Join us on January 15th for the opening reception of New York in the 80s, an exhibition of photographs by Janet Delaney, and Lower East Side Teenagers in the 1960s, featuring photographs by Nick Lawrence curated by Janet Delaney.

This exhibition coincides with the release of Janet Delaney’s new monograph, Red Eye to New York, from Mack Books. Delaney will be signing copies during the reception. Both artists will be in attendance.

Please Note: Proof of Covid-19 vaccination and masks are required for entry.

New York in the 80s and Lower East Side Teenagers in the 1960s will be on view Jan 15 - Feb 26, 2022.

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About the Exhibitions:

In the 1980s, Delaney worked in a photography lab in San Francisco and from time to time, she would be a courier for the lab, to New York. In the morning light, she would wander with her twin lens Rolleiflex through Chinatown, across Canal Street, into SoHo and beyond 14th. Mesmerized by the depth of history embedded in the city’s buildings and the embrace of the cross pushing past her. Despite being tired and often lost, the act of photographing made Delaney feel present and alert, in tune with the crowds and mesmerized by the depth of history woven into the city’s structures. The color photographs that make up this series reveal the formation of her generous approach to photographing streets and the people who inhabit them, capturing the precious mixture of private lives lived in public and transient moments of connection between photographer and subject.

Along with Delaney’s exhibition, she has curated a selection of black and white photographs by Nick Lawrence, Lower East Side Teenagers in the 1960s, that we will be showing in the back gallery. Taken in the late 1960s, Nick Lawrence lived on New York City’s Lower East Side and taught at a nearby junior high school photographing his students over a period of 3 to 4 years. Lawrence was able to capture their innocence as they were on the cusp of adulthood.

To read the full press release, click here.