Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy
Preview and KIWI Arts Group Champagne Reception
Thursday, January 12 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. (VIP, Press)
Fair Hours: Friday, January 13 to Sunday, January 15 from noon to 10:00 p.m. and Monday, January 16 from noon to 7:00 p.m.
Kiwi Arts Group
Miami International Art Fair
SeaFair Megayacht
Intercontinental Hotel Dock
100 Chopin Plaza
Downtown Miami, FL
Booth #312 (inside New Art Concepts ‘NAC’ pavilion)
www.mia-artfair.com for tickets and fair information.
Tel: 305.200.3047 | www.kiwiartsgroup.com
‘Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy’ – Nearly lost archives of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana negatives find their fame. Miami resident William John Kennedy reveals 1960s photographs of iconic American pop artists at MIA Fair 2012.
At the age of 81, fine art photographer William John Kennedy began an unprecedented journey and meteoric rise to fame. His recently published archive of negatives from 1963 and 1964, when he befriended and photographed rising stars Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana, was quietly introduced to the public by publisher KIWI Arts Group as a collection of silver gelatin prints at a pop-up gallery in Miami Beach last December. After six stops in major international cities and at SCOPE Miami during Art Basel Miami Beach, the collection finds a new temporary home aboard SeaFair during Miami International Art Fair (January 12 – 16, Booth #312), a five day extravaganza of art and culture situated along the waterfront near Bayfront Park.
The curated, museum-style exhibition dubbed “Before They Were Famous: Behind the Lens of William John Kennedy†introduces the pivotal moments and players who shaped the course of American art in the second half of the 20th century. From Kennedy’s images of the groundbreaking exhibit Americans 1963 at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, curated by the esteemed Dorothy Miller, to the artists with their iconic works—plus never-before-heard 1960s audio conversations between Warhol and artist Ultra Violet—the overall multimedia experience will transport visitors through an important piece of art history.
