Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square
July 9 – August 28, 2009
Summer Hours: Monday – Friday, 10 – 6 p.m.
Yancey Richardson Gallery is pleased to present Glitz & Grime: Photographs of Times Square
an exhibition of evocative photographs taken in or inspired by Times Square, the “crossroads of
the world”, by both contemporary and classic photographers. The images range from
celebratory to sordid, chronicling the changing fortunes of this one hundred year old
internationally famous New York landmark of culture, consumption and kitsch. Included are
works by Olivo Barbieri, Lillian Bassman, Rudy Burckhardt, Ted Croner, Philip-Lorca diCorcia,
Alfred Eisenstadt, Mitch Epstein, Elliot Erwitt, Louis Faurer, Robert Frank, George Gardner,
David Hilliard, Paul Himmel, Lisa Kereszi, William Klein, Jeff Liao, Benn Mitchell, Andrew
Moore, Stephen Shore, Louis Stettner, Dennis Stock, Brian Ulrich, and Dan Weiner.
The exhibition explores the transition of Times Square from its Broadway heyday through its
decline and eventual rejuvenation as the shiny tourist Mecca we see today. Included are
photographs dating from 1945 to 2009 and ranging from Alfred Eisenstadt’s iconic wartime
image of a sailor kissing a nurse on V-J Day to young New Year’s revelers in festive hats by
Dan Weiner to figures silhouetted against the play of neon lights by Louis Stettner, Benn
Mitchell, Rudy Burckhardt and David Hilliard.
While Lillian Bassman cast Times Square as a glamorous backdrop for a fashion story, William
Klein and Paul Himmel wrought abstractions from the reflections of illuminated marquees that
peppered “the great white way”. Robert Frank, Mitch Epstein, Lisa Kereszi and Philip-Lorca
diCorcia portray Times Square as a contemporary dystopia while Andrew Moore, Lynn Saville ,
Ted Croner and Stephen Shore capture the relentless and frenetic energy that best embodies
this iconic urban landmark.
Upcoming Fall schedule:
Hellen van Meene, September 17 – October 31, 2009
Andrew Moore, November 5, 2009 - January 9, 2010
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