Richard Kern
Biographie
Son œuvre s'articule autour de la pornographie et de l’érotisme populaires.
Très impliqué dans la scène musicale new-yorkaise du début des années 1980 (collaborations avec Sonic Youth , Lydia Lunch et Henry Rollins ), il se consacre ensuite entièrement à la photographie dans les années 1990.
Il est suivi par Vice pour la série Shot by Kern dans laquelle il prend en photo des amatrices comme des actrices X professionnelles.
Il a publié sept livres et contribue à des publications internationales.
Il est le principal acteur de la naissance du porno chic [réf. souhaitée] avec Helmut Newton et auteur de nombreux ouvrages sur la question.
En France, il est représenté par la galerie Jousse Entreprise.
Expositions personnelles
2017
Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Genève, Suisse
2016
Fortnight Institute, New York
2015
Marlborough Chelsea, New York
Cabinet, London
2013
La Termica, Malaga, Espagne
Galerie Sebastien Betrand, Genève, Suisse
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (Film Retrospective), Pologne
2012
Vivacom Art Hall, Sofia, Bulgarie
Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
2011
Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscou, (Film Retrospective)
Anthology Film Archives, New York (Film Retrospective)
2009
Galerie Bertrand-Gruner, Genève, Suisse
Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Gênes, Italie
Rental, New York
2008
2006
Guidi & Schoen Arte Contemporanea, Gênes, Italie
Hotel, Londres
Roger Björkholmen Galler, Stockholm, Suède
2005
Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City
Gallery Speak F O R, Tokyo
2004
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Feature Inc., New York
2003
Jousse Entreprise, Paris, France
Snapshot as Gris , Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Galleria Davide Di Maggio – Mudimadue, Milan, Italie
2002
ICA, Londres
Catylyst Arts, Belfast, Irlande
2001
Fundación Municipal de Cultura, Gijón, Espagne
Feature Inc., New York
The Deep, Tokyo, Japon
2000
Reali, Brescia, Italie
Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm, Suède
1999
Mdu B, F, and G, Montréal, Canada
Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Allemagne
Torch , Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
1998
Reali , Brescia, Italie
Center for Contempary Photography, Melbourne, Australie
Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France
1997
Feature Inc. , New York
Galerie Roger Bjorkholmen, Stockholm, Suède
The Deep, Tokyo, Japon
Austerlitz autrement , Paris, France
1996
Feature Inc. , New York
Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris, France
1995
PURR Gallery, Londres
The Deep, Tokyo, Japon
1990
FourFiveFive, San Francisco, États-Unis
1985
You Killed Me First , Ground Zero, New York (Collaboration with David Wojnarowitz)
Expositions collectives
2016
Summer Show , Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Genève, Suisse
NADA NY (art fair), Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, New York
2014
Mystic Fire , Paradise Row, London, curated by Darren Flook
A Shit in the Face of History, Melkweg, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
2013
Coconut Water , White Flag Projects, St Louis, Missouri, Etats-Unis. Curated by Matt Strauss
Art Genève (art fair), Galerie Sébastien Bertrand, Genève, Suisse
2012
Ideal Pole , Ramiken Crucible, New York. Curated by Bjarne Melgaard
A rebours, Venus Over Manhattan, New York. Curated by Adam Lindemann
2011
After Shelley Duvall ’72 , Maccarone, New York. Curated by Bjarne Melgaard
The Lead Awards , Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hambourg, Allemagne
2010
Accessories To An Artwork Glen Horowitz, New York et Paul Stopler, Londres. Curated by Peter Saville
Salad Days , The Journal Gallery, New York. Curated by Michael Nevin
Who Shot Rock and Roll , Brooklyn Museum, New York. Curated by Gail Buckland
Sonic Youth: Sensational Fix , Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany and other places. Curated by Roland Groenenboom
2006
The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene 1974–84, Grey Art Gallery, New York (and other places)
Vice, Silverstein Photography, New York
The Kate Show, Amsterdam Photography Museum, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas
Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
2004
Emporte-moi! extase, possession et autres transports , Images ‘04, Vevey, Commissariat Vincent Juillerat
XXX , Davide Di Maggio Gallery, Berlin, Allemagne
2003
Martha Graham Contempary, New York
Gothenburg Bienial, Göteborg, Suède
2002
Strip and Tease Aeroplastics Contempary, Bruxelles, Belgique
2001
Selected Works , Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis
Wet , Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Face Off , Aeroplastics Contemporary, Bruxelles, Belgique
2000
Group Show, Galerie Patrick Seguin, Paris, France
Kim’s Bedroom , Parco Gallery, Tokyo, Japon
Full Serve , Rove, New York. Curated by Kenny Schacter
Group Show, Reali Artecontemporanea, Brescia, Italie
Kim’s Bedroom MU, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas
1999
B.M.W. (black meet white) ANP Antwerpen, Bruxelles, Belgique
Shake the Disease Duncan Of Jordanstone College of art and design, Dundee, Écosse
Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New York
1998
Disidentico , Plazzo Brancifonte, Palerme, Italie, curated by Achille Bonito, (Disidentico catalogue published by Panepinto Arte with exihibition)
Move 2 , New Image Art , Los Angeles, Etats-Unis, curated by Rich Jacob
1997
Scared Stiff Grey Art Foundation, New York. Curated by Annie Stanley
Flying Buttress Please , Torch, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas. Curated by Hudson
El Ojo Tambien Penetra , Organismo Autonomo De Cultura, Centro De Fotografia, Ile de Tenerife, Espagne. Curated by Reiner Opoku and Angel Luis de la Cruz (Book Eio Jo Tambien Penetra published with exhibition)
The Bite Generation, Lola Productions, Nantes, France. Comissariat Romain Slocombe
1996
One Hundred Photographs American Fine Arts, New York
The Experimenters Lombard Fried, New York. Curated by Kenny Schacter
B-Side Gallery , New York. Curated by Rick Prole
Picture This CBGB Gallery, New York
Kunsthaus, Koln, Allemagne. Curated by Reiner Opoku
1995
High Anxiety 66 Crosby Street, New York. Curated by Kenny Schachter
Oy 121 Greene Street, New York. Curated by Kenny Schachter
1994
Winter of Love P.S.1, New York. Curated by Olivier Zahm and Dike Blair
Filmographie
You Killed Me First (1985)
Woman at the Wheel (1985)
Thrust in Me (1985)
Submit to Me (1985)
Stray Dogs (1985)
The Right Side of My Brain (1985)
Manhattan Love Suicides (1985)
I Hate You Now (1985)
" Death Valley '69 " music video (1985)
King of Sex (1986)
Goodbye 42nd Street (1986)
Fingered (1986)
Submit to Me Now (1987)
X is Y (1990)
Pierce (1990)
Money Love (1990)
The Evil Cameraman (1990)
Tumble (1991)
Nazi (1991)
Horoscope (1991)
Sewing Circle (1992)
The Bitches (1992)
"Detachable Penis " music video (1992)
My Nightmare (1993)
"Lunchbox " music video (1995)
Extra Action (2007)
Face to Panty Ratio (2011)
Les principaux films de Richard Kern ont été édités par la société vidéo Haxan films , qui les a regroupés en deux VHS intitulées Hardcore et Hardcore 2 , sorties en 1994.