Matthew Rolston · Prince · Portrait in Psychedelic Colors · 1988
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Matthew Rolston · »Hollywood Royale«
21/10/2017 - 02/12/2017
CAMERA WORK
Kantstrasse 149
10623 Berlin
www.camerawork.de
From October 21 gallery CAMERA WORK presents the exhibition »Hollywood Royale: Out of the School of Los Angeles« of Matthew Rolston.
The exhibitition includes 50 portraits of the most popular Hollywood celebrities of the 1980s and will be presented for the very first time worldwide.
From pop stars Michael Jackson and Madonna to Prince, George Michael, and Cyndi Lauper, to supermodels such as Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, the images reflect the culture of the era. One of a handful of artists to emerge from Andy Warhol’s celebrity-focused »Interview« magazine, Matthew Rolston is a well-established icon of Hollywood photography. Alongside such luminaries as Herb Ritts and Greg Gorman, Rolston was a member of an influential group of photographers (among them Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, and Steven Meisel) who came from the 1980s magazine scene. Beyond the focus on pop culture, Rolston’s portraits from the ’80s include images of legendary stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Don Johnson, Robert Downey, Jr., Farrah Fawcett, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, and Isabella Rossellini, as well as important Hollywood writers and directors such as Steven Spielberg, Joan Didion, and Robert Towne. As the title implies, the exhibition takes the viewer into the Hollywood universe of the 1980s. Rolston’s portraits not only capture the fascinating atmosphere of the period, they also perfectly mirror the Hollywood Glamour lifestyle. Rolston's approach presents the portraits with a high level of energy – full of creativity, they are at once both meaningful and touching. »Hollywood Royale« is more than an exciting, artistic body of work, it is a testimony to 1980s culture, authored by one who helped create that era’s aesthetics.
21/10/2017 - 02/12/2017
CAMERA WORK
Kantstrasse 149
10623 Berlin
www.camerawork.de
From October 21 gallery CAMERA WORK presents the exhibition »Hollywood Royale: Out of the School of Los Angeles« of Matthew Rolston.
The exhibitition includes 50 portraits of the most popular Hollywood celebrities of the 1980s and will be presented for the very first time worldwide.
From pop stars Michael Jackson and Madonna to Prince, George Michael, and Cyndi Lauper, to supermodels such as Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, the images reflect the culture of the era. One of a handful of artists to emerge from Andy Warhol’s celebrity-focused »Interview« magazine, Matthew Rolston is a well-established icon of Hollywood photography. Alongside such luminaries as Herb Ritts and Greg Gorman, Rolston was a member of an influential group of photographers (among them Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, and Steven Meisel) who came from the 1980s magazine scene. Beyond the focus on pop culture, Rolston’s portraits from the ’80s include images of legendary stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Don Johnson, Robert Downey, Jr., Farrah Fawcett, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore, and Isabella Rossellini, as well as important Hollywood writers and directors such as Steven Spielberg, Joan Didion, and Robert Towne. As the title implies, the exhibition takes the viewer into the Hollywood universe of the 1980s. Rolston’s portraits not only capture the fascinating atmosphere of the period, they also perfectly mirror the Hollywood Glamour lifestyle. Rolston's approach presents the portraits with a high level of energy – full of creativity, they are at once both meaningful and touching. »Hollywood Royale« is more than an exciting, artistic body of work, it is a testimony to 1980s culture, authored by one who helped create that era’s aesthetics.