Gallery Exhibitions at The powerHouse Arena

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March 5-March 22, 2009 MORE INFO		2,191 Days and Counting: Benefit Exhibition at Powerhouse Arena for the Iraq Veterans Against the War List of Participating Artists in the Exhibition Danya Abt, Grace Ann Alfiero, Waleed Arshad, Carole Ashley, Perry Bard, Nina Berman, Wafaa Bilal, Jean Christian Bourcart, Sherrard Bostwick, Orna Bradshaw, Pam Butler, Doris Caçoilo, Drew Cameron, Damian Catera, Susanna Coffey, Michael Courvoisier, Carla Cubit, Larry Cyr, Peter Delman, Alyssa Dreyfus, Elise Engler, Danielle Fotopoulos, Marilyn Freeman, Joy Garnett, Ariel Goldberg, Sam Gould, Mathieu Grandjean, Lori Grinker, Fariba Hajamadi, Maxine Henryson, Tara Hughes-Hall, Rene Farkass, Jacob Goble , Basem Hassan, Diane Hodack, Aaron Hughes, Andrew Ellis Johnson, David Joseph-Goteiner, Wonder Koch, Joyce Kozloff, Dorothy Krakovsky, Jason Laning, Tyler Lee Zabe, Ju-Pong Lin, Ardele Lister, Melissa Macalpin, Kyla Mathis-Angress, Suzanne McClelland, Steve McCurry, Dato Mio, James Nachtwey, Nobuho Nagasawa, Aron Namenwirth, Farah Nosh, David Opdyke, Alexander Optivion, Zach Osif, Franc Palaia, Paul Park, Caroline Parker, John Paul, Kenneth Pietrobono, Grace Graupe-Pillard, Lucian Read, Paul Root, Martha Rosler, Erika Rothenberg, Hope Sandrow, Ilse Schreiber Noll, Laurie G. Selleck, Susan Silas, Elin O’Hara Slavick, Susanne Slavick, Qais Al-Sindy, Ilse Schreiber, Joan Snyder, Molly Snyder-Fink Chrysanne Stathacos, Natalie Toney, Jon Turner, Betsy Van Die, Christopher Vongsawat, Nathaniel Ward, AJ Wilhelm, Sarah Nelson Wright, Agnes Wszolkowski, Suyeon Yun, Tyler Zabel, The Artists Against The War, The Combat Paper Project…
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February 12-March 8, 2009 MORE INFO		Up to half a million children are engaged in more than 85 conflicts worldwide. As armed conflict proliferates, increasing numbers of children are exposed to the brutalities of war. Boys and girls around the world are recruited to be child soldiers by armed forces and militant groups, either forcibly or voluntarily. Some are tricked into service by manipulative recruiters, others join in order to escape poverty or discrimination, while still others are outright abducted at school, on the streets, and at home. Aside from participating in combat, many are used for sexual purposes, made to lay and clear land mines, or employed as spies, messengers, porters, or servants. Kids have become the ultimate weapons of twenty-first-century war. This exhibition will feature the work of prominent photographers: Dominic Sansoni, Olivier Pin Fat (Agence VU), Alvaro Ybarra Zavala (Agence VU), Peter Mantello, Tomas van Houtryve (PANOS), Tiane Doan na Champassak (Agence VU), Ami Vitale, Bob Koenig, Guy Tillim, Colin Finlay, Jan Grarup (Noor Images), Francesco Zizola (Noor Images), Q. Sakamaki, Zed Nelson (Panos), Francesco Cito (Panos), Martin Adler (Panos), Tim A Hetherington, Richard Butler, Sven Torfinn, Giacomo Pirozzi (Panos), Roger Lemoyne, Rhodri Jones(Panos), Cedric Gerbehaye, Riccardo Gangale.
Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History-Making Presidential Campaign January 8-February 8, 2009 VIEW SHOW		Yes We Can is the story of Barack Obama’s historic, world-changing journey from a junior Senator from Illinois to President of the United States of America as documented by Scout Tufankjian, the only independent photographer to cover his entire campaign from before he announced his run, through the Election Night celebration in Chicago’s Grant Park. “Less ephemeral than a newspaper front page, Yes We Can is a keeper. Photography fans will like Tufankjian’s arresting, often moving images.” *—USA Today* “Brooklynite Scout Tufankjian knows something about foresight. Photos she started taking years ago featuring political long shot named Barack Obama hit bookstores in a sweeping, intimate portrait of the President-elect’s historic campaign....The Obama of Tufankjian’s lens is by turns goofy, dapper, intimidating and, in one shot, asleep–having trapped Tufankjian in her corner of his tour bus by putting legs up across the aisle.” *—New York Daily News* “The book’s amazing sales are not surprising, considering how Obama’s visage can turn any item to gold. But the quality of Tufankjian’s images alone makes it a worthy photo book. The photojournalist followed Obama’s campaign from its unofficial beginning to its victorious end, capturing striking, candid moments throughout.” *—Popular Photograph*
