Hervé Gloaguen, 'Andy Warhol at the Factory,' NY 1966, 40 x 50 cm, C-print on argentic paper. Courtesy Galerie Arcturus and the artist
When Hervé Gloaguen arrived in New York City as a young Parisian photographer, he landed at the center of Andy Warhol’s inner circle, camera in hand. Gloaguen was in the US on assignment for popular French magazine Réalités, and his photos from 1965–1971 capture Warhol, his scene, and his city with endearing naiveté. Half a century after Gloaguen documented Warhol’s world, New York au Temps d’Andy Warhol puts the portraits on display once again at Galerie Arcturus, as part of the fifth-annual Photo Saint-Germain festival in Paris.Gloaguen, unlike his star-struck contemporaries, dismantles Warhol’s invulnerability, producing photographs not of a celebrity, but of a friend. The images, like his metropolitan landscapes and portraits of other artists—take a young Yayoi Kusama and her clique, for example—are fun and indulgent. Full of bad haircuts, perfectly posed group shots, and unsentimental romanticism, the photos are nostalgia at its best.Let Gloaguen’s portraits of 1960s New York wash away the woes of 2016, below:New York au Temps d’Andy Warhol runs through November 27 at Galerie Arcturus, as part of Photo Saint-Germain.Related:150 Self-Portraits Reveal the Inner Lives of Iconic ArtistsA New Exhibition Explores the Art of Performing for the CameraHow the City of Paris Preserves 13 Million Photographs | Conservation Lab
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