It's A to Z:
The Art of Arleen Schloss

BACKGROUND

THE ART OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS DELVES INTO THE IMPACT OF ARLEEN SCHLOSS, A CENTRAL FIGURE IN THE VIBRANT NEW YORK CITY ART SCENE SPANNING THE 1970S TO THE 1990s.

Through exclusive never-before-seen archival footage shot by Schloss herself and mixed with commentary from people from the scene, we trace Schloss’s story and see, from her point of view, the texture of New York City's downtown art scene from the 1970s through the 1990s.

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Known as an “artist’s artist,” Schloss became influential through A’s, her loft space that was a hub for genre-defying music, gallery shows, performance art, film, and other happenings. A hotbed of experimentation, A’s featured the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Eric Bogosian, Glenn Branca, Kim Gordon, Shirin Neshat, Thurston Moore, Alan Suicide, Ai Wei Wei, and John Zorn, among others.