Monday, February 20, 2012

WELCOME TO TERRYWOOD!

The show I wish i could make it to LA for at the end of this week, though it may be good cuz I know it's gonna be packed with not so pleasant people to be around hahaha. Anyhoo – go motherfucker! 



TERRY RICHARDSON
TERRYWOOD
Opening Reception Friday, February 24, 6-9pm
OHWOW 937 N. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069 Los Angeles, CA

Terry Richardson's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, titled TERRYWOOD, presents over 30 of his latest photographs. Inspired by the multiple facets of Hollywood life, TERRYWOOD unveils a series of images of the famous locale, as seen through Richardson's eyes. Terryworld meets Hollywood, as the local characters, familiar landscapes, and architectural details, now verge on having a new identity. Through a medium not typically understood as effective in translating an artist's personality, Richardson manages to make his hand evident within his photographs. His identity is unmistakably present here, as if he created the very objects and scenes his camera captures. An artist often attributed with changing the field of photography, Richardson also defies the ideological limitations of the practice, while redefining an epitome. TERRYWOOD takes all that Hollywood represents - the celebrity, broken dreams, kitsch, and sorted history - but, just as with all of Richardson's well-known work, he re-contextualizes familiar imagery, re-identifying it with characteristics reflective of his own persona, imparting them with a different narrative.

©2011 OHWOW

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