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UPCOMING EXHIBITS 4/5/10
23rd Images
Festival of
Independent Film, Video and New Media
including many film or video installations
in 15 different galleries around Toronto.
Some opening as early as March 19,
some closing as late as June 6.
STUDIO Gallery presents a retrospective exhibition featuring
Photography and Films of Richard
Kern
His first solo exhibition in Canada!
His first full-career retrospective!
Curated by Rafi Ghanaghounian.
May 1-30
STUDIO Gallery, 294 College St., Toronto
Opening Reception - Saturday, May 1, 6-11pm,
free!
Artist in attendance!
RSVP: avery@studio.to | 416-832-3933
Artist Talk and Book Signing - Sunday, May
2, 7-9pm, $10
A conversation between Bruce La Bruce and Richard Kern.
Q&A to follow. Books will be available for purchase
Film Screenings - Saturdays, May 15 & 22, 7-10pm, $5 each
This retrospective exhibition is a documentation of works
by Richard Kern over the last twenty years. From his early short films
which became recognized as the central works of the movement known as
the Cinema of Transgression and photographs from the 90’s which
feature early stages of his voyeuristic style photography up to present
day recent and new work.
In the early 80’s and 90’s Kern brought a specific form of
art to the public. A bit of a shock is an understatement. Drawing inspiration
from the neighborhood, the Lower East Side in New York, where he still
lives and works.
Kern began with short films because of its immediate audience response.
He later moved to photography full time in the early 90’s. This
however does not stop Kern from occasionally directing films and music
videos for artists including Lydia Lunch, David Wojnarowicz, Karen Finley,
Rita Ackermann and Lucy McKenzie, the novelist Geoff Nicholson, and musicians
such as Sonic Youth, the Butthole Surfers and Marilyn Manson. Richard
sought to both unravel and illuminate the complex and often darker sides
of human nature.
Kern is a photographer, occasional pornographer, and former-filmmaker
and video director - but what remains profound is that he is a portrait
artist first.
Kern has published nine books and is a regular contributor to a variety
of international publications such as Purple, Vice, V Magazine and Italian
GQ as well as in his numerous books and exhibited at The Museum of Modern
Art, The Whitney Museum and in more than 30 solo shows around the world.
for more info visit: http://www.studio.to/richardkern
Contacting STUDIO Gallery: Avery Hunsberger
avery@studio.to | 416-832-3933
MODEL CASTING CALL
While in Toronto, Richard Kern will shoot new work as part of STUDIO's
Artist-in-Residence program. This is an open call for any interested models
to submit themselves for consideration. See details and submission guidelines
here:
http://www.studio.to/richardkernmodelcastingcall/
