LARRY CLARK – TULSA
2013-02-11For the first time in Sweden, the exhibition will present Clark’s magnum opus, the notoriously iconic Tulsa-monograph, compromising the complete series of fifty vintage photographs from a private collection.
Taken in Tulsa, Oklahoma between 1963 and 1971, when the artist was in his twenties, the images are acclaimed for their powerful impact as both social documentary and subjective autobiography.
The main theme for Larry Clark’s body of work has always been honesty. With an unapologetic, unorthodox, and unedited depiction of sex, drugs and other vices, the Tulsa-series is acclaimed by critics for stripping bare the myth that Middle America had been immune to the social convulsions that rocked America in the 1960’s.
From rouge artist to rebel icon, Larry Clark has served as a saint of provocation and his documentary aesthetic has inspired generations of artists and filmmakers. Without Larry Clark there would be no Nan Goldin, Ryan McGinley, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Juergen Teller, Spike Jonze, Martin Scorsese, or Gus Van Sant.
Opposite – Untitled, 1971
Exhibition runs through till March 17th, 2013
Snickarbacken 7
111 39 Stockholm
Sweden
