Saluting Design: An Army Of Military-Inspired Products & Modern Art.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBd4e9A3v5ndotMRllQQkE9rDMjSQblrl-dHIhkY2UoWVGJaHkho9WfDp8GD8NeSyxmpNdvB24wgak_S70z4iZnHFUEzDvbghE9lMr4lr-oYnG60kxnEyUKcNydkRwZg_c4mwFC6o2MEV/s1600/DCflag1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477498513538616642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBd4e9A3v5ndotMRllQQkE9rDMjSQblrl-dHIhkY2UoWVGJaHkho9WfDp8GD8NeSyxmpNdvB24wgak_S70z4iZnHFUEzDvbghE9lMr4lr-oYnG60kxnEyUKcNydkRwZg_c4mwFC6o2MEV/s400/DCflag1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 448px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: American Flag by Dave Cole, made up of thousands of plastic Toy Soldiers and acrylic paint.</span></span><br /><br />In honor of <span style="font-weight: bold;">Memorial Day</span>, here's a collection of modern art and fun furniture, jewelry and home decor that incorporate military related icons such as soldiers, tanks, bombs, missiles and more.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4nB7lboZBKudxhlz6SjoStZZk6jVelC5YAfXnRg5qYubDZNd8n7rA9c8KNH5S7tbrLff9RK1n5DNDzheCr2NZgEjGkajLIS3qps5HRek27dj6qXiMU4Aiwj4zTfvEZyWxYdUAwgGan-_/s1600/Dave-Cole.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477313210244305506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4nB7lboZBKudxhlz6SjoStZZk6jVelC5YAfXnRg5qYubDZNd8n7rA9c8KNH5S7tbrLff9RK1n5DNDzheCr2NZgEjGkajLIS3qps5HRek27dj6qXiMU4Aiwj4zTfvEZyWxYdUAwgGan-_/s400/Dave-Cole.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 367px;" /></a><br />above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by <a href="http://www.theknittingmachine.com/projects-memorial-flag.php">Dave Cole</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGKxTYcuX27RYQRZS3eZ04qmgoEygBTvWw8ehN8G4BmFCpEU_zkmpd3chKol9_WkBAPxJTHoQnvcyBWVPY4gAEx01e3L_RbbsxDqs4QnPVKkhdN9zySvWHwqqt1Z4gc0PPfbQAKerAiX7/s1600/Dave-Cole-detail2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477314110413677970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGKxTYcuX27RYQRZS3eZ04qmgoEygBTvWw8ehN8G4BmFCpEU_zkmpd3chKol9_WkBAPxJTHoQnvcyBWVPY4gAEx01e3L_RbbsxDqs4QnPVKkhdN9zySvWHwqqt1Z4gc0PPfbQAKerAiX7/s400/Dave-Cole-detail2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 298px;" /></a><br />above: Memorial Flag of Toy Soldiers by <a href="http://www.theknittingmachine.com/projects-memorial-flag.php">Dave Cole</a> (detail) <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxo7HRPGw2hkieg0f4PaoV6L57_PAQGXt63or-b1LwLEgtwfQAubhnQW_egRfoHVG_wE7msnormrE2AgDK8oXjUt5ob1XktVMPJ8OnGqVqpm-dpv3Libgot7oVG5thwRqNfqcIFlSqfk4/s1600/DCFlag2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477498871352953346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxo7HRPGw2hkieg0f4PaoV6L57_PAQGXt63or-b1LwLEgtwfQAubhnQW_egRfoHVG_wE7msnormrE2AgDK8oXjUt5ob1XktVMPJ8OnGqVqpm-dpv3Libgot7oVG5thwRqNfqcIFlSqfk4/s400/DCFlag2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 435px;" /></a><br />above: Artist Dave Cole with his American Flag <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbq0tEcm_XXY4xiQmqrjoTfVVrgYbgNQnWhZqqW8Pr4LIEbY8Wkacqv4aYhwXmb_mmgTlre-GxT6RjiuffXxn2lISlQ4ZROid85coD-_eRerndRob6KSsyOwfntFkiru0RVKEhKD18jxY/s1600/15328.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477309362264765058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbq0tEcm_XXY4xiQmqrjoTfVVrgYbgNQnWhZqqW8Pr4LIEbY8Wkacqv4aYhwXmb_mmgTlre-GxT6RjiuffXxn2lISlQ4ZROid85coD-_eRerndRob6KSsyOwfntFkiru0RVKEhKD18jxY/s400/15328.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 680px;" /></a><br />above: the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Army Men Alphabet</span> was created by student <a href="http://www.olivermunday.com/">Oliver Munday</a> for instuctors Nolen Stals and Bruce Willen at the Maryland Institute College of Art <span style="font-style: italic;">(photography by Jay Zukerkorn)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpEeqWzISwcg3CY3X1sO8cOSGYX9dHcw-ZHovcbYdn71EKvVZKNtQAAd_YLExf-acjUPI8zh1XO2n2Zi7wONet3NOFjs_fgrsKO8aOM0K9gi90VwffSaMexOqkZHRLnrpW94v3LPglJ_W/s1600/6,000parts.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477315561456413106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQpEeqWzISwcg3CY3X1sO8cOSGYX9dHcw-ZHovcbYdn71EKvVZKNtQAAd_YLExf-acjUPI8zh1XO2n2Zi7wONet3NOFjs_fgrsKO8aOM0K9gi90VwffSaMexOqkZHRLnrpW94v3LPglJ_W/s400/6,000parts.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 335px;" /></a><br />above: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Six thousand Parts </span>by artist <a href="http://www.vldesign.biz/">Valerie Leonard</a> is made 6,000 melted toy soldiers <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh4TlX8MOmhC9f2hR9apC0qH7p6UcKWbFZU-LB1YFmrDMTlcfIMkY8_7vTA7UJ1Qhyphenhyphenq1qdQOfdHjOHsMaYfFNne1-oOYZS1qW-dPcay5APXH3uWp1Sx1Htfmr2vZIUFmuKnLl3YgYHCKq/s1600/200906151604.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477315776658701938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkh4TlX8MOmhC9f2hR9apC0qH7p6UcKWbFZU-LB1YFmrDMTlcfIMkY8_7vTA7UJ1Qhyphenhyphenq1qdQOfdHjOHsMaYfFNne1-oOYZS1qW-dPcay5APXH3uWp1Sx1Htfmr2vZIUFmuKnLl3YgYHCKq/s400/200906151604.