~RICHARD DUPONT/LEVER HOUSE

RICHARD DUPONT – ‘TERMINAL STAGE’
MARCH 14 – MAY 3, 2008
LEVER HOUSE LOBBY GALLERY – 390 PARK AVE – NY

Nine figures, ea. approx. 80 ins. tall in cast polyurethane resin
these larger than life-size free standing self-portraits – started with a full body laser scan, and then through the use of computer programming, DUPONT maneuvers the forms into surreal shapes which were then converted into a three dimensional model and cast.

ABY ROSEN, of LEVER HOUSE has indeed assembled a stunning public art piece with this show of RICHARD DUPONT’S eerie futuristic polyresin figures – presented with flair and audacity in the transparency of the building’s street level floor-to-ceiling glass walled entrance lobby.

Dupont # 1
a view inside the LEVER HOUSE LOBBY

Dupont # 2
RICHARD DUPONT, in a classic stance, with one of his sculptures at right

Dupont # 3
from left, PER SKARSTEDT, the man who made RICHARD PRINCE, and LARRY GAGOSIAN, the man who made everybody else.

Dupont # 4
on the right, BOB COLACELLO, ANDY WARHOL associate, and INTERVIEW Editor for 12 years, starting in the early 70s. with SYDIE LANSING.

Dupont # 5
GLENN O’BRIEN the newly appointed co-editorial director for Brant Publications, including INTERVIEW, where he is the new editor-in-chief, with his wife, GINA NANNI, of COMPANY AGENDA, a P.R. firm.
Glenn O’Brien was previously an editor, and (art director!) at INTERVIEW back in the day, “when he was about 24” – before the COLACELLO reign. He left to go work for ROLLING STONE, as their NY bureau chief.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

see: more photos from the opening

read: about LEVER HOUSE
it has an interesting architectural history – it was the first modern structure to be built on the New York City grid.

check out: the LEVER HOUSE website !!

RICHARD DUPONT is represented by TRACY WILLIAMS LTD, New York

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