m →Life and career: Clean up/General fixes, typo(s) fixed: ’s → 's
|
added info on life and career
|
||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Paige Powell''' is an American [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]] and [[ |
'''Paige Powell''' is an American [[Photojournalism|photojournalist]], [[curator]], art [[consultant]], and [[animal rights activist]]. Powell worked for [[Andy Warhol]] as an associate publisher at ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine. As his close friend and confidante, she became immersed in the 1980s New York art scene. Since returning to her native [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] in the 1990s, she has split her time between working on art projects and supporting animal charities. |
||
== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
||
Powell was raised [[Southwest Portland, Oregon]], the daughter of the founding partner of a successful insurance agency.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Dana |first=Gail |date=July 10, 2003 |title=A Paige in History |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/11-features/120011-a-paige-in-history |website=Portland Tribune}}</ref> Powell volunteered at [[Oregon Zoo]] teaching chimpanzees sign language and playing with them as part of the chimpanzee enrichment program before she became the public affairs director at the zoo.<ref name=":2" /> She studied art in Greece before working at [[Blue ribbon sports|Blue Ribbon Sports]].<ref name=":2" /> |
|||
⚫ |
|
||
⚫ | Powell moved to New York City in December 1980.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 9, 2013 |title=Paige Powell on Andy Warhol, Fashion and America’s Art Scene |url=https://spearswms.com/paige-powell-on-andy-warhol-fashion-and-americas-art-scene/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=spearswms.com |language=en-GB}}</ref> She wanted to work for either film director [[Woody Allen]] in a production role or [[Pop art|pop artist]] Andy Warhol at ''Interview'' magazine.<ref name=":0" /> "I approached both, and was offered two jobs, but it just so happened that the one at Interview, selling advertising, started first," she said.<ref name=":0" /> Powell was eventually promoted to an associate publisher and became a regular at Warhol's [[The Factory|Factory]] whilst working as a writer and photographer. |
||
⚫ |
In April 1983, Powell held an exhibition with Jean-Michel Basquiat as the main artist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dolding |first=Sian |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/18660/1/jean-michel-basquiat-reclining-nude |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref>『I had some friends who had an apartment in New York but they were living in Geneva, so there was basically no furniture, and I asked if I could do a show in the apartment. My boyfriend at the time was one of Andy’s technical assistants and he thought I should really get Jean-Michel [for the exhibition],』she recalled.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell on documenting ’80s New York |url=https://www.grandlife.com/culture/interviews/photographer-paige-powell-interview-new-york |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=GrandLife |language=en}}</ref> Graffiti artists Rammellzee, A-One, Lady Pink, Koor and Toxic were also included in the show.<ref name=":1" /> |
||
⚫ | In April 1983, Powell held an exhibition with Jean-Michel Basquiat as the main artist.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Dolding |first=Sian |date=January 30, 2014 |title=Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/18660/1/jean-michel-basquiat-reclining-nude |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref>『I had some friends who had an apartment in New York but they were living in Geneva, so there was basically no furniture, and I asked if I could do a show in the apartment. My boyfriend at the time was one of Andy’s technical assistants and he thought I should really get Jean-Michel [for the exhibition],』she recalled.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell on documenting ’80s New York |url=https://www.grandlife.com/culture/interviews/photographer-paige-powell-interview-new-york |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=GrandLife |language=en}}</ref> Graffiti artists [[Rammellzee]], [[A-One (graffiti artist)|A-One]], [[Lady Pink]], Kool Koor and [[Toxic (graffiti artist)|Toxic]] were also included in the show.<ref name=":1" /> Powell sold some of Basquiat's paintings and eventually they began dating.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Warhol |first=Andy |url=http://archive.org/details/andywarholdiarie00warh |title=The Andy Warhol diaries |last2=Hackett |first2=Pat |date=1989 |publisher=Warner Books |others= |year=1989 |isbn=978-0-446-51426-2 |location=New York |pages=593}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> Through their relationship, Basquiat and Warhol became close friends.<ref name=":2" /> In August 1983, Basquiat moved into a loft that Warhol owned on [[Great Jones Street]]in[[NoHo, Manhattan|NoHo]] and soon they began collaborating.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hoban |first=Phoebe |url=http://archive.org/details/basquiatquickkil0000hoba_y1x9 |title=Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art |date= |publisher=Viking |others=Internet Archive |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-670-85477-6 |location=New York |pages=195-198}}</ref> |
||
⚫ |
Although Powell and Basquiat ended their romantic relationship in 1984, she remained close friends with Warhol until his death in February 1987. "We were attached like mittens |
