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2020-01-27
Referencing Roy Orbison’s song by the same name, famously featured in David Lynch’s film, Blue Velvet, In Dreams includes appearances by famous faces such as Andy Warhol, Peter Fonda, and Wallace Berman, which are intimately interwoven with Hopper’s peripatetic life and his daily use of the camera. While Hopper was very much an insider—at ease with the celebrities and artists of his day— this new engagement with his archive reveals that, like many photographers, Hopper was also in some ways an outsider, an observer. Famous himself, but also an observer: it’s this unique duality that allowed Hopper to view the world in his distinctive way.
Filmmaker, actor and artist Dennis Hopper (1936–2010) first appeared on television in 1954 and spent the next five decades both in front of and behind the camera. In 1969, Hopper co-wrote, directed and acted in the film Easy Rider, forever changing the face of American cinema. During the years leading up to the making of “Easy Rider”, Dennis was photographing at a fanatical pace.
Opposite – Girl with Glass, Paris, 1961-67
Exhibition runs through to March 21st, 2020
Fahey/Klein Gallery
148 North La Brea
Los Angeles
90036 CA
www.faheykleingallery.com
