Yesterday we had the utmost pleasure to join Kenny Scharf in his East Williamsburg studio. Here are some of the highlights from his first floor studio and from the psychedelic Cosmic Cavern.
Stay tuned for more gems from our visit.
(source: ArtRuby.com)
Pieter Hugo, Abdullahi Mohammed with Mainasara, Ogere-Remo, Nigeria from ‘Gadawan Kura’ - The Hyena Men II, (2007)
Edward Steichen, Givili Andre (Vogue) (1937).
Edward Burtynsky, Shipyard #11, Qili Port, Zhejiang Province, China (2005).
Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait (1980).
Ormond Gigli, Girls in the Windows, New York City (1960).
Gordon Parks, Segregated drinking fountain, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, (1956) at Adamson Gallery.
Gordon Parks, Black classroom, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, (1956).
Gabriele Beveridge, Timeless act of self-preservation, (2013) at Elizabeth Dee.
James Cooper.
David Plummer, Feast of Losses.
Feast of Losses is a series that documents David Pembroke, who in 2003 was diagnosed with Progressive Supernuclear Palsey, a rare brain disease that causes nerve endings at the base of the brain to die. The different color backgrounds were chosen by Pembroke each day to express his emotions, as he has lost his ability to use his facial muscles as a result of his condition.
David Benjamin Sherry, Blueballs (2009).
Christian Patteron, Cozy Corner Lights (2004).
