Skip to main content
0
Info
Due to copyright reasons, no images of this artwork can be shown. We ask for your understanding.
David LaChapelle

Recollections in America, XI: Party on Twin Beds, 2006

Information about the artwork

  • MaterialC-print
  • Dimensions50.8 x 60.9 cm
  • Year of acquisition2007
  • Inventory numberUAB 634 11/13
  • On viewCurrently not exhibited

More about the artwork

David LaChapelle is known for his opulently staged photographs of stars and supermodels. He owed the beginning of his stellar career as a celebrity photographer to Andy Warhol, who first commissioned him for “Interview” magazine in the early 1980s. “Recollections in America” is quite extraordinary for LaChapelle’s œuvre. The pictures are reminiscent of party snapshots; the persons shown seem less to play a part than to forget their parts: an elderly lady throws up in company, an apparently drunk man fills Kahlúa into a baby bottle. The longer the viewer looks at the photographs, the more inconsistencies are noticeable. Who would put a hand grenade onto a sideboard and why does the same man reappear several times? Photo albums from the 1970s and 1980s provide the foundation for this series. LaChapelle has digitally mounted elements such as the hand grenade into the photographs. These collages draw a memorable picture of suburban life in the United States—the dark side of the “American dream.”

Further artworks

Artwork: "Untitled (New York City)" from Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Untitled (New York City), 1968
Artwork: "Rorschach" from Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Rorschach, 1984
Artwork: "Paul Taylor" from Alex Katz
Alex Katz Paul Taylor, 1959
Artwork: "Mila, Hannah" from Seth Price
Seth Price Mila, Hannah, 2015–2017
Artwork: "Still Life (Hammer and Sickle)" from Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Still Life (Hammer and Sickle), 1976
Artwork: "Shadow" from Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol Shadow, 1978
Artwork: "LeRage" from Arthur Jafa
Arthur Jafa LeRage, 2017
Artwork: "An Evening, Chapter 32" from R.H. Quaytman
R.H. Quaytman An Evening, Chapter 32, 2017
Artwork: "Tulips" from Cy Twombly
Cy Twombly Tulips, 1985