Prep: The Spirit of a High School Football Team, photographs by Richard Corman September 3-September 18, 2008 VIEW SHOW		Corman’s photographs document the collective journey of Prep’s football team, the Marauders, through the 2007– 2008 school year. With a cinematic flair, he presents striking shots of the team in action, quiet landscapes of the fields of play, candid snaps of passionate fans, and tender portraits of individual players. Peppered throughout are quotes from their fearless leader, the remarkable Coach Rich Hansen, who holds the record for the most wins in the school’s history. It all comes together to reveal a poignant story about a group of young men playing football and experiencing adolescent life before our eyes, a story of “men for others” in the true Jesuit tradition.
Ed Kashi / Curse Of The Black Gold: 50 Years Of Oil In The Niger Delta August 15-September 28, 2008 VIEW SHOW		To correspond with the recent release of Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, The powerHouse Arena is pleased to present an exhibition of work by the photographer Ed Kashi. In the form of “film strips,” ranging in sizes of up to 24 inches wide by 168 inches long, this format is a new visual context for examining the impact of oil exploitation in Nigeria.
Tompkins Square Park photographs by Q. Sakamaki August 6th, 2008 VIEW SHOW		Q. Sakamaki remembers the Tompkins Square Park movement sparked by the police riot that occurred in the park on August 6, 1988. The New York City’s downtown art scene was disappearing, as gentrification and expensive rents forced artists out of the neighborhood. AIDS was an epidemic, and the homeless were multiplying, squatting in condemned buildings, or living in parks. There were activists who often protested this change, which resulted in numerous clashes with the New York City Police Department. Ultimately, it was the simple need for affordable housing that was at stake. Sakamaki, a Lower East Side resident, witnessed the neighborhood’s tumultuous transformation, and is the focus of his latest book, Tompkins Square Park.
Enanitos Toreros July 18th, 2008 VIEW SHOW		With Enanitos Toreros, photographer Livia Corona directs an all-encompassing look into the lives of the so-called “Dwarf Bullfighters” of her native México. Participants of a tradition dating back decades, the Enanitos Toreros are little people who, for lack of other career options, crisscross the landscapes of Mexico and the U.S. as itinerant comics in search of an audience. Hired by “tall people,” they perform as bullfighters and lip-synch famous pop songs for curious crowds who are often oblivious to their real-life plight. Corona’s extraordinary portraits in this book, made over the course of almost a decade, transcend scale and spectacle to offer refreshing insight into issues of perception and identity that surround dwarfism today.
Jeremiah A Romantic Vision April 12th - May 26th, 2008 VIEW SHOW		Jeremiah’s expressive watercolors not only act as an archive of interior design for the second half of the 20th Century, but also provide a glimpse into the artist’s unique ability to infuse a depiction of domestic space with sense of drama and emotion second only to being there. In addition to making art based on the interiors, Jeremiah also painted commissioned studies for rooms-to-be, creating the beautiful plans on which the rooms themselves would be based. Jeremiah: A Romantic Vision is a sumptuous retrospective of Jeremiah’s career.
Shifting Landscapes April 10th - May 11th, 2008 VIEW SHOW		Shifting Landscapes, timed with the release of Christopher LaMarca’s Forest Defenders: The Confrontational American Landscape and Earth Day 2008, features several prominent photographers’ perspectives on our environment and its natural and often unnatural states.
The Electric Image April 1st - 21st, 2008 MORE INFO		In The Electric Image, Chris Kitze explored the transformation and globalization of culture by digital technology. Investigating urban centers where store windows and monumental advertising images are a worldwide phenomenon and a part of modern mythology, Kitze reveals how the numerical representation of imagery makes it possible for everything and anyone to be everywhere.

