Who Shot Rock N Roll Views
Even though the heat index was 110 today, I went to the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to check out the Who Shot Rock n Roll exhibit. It is photographic history of rock n roll from 1995 to present. It is a traveling exhibit that will be on display through the summer. The Brooks is located in Overton Park just 5 minutes from my house.
Of course the rock n roll exhibit started off with Elvis, since Elvis started rock n roll. It was Alfred Wertheimere’s Elvis at 21 photographs from New York 1956. Then there were some great shots of the Buddy Holly, the Stones, Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, the Beatles etc etc. There was an amazing shot of Kurt Cobain just off stage sitting down crying. Very mesmerizing. Then I saw my boys! There was a huge picture of 1987 ′s Joshua Tree album cover by Anton Corbijn. And right next to it a huge tv showing Antoni’s One video and Electrical Storm video. I stood there glued to the tv watch Larry in drag in One and watching Larry dripping in Electrical Storm. Thank you Anton!
Who Shot Rock & Roll is currently at the Brooklyn Museum, chronicling legendary rockers from 1955 through the present. Pictured above is Amy Winehouse in Miami and Bob Dylan in Liverpool. There-’s over 250 shots, including images of live performances, backstage shots, ”before they made itl” photos and my favorite: portraits.
i think that the who shot rock n roll exhibit is a little dangerous, and kind of a threat to the real art that could have been hanging there instead. most of the work in there was from things that had already been in magazines or even on the front covers of albums thus perpetuating the rock star as god myth. i would like to have seen more shots like the ones youa’re talking about, where the artists are vulnerable and shown in a different context, but as it is, i think they mostly just chose glamor shots. the exhibit felt very safe to me, and very obsessed with celebrity.
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