TASCHEN GALLERY: LOS ANGELES IT’S JUST A SHOT AWAY
David Bailey celebrated the opening of the TASCHEN Gallery in Los Angeles, bringing to life the historic, SUMO-sized Rolling Stones book with the exhibition It’s Just a Shot Away: The Rolling Stones in Photographs. Over 700 people packed the gallery space, from rock ‘n’ roll legends and their die-hard fans, to industry luminaries from the art, fashion and music worlds, all clamoring for a chance to meet the legendary David Bailey.
Notable guests included Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson, David Hockney, Pamela Anderson, Steven Tyler, David LaChapelle, Jeremy Scott, Michael Chow, Amber Rose, Udo Kier and Ralf Möller. Ethan Russell, who photographed the band on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour, and Guy Webster, who shot the cover of the bands U.S. album Big Hits (High Tide and Green Grass), were also in attendance.
Located on one of the busiest intersections in Los Angeles, the TASCHEN Gallery will continue to excite and bring new levels of dynamism to the subjects of TASCHEN books through rotating exhibitions. First there was the book – now there is the show.
It is the legendary British photographer’s first group show since he exhibited with the arist David Hockney in London in 1971.
Curated by Reuel Golden the exhibit brings together almost 100 photographs tracing the remarkable history of the world’s greatest and most photogenic rock n roll band. Available for sale, the prints include such masters as David Bailey, Anton Corbijn, Gered Mankowitz, Terry Richardson, Dominique Tarlé, and Albert Watson. The exhibition is timed with the release of the Collector’s Edition book The Rolling Stones edited by Golden.
TASCHEN’s historic SUMO-sized The Rolling Stones Collector’s Edition, a book that took four years of trawling through close to a million photographs of the band, will also be on display and available for purchase. This is the Stone’s definitive and authorized photographic history, limited to just 1,600 copies worldwide, and signed by Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie. Following “It’s Just A Shot Away” the TASCHEN gallery will exhibits shows based around its eclectic publishing programs, which covers art, architecture, pop culture, fashion, film, photography, and sex. The meticulous research and expertise behind its books will now be applied to create compelling exhibitions.
TASCHEN GALLERY
8070 BEVERLY BLVD
LOS ANGELES, CA 90048
323 852 9098
Photographer: Angie Smith
