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Adam Cohen, Fugazi, Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, 1988 © Adam G. Cohen

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Studio to Stage

Music Photography from the Fifties to the Present

Jul 28 – Sep 5, 2022

Examining the past 70 years of music making, Studio to Stage, on view at Pace’s 540 West 25th Street gallery through August 19, presents the work of 17 photographers and filmmakers, featuring intimate studio portraits and striking images of onstage performances and audiences. This online presentation brings together a focused selection of works from the in-person exhibition. It showcases photos by all the artists represented in the physical presentation, including Robert Frank, Gordon Parks, Ming Smith, Peter Hujar, Irving Penn, Paul Graham, Janette Beckman, Rahim Fortune, and other international figures.

Studio to Stage recognizes the debts musicians and artists owe one another and the allegiances and connections they have created over time. Collaborations between photographers and musicians have helped cultivate myths in the music industry, develop the looks and feels of various scenes, and project artists’ sensibilities from the street and stage to the world at large. Many of the images in this exhibition tell the stories of musicians as they transformed from underground to overground stars.

Rarely exhibited together, the works in this exhibition reflect the evolution of music photography over the last century. These images speak to exchanges across different genres, eras, and geographic locations that make music a continuous, boundless, and borderless art form.

Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon, Bob Dylan, singer, New York, February 10, 1965, vintage gelatin silver print, 19-1/2" × 15-3/4" (49.5 cm × 40 cm), image 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper

Janette Beckman

Janette Beckman, Sade, (color), New York City, 1983, archival pigment print mounted to board, 36-3/8" × 26" (92.4 cm × 66 cm), image 40" × 30" (101.6 cm × 76.2 cm), paper
Janette Beckman, Andre 3000, Outkast, New York City, 2003, archival pigment print, 42-1/4" × 35-1/2" (107.3 cm × 90.2 cm), image and paper

Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen, Minor Threat, The Great Gildersleeves, NYC, 1983, vintage gelatin silver print, 12-1/2" × 8-1/4" (31.8 cm × 21 cm), image 14" × 11" (35.6 cm × 27.9 cm), paper
Adam Cohen, Fugazi, Maxwell's, Hoboken, NJ, 1988, vintage gelatin silver print, 17-3/4" × 11-5/8" (45.1 cm × 29.5 cm), image 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper

Jem Cohen

Jem Cohen, Vic Chesnutt: Met Museum / Unknown Doorway, NYC / North Star Deserter Session, Montreal, 1996, 1993, 2007, three prints from Polaroid originals each mounted to Dibond, 12-7/16" × 12-1/8" (31.6 cm × 30.8 cm), image, paper and mount, panels A and C 15" × 14-1/2" (38.1 cm × 36.8 cm), image, paper and mount, panel B
Jem Cohen, And Then Benjamin (Played His Last Show), 2022, photo-collage on bulletin board with three gelatin silver prints from 35mm film, 1999, 24-1/8" × 18" (61.3 cm × 45.7 cm), overall

Kevin Cummins

Kevin Cummins, Ian Curtis of Joy Division at T.J. Davidson’s rehearsal room in Manchester, England, 19 August 1979, gelatin silver print, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper
Kevin Cummins, The Sex Pistols at Club Lafayette in Wolverhampton, England, 19 August 1977, gelatin silver print, 10-1/4" × 15-5/8" (26 cm × 39.7 cm), image 12" × 16" (30.5 cm × 40.6 cm), paper

Rahim Fortune

Rahim Fortune, Erykah Badu, 2020, gelatin silver print mounted to board and Dibond, 24" × 19" (61 cm × 48.3 cm), image, paper and mount
Rahim Fortune, Red’s Juke Joint, 2021, gelatin silver print mounted to board and Dibond, 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), image, paper and mount

Robert Frank

Robert Frank, Cocksucker Blues, 1972, gelatin silver print, 10" × 4-1/8" (25.4 cm × 10.5 cm), image 11" × 8-1/2" (27.9 cm × 21.6 cm), paper

