Back in the early ‘70s I did a series of conceptual art projects using participants, says Marc H. Miller of Gallery 98. I met these women when I worked as a tour guide for museums. They were all signed up to do art tours as part of a program called Five Towns Music and Art Foundation.
When I told them about my art project, they were interested and came to my loft for the photographs. These were exhibited a few months later at OK Harris Gallery in SoHo.
My brand of conceptual art was interactive and involved getting people to write and draw. Each work included 12 or more people.” “What Is Your Greatest Fear” dates from 1973.
“My art was interactive and used photography and text. It took less than six months from my first attempts at making conceptual art, to my first one-person show in fall 1973 at OK Harris Gallery in Soho. In the mid-70s the Fine Arts Building in Tribeca was an important arts center and I included in trendy group shows organized by up and coming young curators like “Lives” by Jeffrey Deitch, I continued to exhibit in galleries for almost a decade.”
– Marc H. Miller
Discover more of Marc’s work at 98 Bowery.
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