~TERRY RICHARDSON OPENING NITE PIX
TERRY RICHARDSON . . . MOM DAD
OPEN NITE: NOV 11, 2011
the show runs NOV 11 – DEC 4, 2011
HALF GALLERY – 208 FORSYTH ST – LOWER EAST SIDE – NYC
TERRY RICHARDSON pops a cold one . . . at his new super-heated re-constituted ‘family’ package show.
“My parents split up when I was four. It feels good for me to have them back together again, even if it’s in a gallery and only for a little while. It’s something I’m doing for me and in a way, for them.” ~ Terry Richardson, 2011
yo, TERRY !!!!
PHOTO by TERRY RICHARDSON of his DAD.
Terry’s . . . “late father BOB RICHARDSON was a renowned fashion photographer . . . ”
“and his mother Annie — still alive and kicking it (!!) in Ojai, California — was a former Copacabana dancer, stylist and . . . Jimi Hendrix paramour. (!!) Although they divorced when Terry was quite young, the couple are brought together again here in these touching, funny, sometimes funny, sometimes desperate photographs.” ~ gallery press release
“PRAY FOR ME DAD” – photo by TERRY RICHARDSON
“shit still in toilet” – photo by TERRY RICHARDSON
just coming off, as I was – the fantastico CATTELAN show, that had defied the gallery mind-box, floor and walls. well really brought into play the entire circle of the staid Guggenhiem – it was captivating to step into the Half Gallery – and see that Terry had just as much disdain – for the status quo of gallery viewing !!
shake it up, baby !! twist and shout.
down with floors !!
the floor was covered with archival prints from Terry’s childhood. a depth-less metaphor, if I ever did see one.
I guess cause his dad was a studio photog – there were maybe tons of reject prints suit-cased somewhere, ha.
Terry up at bat. the pix on the floor were just as mesmerizing – as the pix on the wall. but also loved how they spoke to: down with art objects, the relentlessness and unstoppable march of time, the fragility of the human condition, and of course – hard copy before the age of computers & digital cameras !! and the absolute bad boy disrespect – !! – as they all ended up being pretty trashed by the end of the nite. though they remain, however they devolve – and rightly so – as part of the exhibit. someone else can write the thesis.
and yes, his wild, c-r-a-z-y moms . . . so beautiful when she was young, was she not ?
say what – about the relentless march of time. . . that eventually leaves us all – humiliated.
the opening nite crowd was very chic and very enthused, Terry’s fans cross over into many tribes.
BILL POWERS . . Half Gallery is his baby – and it stands so apart and so above the rest of the mediocre and predictable riff raff on the Lower East Side – as to be the only Lower East Side venue that can rightfully claim the honored moniker of this once gloried frontier hood. Chrystie St. never looked better. this Half gallery exhibit is the first show Terry Richardson has presented in NYC since his last show at the now defunct Deitch Projects in 2004.
Bill told me he remembers going to the Alleged opening (Aaron Rose) on Prince St. for the even earlier Richardson show: ‘These Colors Don’t Run’ in 1998, and from which – he even bought a piece.
so what else goes hand-in-hand with photo portraits and the sad, or rather tremendous but ephemeral parade of history ? they have audio of Terry’s late dad, Bob leaving voicemails for him. personally I couldn’t make the no-holds audio tape journey. maybe next time. I did hear they moved people to tears.
photo by TERRY RICHARDSON.
the archival prints are in editions of 5 + 2 AP.
they are (BLACK FRIDAY !!) priced to sell. $2,000 to $5,000 depending on size – and that includes the frame.
his crazy wild mom, paramour of JIMI HENDRIX indeed, believe it.
photo by TERRY RICHARDSON.
there’s obviously no stopping her.
MOM
photo by TERRY RICHARDSON.
DAD
photo by TERRY RICHARDSON.
the gallery was packed, and so was the street. but everybody got in, the ambience stayed nice throughout.
outside on the street – we spotted, graff legend . . . COPE2
with INDIE 184 !!
INDIE told me that her and COPE will have a pop-up store in the WYNWOOD section at the Miami Art Fair – I guess that be – next !! weekend, already.
you can follow her, here: twitter.com/kweenzdestroy – & – facebook.com/kweenzdestroy
CYNTHIA ROWLEY – a Half Gallery insider, for sure. dig the satchel !!
having fun on Chrystie – it was a very lively scene. a big mash-up of the coolest tribes . . .
STEPHEN SULLIVAN, a fashion photog for WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY – he just had a profile gig on the RACHEL ZOE show. oh yeah . . .
photog PORTS BISHOP – his new iPad format magazine – with interviews focused on the art world – is about to pop soon.
artist WES LANG always seems to capture the magic of the streets . . .
but we’ll give the parting shot – back to the show.
TERRY RICHARDSON and his dad, BOB RICHARDSON – back in the day . . .
PHOTOS of the OPENING NIGHT & INSTALLATION: NANCY SMITH