About the Event:
powerHouse Magazine Issue 2: That 70s Show launches with an exhibition of over 50 artists and photographers at powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, on Thursday, March 8, 2007, from 6-10pm. Music by Grandmaster Caz and DJ Kevin Hedge from Blaze with West End Records Founder Mel Cheren.
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That 70s Show is an ode to a city long forgotten, a city on the brink of bankruptcy, rife with anarchy, brimming with uninhibited flavor and fearless adventure: New York City in the 70s. The exhibition pays tribute to the people of New York—from the pimps and the pushers to the police and the politicians, the musicians and the artists to everyday citizens—whose perseverance during these years reveals the true spirit of our city. That 70s Show takes us back to a time of crisis and creativity, anxiety and artistry, madness and majesty—when genius burned up the sky like the Bronx on fire.
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Featured artists include:
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Charlie Ahearn, writer, director, and producer of Wild Style
Alvin Baltrop (1948-2004), Vietnam-era veteran, photographer of NY’s Westside Piers, 1975-1986
Roberta Bayley, queen of punk rock photography
BLADE, king of graff; only living artist other than Warhol to be on cover of Sotheby’s catalogue
Joe Conzo, photographer shooting hip hop and salsa in the Bronx during the 1970s
Martha Cooper, photographer of Subway Art, Hip Hop Files: 1979–1984, and We B*Girlz
DAZE, old-school graffiti legend and artist
Misha Erwitt, noted photojournalist
John Fekner, famed street artist whose stencils in the Bronx defined the era
Larry Fink, celebrated photographer and author five books including Social Graces
Flo Fox, old-school street photographer
Jill Freedman, acclaimed documentary photographer and author of Street Cops
Carol Friedman, portrait photographer and author of The Jazz Pictures
Ron Galella, godfather of the paparazzi and author of five books including Disco Years
Flint Gennari, old-school graffiti pioneer and fine art photojournalist
Godlis, the CBGBs photographer
Arlene Gottfried, author of Midnight and Sometimes Overwhelming
Bobby Grossman, official photographer of Downtown 81 and Glenn O’Brien’s TV Party
IZ THE WIZ, old-school graffiti legend and artist
Lisa Kahane, documentary photographer shooting the South Bronx in the late 70s
Seth Kushner, portrait photographer and author of The Brooklynites
Helen Levitt, celebrated street photographer and author of Slide Show, Here and There
Builder Levy, author of Images of Appalachian Coalfields and Builder Levy Photographer
Christopher Makos, famed Warhol photographer and Factory personality
Maripol, Queen of the Polaroid, stylist extraordinaire, and film producer
Susan Meiselas, Magnum photographer and author of Carnival Strippers
Metal Man Ed, metal sculptor
Anton Perich, publisher of Night magazine, painter, photographer and video artist
Dustin Pittman, W and WWD fashion photographer and 70s pop-culture documentarian
Joseph Rodriguez, acclaimed photojournalist and author of four books
Thomas Roma, Guggenheim Fellow and Director of the Photography at Columbia University
Jamel Shabazz, celebrated street photographer and author of Back in the Days
SEEN, old-school graffiti legend
SHADOW aka Christopher Lee, old-school graffiti writer
SNAKE 1 aka Eddie Rodriguez, one of the founders of Writers Corner188
Harvey Stein, street and portrait photographer, author of four books including Coney Island
Straightman aka LAVA, old-school graffiti pioneer and flyer king
Helen M. Stummer, fine art photo documentarian, author of No Easy Walk, Newark, 1980-1993
Allan Tannenbaum, photojournalist for SoHo Weekly News and author of New York in the 70s
James TOP, old-school graffiti pioneer and artist
Harvey Wang, award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and author of Harvey Wang’s New York and Flophouse
Dondi White, old-school graffiti legend and artist
Magazine cover courtesy of powerHouse Books
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Partenships:
Chocolate Bar, FIJI Water, Halcyon the Shop, Montana, Smuttynose, and Starr African Rum.
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Miss Rosen’s Contribution to the Project
Exhibition Curator, Installation, Brand Partnership, Event Planning, Publicity, and Advertising.
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Coordinated international publicity campaign including coverage in
1010 WINS, Art Crimes, Brooklyn Paper, Graffiti NYC, Photo District News,
Time Out New York, and Weekend Today in New York/NBC, among others.
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Art Directed and Coordinated Advertising Campaign in:
Artillery, Death + Taxes, Missbehave, Photo District News,
Photograph, Preen, Wax Poetics, and YRB.
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Photographs ©Joe Conzo
Cover courtesy of powerHouse Books