||
⚫ | Although Powell and Basquiat ended their romantic relationship in 1984,<ref name=":5" /> she remained close friends with Warhol until his death in February 1987. "We were attached like mittens.... we lived eight blocks from one another, we worked together and partied together. We ate the same macrobiotic food, had the same Japanese masseuse, used the same Olympus camera and even had the same haircut for a while."<ref name=":0" /> They had discussed adopting a child together, and Warhol wanted to work with her directly on commissioned projects.<ref name=":0" /> At Warhol's burial, Powell placed a copy of ''Interview'' and a bottle of Beautiful Eau de Parfum by [[The Estée Lauder Companies|Estée Lauder]] into his grave before it was covered with earth.<ref name=":0" /> |
||
⚫ | Powell was an early adopter of camcorder technology and often filmed her friends. She forged friendships with creatives such as artist [[Francesco Clemente]], novelist [[Tama Janowitz]], and fashion designer [[Stephen Sprouse]] among others.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell: The Ride |url=https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/paige-powell-the-ride/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Portland Art Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> Powell was instrumental in mounting a retrospective exhibition of the work of Stephen Sprouse at [[Deitch Projects]] in 2009, via her friend curator [[Jeffrey Deitch]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=February 5, 2009 |title=Stephen Sprouse Rock On Mars Exhibition |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/1761/1/stephen-sprouse-rock-on-mars-exhibition |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
||
⚫ | Powell was an early adopter of camcorder technology and often filmed her friends. She forged friendships with creatives such as artist [[Francesco Clemente]], novelist [[Tama Janowitz]], and fashion designer [[Stephen Sprouse]] among others.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell: The Ride |url=https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/paige-powell-the-ride/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Portland Art Museum |language=en-US}}</ref> Powell was instrumental in mounting a retrospective exhibition of the work of Stephen Sprouse at [[Deitch Projects]] in 2009, via her friend curator [[Jeffrey Deitch]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dazed |date=February 5, 2009 |title=Stephen Sprouse Rock On Mars Exhibition |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/artsandculture/article/1761/1/stephen-sprouse-rock-on-mars-exhibition |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Dazed |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> |
||
⚫ |
After returning to Portland in |
||
⚫ | After returning to Portland in 1994, Powell has split her time between working for non-profit animal-protection organizations and as a curator and art consultant.<ref name=":0" /> In 1999, Powell founded the Pearl Arts Foundation with developer Homer Williams, becoming its executive director. The foundation was dissolved in 2003.<ref name=":4" /> Powell curated the art collection for [[The Nines (hotel)|The Nines]] hotel in Portland.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Modern Design Hotel - Custom Art Collection {{!}} The Nines Hotel |url=https://www.thenines.com/art/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=The Nines |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Calhoon |first=Martha |date=May 19, 2009 |title=The Nines Becomes an Unlikely Showcase for Portland's Creative Class |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2009/05/greenroom-0109 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Portland Monthly |language=en-US}}</ref> Her clients also include [[The Lexington Hotel NYC]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-10-29 |title=The Art of The Lexington |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/lexington-hotel |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> The Baronette Renaissance Detroit-Novi Hotel,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dave |date=January 6, 2011 |title=Baronette Renaissance Hotel Lobby by d-ash design |url=https://www.contemporist.com/baronette-renaissance-hotel-lobby-by-d-ash-design/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=CONTEMPORIST}}</ref> [[JW Marriott Hotels|JW Marriott]] Denver Cheery Creek,<ref>{{Cite web |title=JW Marriott a Contemporary Stay in Denver's Cherry Creek |url=https://www.justluxe.com/travel/hotel/feature-1585282.php |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=JustLuxe |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-05-27 |title=In Denver, local art finds room at the inn |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2011/05/27/in-denver-local-art-finds-room-at-the-inn/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=The Denver Post |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-12-11 |title=Meet the Minds Behind Restaurant Design - David Ashen |url=https://hospitalitydesign.com/projects/main/meet-the-minds-behind-restaurant-design-david-ashen/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Hospitality Design |language=en-US}}</ref> |
||
⚫ |
Powell documented the rising careers of her friends, musician [[Thomas Lauderdale]] of [[Pink Martini]] and filmmaker [[Gus Van Sant]].<ref name=":3" /> Lauderdale encouraged Powell to go through her archive of 1980s photographs and to start showing them to the public.<ref name=":1" /> |
||