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 533px; height: 325px;" /></a><br />above: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Six thousand Parts </span>by artist <a href="http://www.vldesign.biz/">Valerie Leonard</a> (detail) <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eIcKbRGTwGzvNILzLA9lBwsgV0e1Y0GwCKDRvV6kVbI3qLVBAaJDwJ9RWEXXsU7YA8B1zdeY-s8p5mmoQsSKOjb6naqwykcdg10ZqnuVRUmR33S9VgE5onQwlnAOzGPFwmYwHNGJ90_p/s1600/VLgobe.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477499261793313506" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-eIcKbRGTwGzvNILzLA9lBwsgV0e1Y0GwCKDRvV6kVbI3qLVBAaJDwJ9RWEXXsU7YA8B1zdeY-s8p5mmoQsSKOjb6naqwykcdg10ZqnuVRUmR33S9VgE5onQwlnAOzGPFwmYwHNGJ90_p/s400/VLgobe.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 640px;" /></a><br />above: Globe made of melted toy soldiers by artist <a href="http://www.vldesign.biz/">Valerie Leonard</a> <span style="font-style: italic;">(photo courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOKLJgOpohmXxasKOOWoKVCS1XbE0guA7vNmTkBbJK7Q_RPJpJ67GG_PwsxVV1PUq_I1qGDp-iTR2hcZubJbDoed7d3eXh9JCfwKweDx3CvIRl_gz3RmPpBYD8KAPugBsm6CCUv8c7yLI/s1600/jasonbaalman2.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477308826875313026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOKLJgOpohmXxasKOOWoKVCS1XbE0guA7vNmTkBbJK7Q_RPJpJ67GG_PwsxVV1PUq_I1qGDp-iTR2hcZubJbDoed7d3eXh9JCfwKweDx3CvIRl_gz3RmPpBYD8KAPugBsm6CCUv8c7yLI/s400/jasonbaalman2.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 375px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAmJpfhyphenhyphenRBF8TOgSzOynMJGoQGPHjTi-ehLJ8ZfjhCD7KNDVAmP3O-nUg7BDKeOOMw8qcXHHMTe0_D9uzUlFXLNVeqasVO_6KW59_gG2pGHr65iY8HlZMsS_KQU2ElrfRXbcAhWJ27ECU/s1600/jasonBaalman1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477308907291644178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeAmJpfhyphenhyphenRBF8TOgSzOynMJGoQGPHjTi-ehLJ8ZfjhCD7KNDVAmP3O-nUg7BDKeOOMw8qcXHHMTe0_D9uzUlFXLNVeqasVO_6KW59_gG2pGHr65iY8HlZMsS_KQU2ElrfRXbcAhWJ27ECU/s400/jasonBaalman1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 249px; height: 373px;" /></a><br />above: Jason Baalman glued 1,500 toy Army men to a camouflaged board to create a portrait of a soldier when viewed from above <span style="font-style: italic;">(photos courtesy of the artist)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32kHh6TlmQqVHeiNPj8kMF5n6fs86mZzGp0ezMpf2slyuYREg7g5ah1-lOE6okroCJgX0f-ABZvAenrXsiNAF2zVcaM1dSHhGK87_hm6xRWyYmKQeL73o6u0cwV8FNT2Nf00LTMI4mnpz/s1600/peace+collection.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477316871613700850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32kHh6TlmQqVHeiNPj8kMF5n6fs86mZzGp0ezMpf2slyuYREg7g5ah1-lOE6okroCJgX0f-ABZvAenrXsiNAF2zVcaM1dSHhGK87_hm6xRWyYmKQeL73o6u0cwV8FNT2Nf00LTMI4mnpz/s400/peace+collection.png" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 425px;" /></a><br />above: The Peace Collection designed by <a href="http://28.biaugust.com/28about.html">Biaugust</a> is comprised of a ceramic bomb vase, a ceramic grenade bank and a ceramic helmet bowl.<br /><br /><div class="tn_post"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; 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Saluting Design: An Army Of Military-Inspired Products & Modern Art.

above: American Flag by Dave Cole, made up of thousands of plastic Toy Soldiers and acrylic paint.In honor of Memorial Day, here's a collection of modern art and fun furniture, jewelry and home decor that incorporate military related icons such as soldiers, tanks, bombs, missiles and more.above: M…

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Dennis Hopper, Behind The Camera And The Canvas.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/button/sharethis.js#publisher=0d650ffe-1ec7-4395-883b-24e806d21a65&type=website"></script><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRqT0kPc2cKBLUZUYXyyZRCYDum8Gk756ofSgJek7Z8NtlnA_u1_85xjoxcMrePAB8LDXRVfJJEDzbCRI3RuFX4ckEbjlF47cxl3CDUyhcNn1T_6lVNK8obxb0H_rdQ4p-_HcnT8iHWzs/s1600/DH-Tribute.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476940579114275858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzRqT0kPc2cKBLUZUYXyyZRCYDum8Gk756ofSgJek7Z8NtlnA_u1_85xjoxcMrePAB8LDXRVfJJEDzbCRI3RuFX4ckEbjlF47cxl3CDUyhcNn1T_6lVNK8obxb0H_rdQ4p-_HcnT8iHWzs/s400/DH-Tribute.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><br />By now you've heard the sad news. Actor/writer/director Dennis Hopper has finally lost his battle with prostate cancer and passed away on Saturday, May 29th at the age of 74.<br /><br />In the papers and magazines, you'll read about his troubled marriages, his drug addictions, his famous films that affected our culture like <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064276/">Easy Rider</a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/">Apocalypse Now</a>. But the talented legend also leaves behind such a huge impact on the world of art and photography, he will be immortalized in many ways other than on celluloid -or digital, as the case may be.<br /><br />In addition to the movies that made him a household name (Rebel Without A Cause, Giant, Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers and <a href="http://www.fandango.com/dennishopper/filmography/p94825">tons more</a>), the actor was an incredibly respected and prolific photographer, painter, activist and documentarian.