Hammons[6]
- Richard Kern[4]
- Chris Molnar[7]
- Raymond Pettibon[8]
- Melvin Way[9]
- David Wojnarowicz[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Miller, Marc H. "Andrew Castrucci & Bullet Space: An Art Squat in the 1980s & '90s". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Design for a Difference: Andrew Castrucci Interviewed by Chris Molnar". Bomb Magazine. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b Moynihan, Colin. "A Tenement Transformed Tells the Lives of Its Squatters". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ a b c Lamothe-Ramos, Annette. "The "Mob" Exhibition Is Opening at Bullet Space". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ Ferguson, Sarah. "John Farris, Bohemian Poet Who Chronicled Life On The Lower East Side". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "Wrong Place for the Right People". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "John Farris - Last Poems". Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ Molnar, Chris. "The Wrong Side Of History". The Shadow. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ "And One More Thing". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved January 15, 2022.