"Marcia Resnick: Bad Boys - Punks, Poets and Provocateurs" Exhibition
Deborah Bell Photographs
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"Bad Boys" is a photographic collection of punks, poets and provocateurs by Marcia Resnick (American, b. 1950) that studies the various ways in which power and maleness manifested themselves in New York City in the 1970s and ‘80s. It explores aggression, fame, sexuality and the ironic gamut of interpretations for the word “bad,” from “evil” to “naughty” to “cool” to “good,” and extends the meaning of the word “boys” beyond that of male child. These visually evocative portraits of “enfant terribles” include Divine, Johnny Thunders, Jean-Michel Basquiat, John Belushi, Quentin Crisp and others whose clout add to the mythology of their “badness.” All photographs in Bad Boys are vintage silver gelatin prints and have never before been exhibited as a group.
[Iamge: Marcia Resnick "Kipper Kids" NYC 1980]
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Schedule
from January 14, 2011 to February 26, 2011
Opening Reception on 2011-01-13 from 18:00 to 21:00