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9yX68EB5p4bkAO__olkpSdJe_vuH0RXKYuWYZkMrEP8-ZwNKqnrIhrOzxnHKz0xANlPQWAZ7Hw7CZuydiJ8wWWFf2NvGu7ShiPNJm7E8ThlNOeuBr60GbBMpEW_bQQ2xjdOGK8_44dXR/s1600/DHoppermontage.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476896866297930530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9yX68EB5p4bkAO__olkpSdJe_vuH0RXKYuWYZkMrEP8-ZwNKqnrIhrOzxnHKz0xANlPQWAZ7Hw7CZuydiJ8wWWFf2NvGu7ShiPNJm7E8ThlNOeuBr60GbBMpEW_bQQ2xjdOGK8_44dXR/s400/DHoppermontage.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 527px;" /></a><br /><br />By the time you finish reading this very comprehensive post (you had better pee now) on his work behind the camera and canvas, you'll no longer think of him as Frank, the huffing villain in Blue Velvet, but instead may ask yourself "was Dennis Hopper also an actor?"<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPe__9JO8O00PSGVeUmC0NbdxjEEWCtyqhfVXvv3DHcXQ2vQL44cOL-5Aknq85Zka5dJ-_5M-hBJUQaL25jYXPV5LOWkqq7PlRWgmlqND183IPMHBrBuhGgOHEK2IW1FXRItDth9vgCkm/s1600/hopper-artist-actor-photographer1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476963676676735730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIPe__9JO8O00PSGVeUmC0NbdxjEEWCtyqhfVXvv3DHcXQ2vQL44cOL-5Aknq85Zka5dJ-_5M-hBJUQaL25jYXPV5LOWkqq7PlRWgmlqND183IPMHBrBuhGgOHEK2IW1FXRItDth9vgCkm/s400/hopper-artist-actor-photographer1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 343px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Dennis Hopper in front of his 2000 painting of his 1964 photo "Fractured Girl"</span></span><br /><br />When it comes to being 'hip', Dennis Hopper was the epitome. Besides becoming buddies with uber cool actors such as James Dean, Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson and Dean Stockwell in the 50s and 60s, he brought his camera to many of the film sets on which he was working and captured wonderful images of his fellow actors and musicians of the time.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's photos of Actors & Musicians</span></span><br />Paul Newman, 1964 and Bill Cosby (in front of Chateau Marmont), 1962:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeGJKxu3kGiP7nHeKUeFMU2xcIw5g0EqPnSRXBZ3p-QADni9am9KN1O9wiKqGYJ5rQkE9_Y3DLlHcf9PhKnzcjXBN_XzrXEUv2M7rrLuezR7L_3URFEoxt41pMCg3R_L_wVTC_KL1Sbd_/s1600/paul+newman+1964_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476826960166163570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeGJKxu3kGiP7nHeKUeFMU2xcIw5g0EqPnSRXBZ3p-QADni9am9KN1O9wiKqGYJ5rQkE9_Y3DLlHcf9PhKnzcjXBN_XzrXEUv2M7rrLuezR7L_3URFEoxt41pMCg3R_L_wVTC_KL1Sbd_/s400/paul+newman+1964_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 376px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94dcswaqkp-NEz5OsIMJdVtnhZb5W0aPoSRYoT0AP5t-iJNhfbZTycdECngKXQLO5XmRmFmnzkMkAV55pqJNj03EpD4JKmiDCc6rhcg8FRyaA70Fwvcmip_TDFWHLokIFTQT_LbVDqpaJ/s1600/Bill+Cosbydennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476827415252596466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94dcswaqkp-NEz5OsIMJdVtnhZb5W0aPoSRYoT0AP5t-iJNhfbZTycdECngKXQLO5XmRmFmnzkMkAV55pqJNj03EpD4JKmiDCc6rhcg8FRyaA70Fwvcmip_TDFWHLokIFTQT_LbVDqpaJ/s400/Bill+Cosbydennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 375px;" /></a><br />Warhol's Factory, 1963:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbPkP7-fO5RXaGG90iP3mzBqmgCGDb4sGJVStP6GfYL8UYAJRPX5bLc7LEI9NNK-kElt010-Fjj_Y6wXjD7CVgNe-nryovkEVqAPpFBrmyXk1b2CN-si2yZ_g3h-tMjtSVl-p7ve8BXfh/s1600/Andy+warhol%27s+factory+1963_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476827304367938418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFbPkP7-fO5RXaGG90iP3mzBqmgCGDb4sGJVStP6GfYL8UYAJRPX5bLc7LEI9NNK-kElt010-Fjj_Y6wXjD7CVgNe-nryovkEVqAPpFBrmyXk1b2CN-si2yZ_g3h-tMjtSVl-p7ve8BXfh/s400/Andy+warhol%27s+factory+1963_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />Tuesday Weld, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYbr71MGLJgOp-gdoJIwVU2Pv5bps4JkebV9mLqn46UHE_skCnliChwkRvv2EMVvvUZh3tdGbuHWHn-cCI0syMPRLgDWHQit5RhQZm903TmSAKS0XgW7Gye_ezDVVLqru1-wkA1G8QpMz/s1600/tuesday+weld+1965_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476827043493537666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYbr71MGLJgOp-gdoJIwVU2Pv5bps4JkebV9mLqn46UHE_skCnliChwkRvv2EMVvvUZh3tdGbuHWHn-cCI0syMPRLgDWHQit5RhQZm903TmSAKS0XgW7Gye_ezDVVLqru1-wkA1G8QpMz/s400/tuesday+weld+1965_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 363px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2CyO2zVFla5zryp6ceRbFctMK4Xq1gsCPO-8Fw0_7TEEifjXjr_AJRsECVoxvZILH8j1LNEc0q6jFXIvJFe5nsuJmW9dBO5OpIvoB06huAcEEptg4baqqCNWzbe_WTyz-dBJ9yWCl1Ua/s1600/tuesday-weld-ganged.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476826240394789602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo2CyO2zVFla5zryp6ceRbFctMK4Xq1gsCPO-8Fw0_7TEEifjXjr_AJRsECVoxvZILH8j1LNEc0q6jFXIvJFe5nsuJmW9dBO5OpIvoB06huAcEEptg4baqqCNWzbe_WTyz-dBJ9yWCl1Ua/s400/tuesday-weld-ganged.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 351px;" /></a><br />Jane Fonda, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJo1oGk9EnIcSebhIOa711zsl8x5MQ2_lRRCFUcX_GfePAtgS5klx8gj06Z-_6yS7BYqpcyY6SrLCV5dDpdtqKzmnDEiz7RawqFQba0aUUDraj4xc_FlK1QJBIz-oiEmh6GDNpDLDofd0/s1600/jane-fonda.