Laurence Miller Gallery Exhibition                 March 25 - May 15, 2004

 Les Krims Fact or Fiction

From March 25 – May 15, Laurence Miller Gallery will present 20 vintage photographs from the gallery's collection, made between 1965 and 1974 by Brooklyn born (b. 1942) satirist and provocateur Les Krims. This will be Krims' first one-person show in New York in over 20 years.

Krims achieved instant recognition in 1969 with five exhibitions of his powerful satirical images, such as his Jewish mother naked on her living room couch, older Jewish men in a Coney Island sauna, and a naked woman wearing only a Minnie Mouse mask posing in front of an oversize cross made out of Mickey Mouse balloons. Over the years his work has been characterized as humorous, disturbing, misogynistic and revolutionary. A pioneer of contemporary tableau and fictional photography, his work has provoked impassioned dialogue about gender, photography's relationship to history, and the borders of promiscuity and taboo.

  A selection of 9 images from the exhibition 
 
Works in this exhibition are 4 3/4 x 7" Kodalith prints.

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The Result of Living
in a Dark Room for
Three Years and 
Not Looking for Work
1971

 

 

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Untitled, 1969

 

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From the Portfolio
The Deerslayers, 1972

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Sally Krims
Seated on Her Plastic
Covered Couch, Brooklyn
New York, 1965

 


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Human Being as a
Piece of Sculpture
1973

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Diane Arbus Lives in Us
1974

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From the Portfolio
The Deerslayers, 1972

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The Static Electric Effect
of Minnie Mouse on
Mickey Mouse Balloons
1968

 

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Sally Krims with Guns in
Her Bra and Cross-Eyed
Woman, Buffalo, NY
1970

 

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