John Lennon and Yoko Ono
The Orphic Gallery will commemorate the birthday of John Lennon with the opening on Saturday, October 12th of a new exhibit EXCEPT THE DOLLS featuring the work of Allan Tannenbaum.
In the Fall of 1980, Allan Tannenbaum had the privilege of photographing John Lennon and Yoko Ono for the SoHo Weekly News. Allan was afforded extraordinary access to John and Yoko as they engaged in their daily activities and worked on their final album together Double Fantasy. These extraordinarily intimate and personal pictures have become genuinely iconic images from this era. Allan could never imagine that just 10 days after the last photo session, that John would be killed by a crazed fan with a gun. Had this tragedy not occurred John Lennon would have been 73 this October 9th. The Orphic Gallery will honor John Lennon’s memory visually and musically on the night of Allan’s opening.
A selection of photographs from his Lennon/Ono sessions will be a central focus of EXCEPT THE DOLLS which will survey Allan’s music photography from the New York City music world of the 1970s both onstage and behind the scenes. His extensive portfolio documents the future legends of the downtown music world from Alex Chilton to Wayne County - Blondie, Jim Carroll, Lou Reed, Richard Hell, The Ramones, The Talking Heads, The Plasmatics - and major touring acts including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Iggy Pop, Bob Marley - virtually all notable performers from this heady time with the exception of The New York Dolls.
EXCEPT THE DOLLS will open with an artists’ reception on Saturday, October 12, 2013, from 5-7 pm. The Orphic Gallery is located at the Roxbury Corner Store at 53525 State Highway 30, Roxbury, NY, at the corner of Main and Bridge Streets. The exhibit will continue through November 17th and be open to the public during the gallery’s normal business hours, Wednesday through Sunday, 12-5 pm.
For further information on EXCEPT THE DOLLS or the Orphic Gallery, please contact Phillip Lenihan at 607-326-6045 or phil@orphicgallery.com.
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