Peter Hujar
16 Oct - 27 Nov 2010
PETER HUJAR
Thek’s studio 1967
October 16 – November 27, 2010
Alexander and Bonin is pleased to announce exhibitions of work by Paul Thek and Peter Hujar on view at the gallery from October 16 through November 27th. The ground floor exhibition, Paul Thek: cityscapes and other ideas, will present two rarely exhibited bodies of work – his cityscape paintings and his drawings for public monuments. The second floor will contain a selection of newly discovered photographs taken by Peter Hujar in Thek’s studio in 1967.
The images Peter Hujar took in his close friend’s studio in 1967 lovingly probe its ephemera, Thek’s process and his public persona. Originally taken for potential use in association with Thek’s solo exhibition at Stable Gallery, many images in this series providentially document the making of his infamous sculpture The Tomb/Death of a Hippie. Now widely considered to be the masterwork of his 1960s sculpture, The Tomb was destroyed after languishing in storage, with Thek reportedly having refused delivery of the piece in 1981. Aside from the one used for the Stable gallery announcement, these images have never been published or exhibited. Photographs from this studio session were uncovered during the research for Paul Thek: Diver, a retrospective curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Lynn Zelevansky. Diver opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York on October 21st and travels to the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
Thek’s studio 1967
October 16 – November 27, 2010
Alexander and Bonin is pleased to announce exhibitions of work by Paul Thek and Peter Hujar on view at the gallery from October 16 through November 27th. The ground floor exhibition, Paul Thek: cityscapes and other ideas, will present two rarely exhibited bodies of work – his cityscape paintings and his drawings for public monuments. The second floor will contain a selection of newly discovered photographs taken by Peter Hujar in Thek’s studio in 1967.
The images Peter Hujar took in his close friend’s studio in 1967 lovingly probe its ephemera, Thek’s process and his public persona. Originally taken for potential use in association with Thek’s solo exhibition at Stable Gallery, many images in this series providentially document the making of his infamous sculpture The Tomb/Death of a Hippie. Now widely considered to be the masterwork of his 1960s sculpture, The Tomb was destroyed after languishing in storage, with Thek reportedly having refused delivery of the piece in 1981. Aside from the one used for the Stable gallery announcement, these images have never been published or exhibited. Photographs from this studio session were uncovered during the research for Paul Thek: Diver, a retrospective curated by Elisabeth Sussman and Lynn Zelevansky. Diver opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York on October 21st and travels to the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.