FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 4, 2007
New York, NY
SILVER FACTORY PHOTOGRAPHER BILLY NAME TO BE FEATURED AT PARIS PHOTO 2007 AND L’UNIVERRE GALLERY THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
Over the decade since it first began, Paris Photo has won recognition as the world's premier fair for still photography. This unique event offers a deep and broad view of the medium, with the best of fine art photography from the earliest days until now and a forward-looking survey of what's happening in this art form today. Paris Photo is organizing its eleventh edition determined to maintain its standards of excellence and its support for photography in all its diversity. From November 15th through November 18th, 2007 it will bring together some hundred galleries and publishers from the world over. With its exhibitions, book signings, prize award ceremonies and lectures, during those five days Paris Photo will be the eye of the world.
Renowned photographer and chronicler of the Warhol Factory throughout the 1960’s, Billy Name is exhibited and collected by major museums and collections around the globe. On November 16, this great artist’s works will be the centerpiece of an evening at the historic Cinema le Grand Rex and accompanying Rex Club. From 10pm – 11pm there will be a special invitation preview of selected scenes from the (in-progress) “Factory People,” a film by Emmy award winner Catherine O’Sullivan Shorr, produced by Planet Group Entertainment and Zarafa Films in association with France Channel 4. Following, through the night, will be a celebration at the famed adjacent nightclub in the musical spirit of the 60’s which will include an exhibition of photography by Billy Name incorporating print installations and projections in the tradition of Warhol’s original Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
Information about Paris Photo 2007 can be found at www.parisphoto.fr
From October 29 through November 29, the works of Billy Name and other Warhol Factory Superstars will be on exhibition at Paris’ L’Univerre Gallery. Participants will Bibbe Hansen, Ultra Violet, Brigid Berlin, Allan Midgette, Ivy Nicholson and Factory inspired artists John Santanello, Editta Sherman, Amy Cohen Banker, Theresa Kereakas, Joe Major, Miestorm, Joseph Freeman and others. Curated by OvoWorks, Inc. and Kevin Kushel, this will be a tribute to the enduring movement begun by Andy Warhol in the early 1960’s. L’Univerre Gallery is located at 20 rue des Coutures Saint Gervais, Paris, France.
Images and information about Billy Name and other OvoWorks represented artists can be found at www.ovoworks.smugmug.com.
