The East Village Eye explores the burgeoning arts scene in New York’s East Village during the late 70’s and 80’s. The March 1983 issue examines the issue of “class warfare over artist’s welfare” regarding low-income artist housing on the Lower East Side. Filmmaker Paul Morrissey discusses the success of his film adaptation of Alan Bowne’s Forty-Deuce and addresses misconceptions about the so-called “Warhol 60’s”. Steven Hager expresses his disappointment in Laurie Anderson’s Parts I-IV at the Brooklyn Museum, noting that “Anderson wetted the lips, but failed to quench the thirst”. OECD founder Peter Fend outlines his “global ecopolitical rescue package” entitled Architecture for the Planet. CHIC frontman Nile Rodgers talks working with David Bowie and Diana Ross. Eric Darton, a.k.a Mr. Art, discusses being “let down” by The Art of the Pope Comes to America at the Met, an exhibition compiling works from Caravaggio, Raphael, and Bernini. Wim Wenders talks shop about his 1983 film The State of Things. Michael Gira of Swans asserts their music “should be as physical and unavoidable as possible”. Jane Webb’s Cruisin’ Art column outlines exhibitions from Robert Longo, Jean Michel Basquiat, Donald Baechler, and Red Grooms. An illustration from Jane Dickson is featured as the issue’s centerfold.
