Velvet Underground Celebrated With Art Exhibit

Velvet Underground Celebrated With Art Exhibit The John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller series of art exhibitions will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of the Velvet Underground's debut album, The Velvet Underground and Nico, with "C/O The Velvet Underground, New York, NY".

Johan Kugelberg and John McWhinnie co-curated the exhibition, which features period posters, books, silk-screens, ads, reviews, albums, and photographs from public and private collections. Also included is the rare and rather infamously eBayed 1966 acetate demo of the album.

Artists whose art and design work is featured in the exhibition include Andy Warhol, Adam Ritchie, Paul Morrissey, and Doug Yule. Lou Reed's original lyrics from 1965 are also featured. A catalogue with the same title as the exhibition will include texts by Richard Prince, William Gibson, Jack Womack, Jonathan Richman, Jon Savage, John McWhinnie, and Johan Kugelberg.

The exhibition will run for one month from April 12 to May 12 with an opening reception on the first day.
Posted by Dave Maher on Thu, Apr 5, 2007 at 9:43am