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Harriet Crowder, Man Standing at Bethel Square, Lion Street, Brecon, Wales (William S. Burroughs, 1960) (detail), image size: 1030 x 1030 mm, sheet size: 1100 x 1105 mm, edition of 7 + 3 artist’s proofs, produced 2015
Exhibition
A Man Called Burroughs: Photographs by Harriet Crowder
6 Feb 2015 – 20 Feb 2015
Event times
Exhibitions keep the same opening hours as the pub.
Cost of entry
Free
Address
- The Function Room
- 23 Phoenix Road
- London
- NW1 1HB
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Euston, Kings Cross St. Pancras
An exhibition, the launch of two previously unexhibited editions, and a birthday party to celebrate William Burroughs' 101st birthday.
About
The Function Room presents A Man Called Burroughs: photographs by Harriet Crowder including unseen portraits of William S. Burroughs taken during a trip to Wales in 1960. Revealing the surprising location of an iconic portrait of the man that appeared on the cover of the 1965 LP Call Me Burroughs.
Catch the glassy-eyed, pin-pointed stare of its subject. In the second image, a cigarette stub in the left hand, pointed at the viewer.
Thursday 5 February 2015, from 7pm: exhibition opening and Burroughs’ 101st birthday party!! With live radionics, broadcasts from the past and videos from the future by Louise Ashcroft, Dan R. Wilson, International Necronautical Society, Al & Al