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476827734569199122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJo1oGk9EnIcSebhIOa711zsl8x5MQ2_lRRCFUcX_GfePAtgS5klx8gj06Z-_6yS7BYqpcyY6SrLCV5dDpdtqKzmnDEiz7RawqFQba0aUUDraj4xc_FlK1QJBIz-oiEmh6GDNpDLDofd0/s400/jane-fonda.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 352px;" /></a><br />Dean Stockwell, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguugH7JqkcG6zBdKDz-5Nxr2u3E_JYN9Co45pEcOiHqbzxS6xSNl_K6FQ1w5qiw11SD3mxnqqjItcKDuoyhXugSl73vvhcJ_mOKTkMMSxqs-f1pt2g9VCLDHeZQRbDK-kG2FOf17ncMKUy/s1600/dean+stockwell,+1964dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476827856489387810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguugH7JqkcG6zBdKDz-5Nxr2u3E_JYN9Co45pEcOiHqbzxS6xSNl_K6FQ1w5qiw11SD3mxnqqjItcKDuoyhXugSl73vvhcJ_mOKTkMMSxqs-f1pt2g9VCLDHeZQRbDK-kG2FOf17ncMKUy/s400/dean+stockwell,+1964dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 356px;" /></a><br />Brian Jones, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs-QZwB_BwNfXtdEfSHPcg6s_rUfL-TZ6DImKtgVwqNvRiVNTQpp-tqmfEOELWr1_Miul5hbszae6SduY5dtkJZigtjK7tAdtUqn9iDcDCMHfsWZ3nGf00X1CTWTsIoc00fhW1a8VTBaQ/s1600/brian-jones-1965_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828066686260866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs-QZwB_BwNfXtdEfSHPcg6s_rUfL-TZ6DImKtgVwqNvRiVNTQpp-tqmfEOELWr1_Miul5hbszae6SduY5dtkJZigtjK7tAdtUqn9iDcDCMHfsWZ3nGf00X1CTWTsIoc00fhW1a8VTBaQ/s400/brian-jones-1965_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 769px;" /></a><br />Jefferson Airplane, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71NHLVKxQPQ1iytj79SgwuibDP1hJ49bbmO0ZqN6k86Ze8TDVdmpE8JNQ7ZIvyN4tZ2RNcYcgUUSPKRKk677svT2F3pyCvzc0Tdk0ztaznGOXahhac0ib4jgkphU4YE1P_Gp-kgC9gjtO/s1600/jefferson-airplane1965_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828180286665010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh71NHLVKxQPQ1iytj79SgwuibDP1hJ49bbmO0ZqN6k86Ze8TDVdmpE8JNQ7ZIvyN4tZ2RNcYcgUUSPKRKk677svT2F3pyCvzc0Tdk0ztaznGOXahhac0ib4jgkphU4YE1P_Gp-kgC9gjtO/s400/jefferson-airplane1965_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />The Grateful Dead, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy5_GNipZ6VJJnO1Nfhf1-O5sH9M9Vys4qZVikHDR4zmvn0dnFgibc7Fb4FGWmOVpMqodFCRGznd2oBkNUiqMaeXXgOIHqLBBHtDhyphenhyphenZfYrDwFDxMKlW-lLbRak4uOPCwsMa4aPLmcK9Eu/s1600/grateful-dead_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476860186637478498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyy5_GNipZ6VJJnO1Nfhf1-O5sH9M9Vys4qZVikHDR4zmvn0dnFgibc7Fb4FGWmOVpMqodFCRGznd2oBkNUiqMaeXXgOIHqLBBHtDhyphenhyphenZfYrDwFDxMKlW-lLbRak4uOPCwsMa4aPLmcK9Eu/s400/grateful-dead_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 360px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's self-portraits</span></span><br />(as well as the one at the top of this post):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh8ZVs1ptKH-4F-6YYHRRkDIiUhsrEg_-Gq3yrr1SWMHrRAO4_4q7jeHynxPV_mT3_7ThquE_uAzrgsKwiPk2pUqFeNq1t48sh8YVU7zumn7GZo6tOl1IsQUt_Eez0REhFT-VPNUypiEY/s1600/Dennis_Hooper-165_617923a.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476828557652540706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBh8ZVs1ptKH-4F-6YYHRRkDIiUhsrEg_-Gq3yrr1SWMHrRAO4_4q7jeHynxPV_mT3_7ThquE_uAzrgsKwiPk2pUqFeNq1t48sh8YVU7zumn7GZo6tOl1IsQUt_Eez0REhFT-VPNUypiEY/s400/Dennis_Hooper-165_617923a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 392px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH56fKqJxG3JRYtKsnIKVw8KuX-3RgWI5VKPD2mOTnN_b93dx4FCCZwK1mp0CUGzTFVw1QF4IWJ4TqSdDxEXL0ljTTSadDrcb1mLqhcWKSKqPbf76xfW1Pse_cbq8Oa4lfN85QVpqeqJi-/s1600/selfportrait.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476829989723888338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH56fKqJxG3JRYtKsnIKVw8KuX-3RgWI5VKPD2mOTnN_b93dx4FCCZwK1mp0CUGzTFVw1QF4IWJ4TqSdDxEXL0ljTTSadDrcb1mLqhcWKSKqPbf76xfW1Pse_cbq8Oa4lfN85QVpqeqJi-/s400/selfportrait.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 788px;" /></a><br />Man Within Light, self-portrait:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Iu3ekXAalPaQ-hRc9kTJ2_yZCs8oc7kJ4G82sMHYXR2BxF6W_RDuujD30njqslhc0Et_gAS0kj7Z31gZO0M14L6ClE5RhKYLn20cSAEmXZ2oqYRMC1-fWALgzPy8Zb7M2PtplLfbAOR4/s1600/man+within+light,+selfportrait.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476842832861775586" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7Iu3ekXAalPaQ-hRc9kTJ2_yZCs8oc7kJ4G82sMHYXR2BxF6W_RDuujD30njqslhc0Et_gAS0kj7Z31gZO0M14L6ClE5RhKYLn20cSAEmXZ2oqYRMC1-fWALgzPy8Zb7M2PtplLfbAOR4/s400/man+within+light,+selfportrait.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 393px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's photos of the Civil Rights March</span></span><br />When he was only 28, he traveled to Alabama to take part in—and document—the now famous civil-rights march from Selma to Montgomery led by Martin Luther King Jr. Here are a few of those images:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dr0CE28rjq39KHuqrVIFaKLGo2_44yk08G9o8SIzgeS2ioJi5Zm7qs3dGHZD1nSSxeazxNcrKlC5SsL0dbxvtGf35xCYk9p0Ryhnk2GmMjLfgwC4sMXA2KkKFtBnojGUF0tpwiIHaBG7/s1600/mlk-hopper-1001-we01.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476830815271283346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dr0CE28rjq39KHuqrVIFaKLGo2_44yk08G9o8SIzgeS2ioJi5Zm7qs3dGHZD1nSSxeazxNcrKlC5SsL0dbxvtGf35xCYk9p0Ryhnk2GmMjLfgwC4sMXA2KkKFtBnojGUF0tpwiIHaBG7/s400/mlk-hopper-1001-we01.