BEN BUCHANAN – HISTORY IS A NIGHTCLUB
2017-10-23History is a Nightclub: Downtown AREA, NYC, 1983-87, a is spectacular array of 35-40 candid moments from the 80’s featuring the greats of modern art at their most relaxed, alongside a host of celebrity friends including Sting, Tom Waits, The Beastie Boys, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Grace Jones and John Waters.
Ben Buchanan captured these glimpses of NYC’s downtown scene while working as an in-house photographer for AREA, a nightclub renowned for its constant and imaginative redecorations – Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Keith Haring and David Hockney are seen attending an art-themed party, while Grace Jones poses with a lion for her birthday during the club’s Natural History reinvention.
Opposite – David Hockney & Keith Haring at the Mr Chow Art Dinner, NYC, 1985
Exhibition runs through to October 31st, 2017
Peter Harrington
43 Dover Street
London
W1S 4FF
