DennisHopper’s captivating 1960s photography is on show in LA now via AnotherMan
Liberated from the constraints of the studio system, Hopper spent the 1960s pursuing art, first traveling to New York to act in the theatre before being given a Nikon by then-wife Brooke Hayward in 1961. With a camera in hand, Hopper could actively engage in the changing landscape of 1960s America.
“Dennis was an insider, a friend, and a participant with his camera in hand,” says David Fahey, pioneering Los Angeles photography gallerist who has worked with Hopper since the 1970s and curated the new exhibition,“His pictures are unconventional. They have a quirky, fly-on-the-wall kind of way of capturing the moment. I think he tried to free himself from any kind of preconceived idea. He wanted to make an engaging picture as well as capture the significant moment.
Hopper’s most fertile period of work was made between 1961 and 1967, just as art was emerging from the age of Abstract Expressionism and starting to go Pop. Hopper surrounded himself with artists including Andy Warhol, William Claxton, Joseph Albers, and Ed Ruscha, collecting and even collaborating. His famed 1961photograph was the poster for Ed Ruscha’s first show of gas station paintings; he also appeared in one of Warhol’s earliest films.“Organic flow is very pertinent.
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