Lou Reed
Born: 1942
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Lives and Works: New York, NY
Website: http://www.loureed.com
Education:
BA, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 1964
About The Artist
Best known as the ringleader and songwriter of the Velvet Underground, a band championed by pop culture maven Andy Warhol, Lou Reed had a long and successful solo musical career before trying his hand at photography. By experimenting with a painterly style of photography, he proves his mettle as a visual artist, while adding to the mystique of his celebrity status. Married to musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson, Reed's legendary role as an underground, avant-garde arbiter continues on unabated in his beautiful, atmospheric portraits of cities and countrysides.
Galleries
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY
Select Permanent Collections
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC
Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Bard College, New York, NY
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
