Artist Stefan Eins’s alternative art space in the Bronx, Fashion Moda, laid the foundation for the ’80s downtown art scene. After starting out in the early ’70s in Soho in Manhattan, Eins relocated to the Bronx by the end of the decade to create a more democratized art experience by and for the people. Playing host to the first graffiti art show, Fashion Moda worked at the intersection of high and low with a global, multicultural perspective. By the early ’80s, as downtown was blossoming, Eins quietly shuttered Moda’s doors. Upon the thirtieth anniversary of its closing, amid an ever-disappearing New York, Fashion Moda still serves as a pivotal touchstone in the development of the city’s cultural landscape.
Francesco Spampinato (2013). Fashion Moda: A South Bronx Story. WAX POETICS, 55, 88-94.
Fashion Moda: A South Bronx Story
Francesco Spampinato
2013
Abstract
Artist Stefan Eins’s alternative art space in the Bronx, Fashion Moda, laid the foundation for the ’80s downtown art scene. After starting out in the early ’70s in Soho in Manhattan, Eins relocated to the Bronx by the end of the decade to create a more democratized art experience by and for the people. Playing host to the first graffiti art show, Fashion Moda worked at the intersection of high and low with a global, multicultural perspective. By the early ’80s, as downtown was blossoming, Eins quietly shuttered Moda’s doors. Upon the thirtieth anniversary of its closing, amid an ever-disappearing New York, Fashion Moda still serves as a pivotal touchstone in the development of the city’s cultural landscape.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