Hamburger Eyes March 6, 2008—April 6 VIEW SHOW		Hilarious yet scary, hardcore yet charming, the Hamburger Eyes crew put out the illest lil’ photography magazine the world has ever seen. Since the first issue of 30 xeroxed pamphlets was printed in 2002, Hamburger Eyes has become an elegant yet underground periodical combining the documentary approach of National Geographic with the hit-‘em-hard sensibility of a late-night tagger. A pictorial history of both the intimate and iconic moments of everyday life, Hamburger Eyes is a travel journal, a personal diary, and a family album. Inspired by the traditions that began with LIFE magazine and Robert Frank, the magazine revitalizes the sensation of photography as a craft as well as a tool to record and document.

Boogie March 1—31,2008 VIEW SHOW		Digging beneath the surface of everyday life has become this self-taught photographer’s mission. Over the years he has amassed an archive no one, not even himself, has ever seen in full. Because he never prints contact sheets, every trip back to the negatives yields new and untold treasures. Boogie, his second monograph, is a limited edition of 500 signed and numbered slipcased books with a print. This collection of some of the photographer’s most personal images has been gathered during his travels through life with camera in hand.

This Means Nothing Feb 23—Mar 31, 2008 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		For years, French photographer Le Bijoutier has roamed the five boroughs of New York City, documenting street art as it has developed over the past decade. Unlike graffiti writers, whose bombing campaigns mark them in the public eye as vandals, the work of street artists is celebrated as progressive. Many make their name first on the streets before hitting the gallery world. But before they move on, Le Bijoutier has caught them in all their illegal glory. In This Means Nothing, Le Bijoutier chronicles these works in sticker, chalk, marker, stencil, wheat paste poster, painting, and even sculpture, revealing a new direction in public destruction for the sake of aesthetic construction. The war continues…

Jesse James & his Beatiful Machines February 21—March 2 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		He’s a welder and a gear-head, a tattooed wiseguy, and stone-cold TV star. Jesse James works with his hands, making custom motorcycles for big spenders who like their choppers loud and built from the ground on up. James got famous as the host of TV’s Monster Garage and Motorcycle Mania, but it all begins at his West Coast Choppers factory in Long Beach, California, where James and his crew piece together these epic handmade machines, welding and sculpting an array of gleaming pipes and fenders from scratch and polishing every detail right down to the magnum shell casings that decorate West Coast gas caps. The bikes are fast, but building each one is a year-long process, and the waiting list is long.

powerHouse Selects II January 10—February 17 VIEW SHOW		Culled from the powerHouse collection comes a stunning selection of work from the masters of photography including Boogie, Bill Burke, Julia Calfee, Mark Cohen, John Coplans, Christopher Griffith, William Klein, Danny Lyon, Charles Peterson, and Phil Stern.

Song of Myself Curated by Adriana Teresa Hernandez November 16—January 4 VIEW SHOW PARTY PICS!		“I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” —Walt Whitman, Song of Myself Inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem of the same name, Song of Myself presents a vision of our collective existence and the connections between life and death, war and peace, knowledge and ignorance, joy and pain, belief and disbelief. Given the first verse of the poem, artists Charles Harbutt, Joan Liftin, Jeff Jacobson, Naho Kubota, Suzanne Opton, Rebecca Norris Webb, Sylvia Plachy, Alex Webb, and Lucille Fornisieri Gold selected their own works in visual response. Both individually and as a collective, Song of Myself allows us to see our value in this world and to consider the impact of action and inaction as a means to greater consciousness.

The Breaks by Janette Beckman Now on Display VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK PARTY PICS!		Hip-hop’s premier photographers have united to celebrate the early days the culture as it first defined itself on the streets of the South Bronx in the 70s and then taking to the recording studios in the 80s. Documenting the culture as it defined itself on it’s own terms, Janette Beckman and Joe Conzo capture the masterminds whose artistic influence and unquestionable legacy have influenced the world over. In honor of the 34th Zulu Nation Anniversary, powerHouse Books, Rizzoli/Universe, and Wax Poetics invite you to celebrate the launch of The Breaks: Stylin’ and Profilin’ 1982-1990 by Janette Beckman and Born in the Bronx: A Visual Record of the Early Days of Hip Hop by Joe Conzo with a launch party and exhibition at The powerHouse Arena.
Born in the Bronx by Joe Conzo Now on Display VIEW SHOW PARTY PICS!