⚫ | Powell documented the rising careers of her friends, musician [[Thomas Lauderdale]] of [[Pink Martini]] and filmmaker [[Gus Van Sant]].<ref name=":3" /> Lauderdale encouraged Powell to go through her archive of 1980s photographs and to start showing them to the public.<ref name=":1" /> In 2014, she had her first exhibition, ''Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude,'' at the Suzanne Geiss Gallery in New York.<ref name=":1" /> Basquiat's estate opposed publishing the intimate photos, which depict Basquiat nude.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegler |first=Mara |date=2015-10-05 |title=Estate fighting release of Basquiat’s nude photos |url=https://pagesix.com/2015/10/04/estate-fighting-release-of-basquiats-nude-photos/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Page Six |language=en-US}}</ref> |
||
Powell appeared on the Netflix ''The Andy Warhol Diaries'' (2022). |
|||
In 2019, Powell collaborated with Gucci for a series of installations of her photographs called ''Beulah Land'', which was named after the bar in Manhattan where Powell covered the walls in photos of her "non-biological family."<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Kerry |first=McDermott |date=November 6, 2019 |title=Paige Powell’s Photos Of Icons Of 1980s New York Were A Precursor To Instagram |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/paige-powell-beulah-land-gucci-dover-street-market |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=British Vogue |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was first displayed at [[Gucci]] on [[Wooster Street (Manhattan)|Wooster Street]] in New York and then [[Dover Street Market]] in [[Ginza]], Tokyo and London.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Clubkid Photographer Paige Powell and Gucci Turn Dover Street Market London Into a Time Machine |url=https://www.10magazine.com/news/paige-powell-gucci-beulah-land-dover-street-market-london/ |website=10 Magazine}}</ref> Coinciding with the installation, a three-book set was published celebrating Powell's images of culture, art, and nightlife in 1980s New York.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 18, 2019 |title=Gucci Celebrates Paige Powell's New Book |url=https://www.lofficielusa.com/save-the-date/gucci-wooster-paige-powell-2019 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=L'Officiel USA |language=en-US}}</ref> |
|||
[[Claire Forlani]] as Gina Cardinale in the [[Julian Schnabel]] film ''[[Basquiat (film)|Basquiat]]'' (1996) is a composite character of Basquiat's girlfriends, including Powell.<ref name=":2" /> Powell appeared on the [[Netflix]] docuseries ''[[The Andy Warhol Diaries (TV series)|The Andy Warhol Diaries]]'' (2022).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-09 |title=Andrew Rossi’s New Docuseries Brings Andy Warhol’s Private Diaries to Life |url=https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/andrew-rossi-new-docuseries-brings-andy-warhol-private-diaries-to-life |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Interview Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |
|||
== Exhibitions == |
== Exhibitions == |
||
''Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude'' at Suzanne Geiss Company in New York, Jan 16, 2014–Feb 22, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell: Jean-Michel Basquiat Reclining Nude |url=https://www.artsy.net/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Artsy}}</ref> |
''Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude'' at Suzanne Geiss Company in New York, Jan 16, 2014–Feb 22, 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell: Jean-Michel Basquiat Reclining Nude |url=https://www.artsy.net/ |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=Artsy}}</ref> |
||
''Paige Powell: The Ride'' at [[Portland Art Museum]] in Portland, Nov 5, 2015–April 3, 2016.<ref name=":3" /> |
''Paige Powell: The Ride'' at [[Portland Art Museum]] in Portland, Nov 5, 2015–April 3, 2016.<ref name=":3" /> |
||
''(Self)'' at Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery in Portland, August 29, 2017–October 1, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=(SELF) |url=https://preview-art.com/highlight/self/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=Preview Art Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> |
|||
''Beulah Land'' at [[Gucci]] Wooster in New York, April 17, 2019–May, 17 2019.<ref name=":6" /> |
|||
''Beulah Land'' at Dover Street Market in Tokyo, September 7, 2019–September 26, 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paige Powell “Beulah Land” Installation at DSMG by Gucci – TOKYO DANDY |url=https://www.tokyodandy.com/paige-powell-beulah-land-installation-at-dsmg-by-gucci/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> |
|||
''Beulah Land London'' at Dover Street Market in London, November 6, 2019–November 21, 2019.<ref name=":7" /> |
|||
== References == |
== References == |
||
Line 33: | Line 45: | ||
[[Category:Women photojournalists]] |
[[Category:Women photojournalists]] |
||
[[Category:American art curators]] |
[[Category:American art curators]] |
||
[[Category:American consultants]] |
|||
[[Category:American animal rights activists]] |
Paige Powell is an American photojournalist, curator, art consultant, and animal rights activist. Powell worked for Andy Warhol as an associate publisher at Interview magazine. As his close friend and confidante, she became immersed in the 1980s New York art scene. Since returning to her native Portland in the 1990s, she has split her time between working on art projects and supporting animal charities.
