Witz, Bob

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Bob Witz is a painter/sculptor, writer, poet, and editor of Appearances Magazine. Appearances is a small, low-budget magazine which was started in the East Village and has been published from the 1980's to the present. It is devoted mostly to the art scene with a focus on the alternative currents of this scene. Witz also published/produced small chapbooks, including an early book by Keith Haring, and Leaves of Grass II: a book/by Bob Witz (1972). Witz, along other writers represented in the Downtown collection (Ron Kolm and Tom Savage, 1948- ), is also closely associated with the Unbearables literary group.

From the guide to the Bob Witz Papers/Appearances Magazine, ca. 1980-1996, (© 2010 Fales Library and Special Collections)

Bob Witz is a painter/sculptor, writer, poet, and editor of Appearances Magazine. Appearances is a small, low-budget magazine which was started in the East Village and has been published from the 1980's to the present. It is devoted mostly to the art scene with a focus on the alternative currents of this scene. Witz also published/produced small chapbooks, including an early book by Keith Haring, and Leaves of Grass II: a book/by Bob Witz (1972). Witz, along other writers represented in the Downtown ...

From the description of Bob Witz Papers/Appearances Magazine. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 774693130

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Subjects:

  • Authors, American
  • Poets, American
  • Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
  • Avant-garde (Aesthetics)
  • Literature, Experimental
  • Literature, Modern
  • Literature, Modern
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Small presses
  • Small presses

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (N.Y.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)