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© Bill Bernstein / Reel Art Press
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© Bill Bernstein / Reel Art Press
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© Bill Bernstein / Reel Art Press
Exhibition
DISCO: The Bill Bernstein Photographs
3 Dec 2015 – 23 Jan 2016
Event times
Tuesday to Friday 10-5pm
Saturday 11-4pm
Cost of entry
Free Admission
Address
- 345 Ladbroke Grove, London
- London
- W10 6HA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Nearest Tube station: Ladbroke Grove – 10 mins, Kensal Rise – 15 mins
Bill Bernstein’s photography exhibition takes the viewer on an access-all-areas tour of late-70s New York nightlife.
About
Bernstein witnessed first hand the last days of the disco scene in New York, he photographed the regulars at Studio 54, Paradise Garage, Mudd Club, Hurrah and GG's Barnum Room.
Headlines may have been dominated by images of Bianca Jagger and Andy Warhol but Bernstein also captured the real faces of disco, the authentic, egalitarian crowd who lived and breathed the scene. Containing many previously unpublished photographs, this stunning exhibition celebrates the heart of the disco movement.
“Who were these people of the night...? It was the Posers. The Watchers. The Posers watching other Posers watching the Watchers, watching the Dancers, watching themselves.” Bernstein’s eye was drawn to the characters that lived for the night, rather than the celebrities, the unknown men and women who were transformed by the nightclub haze.
This exhibition, shown for the first time in the UK, accompanies the publication of Disco: The Bill Bernstein Photographs, released by Reel Art Press (www.reelartpress.com) on 16th November 2015. The exhibition features photography from the new book and a number of signed, limited edition artworks.
Disco: The Bill Bernstein Exhibition from 3rd December 2015 – 23rd January 2016. Serena Morton Gallery, 343-345 Ladbroke Grove, London W10 6HA.
For more information, see www.serenamorton.com
