Nat Finkelstein: From One Extreme to the Other

“In retrospect and after a whole lot of living, I look upon the Factory scene like a perpetual carnival in Rio de Janeiro, beautiful girls, pretty boys, music in the air and fucking in the streets, and every once in a while somebody runs in and kills one of the guests.”
Nat Finkelstein, 1933 - 2009

Obsessed with all things Sixties? You’re going to love this. Nat Finkelstein was a veteran of New York’s swinging scene. One of the most respected photojournalists of his time, he is renowned for his intimate documentation of Andy Warhol’s Factory and then later for his political alliance with The Black Panthers (which forced him to live abroad for 15 years)

This retrospective (held at the Idea Generation Gallery near Liverpool Street) brings together Finkelstein’s diverse portfolio of work achieved across five decades, from the Factory scenes (my favourites), to the civil rights and anti-war protests of mid-60s America, to his continuing exploration of the subcultures of 80s and 90s New York.

Look out for the particularly beautiful photo of Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick sitting together, he in his trademark black and sunglasses, she in an antique Belgian lace headscarf. Truly magical.


20th January – 14th February 2010-01-21
www.ideageneration.co.uk
Idea Generation Ltd11 Chance StreetLondon E2 7JB

images © Nat Finkelstein, Courtesy of Idea Generation Gallery.