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During the decade of the 1970’s contemporary art was transformed because its very essence was questioned. Artists living and working in New York City broke the boundaries of the traditional art world by rejecting the pristine white cube gallery space and commercial market, instead diving directly into the everyday lived environment of the city itself, engaging with its architecture, culture, politics, people and societal problems. They developed an Artist Run culture that questioned all previous definitions of art – from what constitutes an artwork to what defines an art space to the role of …