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David Bailey: The Sixties, Gagosian Gallery ★★★★★

14 Feb 19 – 30 Mar 19, Tues - Sat, 10-6

This exhibition of iconic images from the height of David Bailey's career is a veritable who's who of 60's cool, from Michael Caine to London's most notorious gangster family.

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Andy Warhol and Man Ray, Mick Jagger and The Beatles, Michael Caine and Jane Birkin. Here they are, some of the biggest names of the 1960s, gracing the white walls of the Gagosian Gallery in Mayfair. 12 of David Bailey’s iconic images are on display, and it is a veritable who’s who of British cool.


Bailey’s photographs are instantly recognisable. It’s the close cropping and bright white backdrops that signal his trademark style. Most of the faces here belong to dark suited men and, save a photo of Marianne Faithful, the women pose naked with air blowing in their faces. We get very little sense of their personalities, but stylistically, these photos were ahead of their time.


There are two sets of contact sheets (test images printed onto a single piece of paper), which give an animated insight into a shoot in progress. 9 small images of the Rolling Stones posing with various props are packed with youthful energy and playfulness. Each photo is very similar, until they get bored and Brian Jones takes a drag on his band mate’s cigarette while Mick Jagger watches on, covetously.



(Detail) David Bailey. Jane Birkin, 1969. © David Bailey. Courtesy Gagosian


Around this time Bailey published his first photography book Box of Pin-Ups, which, as the title suggests, included the big names of the day. But it became a controversial publication due to the inclusion of the Kray brothers, the most notorious family of gangsters London has ever seen.


The Krays were unlikely celebrities, who socialised with the rich and famous in their West End nightclub, when not running protection rackets and planning the next armed robbery. But Bailey claimed that he, rather than their crimes, brought them into the public eye. 'I did everyone a favour by making them famous,' he said, speaking to the BBC in 2014. 'If you are a real gangster nobody knows who you are, so their big mistake was posing for me.'




(Detail) David Bailey. The Kray Brothers, 1965. © David Bailey. Courtesy Gagosian


Bailey is as famous as many of the stars he photographed and was even the inspiration for the protagonist of the cult film Blow Up (1966). He is arguably the first superstar photographer and this is the perfect exhibition to add some stardust to your day.


by Emily Spicer

What David Bailey: The Sixties, Gagosian Gallery
Where Gagosian Davies Street, 17-19 Davies Street, London, W1k 3DE | MAP
Nearest tube Bond Street (underground)
When 14 Feb 19 – 30 Mar 19, Tues - Sat, 10-6
Price £0
Website Click here for more information



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