Back in 1995, everyone was talking about the movie Kids: a lo-fi documentation of strung-out teens and their street culture, in a pre-Giuliani New York. Drugs, sex, Chloë Sevigny - what's not to love? The New York Times called it "a new strain of post-apocalyptic science fiction, using hyperbole to magnify a kernel of terrible, undeniable truth." The New Yorker "nihilistic pornography". Either way, everyone had an opinion.
The film was written by a then-unknown Harmony Korine, who was immediately thrust into the spotlight. Since then, Korine has enjoyed a controversial career exploring disaffected youth in urban wastelands. His 2013 film Spring Breakers, starring Selena Gomez and James Franco, was the 21st century analogue to Kids - doing for messed-up Floridian college girls what his '95 offering did for NYC teens.
Korine has always exhibited his photography, but has recently developed an interest in painting, and you can come and check out his latest series at the Gagosian Gallery. Korine calls his big, trippy works 'fazors' - "a musical swirl of oscillating sound that summons hypno-psychedelic effects." Sounds über West Coat and a lot of fun.
| What | Gagosian: Harmony Korine, Fazors |
| Where | Gagosian Davies Street, 17-19 Davies Street, London, W1k 3DE | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Bond Street (underground) |
| When |
08 Feb 16 – 24 Mar 16, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM |
| Price | £Free |
| Website | Click here to book via the Gagosian website |
