 26 WINDOWS; A PORTRAIT BONWIT TELLER
April 1974 - October 1976
New York, New York
Five days.
"In an unprecidented move, Bonwit's management decided to let San Francisco artist Lynn Hershman design all its windows to create a multifaceted portrait of the store and its customers. Hershman's mixed media manifestations utilized inanimate and live mannequins, computers, holograms, video, tape recorders, mirrors, steam and of course, Bonwit's fashions...."
David Bourdon, Village Voice, November 8, 1976
"During the short lived era of cultural optimism following the Russian Revolution, poet Mayakovsky proclaimed "let us make the street our brushes" Recently, California artist Lynn Hershman attempted to meld issues of art and life within the windows of a large New York department store., marking the first time that a department tre collaborated with an artist in such a public way - operating , in effect, as a museum space. Anyone who has followed Lynn Hershman,'s career knows that there is very little she can not accomplish . The response is overwhelmingly positive. This may set a precident for othe sts and artists around the country".
Jane Bell, Washington Post, November , 1976.
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