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYcNZf-T03e6BhJRotjPuL_AlN8FeF8AJ5K6JoxoHuT8kyEuXHs5UY5nNyK_ygvzr9fFg5Il_4byCw-a91A_bXvfjqXWAeMwkiZ7RelOEk-ok6IAGjvrbMOOr8fFW8rS4WLmIfpDrQBFm/s1600/mlk-hopper-1001-we03.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476830751668409906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYcNZf-T03e6BhJRotjPuL_AlN8FeF8AJ5K6JoxoHuT8kyEuXHs5UY5nNyK_ygvzr9fFg5Il_4byCw-a91A_bXvfjqXWAeMwkiZ7RelOEk-ok6IAGjvrbMOOr8fFW8rS4WLmIfpDrQBFm/s400/mlk-hopper-1001-we03.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 362px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm2C_co2A8YzkwLoSoK5DPxwnCU-_GnfLL0veWFZMsqdSfEhOggHAZ-h0GYDkNnl2Br4ye2zYbO8ALCaYGSHn2Kv5i55L35N93_0Hpy6vyhEQ0YDIwt4azIqZ5dVOZsoDb6YI2ewKCDBb/s1600/mlk-hopper-1001-we04.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476830678793549106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTm2C_co2A8YzkwLoSoK5DPxwnCU-_GnfLL0veWFZMsqdSfEhOggHAZ-h0GYDkNnl2Br4ye2zYbO8ALCaYGSHn2Kv5i55L35N93_0Hpy6vyhEQ0YDIwt4azIqZ5dVOZsoDb6YI2ewKCDBb/s400/mlk-hopper-1001-we04.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 358px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvt-QP7ATeKri1kVR6WE3_jRTBv2MOKPjTH03ID9KMY1DP3vsRRaLTBwlsd2irWkBSrojEkWa-EKK2YT85Y__k92nT4kKfo7v4uDdU2uRjZgYSlRtCEIcyvojIDWxAMbwqNGWC1kDMsdR9/s1600/mlk-hopper-1001-we07.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476830612633110914" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvt-QP7ATeKri1kVR6WE3_jRTBv2MOKPjTH03ID9KMY1DP3vsRRaLTBwlsd2irWkBSrojEkWa-EKK2YT85Y__k92nT4kKfo7v4uDdU2uRjZgYSlRtCEIcyvojIDWxAMbwqNGWC1kDMsdR9/s400/mlk-hopper-1001-we07.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 359px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBPS8v5ki7iptIrjxVM-CJIzM57I48wvSWeSZZBgDGZ-I5ispPPrmTc-UFyWW7Z_EqucJw2gY0F0s7jl60cwibXSg2t8vYEBMczSUM_6VAWtu59YUPJkOszq3hwLAWaNDddaP2siFLCIn/s1600/mlk-hopper-1001-we09.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476830518934714498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBPS8v5ki7iptIrjxVM-CJIzM57I48wvSWeSZZBgDGZ-I5ispPPrmTc-UFyWW7Z_EqucJw2gY0F0s7jl60cwibXSg2t8vYEBMczSUM_6VAWtu59YUPJkOszq3hwLAWaNDddaP2siFLCIn/s400/mlk-hopper-1001-we09.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><br />He began collecting contemporary art in the 50s and was enviably smack in the midst of the POP art scene. In the 60s he hung out with the likes of artists Andy Warhol and his Factory, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, Claus Oldenburg and Ed Ruscha, to name a few.<br /><br />Below are some of his portraits of these talented artists, many amongst their own work. He also turned several of these 1960's photographs into giant oil paintings later in his career, which are shown later in this post.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's photos of Fine Artists</span></span><br />Gallery owner Virgina Dawn, in front of a Franz Kline painting, 1962:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3neKyDNOrLtBHb3WQrMdL8Q74iUABVEI8XrSj6XyJWap4GT7DePt6W3YRa9nIp0Y7U_WfC9EeQ7xMxW2OifnYo6lLnG4O3jbC8lrk9H7W261kWz_DlC1jt6hbWjslD8gNhAYVFDIngV2w/s1600/gallery-owner-Virginia-dawn-1962_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476832866406676546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3neKyDNOrLtBHb3WQrMdL8Q74iUABVEI8XrSj6XyJWap4GT7DePt6W3YRa9nIp0Y7U_WfC9EeQ7xMxW2OifnYo6lLnG4O3jbC8lrk9H7W261kWz_DlC1jt6hbWjslD8gNhAYVFDIngV2w/s400/gallery-owner-Virginia-dawn-1962_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 358px;" /></a><br />Andy Warhol, two different photos by Dennis Hopper, 1963:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-b6XhM1K5QyDvjn3qZ-NWyam2wuUm_ovKwtb6nwBe3RRQhu04sPlDhzP2Y6LH6_O9NfW243G8OtX7LhpKUB_HZ5yWGYGHfqBEHRRky2hULv34Pzi0NrjM5L8QE8Cy4MmK7QoA-fUX0Nb/s1600/Andy-Warhol-1963_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476832398395678658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-b6XhM1K5QyDvjn3qZ-NWyam2wuUm_ovKwtb6nwBe3RRQhu04sPlDhzP2Y6LH6_O9NfW243G8OtX7LhpKUB_HZ5yWGYGHfqBEHRRky2hULv34Pzi0NrjM5L8QE8Cy4MmK7QoA-fUX0Nb/s400/Andy-Warhol-1963_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 375px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbsc3lBHp9jXqhFqL2Bn73KvKuubiCoOZQS8-pU3XR0vLVQsCwe-x7BgC7xqoS2BNEKb-zZTC-jcqUz4WWbS-Btd1z1K4OHgo-d0bXDigNhf3glAAsaDpl0TrYTI9Yc05KFeDX6AZKwmD/s1600/dennis-hopper-andy-warhol-at-table-1963.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476845704424968690" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbsc3lBHp9jXqhFqL2Bn73KvKuubiCoOZQS8-pU3XR0vLVQsCwe-x7BgC7xqoS2BNEKb-zZTC-jcqUz4WWbS-Btd1z1K4OHgo-d0bXDigNhf3glAAsaDpl0TrYTI9Yc05KFeDX6AZKwmD/s400/dennis-hopper-andy-warhol-at-table-1963.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 374px;" /></a><br />Jasper Johns, 1964 and Claus Oldenberg, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizW57nHP_XIh-szVT-ry1jKOlTthyj6VJBO36TRvbaBDcEsNB6RxJTFm_HhIIRkytWt0XIStlTZeyRUR6MCELZtI425FO7I8CgpVVUsl9BmL2AmjLo_4uNSrAEBRazl_zOQS_KlvqwWu8Z/s1600/DH-1964-Johns.