--- title: "085 - 1984 A Preview, Group Show 1/26-3/12 1983" date: 2017-08-11T15:39:00-04:00 author: Graham Murray canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/exhibition/085-1984-a-preview-group-show-1-26-3-12-1983" section: Exhibition --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) 1984: A Preview Group Show Jan 25 – Mar 11, 1983 ![Tooker Landscape With Figures 1965 66 Hero Image](/assets/hero_images/_1600x800_crop_top-center_75_none/Tooker-Landscape-with-Figures-1965-66-Hero-Image.jpg) George Tooker Landscape with Figures, 1965-66 detail Artists John Alexander Laurie Anderson [Arakawa](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/arakawa-) Richard Artschwager [Conrad Atkinson](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/conrad-atkinson) Alice Aycock James Balog Roger Brown Nancy Buchanan [Chris Burden](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/chris-burden-) Lowry Burgess Victor Burgin Nancy Burson Colette Justine Clarice Dreyer Sean Elwood John Fekner Peter Fend Vernon Fischer Louis Forgione R. Buckminster Fuller Frank Gehry Rimma & Valery Gerlovin Alex Grey Nancy Grossman Nancy Grossman Hans Haacke [Helen Mayer & Newton Harrison](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/helen-mayer-harrison-newton-harrison) David Hawke John Hejduk Jenny Holzer Rebecca Howland Jon Jolcin Jerry Kearns [Komar & Melamid](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/komar-melamid) Rem Koolhaas & Madelon Vriesendrop (OMA) Barbara Kruger Don Leicht Harmut Lerch & Claus Holtz Les Levine Joe Lewis Roy Lichtenstein Marcos Margall Dona Ann McAdams Suzanne McClelland & Todd Ayoung Robert Morris Sharon Niemczyk [Panamarenko](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/panamarenko) Public Art Fund Tim Rollins with K.O.S. James Rossant Erika Rothenberg Christy Rupp Ed Ruscha Edwin Schlossberg George Segal Thomas Shannon Karen Shaw Judith Shea [Todd Siler](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) SITE Jennifer Q. Smith Paolo Soleri Stephen s'Soreff Tap/Cheshire Catalyst Kathleen Thomas Gene Thompson George Tooker Susana Torre Bernard Tschumi Description *"All that they did was to keep alive in him the belief, or hope, that others besides himself were the enemies of the Party. Perhaps the rumors of vast underground conspiracies were true after all – perhaps the Brotherhood really existed! It was impossible, in spite of the endless arrests and confessions and executions, to be sure that the Brotherhood was not simply a myth. Some days he believed in it, some days not."* George Orwell, 1984 (© 1949) **1984 – A PREVIEW** is a group exhibition co-sponsored by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts and *The Village Voice*. What is our destiny 34 years after George Orwell wrote his classic novel? In this exhibition over 70 artists present their views on surveillance, prophecy, mind control, computers, leisure, nightmares, fantasies and bureaucracies. The show includes many forms of expression and reflects both negative and positive views of the past, pretsent and future. Photographs of a substantial number of the art works in this exhibition will be reproduced in a special issue of The Village Voice which will appear on the newsstands January 26th. Ed Ruscha has designed the newspaper’s cover and poster. This exhibition has been co-curated by Carrie Rickey. [ ![](/src/images/down-arrow.svg) View Press Release ](https://feldmangallery.com/assets/pdfs/artistCV/1984_press.pdf) ![Torreano September 1982](/assets/exhibition_images/Torreano-September-1982.JPG) John Terreano September, 1982 View Gallery ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/close_btn.svg) ![Torreano September 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) John Terreano September, 1982 Messages to the Public - Series ![Torreano September 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) John Terreano September, 1982 Messages to the Public - Series ![Towles April 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) John Terreano September, 1982 Messages to the Public - Series ![Tooker Landscape With Figures 1965 66]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) George Tooker Landscape with Figures, 1965-66 ![Tim Rollins With 15 Kids From The South Bronx Ignorance Is Strength 1982 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Tim Rollins with 15 Kids from the South Bronx Ignorance is Strength, 1982-1983 ![Thompson Mary 6 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Gene Thompson Mary #6, 1983 ![Soleri Leaf Series 1948]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Paolo Soleri Leaf Series, 1948 ![Smith Spy Closet 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Jennifer Q. Smith Spy Closet, 1982 ![Siler Projections Mirror Reflections 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Todd Siler Projections Mirror Reflections, 1982 ![Shea Vests 1 1 A 2 2 A 1976]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Judith Shea Vests - 1, 1A, 2, 2A, 1976 ![Shaw Divisive 99 1978]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Karen Shaw Divisive - 99, 1978 ![Shannon World City 1982 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Thomas Shannon World City, 1982-1983 ![Schlossberg United States Of America 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Edwin Schlossberg United States of America, 1983 ![Ruscha Lets Face It 1982 83]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Ed Ruscha Let's Face It, 1982-83 ![Rothenberg Defense Dictionary 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Erika Rothenberg Defense Dictionary, 1982 ![Rossant Dodoma The News Capital Of Tanzania Plan National Capital Centre 1981]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) James Rossant Dodoma, The News Capital of Tanzania, Plan-National Capital Centre, 1981 ![Panamerenko Trop To The Stars 1979]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Panamerenko Trop to the Stars, 1979 ![Noble Stablility Instability 1983]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Alastair Noble Stablility - Instability, 1983 ![Morris Preludes For A B C A Tomb Garden Outside The City 1979 80]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Robert Morris Preludes ( for A.B) C, A Tomb - Garden Outside the City, 1979-80 ![Margall The One Who Sees All 1982]() ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ![](https://feldmangallery.com//src/images/arrow-right.svg) Marcos Margall The One Who Sees All, 1982 Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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