Powell was raised Southwest Portland, Oregon, the daughter of the founding partner of a successful insurance agency.[1] Powell volunteered at Oregon Zoo teaching chimpanzees sign language and playing with them as part of the chimpanzee enrichment program before she became the public affairs director at the zoo.[2] She studied art in Greece before working at Blue Ribbon Sports.[2]
Powell moved to New York City in December 1980.[3] She wanted to work for either film director Woody Allen in a production role or pop artist Andy Warhol at Interview magazine.[3] "I approached both, and was offered two jobs, but it just so happened that the one at Interview, selling advertising, started first," she said.[3] Powell was eventually promoted to an associate publisher and became a regular at Warhol's Factory whilst working as a writer and photographer.
In April 1983, Powell held an exhibition with Jean-Michel Basquiat as the main artist.[4]『I had some friends who had an apartment in New York but they were living in Geneva, so there was basically no furniture, and I asked if I could do a show in the apartment. My boyfriend at the time was one of Andy’s technical assistants and he thought I should really get Jean-Michel [for the exhibition],』she recalled.[2] Graffiti artists Rammellzee, A-One, Lady Pink, Kool Koor and Toxic were also included in the show.[4] Powell sold some of Basquiat's paintings and eventually they began dating.[5][2] Through their relationship, Basquiat and Warhol became close friends.[2] In August 1983, Basquiat moved into a loft that Warhol owned on Great Jones StreetinNoHo and soon they began collaborating.[6]
Although Powell and Basquiat ended their romantic relationship in 1984,[5] she remained close friends with Warhol until his death in February 1987. "We were attached like mittens.... we lived eight blocks from one another, we worked together and partied together. We ate the same macrobiotic food, had the same Japanese masseuse, used the same Olympus camera and even had the same haircut for a while."[3] They had discussed adopting a child together, and Warhol wanted to work with her directly on commissioned projects.[3] At Warhol's burial, Powell placed a copy of Interview and a bottle of Beautiful Eau de Parfum by Estée Lauder into his grave before it was covered with earth.[3]
Powell was an early adopter of camcorder technology and often filmed her friends. She forged friendships with creatives such as artist Francesco Clemente, novelist Tama Janowitz, and fashion designer Stephen Sprouse among others.[7] Powell was instrumental in mounting a retrospective exhibition of the work of Stephen Sprouse at Deitch Projects in 2009, via her friend curator Jeffrey Deitch.[8][3]
After returning to Portland in 1994, Powell has split her time between working for non-profit animal-protection organizations and as a curator and art consultant.[3] In 1999, Powell founded the Pearl Arts Foundation with developer Homer Williams, becoming its executive director. The foundation was dissolved in 2003.[1] Powell curated the art collection for The Nines hotel in Portland.[9][10] Her clients also include The Lexington Hotel NYC,[11] The Baronette Renaissance Detroit-Novi Hotel,[12] JW Marriott Denver Cheery Creek,[13][14] and the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel.[15]
Powell documented the rising careers of her friends, musician Thomas LauderdaleofPink Martini and filmmaker Gus Van Sant.[7] Lauderdale encouraged Powell to go through her archive of 1980s photographs and to start showing them to the public.[4] In 2014, she had her first exhibition, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude, at the Suzanne Geiss Gallery in New York.[4] Basquiat's estate opposed publishing the intimate photos, which depict Basquiat nude.[16]
In 2019, Powell collaborated with Gucci for a series of installations of her photographs called Beulah Land, which was named after the bar in Manhattan where Powell covered the walls in photos of her "non-biological family."[17] It was first displayed at GuccionWooster Street in New York and then Dover Street MarketinGinza, Tokyo and London.[18] Coinciding with the installation, a three-book set was published celebrating Powell's images of culture, art, and nightlife in 1980s New York.[19]
Claire Forlani as Gina Cardinale in the Julian Schnabel film Basquiat (1996) is a composite character of Basquiat's girlfriends, including Powell.[2] Powell appeared on the Netflix docuseries The Andy Warhol Diaries (2022).[20]
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Reclining Nude at Suzanne Geiss Company in New York, Jan 16, 2014–Feb 22, 2014.[21]
Paige Powell: The RideatPortland Art Museum in Portland, Nov 5, 2015–April 3, 2016.[7]
(Self) at Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery in Portland, August 29, 2017–October 1, 2017.[22]
Beulah LandatGucci Wooster in New York, April 17, 2019–May, 17 2019.[17]
Beulah Land at Dover Street Market in Tokyo, September 7, 2019–September 26, 2019.[23]
Beulah Land London at Dover Street Market in London, November 6, 2019–November 21, 2019.[18]
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: date and year (link)