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476831552124470354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizW57nHP_XIh-szVT-ry1jKOlTthyj6VJBO36TRvbaBDcEsNB6RxJTFm_HhIIRkytWt0XIStlTZeyRUR6MCELZtI425FO7I8CgpVVUsl9BmL2AmjLo_4uNSrAEBRazl_zOQS_KlvqwWu8Z/s400/DH-1964-Johns.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggT5gNRi_I3LsAu5M0uZ3RGdEXzDmVXr0xs7shemGqbt1nic1x30qBZ-fi12yEqX1Gzt8wnj0lPM-oUjRPqfvLdgFL8QRt5g_SOZvIaIZcaWh_trbGUXxQ-yo4pXiueaeLL-wUHtoQVf6L/s1600/claus-Oldenberg-1965_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476831422311486930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggT5gNRi_I3LsAu5M0uZ3RGdEXzDmVXr0xs7shemGqbt1nic1x30qBZ-fi12yEqX1Gzt8wnj0lPM-oUjRPqfvLdgFL8QRt5g_SOZvIaIZcaWh_trbGUXxQ-yo4pXiueaeLL-wUHtoQVf6L/s400/claus-Oldenberg-1965_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Roy Lichtenstein, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFB2CjBqhrK2oG1-K70f8A9jO1co_K4RFwZWc-bz1d1zjM0TN-mT5l40tvbjUIEshy1a86ikzf0vtuX1ZqJof0X67HKt9UxdWhAmrfY0NBZfJOhWN8_N7arzDevoeD_I-Xfq4_6-gN-q2/s1600/Roy-Lichstenstein-1964dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476833061034189042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFB2CjBqhrK2oG1-K70f8A9jO1co_K4RFwZWc-bz1d1zjM0TN-mT5l40tvbjUIEshy1a86ikzf0vtuX1ZqJof0X67HKt9UxdWhAmrfY0NBZfJOhWN8_N7arzDevoeD_I-Xfq4_6-gN-q2/s400/Roy-Lichstenstein-1964dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 369px;" /></a><br />Bruce Conner, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZph9-_NvoOZ-cS51VPgH7pxOhUlLGX-HjHZFyjto9STIKpqypSHFtvsR_wexrah_yaCuGHGXJLnBSB5zf2e0APB7gB8Ajr-I6yRgsO_s81gWQkw0ju2Le8-vQQknH74Lg7jWllOQAFYwl/s1600/DH-1964-ConnerPhys.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476839099645207890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZph9-_NvoOZ-cS51VPgH7pxOhUlLGX-HjHZFyjto9STIKpqypSHFtvsR_wexrah_yaCuGHGXJLnBSB5zf2e0APB7gB8Ajr-I6yRgsO_s81gWQkw0ju2Le8-vQQknH74Lg7jWllOQAFYwl/s400/DH-1964-ConnerPhys.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 534px; height: 360px;" /></a><br />Bruce Conner in bath tub, 1964 and Donald Factor, grandson of Max factor, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW1ebpZIIZPYA3lnE2_4OFljipEEcrriyadvixKr0HgpifEsguQ-WJ0XED1usjAw2V9f5_VtpTpVqb0coY4EqoRj1SCqELS7kboDwA7cvdF_iP4JeMUT6nyT9YiQsklvHbdT9NvYPYtGg/s1600/bruce+conner+in+tub_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476860578853650994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDW1ebpZIIZPYA3lnE2_4OFljipEEcrriyadvixKr0HgpifEsguQ-WJ0XED1usjAw2V9f5_VtpTpVqb0coY4EqoRj1SCqELS7kboDwA7cvdF_iP4JeMUT6nyT9YiQsklvHbdT9NvYPYtGg/s400/bruce+conner+in+tub_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 381px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA25AjwQPzQQr0CHZLxd1kDSYTLKtZzNYkCmDp4sSqhDW0EMuidR01h6IJhP1Ad-zqcp25X83g2z39P_e4k6Y2O9XvrWsvqFXjhObsyCrPsFzDcln0DSSFbxrzDSgbox6M2RLeR854CZHx/s1600/donald-factor_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476860464328439698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA25AjwQPzQQr0CHZLxd1kDSYTLKtZzNYkCmDp4sSqhDW0EMuidR01h6IJhP1Ad-zqcp25X83g2z39P_e4k6Y2O9XvrWsvqFXjhObsyCrPsFzDcln0DSSFbxrzDSgbox6M2RLeR854CZHx/s400/donald-factor_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 384px;" /></a><br />Larry Bell, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2Fy4m0l-DdYj3-MG3qXZ-je5t9fJzIREd8RaWiNZ5IOQOzrRtCQFntVjo2BHvTkEb9B8DRRBlduOVje9hcIhfROC-PQO8fSYybjwwqIrrkYk2Nrg2sGtHgWrtMVEviuPBO1_9sX94Bto/s1600/LarryBell-lg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476842330536095490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2Fy4m0l-DdYj3-MG3qXZ-je5t9fJzIREd8RaWiNZ5IOQOzrRtCQFntVjo2BHvTkEb9B8DRRBlduOVje9hcIhfROC-PQO8fSYybjwwqIrrkYk2Nrg2sGtHgWrtMVEviuPBO1_9sX94Bto/s400/LarryBell-lg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 524px; height: 777px;" /></a><br />Ed Ruscha, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IXxkxUzdLBOdyk17MNkUZ__nj5bDoEa6_dU9Er5uoVNU60modC-cbLFywSy_jwuyM7CcvOE21HCbLh11ho0ALtlK7KwZaLXytg1BNyXYV76AFHQ9tp4VGbYNMpeImLn4qw5kAUPuaeu3/s1600/Ed-Ruscha-1964_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476831949688800146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IXxkxUzdLBOdyk17MNkUZ__nj5bDoEa6_dU9Er5uoVNU60modC-cbLFywSy_jwuyM7CcvOE21HCbLh11ho0ALtlK7KwZaLXytg1BNyXYV76AFHQ9tp4VGbYNMpeImLn4qw5kAUPuaeu3/s400/Ed-Ruscha-1964_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />James Rosenquist in front of his painting, 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTH_VVHL3DdYzs1YCc_Zx9JvJVMlib_EMWCAajtc1rR60AGoxJ_trhXDts9vWf5n6ROy3evBaXFilDEE5A9cJgKPwurrshyt5dKG3eo5iM6mlqCaaSchEEPANHAH8JjIZp0wep7M-os6Q/s1600/james-rosenquist-1964_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476831800404710242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsTH_VVHL3DdYzs1YCc_Zx9JvJVMlib_EMWCAajtc1rR60AGoxJ_trhXDts9vWf5n6ROy3evBaXFilDEE5A9cJgKPwurrshyt5dKG3eo5iM6mlqCaaSchEEPANHAH8JjIZp0wep7M-os6Q/s400/james-rosenquist-1964_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 356px;" /></a><br />art dealer Robert Fraser in Tijuana, 1965:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvakBj8eEBGJ3Z4uzY_d07uQ2OY7itDJUK1T-fJE443SGyNnWnd3WFB75RKptzj5eel8GqFcHB09SGNZJRGPkPaho5LPOwTVnDlPAW76NYIWQB-X2nc0olZNOYCVDDungHn2s_2x8s9cgS/s1600/robert-fraser,-tijuana.