March 12th - April 11th, 2010
Souls
Photographs
by Gerard Malanga
Reception: Friday, March 12th, 5:30 pm
*Artist will be present
A full illustrated catalogue has been prepared for the exhibition
The exhibition Souls, Photographs by Gerard Malanga features photographs dating from the early 1970’s, when Malanga worked as Andy Warhol’s assistant at the legendary ‘Factory’ in New York. Malanga’s proximity to the epicenter of a cultural and artistic revolution gained him unprecedented access to an array of celebrated subjects, including Keith Richards, Pete Seeger, Allen Ginsberg, Patti Smith, and Roman Polanski to name a few. Stripping away the formal elements of fame, Malanga’s portraits can be read and felt instantaneously, capturing and creating an unrivaled record of our time.
Alongside these illustrious portraits, are images of friends Malanga has encountered during his nearly 40 years of taking photographs. With an ‘archival sensibility’, Gerard Malanga’s images portray an intimate, visual rendering of his subjects. Malanga’s uncompromising eye saturates these iconic portraits with powerful commitment and integrity.
Gerard Malanga, poet/photographer/filmmaker, was born in 1943 and raised in the Bronx, New York, the only child of Italian immigrant parents. From 1963 -1970 Malanga worked as Andy Warhol’s chief assistant at his studio, known as the ‘Factory.’ Malanga was a major influence on Andy Warhol with whom he collaborated on more than five hundred 3 minute “Screen Tests” and assisted in the production of hundreds of silk screen paintings being produced at Warhol’s studio. In 1969, Malanga, Andy Warhol and John Wilcock co-founded Interview Magazine. Gerard Malanga’s photographs have been widely exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the world and in 1999, Malanga’s photography was the subject of an extensive retrospective at Le Botanique, Bruxelles. Malanga’s photographs have appeared in such publications as: Elle, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. Gerard Malanga is the author of 7 books of photography and over 17 books of poetry.
