“At the top of the progressively rickety and purposefully littered staircase to the fourth floor past Samo's graffitti [sic] on the walls was a sink brimming with rock salt by Jamie Summers which lent an effective feeling of crystalization” - Susana Sedgwick (p. 21)east village eye, summer 1980
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For the Summer 1980 issue of East Village Eye, art critic and curator Susana Sedgwick wrote a review of The Times Square Show (TSS) which briefly references the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat under his SAMO© alias. Organized by Colab artists Tom Otterness and John Ahearn, TSS was Basquiat’s first major public exhibition. Despite the collaboration between Al Díaz and Basquiat ending prior to the opening, Jean-Michel would continue to be identified as SAMO© until as late as May 1981 for his first solo gallery exhibition with Emilio Mazzoli.
This issue of the East Village Eye also features an article about Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party as well as an advertisement illustrated by Mark Tansey dated ‘79’; perhaps the earliest appearance of Tansey’s work in a publication.
Relevant Article: Susana Sedgwick, “Times Square Show” p. 21
East Village Eye
Vol. II, No. 13, Summer 1980
Ed. Leonard Abrams
keywords: basquiat; samo; times square show; colab; susana sedgwick; glenn o’brien; mark tansey