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476838294267832674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvakBj8eEBGJ3Z4uzY_d07uQ2OY7itDJUK1T-fJE443SGyNnWnd3WFB75RKptzj5eel8GqFcHB09SGNZJRGPkPaho5LPOwTVnDlPAW76NYIWQB-X2nc0olZNOYCVDDungHn2s_2x8s9cgS/s400/robert-fraser,-tijuana.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 347px;" /></a><br />Robert Rauschenberg, 1966:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEuuqR15YEQyrxROqTiy553q7VsFN0s14CBVYnxxovp2wdUUEAbkxJTvYFsFKfzhMAp7ta5rY6agYK_etIT81TC5ac0hcNx7eLYigcdqMor_2bOEv7k38j5FxU78AcHj1BAHGp8Go9Ewn/s1600/robert-raushenberg-1966dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476831255121852418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivEuuqR15YEQyrxROqTiy553q7VsFN0s14CBVYnxxovp2wdUUEAbkxJTvYFsFKfzhMAp7ta5rY6agYK_etIT81TC5ac0hcNx7eLYigcdqMor_2bOEv7k38j5FxU78AcHj1BAHGp8Go9Ewn/s400/robert-raushenberg-1966dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />David Hockney (with painting of his father), 2007:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJBbMAASraBqvW5W_1Hes8D5qQXc2_FMpLzi-aiTlbqtQfKoeAsNncbLmnTf3Im3tEy-5Hm7BcNteKP3dh_1pkUW_lTbpi-5E7Nxr6Eye7nv7ZFk-tg-AWFzJLR8APbgXJWafcGwL-cHL/s1600/DH_Hockney_with_father.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476832206076911234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJBbMAASraBqvW5W_1Hes8D5qQXc2_FMpLzi-aiTlbqtQfKoeAsNncbLmnTf3Im3tEy-5Hm7BcNteKP3dh_1pkUW_lTbpi-5E7Nxr6Eye7nv7ZFk-tg-AWFzJLR8APbgXJWafcGwL-cHL/s400/DH_Hockney_with_father.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 399px;" /></a><br /><br />He befriended art dealers, gallery owners and continued to mix with such well-known contemporary artists such as <a href="http://www.damienhirst.com/">Damien Hirst</a> and <a href="http://www.artnet.com/artist/15093/julian-schnabel.html">Julian Schnabel</a> all his life.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuuuK27r9kFn5jZRdUgOujErCMAXBRZedOhjaYcTa8Zjbu9mGBFqSAAs6eig1Kh9IaAEUUQ1xlNnM_Jx2_ev8ST3XsCavSPnG7cpadiJgyHIhF6Fsb9hpSbz-ho3IUNpvmOEhI2aGT42P/s1600/arts-graphics-2008_1131948a.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476854433584411698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuuuK27r9kFn5jZRdUgOujErCMAXBRZedOhjaYcTa8Zjbu9mGBFqSAAs6eig1Kh9IaAEUUQ1xlNnM_Jx2_ev8ST3XsCavSPnG7cpadiJgyHIhF6Fsb9hpSbz-ho3IUNpvmOEhI2aGT42P/s400/arts-graphics-2008_1131948a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 424px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: </span><span style="font-style: italic;" class="caption">Hopper's surrounded by his art collection which includes Warhols, Basquiat, Banksy, Rauschenbergs, and the plate painting by Julian Schnabel</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, amongst others. </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(photo from <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">Telegraph UK</a>)</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CMilFI364avjvRrvVEoPXoyueyqVksFFDBaf5WngXQaY_KxyK6DPdu55EpTiSIOgzmzWk_Aj2-9voovZfvBTg3qXX8pDT0b3Y7rlbi5OcNlxEk73ZHHmP1UDtLgc2CKAAAek4JwfdxUN/s1600/arts-graphics-2008_1131947a.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476856279905915010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1CMilFI364avjvRrvVEoPXoyueyqVksFFDBaf5WngXQaY_KxyK6DPdu55EpTiSIOgzmzWk_Aj2-9voovZfvBTg3qXX8pDT0b3Y7rlbi5OcNlxEk73ZHHmP1UDtLgc2CKAAAek4JwfdxUN/s400/arts-graphics-2008_1131947a.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 458px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: Dennis received the skull for his 72nd birthday from artist Damien Hirst (photo from <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/">Telegraph UK</a>)</span></span><br /><br />The respect was mutual and several artists and photographers created their own portraits of Dennis Hopper.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper by other Artists & Photographers</span></span><br />Julian Schnabel's Plate painting of Hopper:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-nVJIoPJb6rZ5a2yUgvnmgzH_Qo92VwATV8zX-1z0toH0iTFf2rzpIidfqx5mmwE0AL9aBNAROl4dPTnsZul3YKGdzhyouAa0YG-0ZA7wYYL7P889Mkes21eTwNkWc2CFWggeGkYdcJ0/s1600/julian-schnabel-1991.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476844829013723634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-nVJIoPJb6rZ5a2yUgvnmgzH_Qo92VwATV8zX-1z0toH0iTFf2rzpIidfqx5mmwE0AL9aBNAROl4dPTnsZul3YKGdzhyouAa0YG-0ZA7wYYL7P889Mkes21eTwNkWc2CFWggeGkYdcJ0/s400/julian-schnabel-1991.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 348px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKK4uRsXpvlHb0upzBk3o0WK2DbvYtYzAuTZ000pd5u2XKRsxd15sDhuf7aTtMPnIRRRq621d0NhS2uYtfRSDdveJCfaekCPI89BPjfcl_pK0KRgisfcy0jn28ltFPLLJd2_yHyGLMDWN/s1600/dennis-hopper-portrait_b2e4.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476849591195973058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaKK4uRsXpvlHb0upzBk3o0WK2DbvYtYzAuTZ000pd5u2XKRsxd15sDhuf7aTtMPnIRRRq621d0NhS2uYtfRSDdveJCfaekCPI89BPjfcl_pK0KRgisfcy0jn28ltFPLLJd2_yHyGLMDWN/s400/dennis-hopper-portrait_b2e4.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 348px;" /></a><br />Andy Warhol's Polaroids of Hopper:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFWpGqty60IodNjfMQJHFcS_uuoXrJEHMKKEkyCV975YExRo0jIA_E8gZ-7uUyV01exNIg_y2AXZhUX1SGvyNtqaYx937nhZwcav4kUmVDOYqHB63CbdPtAOMATpFSOplj7PPYXqReSpy/s1600/warholphoto.