Art Worker - Doing Time in the New York Artworld

Written in an accessible style, this subaltern memoir casts a raking light on a classic period in cultural history -- the '70s and '80s in downtown Manhattan. From art critic, to video artist, to radical organizer and then academic, the author played several roles in the seething scene of art galleries, nightclubs, and small publications. "Art Worker" is in three parts, with characters, anecdotes, footnotes and extensive bibliography. It's a book by a scholar written for a general audience.

Alan W. Moore wrote for Artforum and Art-Rite in the mid-1970s, then joined the artists’ group Colab early on. He organized the Real Estate Show and ABC No Rio, and participated in the Times Square Show in 1980. Writing and typing for the East Village Eye, Moore had a ringside seat at the downtown New York art show.