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"CIRCA 1986" exhibition at Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art

PEEKSKILL, N.Y.- The Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (HVCCA) presents the exhibition CIRCA 1986, from September 18, 2011 through July 2012. ‘CIRCA 1986 shows 65 artworks by 47 international artists who emerged with significant artworks in the extremely prosperous and exciting period between 1981 and 1991. The exhibition attempts to capture a decade, a momentous game changing time that started in a rush and ended with the collapse of the art market. It is seen from the perspective of 6 New York based couples who, over much of the past 50 years, spent considerable effort building important art collections, each independent of advisors each extremely diligent and each original. The art scene of New York in the 1980’s opened with a roar, with brash plate paintings by Julian Schnabel and huge works by Anselm Kiefer. New