Royal Academy of Arts

Dennis Hopper

The Lost Album

26 Jun - 19 Oct 2014

Dennis Hopper
Robert Rauschenberg, 1966.
Photograph. 18.59 x 24.64 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Irving Blum and Peggy Moffitt, 1964.
Photograph. 16.69 x 24.92 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Andy Warhol, Henry Geldzahler, David Hockney and Jeff Goodman, 1963.
Photograph. 17.25 x 24.74 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Roy Lichtenstein, 1964.
Photograph. 24.64 x 16.64 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Untitled (Blue Chip Stamps), 1961-67.
Photograph. 24.97 x 17.12 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Paul Newman, 1964.
Photograph. 16.64 x 25.02 cm
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Martin Luther King, Jr., 1965.
Photograph. 23.37 x 34.29 cm.
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Untitled (American Indians), 1965.
Photograph. 16.54 x 24.97 cm.
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
Dennis Hopper
Andy Warhol and Members of the Factory, 1963.
Photograph. 16.69 x 25.07 cm.
The Hopper Art Trust. © Dennis Hopper, courtesy The Hopper Art Trust. www.dennishopper.com.
DENNIS HOPPER
The Lost Album
26 June — 19 October 2014

From Hell’s Angels and hippies to the streets of Harlem, Hopper’s photography powerfully captures American culture and life in the 1960s, a decade of progress, violence and enormous upheaval.

Dennis Hopper carved out a place in Hollywood history, with roles in classic films like Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, True Romance and Easy Rider. He is less well known, though no less respected, for his work as a photographer. This exhibition brings together over 400 images, taken during one of the most creative periods of his life in the 1960s. Every image you’ll see was chosen by Hopper himself for his first major exhibition in 1970 and is the vintage print he produced for that occasion.

This was a decade of huge social and political change, and Hopper was at the eye of the storm. With his camera trained on the world around him he captured Hell’s Angels and hippies, the street life of Harlem, the Civil Rights movement and the urban landscapes of East and West coast America. He also shot some of the biggest stars of the time from the worlds of art, fashion and music, from Andy Warhol to Paul Newman.

Together, these images are a fascinating personal diary of one of the great countercultural figures of the period and a vivid portrait of 1960s America.

Exhibition curated by Petra Giloy-Hirtz. Organised in co-operation with The Dennis Hopper Art Trust.
 

Tags: Dennis Hopper, Andy Warhol