FRANK PAULIN – NEW YORK, THE EARLY YEARS
2017-08-07Bruce Silverstein is pleased to present an online exhibition devoted to the photographs of Frank Paulin, predominantly captured in the 1950s on the streets of New York City. Many of these early images by Paulin were featured in a 1957 solo exhibition at Helen Gee’s pioneering gallery and café, Limelight—then New York’s only gallery for fine art photography, as well as a local hangout for the great photographers of the time. Despite the fact that his 1957 solo show at Limelight predated the recognition of photography as a commonly appreciated medium, admiring reviews for the show appeared in the New York Times as well as the Village Voice, praising Paulin’s ‘humor and compassion’ and his uncanny ability to perceive irony and record what they referred to as ‘poetic accidents.’
Opposite – West Side Story, New York, 1956
Exhibition runs through to September 1st, 2017
Bruce Silverstein Gallery
535 West 24th Street
New York
10011 NY
