Craig Marin [NM] & Olga Felgemacher [NM] : Hand puppet DJ Macaw for KIDS-TV [Showtime, 1990-1993], ca.1990.

 

 

SAL record control number: 113255 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

 

Work title: Hand puppet DJ Macaw [Showtime, 1990-1993]  [from curator] ;

Alternate work titles:
2021 : Hand puppet DJ Macaw [Showtime, 1990-1993]  [from curator] ;

Work date: ca.1990  [from date of production] ;

Work creator: Craig Marin [NM] & Olga Felgemacher [NM] ;

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SAL category: Sculpture ;
SAL sub-category: Puppet ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art—American
Art―Private collections―New York (State)
Art―Private collections―New York (State)―Salmagundi
Sculpture
Sculpture — Puppet

Description of work:

The Flexitoon puppets starred in KIDS-TV on Showtime. The series was based upon the perennial classroom fave Weekly Reader. The puppets run an after-school video club where they go out in the field and report the news. Topics ranged from AIDS awareness to the space program to literacy.

Provenance:
ca.1990 Craig Marin [NM] & Olga Felgemacher [NM], New York, NY ;

Exhibition history:
2021-2022 SCNY Bil Baird and Olga Felgemacher : a narrative legacy November 25 – January 30.  [on loan]
1990-1993 Showtime network KIDS-TV.

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Document information

Document permalink:
http://salmagundi.org/artwork/?p=113247

Digital-born document number:
SAL.2021.113255

Record birth date:
October 29, 2021

Last updated: November 28, 2021 at 11:25 am