Seconds Of My Life by Jamel Shabazz October 6 - November 11 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Jamel Shabazz’s work has appeared in publications such as The Source, Vibe, Trace, British Elle, Jalouse, Dune, GQ, and French Vogue. In addition, his photographs have been exhibited in Hip-Hop Nation: Roots, Rhymes, and Rage at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, at Xhibiton Transition in Chicago, and at Trace Magazine: True Signs in Paris. Shabazz is a Teaching Artist with Rush Arts Foundation, where he mentors at-risk youth. He is a philanthropist who supports organizations like The Harlem Art Project, The Queens Council on the Arts, and Project Hope. He has published four books with powerHouse: the forthcoming October 2007 release Seconds of My Life, as well as Back in the Days, A Time Before Crack, and Last Sunday in June (2001, 2005, and 2003). Shabazz was born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in 1960.

Black In White America by Leonard Freed October 6 - November 11 VIEW SHOW		One of America's great photojournalists, Leonard Freed was born in 1929 in Brooklyn, NY. As a young man he studied painting and graphic design. Although he originally intended on becoming a painter, he became interested in photography after studying with the influential art director Alexey Brodovitch. One of his first bodies of photographs was a study of Hasidic Jews living in Brooklyn in 1954. He showed the work to Life Magazine who introduced him to Cornell Capa, and Capa, in turn, introduced him to Magnum. Freed moved to Europe in 1956 and began working on assignments for publications including Paris-Match, GEO, London Sunday Times Magazine, and Der Stern.

The Brooklynites Curated by Anthony LaSala September 6 - 30 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		A complex and quixotic urban animal found ranging across southeast New York City, The Brooklynite has obtained a sort of mythological status, representing the “you tawkin’ to me?” attitude for which the city is known. For over three years, writer Anthony LaSala and photographer Seth Kushner trekked tirelessly across the borough, documenting these charismatic characters in The Brooklynites, a collection of images, interviews, and essays.

Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan Curated by Leora Kahn August 30 - September 30 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Photographs by Lynsey Addario, Pep Bonet, Colin Finlay, Ron Haviv, Olivier Jobard, Kadir van Lohuizen, Chris Steele-Perkins, and Sven Torfinn; Essays by Jonathan Alter, Larry Cox, Mia Farrow, Colin Finlay, Ryan Gosling, Nicholas D. Kristof, Susan Myers, and John Prendergast.

