Martin Wong, Futura 2000, and Lori Taschler Exhibition Announcement Card

A 1980s graffiti announcement published on on the occasion of an exhibition of the work of Martin Wong, Futura 2000 and Lori Taschler.

• Offset printed announcement card.
• This work is presented unframed.

A rare, historic graffiti artifact capturing Wong and Futura on the same 1980s venue.

Semaphore Gallery was a contemporary art gallery founded by Barry Blinderman and A. James Shapiro in 1980 in New York City, located at 462 West Broadway in SoHo. In 1984, Semaphore East was also established on the corner of 10th and Avenue B in the East Village, Manhattan.

Semaphore East closed in 1986, and Semaphore Soho moved to 136 Greene Street, across from Leo Castelli. The gallery closed in the summer of 1987, when Blinderman accepted the position of Director at University Galleries of Illinois State University.

Semaphore Gallery championed the work of key figures such as, Martin Wong, Duncan Hannah, Robert Colescott, Raymond Pettibon, Alexander Kosolapov, Futura 2000, Jane Dickson, Tseng Kwong Chi, among others.

Semaphore East, directed by Annie Herron, hosted one-person exhibitions for Lady Pink, Lori Taschler, Keith Haring, Robert Colescott, and other notable figures.