Four Walls records
name: label: Creator
content: Four Walls (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Araujo, Michele
label: Names
content: Ballou, Michael, 1952-
label: Names
content: Simon, Adam, 1952-
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2022 by founders Adam Simon and Michele Araujo and by Michael Ballou, who maintained a bulk of the material from Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York.
creator: label: Creator
content: Four Walls (Gallery)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Four Walls (1984-2000) was an artist-run collaborative exhibition and event space, operated primarily by artists Adam Simon and Michael Ballou. The organization consisted of two consecutive phases: from 1984 to 1988 in Hoboken, New Jersey, and from 1991 to 2000 in the Greenpoint/Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.
function: label: Function
content: Artist-run galleries -- New York (State)
label: Function
content: Artist-run galleries -- New Jersey
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 30 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984-2000
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fourwall
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The records of artist-run collaborative exhibition and event space, Four Walls, measures 30.0 linear feet and dates from 1984-2000. The records document Four Walls activities such as artist conversations, panel discussions, exhibitions, screenings, and performances, and include photographic prints and slides, printed material and ephemera, notes and writings, correspondence, audio and video recordings, and some small artifacts. A portion of the material is in electronic format.