ALL WRITES RESERVED The Works of RETNA, REVOK & SABER August 11 - September 2 SHOW INFO \| PARTY PICS		“All Writes Reserved” is full of blindingly colorful, carefully rendered, and physically distorted letterforms and artwork. The exhibit will also house a large-scale installation that combines West Coast graffiti with found objects from the streets of New York. By utilizing found objects, they are taking ownership of the integrated items, and are essentially translating what occurs in the streets to this exhibition.
Summer at the Skylounge Work from the pH Collection July 19 - August 26 VIEW SHOW		Work from the powerHouse Collection, features a dynamic selection of emerging and established artists: Linus Bill, Boogie, Francesco Clemente, Mark Cohen, Mike Disfarmer, Ron Galella, Greg Gorman, Christopher Griffith, William Lamson, Helen Levitt, Danny Lyon, Patrick McMullan, Richard Misrach, Slava Mogutin, Paul P., Charles Peterson, Elizabeth Peyton, Jack Pierson, Thomas Roma, Jamel Shabazz, Peter Sutherland.
The Walls Belong To Us An Art Benefit for Alan Ket's Legal Defense July 25 - August 5 VIEW SHOW \| PARTY PICS		THE WALLS BELONG TO US will feature the largest line up of global graffiti, urban art, and photography ever assembled in one space, with over 120 pieces and 105 artists involved. Canvases, sculptures, prints and silk screens from world-renowned artists including Martha Cooper, FUTURA 2000, Lee Quiñones, Lady Pink, Jamel Shabazz, GHOST, Grotesk, DELTA, Guy Gonzales, IZ THE WIZ, Jose Parla, Henry Chalfant, REVS, ZEPHYR, Shepard Fairey, EWOK 5MH, Joe Conzo, DAZE and Brett Cook Dizney. An Art Benefit for Alan Ket's Legal Defense
Re-Run Installation unveiled, Inspired by vintage running collection from 1970s running boom July 7 - 22, 2007 PARTY PICS		On July 7, 2007, The powerHouse Arena will present RE-RUN, a contemporary installation that celebrates the renegade spirit and energy of running in the 1970s. The installation is set within the context of a three-dimensional wooden modular structure, and based on alternative architecture from the 70s. RE-RUN composes 77 panels featuring vintage Nike Running images juxtaposed with photography, graphics, and a series of specially commissioned artworks created by some of today’s leading young contemporary artists.
Wild Style The Sampler By Charlie Ahearn VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK PARTY PICS		Wild Style, the first film to unite the underground urban art forms of nascent hip hop culture—DJing, MCing, b-boying, and graff writing. Some 25 years after its release, Wild Style is truly a classic, having inspired countless artists, musicians, and writers with unforgettable scenes starring the era’s most memorable personalities. To celebrate the film’s silver anniversary, Wild Style The Sampler provides an inside look at the making of the film, its release, and the reverberations it caused around the world.
DAVID ALAN HARVEY LIVING PROOF May 31–Jul 1, 2007 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK PARTY PICS		In 2005, Magnum Photographer David Alan Harvey began photographing local emcees in the Bronx River Projects, home of hip hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, whose legendary Zulu Nation parties of the 70s inspired a new generation of b-boys and b-girls. It is their descendants that Harvey has captured in Living Proof, a glimpse into hip hop in its many forms.
THE MALE GAZE Apr 20–May 26, 2007 VIEW SHOW		Sullen burger boys meet the effete cognoscenti in *The Male Gaze: a group show including over 20 artists whose cultural explosions have rocked foundations across the world. With work spanning 100 years of bloodless revolution, The Male Gaze* features contemporary artists and their classic antecedents reinventing themselves, their world, and their media in savvy, bawdy, dreamy, and terrifyingly new ways.
THAT 70s SHOW Mar 9–Apr 15, 2007 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW MAG		That 70s Show is an ode to a city long forgotten, a city on the brink of bankruptcy, rife with anarchy, brimming with uninhibited flavor and fearless adventure: New York City in the 70s. The exhibition pays tribute to the people of New York—from the pimps and the pushers to the police and the politicians, the musicians and the artists to everyday citizens—whose perseverance during these years reveals the true spirit of our city. That 70s Show takes us back to a time of crisis and creativity, anxiety and artistry, madness and majesty—when genius burned up the sky like the Bronx on fire.
WARHOL IS DEAD! Feb 1–Mar 4, 2007 VIEW SHOW		The powerHouse Arena announces a nocturne for Andy Warhol—our dearly departed printer, painter, philosopher, filmmaker, oxidizer, epistolizer, and socialite—with Warhol is Dead!, a landmark showcase of photographs of Warhol at work, home, and play by Christopher Makos, Billy Name, Bobby Grossman, Fred McDarrah, Ron Galella, and Patrick McMullan.
