The Last Party: Nightworld in Photographs: New York
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The Art of the Party
Betsy Berne, Vogue, October 1, 1997 -
Nightworld's Last Party
American Photo Magazine, July 1, 1997 -
The Party Time
Editor's NoteDavid Schonauer, American Photo Magazine, July 1, 1997 -
The Allure of the Nightworld
In photography, the light of day is no match for the dreams after darkAnthony Haden-Guest, American Photo Magazine, July 1, 1997
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Studio 54, Where Are You?
A book by Anthony Haden-Guest leads to a San Francisco photo exhibition recalling the 'innocent decadence' of New York's disco sceneCynthia Robins, San Francisco Examiner, June 17, 1997 -
'The Last Party: Nightworld in Photographs'
Through July 9, Serge Sorokko GalleryGlen Helfand, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 1, 1997 -
Recalling the Last Party
American Photo Magazine, May 1, 1997 -
The Last Party
Manhattan File Magazine, May 1, 1997
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Disco à Manhattan
Camille Labro , Vogue France, May 1, 1997 -
Time Off: Diversions and Excursions April 22-May 5
The Wall Street Journal, April 22, 1997 -
New York Magazine, April 21, 1997
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Style
Jeremy Langmead, The Sunday Times, April 20, 1997
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Postcard From New York
Club DeadLiesl Schillinger, The Independent, April 20, 1997 -
La Dolce Musto
Michael Musto, The Village Voice, April 15, 1997 -
Art Choices
The Last PartyThe Village Voice, April 15, 1997 -
Art Diary
'Art People' Flee SoHo EurotrashThe New York Observer, April 14, 1997
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At 'The Last Party,' Sex, Nightlife and the End of 'Innocent Abandon'
Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, April 8, 1997 -
Night Moves
Women's Wear Daily, April 7, 1997 -
Night Crawling, 70's Style
Bob Morris, The New York Times, April 6, 1997 -
SPIKE: Photo Collector
Richard Johnson, New York Post - Page Six, April 5, 1997
The Last Party: Nightworld in Photographs
The exhibition presents striking images in one particular aspect of nightworld: the world of those who play by night and of those who work in the service of pleasure. Encompassing a century of nightworld, THE LAST PARTY features timeless scenes from such chroniclers of nights long past as Brassai, Diane Arbus, and Lisette Model, today's top photographers, including Helmut Newton and Irving Penn, as well as current paparazzi (the most ubiquitious presences in nightworld of all). THE LAST PARTY exhibition coincides with the Twentieth Anniversary on April 26th of the very prototype of nightworld itself, Studio 54 as well as with the publication of Anthony Haden-Guest's book on New York's nightworld, also called THE LAST PARTY (William Morrow).
The exhibition THE LAST PARTY, organized by Independent Curator Helen Varola, is significant for being the first to document club life from the 30's through the 50's, to the days of Studio 54 and such clubs as the Mudd Club, Club 57 and the Palladium, to the present raves by Club Kids. Videos shown as art in clubs, as well as videos of club scenes, make up the video installment in THE LAST PARTY. The video portion of the exhibition was edited and designed by artist/filmmaker Michael Thomas Holman, who wrote the screenplay for Julian Schnabel's film "Basquiat."