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Thursday, March 8, 1990, 8:00 pm

STUART SHERMAN’S FOURTEENTH SPECTACLE PLUS RECENT FILMS

Staurt Sherman in person

SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

800 Chestnut Street

San Francisco, CA, 94133

Since 1975 Stuart Sherman has created 14 of his one-man “Spectacle” Performances, several intricate full-length plays involving numerous actors, drawings, and sculptures, and 29 short films. He is one of the seminal figures in New York’s performing arts world, whose works in all mediums have been widely shown at major art centers throughout the world. For tonight’s program Sherman will perform his Fourteenth Spectacle in its entirety, followed by screenings of several recent short films, including Black-Eyed Susan (Portrait of an Actress) and The Discovery of the Phonograph. Co-sponsored with the Walter/McBean Gallery, S.F. Art Institute.