PHOTO:Scratching the Surface

“Robert Irwin”, Dennis Hopper, 1962, Silver Gelatin Print, 40.6 x 61 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery
“Robert Irwin”, Dennis Hopper, 1962, Silver Gelatin Print, 40.6 x 61 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery

 

Photos of the unconventional actor and director Dennis Hopper are presented at Gagosian Gallery in Rome in conjunction with the 13th International Photo Festival of Rome “FOTOGRAFIA”. The photographs are divided into two sections: Photographs from the 60s and Drugstore Camera series from the 70s, divided into two sections: Photos of the 60s and the Drugstore Camera series from the 70s. The hundred photographs in the exhibition include: spontaneous portraits of legendary today artists, actors, and musicians, cultural events, people that currently we would call them iconic, and intimate moments that caught Hopper’s attention, constitute a captivating view of the 60s and 70s that combines political idealism and human optimism and the and the contrast between the hard work of the (ordinary) people and the Hippie revolutionary dream. Info:’’Scratching the Surface’’, Dennis Hopper, Gagosian Gallery, 16 Via Francesco Crispi, Rome, Duration: 23/9-8/11/14, Days & Hours: Tue-Sat 10:30-19:00, www.gagosian.com

“Wallace Berman”, Dennis Hopper, 1964, Silver Gelatin Print, 27.9 x 35.6 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery
“Wallace Berman”, Dennis Hopper, 1964, Silver Gelatin Print, 27.9 x 35.6 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery

 

“Biker Couple”, Dennis Hopper, 1961, Archival Digital Print, 50.8 x 76.2 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery
“Biker Couple”, Dennis Hopper, 1961, Archival Digital Print, 50.8 x 76.2 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery

 

“Untitled (portrait David Hopper)”, Dennis Hopper, c.1971, Silver Gelatin Print, 8.9 x 12.7 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery
“Untitled (portrait David Hopper)”, Dennis Hopper, c.1971, Silver Gelatin Print, 8.9 x 12.7 cm, © The Hopper Art Trust, Courtesy of The Hopper Art Trust and Gagosian Gallery