Paul Graham

Paul Graham, End of an Age #12, 1997, archival pigment print mounted to Dibond, 59-1/2" × 44-3/4" (151.1 cm × 113.7 cm), image 68-1/2" × 52-1/2" (174 cm × 133.4 cm), paper and mount 72-1/2" × 56-1/2" × 1-3/4" (184.2 cm × 143.5 cm × 4.4 cm), frame

Hiro

Hiro, The Rolling Stones, Sanibel Island, Florida, January 27, 1976, pigment print mounted to Dibond, 42" × 63" (106.7 cm × 160 cm), image 43-3/4" × 65-1/8" (111.1 cm × 165.4 cm), paper 49-1/2" × 70-1/2" (125.7 cm × 179.1 cm), mount

Peter Hujar

Peter Hujar, Rod Stewart on a Dock, Memphis, 1971, vintage gelatin silver print, 13-7/8" × 10-1/2" (35.2 cm × 26.7 cm), image 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper
Peter Hujar, Cockettes Bobby and Nikki, 1973, vintage gelatin silver print, 14-5/8" × 14-5/8" (37.1 cm × 37.1 cm), image 20" × 16" (50.8 cm × 40.6 cm), paper

Ari Marcopoulos

Ari Marcopoulos, Untitled, 1986, two vintage gelatin silver prints, 19-3/8" × 15-1/4" (49.2 cm × 38.7 cm), each image and paper 20" × 15-7/8" × 1-1/2" (50.8 cm × 40.3 cm × 3.8 cm), each frame

Itzel Alejandra Martinez

Itzel Alejandra Martinez, Moshing in Brooklyn, 2016, archival giclee print, 20" × 30" (50.8 cm × 76.2 cm), image 21" × 31" (53.3 cm × 78.7 cm), paper

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks, A Great Day in Hip Hop, Harlem, New York, 1998, gelatin silver print, 20" × 59" (50.8 cm × 149.9 cm), image, paper and mount

Irving Penn

Irving Penn, Miles Davis, Hand on Trumpet, New York, 1986, gelatin silver print, 10-1/8" × 10-1/2" (25.7 cm × 26.7 cm), image 13-7/8" × 11" (35.2 cm × 27.9 cm), paper

Rankin

Rankin, David Bowie - Scratch, 1995, Resin Lambda print mounted to Dibond, 48" × 36" (121.9 cm × 91.4 cm), image, paper and mount
Rankin, Spice Girls From Behind, 1997, C-type print mounted to Dibond, 36" × 48" (91.4 cm × 121.9 cm), image, paper and mount

Ming Smith

Ming Smith, Sun Ra Space II (New York), 1978, archival pigment print, 40" × 60" (101.6 cm × 152.4 cm), paper 40-15/16" × 60-15/16" (104 cm × 154.8 cm), frame
Ming Smith, Sun Ra Space I (New York), 1978, archival pigment print, 40" × 60" (101.6 cm × 152.4 cm), paper 40-15/16" × 60-15/16" (104 cm × 154.8 cm), frame

Nick Waplington

Nick Waplington, Thetan Feet, 2004, C-type light jet print, 30" × 38" (76.2 cm × 96.5 cm), image 36" × 43-1/2" (91.4 cm × 110.5 cm), paper and mount 37-1/2" × 45-1/4" × 1-1/4" (95.3 cm × 114.9 cm × 3.2 cm), frame
Nick Waplington, Glastonbury 1, 1990s, C-type print mounted to Dibond, 48" × 72" (121.9 cm × 182.9 cm), image, paper and mount
Nick Waplington, Untitled from The Sound Factory series, New York, 1989-93, C-type print mounted to Dibond, 27" × 40-1/4" (68.6 cm × 102.2 cm), image, paper and mount
Nick Waplington, Untitled from The Sound Factory series, New York, 1989-93, C-type print mounted to Dibond, 40-1/4" × 27" (102.2 cm × 68.6 cm), image, paper and mount

To inquire about works featured in Studio to Stage, please email us at inquiries@pacegallery.com.

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