Artwork of the 80's
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Houston Conwill, Estella Conwill Majozo, Joseph DePace,
Stations of the Underground Railroad (1988)
©Houston Conwill, Estella Conwill Majozo, Joseph DePace

1988

CAM presents its first folk arts exhibition, The Iconography of Rebirth: Aspects of the Polish-American Easter Celebration, curated by Kate Koperski. (see website).

Other CAM exhibitions include Arnold Mesches: Selections from the 80s, in collaboration with the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, with an essay by Donald Kuspit; Norman Bluhm: Works on Paper 1947-87, in collaboration with David Anderson Gallery; and Never Stop to Think: Works by David Schirm.

“Unofficial” Soviet art begins to appear in United States exhibitions. American advertisements appear on Soviet T.V.

George Bush is elected president.

Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland; Libyan terrorists are suspected of planting the bomb.