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Antonio Lopez

March 8 – April 28, 2018

 Tina Chow, 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Tina Chow, 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Pat Cleveland. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Pat Cleveland. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Antonio and Jerry Hall. 1976, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Antonio and Jerry Hall. 1976

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Grace Coddington. 1975, 	Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Grace Coddington. 1975

Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Jerry Hall. 1975, 	Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Jerry Hall. 1975

Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Pat Cleveland. 1975, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Pat Cleveland. 1975

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Tina Chow. 1975, 	Six 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Tina Chow. 1975

Six 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Paloma Picasso. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Paloma Picasso. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Jerry Hall. 1975, 	Two 3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Jerry Hall. 1975

Two 3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Jessica Lange. 1974, 	3.25 x 4.5 inch 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Jessica Lange. 1974

3.25 x 4.5 inch 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Karl Lagerfeld. 1976, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Karl Lagerfeld. 1976

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Anouk Aimee. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Anouk Aimee. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Tina Chow. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Tina Chow. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 David Bailey. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

David Bailey. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Liliana (for VIVA Magazine). 1977, 	Six 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Liliana (for VIVA Magazine). 1977

Six 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Nina (Shoe Series), 1976, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Nina (Shoe Series), 1976

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Shoe Series, 1976, 	Nine 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Shoe Series, 1976

Nine 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Jerry Hall. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Jerry Hall. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Jerry Hall. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Jerry Hall. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Tina Chow. 1974, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Tina Chow. 1974

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Tina Chow. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Tina Chow. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Tina Chow. 1975, 	3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Tina Chow. 1975

3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Robert (Candy Wrapper Series), 1977, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Robert (Candy Wrapper Series), 1977

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Before the Yves St. Laurent Show, November 1977, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Before the Yves St. Laurent Show, November 1977

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Grace Jones. 1977, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Grace Jones. 1977

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Virginia (Candy Wrapper series), 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Virginia (Candy Wrapper series)

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Charles James. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Charles James. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Paula Marie. 1974, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Paula Marie. 1974

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Virginia (Candy Wrapper Series), 	Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Virginia (Candy Wrapper Series)

Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Pat Cleveland. 1975, 	Nine 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Pat Cleveland. 1975

Nine 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Pat Cleveland. 1975, 	4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

Pat Cleveland. 1975

4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak print

 Jerry Hall, 1975, 	Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Jerry Hall, 1975

Two 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Jerry Hall and Adele Lutz, 1974, 	Two 3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Jerry Hall and Adele Lutz, 1974

Two 3.25 x 4.5 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

 Tina Chow. 1975, 	Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Tina Chow. 1975

Four 4.5 x 3.25 inch unique vintage Kodak prints

Press Release

Antonio Lopez
March 8 - April 28, 2018
Opening reception: 630 - 8pm on March 8th

Danziger Gallery is pleased to announce our representation of the photographic estate of Antonio Lopez. The foremost fashion illustrator of the 1970s and 80s,  Antonio (as he signed his work) was and remains one of the most highly regarded and influential figures in the fashion world.  While not initially known as a photographer, Antonio was rarely without his favorite Instamatic camera, and as his career progressed he turned increasingly to photography to create fashion stories, portraits, and elaborate mise-en-scènes.

This exhibition – the first to focus exclusively on Antonio’s photographs - features a selection of the unique Instamatic prints from the 1970s that were his photographic form.  Developed and printed by Kodak, these prints were either mounted by Antonio or stored in the original yellow Kodak envelopes that the film was processed and delivered in.  As Antonio never sent the negatives back for re-printing each print is unique.

While primarily known for his fashion illustrations, Antonio did not treat his photographs lightly, assembling them in grids and pairs to create dynamic and visceral patterns.  While the prints may superficially resemble Andy Warhol’s Polaroids because of their size and period, Antonio’s Kodak prints are a burst of energy to Warhol’s more classical studies. While Warhol’s Polaroids were mostly the basis for future painted portraits, Antonio’s photographs were an end to themselves.

A serial Svengali, as the writer Karin Nelson noted: “Lopez brilliantly transformed the women in his world. Under his tutelage, Jerry Hall, a long tall Texan he met at Paris’s Club Sept, evolved into a golden goddess.  He put Jessica Lange in gold lamé evening dresses after discovering her in Paris studying mime, and gave aspiring model Tina Lutz her start (and an introduction to future husband Michael Chow); and, by spotlighting Pat Cleveland, a mixed-race model with a theatrical streak, he helped break down the color barrier in high fashion.”  Other favorite subjects were the young Grace Coddington, Grace Jones, and Paloma Picasso.

Antonio Lopez was born in Utuado, Puerto Rico in 1943. His family moved to Spanish Harlem in 1950 where he showed early promise as an artist making drawings for his mother who was a seamstress and dressmaker. In the early 1960s he enrolled on a course at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York where he met Juan Ramos who became his life long collaborator. He joined The New York Times in 1963 but was soon freelancing for Harper’s Bazaar, British Vogue and French Elle.  In 1969 he moved to Paris with Ramos where he was commissioned by all the leading fashion magazines.  He returned to New York in 1975 creating numerous covers and picture stories for Andy Warhol’s Interview Magazine.

Antonio died in Los Angeles 1987. He was forty four years old.

A documentary “Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fashion, and Disco” is slated for release in the fall of 2018. Written, produced and directed by James Crump, the film covers his colorful and often outrageous milieu and features Jessica Lange, Jerry Hall, Grace Jones, Grace Coddington, Bob Colacello, Patti D’Arbanville, Karl Lagerfeld, Juan Ramos, Bill Cunningham, Yves Saint Laurent, Donna Jordan, Michael Chow, and Paul Caranicas, among others.