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The New York Public L i b r a r y
presents
An Art Book Series Event
in conversation with Cay-Sophie Rabinowitz Tuesday February 2, 2010 Margaret Liebman Berger Forum
Room 227 opens to public at 5:30 p.m. Malcolm Mclaren, visionary artist and pop cultural icon, will be in conversation with Cay-Sophie Rabinowitz, curator and editor of
FANTOM
magazine discussing McLaren's recent film based art work and his new book
Malcolm McLaren: Musical Paintings
published by
JRP|Ringier.
“Today,” declares svengali-at-large Malcolm McLaren, “there are two words that sum up the culture: ‘authenticity' is one and the other… ‘Karaoke'! Many artists spend their entire life trying to authenticate, make true, a karaoke culture—but you have to be a magician to make that happen.”
This book, like the exhibition from which it stems, is built around McLaren's
Shallow
, a series of 21 “musical paintings” made from a “grab bag of pop culture's debris over the past 50 years.” The project, curated by Bernd Wurlitzer, brought together music-related works by Rodney Graham, Damien Hirst, Jack Pierson, Rob Pruitt, and Andreas Schulze among others. McLaren has proven to be a visionary of pop culture and a pop cultural icon for more than 30 years; with
Shallow
, he formally announces his identity as an artist.
Malcolm McLaren
first gained attention as the legendary manager of the Sex Pistols, the premier punk rock band of the late '70s and the founder of a highly influential fashion store with Vivienne Westwood that created the punk fashion movement. In the 1980s, McLaren became a performance artist himself turning out highly influential records in
Cay-Sophie Rabinowitz
is the Editor of
FANTOM
a new quarterly journal on contemporary photography and former Senior Editor of
Parkett
. Currently she also holds a senior position at
Malcolm McLaren
6:00 p.m.
Room 227 (2
nd
Floor)
476
212-340-0871
All events are FREE and subject to last minute change or cancellation.
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