[Frameworks] Luther Price exhibition in NYC closes on Halloween!

[Warren Cockerham]

I don't know about Mark Pauline. Luther Price was shot at close range in the abdomen with an assault rifle 30 years ago. The accident happened in Nicaragua. The US confiscated his medical records when he returned from his trip that summer. He created 11 sculptures in the fall of 1985 at MassArt based on this experience. Luther's wound didn't heal that fall; he was changing his dressings 3 times a day. That December, he returned to the hospital for reexamination and the bullet was finally found and removed. This injury along with the death of Luther's sister, mother, and father (all died from cancer) from 1998-2001, inform much of the medical imagery found in his slide, film, and now painting work. There are also 4 sculptures in the exhibition from that period - one of which is a self-portrait. And, as the quote from the article states, one was made prior to the shooting. The bullet is on display in a vitrine at the gallery along with other artifacts from Luther's childhood and from his early film work. I'm working on a transcription of a 2 1/2 hour interview with Luther that we recorded just before the show opened. I hope to have it finished soon. 

Warren




> On Oct 29, 2015, at 2:21 PM, Francisco Torres <fjtorrespr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  ''Four mummified-looking sculptures produced in 1984 and '85—one made before his injury and three made afterward—frame a collection of image-based work that both depicts and undergoes degradation.'' Injury? Like Mark Pauline?
> 
> 2015-10-29 12:58 GMT-04:00 Warren Cockerham <warrencockerham at gmail.com>:
>> Hello Frameworkers:
>> 
>> In case you're in NYC and you're looking for something to do on Halloween, check out The Dry Remains at Callicoon Fine Arts at 49 Delancey St. Art in America called it "the Lower East Side's most morbid show this season." Mark Mcelhatten, a long-time friend of Luther's, said the show is "the best of Luther artifacts in captivity I have seen wall to wall. Really moving and great honor to his work." 
>> 
>> Art in America Article- http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/exhibitions/luther-price/
>> 
>> Callicoon Fine Arts' website with hours of operation (W-SUN 10am - 6pm) - http://callicoonfinearts.com/exhibitions/luther-price/  
>> 
>> My deepest gratitude goes to Photi Giovanis for allowing Luther and me to come in his gallery, darken his windows, turn off the lights, and traumatize his patrons and passerbys. 
>> 
>> -- Warren Cockerham
>> NYC and Boston (and Providence!) 
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