DISCO YEARS A POWERHOUSE RETROSPECTIVE Nov 29, 2006 – Jan 28, 2007 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Disco Years: A powerHouse Retrospective brings the high life, literally and figuratively, in an exhibition of the era’s most fabulous fashionistas, indulgent rock stars, outlandish artists, mystical muses, jet-setting socialites, and fantastic freaks, revealing the delicious decadence that defined the decade. New York City in the 1970s was the kingdom, Studio 54 for the castle, and Steve Rubell was the king. A select few made it in; the others were content to wait hours beyond the velvet ropes. Consider this show your VIP ticket into a world only the most glamorous have visited.
NO SLEEP 'TIL BROOKLYN Oct 13–Nov 19, 2006 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW MAG PARTY PICS		No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn is a 30 year retrospective of hip hop culture documenting its humble beginnings in the South Bronx through its glorious rise to global domination. The group exhibition represents every element of hip hop—from the Breakers, graffiti writers, emcees, dj’s, photographers, writers, personalities and fans who have made hip hop the greatest single force in pop culture. No Sleep ‘til Brooklyn is dedicated to the people and to the streets, paying tribute to the founders, the innovators, and the next generation.
INTRODUCTIONS BY JOHN SZARKOWSKI Helen Levitt and Thomas Roma Feb 16–Apr 14, 2006 VIEW SHOW ROMA'S BOOKS \| LEVITT'S BOOKS		Director of the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 1962 to 1991, John Szarkowski oversaw more than one hundred exhibitions, helping to launch photographic careers into the stratosphere. Under his guise, Helen Levitt and Thomas Roma have shown their work, and we are pleased to have them both in a single exhibition. Featuring ten c-prints from Levitt’s first book of color work, Slide Show, along with 10 silver-gelatin prints from Roma’s eerie photographs taken at Holmesburg Prison from his ninth book, In Prison Air, Introductions by John Szarkowski brings together two of photography’s greatest artists.
THE FACE OF FORGIVENESS BY STEVEN KATZMAN Jan 12–Feb 11, 2006 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		With sumptuous black-and-white photographs that recall the religious fervor of El Greco and the anguish of Francis Bacon, The Face of Forgiveness: Salvation and Redemption takes us inside evangelical meetings across the world and bears witness to the driving emotional faith of Christian revival, where emotion and love pours from the eyes and mouths of the faithful, praying and thanking the Lord.
RON GALELLA: THE KENNEDYS Nov 18, 2005–Jan 7, 2006 VIEW SHOW		Ranking the Kennedys as his favorite subjects, Galella documented, exhaustively, the life of America’s first and favorite lady and those of her children. Ron Galella: The Kennedys features 120 black-and-white and color photographs showcasing highlights from the Galella’s extensive archive of America’s first family.
PUBLIC ACCESS BY RICKY POWELL Sept 9–Oct 6, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		For two decades, Ricky Powell has prowled the streets of his native New York, toured the world with hip hop’s biggest acts, and full-on crashed celebrity-studded parties on both coasts. Equipped with only his wits and an instamatic camera, Powell elbowed his way into the center of the scene with no shame. “It’s for public access,” Powell could be heard, pleading for an interview with a pizza shop owner on his cult cable TV show, “Rappin’ with the Rickster.”
MADE IN THE UK BY JANETTE BECKMAN Sept 9–Oct 6, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Made in the UK documents the years between 1977 and 1983, a time when British music pushed every boundary. photographer Janette Beckman had extraordinary access to the musicians topping the UK charts—icons of an era when music had an agenda—including Joe Strummer, The Beat, The Specials, John Lydon, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dee Dee Ramone, The Damned, Debbie Harry, The Raincoats, The Mo-dettes, Laurel Aitkin, Steve Strange, the Rokats, the Undertones, and the fans themselves. Among these groups, this generation still had the radical idea that each and every punk, skin, mod, rude boy, and rocker was just as important as the bands. Beckman’s gritty aesthetic placed her on good footing among the kids on the street—and the portraits she made prove that attitude never dies.
A TIME BEFORE CRACK BY JAMEL SHABAZZ Jun 3–Sept 3, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Once upon a time before crack, inner city communities were blighted by poverty and unemployment—but not by the drug wars that tore families apart, destroying lives with needless violence and mindless addiction. Once upon a time before crack, pride and style were as inseparable as a beatbox and mixtape, or as a pair of shoes and matching purse. Once upon a time before crack, Jamel Shabazz was on the scene, working the streets of New York City, capturing the faces and places of an era that have long since disappeared.
EXHIBITIONISM BY CHRISTOPHER MAKOS Mar 9–Apr 16, 2005 VIEW SHOW		During his long and successful career, Christopher Makos has photographed the most beloved icons of our time including Mick Jagger, Elizabeth Taylor, Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Andy Warhol. In his new collection of his photographs, Exhibitionism, Makos now focuses his lens on an icon of a different sort: The male body.
