{"product_id":"dennis-hopper-photographs-1961-1967-9783836570992","title":"Dennis Hopper. Photographs 1961-1967","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1960s, \u003cstrong\u003eDennis Hopper\u003c\/strong\u003e carried a camera everywhere--on film sets and locations, at parties, in diners, bars and galleries, driving on freeways and walking on political marches. He photographed movie idols, pop stars, writers, artists, girlfriends, and complete strangers. Along the way he captured some of the \u003cstrong\u003emost intriguing moments of his generation\u003c\/strong\u003e with a keen and intuitive eye. A reluctant icon at the epicenter of that decade's cultural upheaval, Hopper documented the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eTina Turner\u003c\/strong\u003e in the studio, \u003cstrong\u003eAndy Warhol \u003c\/strong\u003eat his first West Coast show, \u003cstrong\u003ePaul Newman\u003c\/strong\u003e on set, and \u003cstrong\u003eMartin Luther King\u003c\/strong\u003e during the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From a \u003cstrong\u003eselection of photographs compiled by Hopper \u003c\/strong\u003eand gallerist\u003cstrong\u003e Tony Shafrazi\u003c\/strong\u003e, this extensive volume, finally \u003cstrong\u003eback in print\u003c\/strong\u003e in a new edition, distills the essence of Hopper's prodigious photographic career. Also included are introductory essays by Shafrazi and legendary West Coast art pioneer \u003cstrong\u003eWalter Hopps\u003c\/strong\u003e, as well as an \u003cstrong\u003eextensive biography\u003c\/strong\u003e and new afterword by journalist \u003cstrong\u003eJessica Hundley\u003c\/strong\u003e. With excerpts from \u003cstrong\u003eVictor Bockris's interviews of Hopper's famous subjects, friends, and family\u003c\/strong\u003e, this volume revives an unprecedented exploration of the life and mind of \u003cstrong\u003eone of America's most fascinating personalities\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBockris, Victor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - An Englishman who moved to New York in 1973 and became connected to Andy Warhol, the Factory, and Interview, Victor Bockris has written books on Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, Keith Richards, William S. Burroughs, Patti Smith, and Muhammad Ali.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHopps, Walter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Walter Hopps (1933-2005) was one of the premier curators of 20th-century art. Cofounder of Los Angeles's Ferus Gallery and director of the Pasadena Museum of Art, he was responsible for the first retrospectives of Kurt Schwitters, Joseph Cornell, and Marcel Duchamp. A key advocate of American Pop art, his 1962 survey \"New Painting of Common Objects\" was the first of its kind. After directing the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, he went on to build the Menil Collection museum in Houston and became its founding director in 1987.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShafrazi, Tony:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Abadan, Iran, to Armenian parents, Tony Shafrazi was educated in England from age 13, graduating from the Royal College of Art in 1967. Moving to New York in 1969, he exhibited as a conceptual artist throughout Europe and New York. From 1974 to 1978, he advised and helped build an outstanding collection for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran. In 1979, he opened his New York gallery, introducing groundbreaking American artists of the 1980s including Haring, Basquiat, Scharf, Brown, and Baechler, while exhibiting masters of the '60s: Warhol, Ruscha, and Hopper. From 1990, he exhibited the work of Brian Clarke, Patrick Demarchelier, Robert Williams, Michael Ray Charles, and David LaChapelle. Since 1997 he has represented the Estate of Francis Bacon, and continues to mount museum-quality exhibitions, most recently the critically acclaimed \"Who's Afraid of Jasper Johns?\"\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Taschen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671119794450,"sku":"9783836570992","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_78de32ad-96d4-480a-8291-931cca07eac6.jpg?v=1733796508","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dennis-hopper-photographs-1961-1967-9783836570992","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}