Lots more albums (total 15), half great, half so-so.
Resurfaced '76 with first solo album, recorded by Bowie. "Went L.A., went underground, more arrests, hard times. Went nuts from the life, got screwed in the business. Totally did our own thing, like nobody else. WOW! Found two High School dropouts on Michigan Street corner, '67, to start Stooges. Loved Butterfield Band/Junior Wells/Buddy Guy/Little Walter/Otis Rush. Blues band called Prime Movers, playing bars, Detroit and Chicago sometimes. "Started getting WILD, grew my hair to my shoulders and dyed it platinum. I plugged a phonograph into that socket and listened to OUT OF OUR HEADS and BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME all summer.
"Five 45-minute sets a night, 15-minute breaks, six nights a week, a bare cabin with cold running water, five mattresses and one electric socket.
#Young iggy pop professional#
WOW! Professional employment, far away from home. We cut a single in our senior year, and the summer of 1965 we got a gig in Northern Michigan at a joint called The Ponytail Club. 10th Grade, 1962, formed Iguanas, High School rock band. "Age 5, played drums with my Lincoln Logs and Jinkertoys," he recalls. Pretty early on, however, he started to find release from his grim environment by both listening to and making music. His works are in acclaimed collections such as the Balthazar Getty (of the Getty Museum), Abey Rosen, Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, and more.Like the old joke goes, trailer parks are the reason God invented tornadoes, and the young Iggy (real name James Jewel Osterberg) hated life in Coachville Yonder. His work has been shown in London, Paris, Berlin, Tokyo, Singapore, New York, Detroit, Miami and Los Angeles. Russell Young lives and works on the California coast and in Brooklyn, New York. His pieces have graced the auction block at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips de Pury in both the United States and the UK. Young’s Marilyn Monroe diamond dust pieces continue to reach new highs at public auction. No two diamond dust pieces are exactly alike, as the crystals are applied individually to each work. He began using this technique in 2007, pressing the crystals into the enamel of the prints. In addition to recognition for his iconic images, Young is also acknowledged for his use of diamond dust.
#Young iggy pop series#
Several series have followed Pig Portraits, including Rebel Rebel, Shoplifters of the World Unite, Dirty Pretty Things, Bankrobber, American Envy, Only Anarchists are Pretty, and others. These works were and continue to be recognized as uniquely “Russell Young.” This series included screen prints of Jane Fonda, Steve McQueen, Martin Luther King, Jr., and more. Less than a decade ago, Young emerged on the fine art scene with his first series of screenprints titled “Pig Portraits,” which depicted celebrities through the police mug shots lens. The talented photographer quickly picked up work for magazines, shooting portraits of Morrissey, Bjork, Springsteen, Dylan, New Order, Diana Ross, Paul Newman and many other celebrities, as well as directing one hundred music videos during the glory days of MTV. Young started at the live club shows of Bauhaus, R.E.M. Young’s first photography job was under Christos Raftopoulos, who eventually pushed Young to take on projects of his own. He eventually developed an interest in photography, and studied photography, film, and graphic art at the Chester Art College. From an early age, Young was drawn to the quintessential “American dream,” which he thought represented freedom and possibility. Russell Young was born in 1959 in Northern England. Color plays a key role washing Russell Young’s subjects in faded pinks, yellows, blacks, silvers and blues. Russell Young hones the quality and texture of the original image and then enlarges to an uncomfortable size. Russell Young’s art is larger than life silkscreen paintings of images from history and pop culture. Russell Young is a pop artist of international acclaim.
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