HIP HOP FILES: 1979–1984 BY MARTHA COOPER Jan 13–Mar 5, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Hip hop culture emerged from an environment of extreme deprivation and decay in the South Bronx, New York City. The concept of pure invention—of creating something from nothing—was in full effect at the end of the 1970s as graffiti (“borrowed” spray paint), breaking (cardboard as dance floor), and outdoor jams (electricity source: the base of street lights) captured the attention of urban youth, coalescing into new forms of artistic expression. Fortunately, photographer Martha Cooper was at the right place at the right time to document the people that created the music, dance, and art that became known worldwide. Cooper followed people who would one day become icons: the Rock Steady Crew, Fab 5 Freddy, DURO and DONDI, LADY PINK, and Afrika Bambaataa, to name a few.
BEST OF EROTICA BY TONY WARD Feb 10–12, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Cataloging his first ten years of work, Tony Ward's recent book Best of Erotica presents more than 250 of Ward’s most prolific and enticing images. From the painterly tones of his color work to gritty black-and-white, Westonesque portraits to truly uninhibited encounters, Helmut Newton glamorous to red-light district tawdry, this collection shows why Tony Ward has become a household name in the world of erotica.
THE LEROY NEIMAN SKETCHBOOK: 1964 LISTON VS. CLAY—1965 ALI VS. LISTON BY LEROY NEIMAN Dec 2, 2004–Jan 8, 2005 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK PARTY PHOTOS		When the world’s most popular artist, LeRoy Neiman, set out to sketch the momentous, history-making heavyweight championship prize fights between Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, he had no idea of publishing a book. Now rediscovered in his Upper West Side studio, the forty-year-old original sketchbook is reborn and lovingly reproduced in an 1:1 stunning facsimile, recreating in words and images those two controversial and epochal fights, along with the dramatic events of the times surrounding them.
FALL BY CHRISTOPHER GRIFFITH Oct 21–Nov 20, 2004 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		People make pilgrimages to experience the brief colorful change of season but usually take for granted the part each individual leaf plays in this brilliant panorama. Fall is an exhibition of photographs documenting the vivid and brilliant colors of the autumnal foliage. Photographer Christopher Griffith has discovered an innovative technique for imprinting the structural and textual elements of nature. Fantastically backlit, the glowing colors are transmitted through the leaves and onto the walls of this exhibition.
TOO FAST FOR LOVE: HEAVY METAL PORTRAITS BY DAVID YELLEN Sept 10–Oct 16, 2004 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Rocking on tour with America’s heavy metal superstars—Kiss, Poison, Iron Maiden, Slaughter, Ted Nugent, Dokken, and Cinderellla—photographer David Yellen captures the classically trashy style of the headbangers, metalheads, burnouts and self-styled fanatics, tailgating in anticipation of the show or hanging by the backstage door, hoping to make it to the promised land of the band’s dressing rooms.
THE FORBIDDEN PICTURES: A POLITICAL TABLEAU BY LARRY FINK Jun 17–Sept 4, 2004 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOKS		A provocative political commentary, “The Forbidden Pictures” is a satirical look at America’s current leaders, referencing the decadence and style of Weimar artists George Grosz, Otto Dix, and Max Beckmann.
AUTOGRAF: NYC'S GRAFFITI WRITERS BY PETER SUTHERLAND May 6–Jun 10, 2004 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment—from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one’s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose faces are known only to their peers. Treated as criminals by the law and dismissed as artists by the establishment, writers are perceived as either alluring antiheroes or loathsome vandals, and usually remain anonymous to their audience. But not to photographer Peter Sutherland.
TOUCH ME I'M SICK BY CHARLES PETERSON Apr 1–May 1, 2004 VIEW SHOW \| VIEW BOOK		Poised at the epicenter of an explosive underground scene, photographer Charles Peterson witnessed the birth of a brash new era in music that grabbed the world by its throat and refused to let go. Grunge, the bastard child of 60s garage and 70s punk, revived the original gritty spirit of rock and roll: rebellion ain’t pretty but it sure is fun.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE DELTA OF VENUS BY JUDY CHICAGO Feb 13—Mar 20, 2004 VIEW SHOW		Iconic erotic writer Anaïs Nin wrote of feminist artist Judy Chicago in the seventh volume of her Diaries, “Our first meeting was very interesting. I was intimidated by [Judy’s] powerful personality. She was intimidated by the lady of the Diaries.... But what happened is that we immediately felt a tenderness and recognized that we needed each other.”
POWERHOUSE SELECTS... A GROUP EXHIBITION Nov 19, 2003–Jan 10, 2004 VIEW SHOW		powerHouse Books' very first exhibition "powerHouse Selects..." was a group exhibition culled from our vast catalog of critically acclaimed photographers and artists, published over our eight-and-a-half years in existence.
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