A fan in an original t-shirt from "back in the day"
The designs of Stephen Sprouse
If the DEITCH Gallery had a miss with a Liz Renay exhibit, they more than made up for it with this Stephen Sprouse retrospective at their Wooster Street space. It has more energy in the designs than all of the Chelsea galleries put together. And, of course it attracted some fabulous folks. (photos coming tomorrow)In the meantime if you don't know about Stephen Sprouse here's the description courtesy of Deitch Gallery. The show runs through February 28th so don't miss it if you're in town.
Stephen Sprouse (1953-2004) was one of the most influential fashion designers of his time and a key figure in the dynamic mix of punk rock, wild style graffiti, and street influenced fashion that characterized the downtown New York community in the early 1980s. He was one of the first to build on the influence of Andy Warhol to create a fusion of art, music and fashion.
The exhibition will introduce SPROUSE’s pop-influenced paintings to the larger art audience. His paintings of iconic rock and roll imagery including stacks of loudspeakers, Sid Vicious with his pants down, and an Iggy Pop crucifixion, have rarely been seen. The show will also include a selection of the video works made to accompany his runway shows, examples of his fabric and furniture design for Knoll, and fifty of his most influential fashion looks.
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