MICK ROCK “EXPOSED” AT SUMO GALLERY: CELEBRATING THE MOST ICONIC ROCK IMAGES IN NEW YORK’S HOTTEST NEW GALLERY

Mick Rock’s Fall New York exhibition EXPOSED (also the title of his new book which will be launched at the exhibition, with Kate Moss on the cover sporting a Ziggy Stardust t-shirt) will open at the Sumo Gallery on the 22nd September, 2014 for a four week run. The event will showcase Mick’s iconic images of Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Queen, Blondie, and other rock legends that gave him the title of “The Man Who Shot The Seventies.” The exhibition will include never before seen images of the icons and recent work of today’s musical glitterati.

EXPOSED will also feature a selection of the PhotoArt that he has produced over the past 20 years but rarely exhibited, with interpretations inspired by Mick’s iconic photos of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lady Gaga, Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Lou Reed and Paul McCartney.

From the Ramones to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the exhibition will be a visual celebration of the energy and unique style of the music that created the most exciting era in rock history. Quintessential images that created many of the seminal record covers of the seventies will mix with intimate and timeless photographs of the personal and human side of legendary stars. EXPOSED will confirm Mick Rock’s place as one of the most iconic photographers of our time.

Mick’s latest book EXPOSED, the inspiration for this exhibition, will be available at the end of September from Palazzo Editions.

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For my sins in a former life, I’ve been forced to spend an inordinate amount of time with musicians in this life. Of course, I love them.

A camera is a wonderful ally. It requires minimal maintenance and provides entry to a world of endless imagery.

My ambition was not to be a great photographer (though that certainly would have been a worthy stance). It was a lust to embrace anything that startled or energized me.

I am not in the business of documenting or revealing personalities. I am in the business of freezing shadows and bottling auras.

Without the rock ‘n rollers, I would not have developed as an image man.

You want to shock people with a bit of mystery and beauty. That’s my favorite kind of shocking.

I’ve never felt like a voyeur, although I’ve certainly done plenty of looking!

There’s an art to looking back - how to celebrate the past without being entrapped by it. Photographs provide the great physical link.

My allegiance was always to the act. I wanted them to be happy. I wasn’t owned by a magazine or a record label.

I smell pictures more than I see them and I hear pictures more than I can smell them. It’s very habit forming.