New York State of Mind

New York State of Mind is the newest rotation of music photography at MASS MoCA. The exhibition provides a snapshot of New York from 1969 to 1999, a 30-year span that gave us Bob Gruen’s iconic image of revelers at Woodstock, before depicting clubs such as Max’s Kansas City where we see Johnny Thunders, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Joan Baez, and Bruce Springsteen. We then go downtown to the Bowery to see Alex Chilton, the Cramps, and Patti Smith before finding Television in St. Mark’s Place and Tom Waits presiding over Times Square. And don’t forget the outer boroughs, where Madonna had her first show on Long Island, and an uncharacteristic Joey Ramone walks the beach in Coney Island with a surfboard. The exhibition is the fifth in a series of curated selections from a private collection of music photography.

You may also like the following events from MASS MoCA:

• This Saturday, 14th June, 10:30 am, The Matière: Material Studies from the Bauhaus, Black Mountain College, and Beyond in North Adams
• This Sunday, 15th June, 05:00 pm, Barbecue: Smoked & Grilled Recipes From Across the Globe in North Adams
• Next Monday, 16th June, 03:30 pm, Member Picnic in North Adams

Also check out other Exhibitions in North Adams.