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476848027561163378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWFWpGqty60IodNjfMQJHFcS_uuoXrJEHMKKEkyCV975YExRo0jIA_E8gZ-7uUyV01exNIg_y2AXZhUX1SGvyNtqaYx937nhZwcav4kUmVDOYqHB63CbdPtAOMATpFSOplj7PPYXqReSpy/s400/warholphoto.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 324px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFO3LHzdQkh22yVcyMQ2KCh-dKX-kntwj30UZ5AJRW9zt92D0s6u56-M1JkHyGPaumqTMeB1fFOgt-UzrgJguCCirdTWk4MWva6nhEgsAZbGqrhtYVIDS2qvgk3GapS1yROCb4J_t7ByL/s1600/warholpolaroid.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476847938811027954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXFO3LHzdQkh22yVcyMQ2KCh-dKX-kntwj30UZ5AJRW9zt92D0s6u56-M1JkHyGPaumqTMeB1fFOgt-UzrgJguCCirdTWk4MWva6nhEgsAZbGqrhtYVIDS2qvgk3GapS1yROCb4J_t7ByL/s400/warholpolaroid.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 324px;" /></a><br />Andy Warhol used his Polaroids of Dennis for various silkscreens, like the 1971 one below:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnXHs0y2dUy26xXyctQhqdAJu5AMUXO7RgRu4Ng52wEhyphenhyphendq3MBYixZ3mUa0ICNn6nA9ECToqW-k5pDrq0fE07yWLd3vD0mQwSRz75X7e6lZNY71rtiH7cYrtojKu0bZFluKkYqFwrVnjr/s1600/warhol,+1971.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476847385798223858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsnXHs0y2dUy26xXyctQhqdAJu5AMUXO7RgRu4Ng52wEhyphenhyphendq3MBYixZ3mUa0ICNn6nA9ECToqW-k5pDrq0fE07yWLd3vD0mQwSRz75X7e6lZNY71rtiH7cYrtojKu0bZFluKkYqFwrVnjr/s400/warhol,+1971.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 521px; height: 521px;" /></a><br />Vicktor Skrebneski, 1990:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXFbNEonXcJ8P0QboYsGOY0BVVqWTmKU8O-EwPh-xfcxVeb2e2uGD1lGfYcLiCdUrtjES7RTFAHrUJafq36y_C4-IP9em8XMxQuD4qxc4nhf1x9HspS5PPPwjZWtUcW_GUdjq45Sgkpp_/s1600/Victor+Skrebneski,+1990+.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476842631347082114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXFbNEonXcJ8P0QboYsGOY0BVVqWTmKU8O-EwPh-xfcxVeb2e2uGD1lGfYcLiCdUrtjES7RTFAHrUJafq36y_C4-IP9em8XMxQuD4qxc4nhf1x9HspS5PPPwjZWtUcW_GUdjq45Sgkpp_/s400/Victor+Skrebneski,+1990+.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 351px;" /></a><br />Jerome Bonet, 2009:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqEt7bPkHP45BJqWGusvdtwUlQOZ7u-jS9fvJD8jyjbcZYXHCvmfSmpAvFP6brHLdjc_JED1DCixjo7weKIqveo8QRyNHTx98mleINiwfKtGGPPJLwoEcnOfnVZNDTCw5npOfzkymTH0V/s1600/French+photographer+Jerome+Bonnet+won+second+prize+in+the+portraits+singles+category+for+this+photograph+of+the+US+actor+Dennis+Hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476845186691805394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizqEt7bPkHP45BJqWGusvdtwUlQOZ7u-jS9fvJD8jyjbcZYXHCvmfSmpAvFP6brHLdjc_JED1DCixjo7weKIqveo8QRyNHTx98mleINiwfKtGGPPJLwoEcnOfnVZNDTCw5npOfzkymTH0V/s400/French+photographer+Jerome+Bonnet+won+second+prize+in+the+portraits+singles+category+for+this+photograph+of+the+US+actor+Dennis+Hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 426px;" /></a><br />Guy Webster:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gniLyFq6J3CsIt2ePx4P8d3TXy_ox6plRyX2DY23xVb6HFe-EAb0lkcF7kiMwWZXnFc0mkzshg-wmzD1mfGmLN68IVG2AQjN62Bfjh5W4MiIbJlYzgXc17KhNmPzO6vcnnmn6fARW7ae/s1600/guy+webster.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476855824252132226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gniLyFq6J3CsIt2ePx4P8d3TXy_ox6plRyX2DY23xVb6HFe-EAb0lkcF7kiMwWZXnFc0mkzshg-wmzD1mfGmLN68IVG2AQjN62Bfjh5W4MiIbJlYzgXc17KhNmPzO6vcnnmn6fARW7ae/s400/guy+webster.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 366px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLqTC0wGZOuJaPHVrwv-kp4qTlvlea3rsmzpNl0qI7O4WeH8SMdAylJW_Cyx4_svqr3PP4sb9wKvVNkHknjMTHhWuOxSEl0oJsB1K87EKOuWlfHsIeyi3hbuF7KJWJpOnS9y52pMwnjnR/s1600/dennis_hopper_2.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476910959655297954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLqTC0wGZOuJaPHVrwv-kp4qTlvlea3rsmzpNl0qI7O4WeH8SMdAylJW_Cyx4_svqr3PP4sb9wKvVNkHknjMTHhWuOxSEl0oJsB1K87EKOuWlfHsIeyi3hbuF7KJWJpOnS9y52pMwnjnR/s400/dennis_hopper_2.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 366px;" /></a><br />Terry Richardson:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC49tsTT2-Yoim4o-tTGNxXW4lMARUEwRymn6C8qVZuUdERrKSoxZzoHPMLA_RYSKy5MSV3bDDNmAhtPl1yVf7LD47bmHMNZ51jBvi_JTND0yDkNxndOyI7NIHdTiXsiQzxIn9OD4TLjrM/s1600/dennis-hopper-terry+richardson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476845071300868002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC49tsTT2-Yoim4o-tTGNxXW4lMARUEwRymn6C8qVZuUdERrKSoxZzoHPMLA_RYSKy5MSV3bDDNmAhtPl1yVf7LD47bmHMNZ51jBvi_JTND0yDkNxndOyI7NIHdTiXsiQzxIn9OD4TLjrM/s400/dennis-hopper-terry+richardson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6C7mF_VGATw_aWKSnPF45vhuOUFCMRP9DYhdb4gEc2QMboWEu322aZdCUpGIOus-KQ3Pg5DlGKk-BUJdm4kkEws4nFX72qYqp3UGzpJa-UNxPqtIoNZuR8MFLQ70pkZ6ezwYv6yEEK32/s1600/dennis-hopper-terry-richardson.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476911596984421986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL6C7mF_VGATw_aWKSnPF45vhuOUFCMRP9DYhdb4gEc2QMboWEu322aZdCUpGIOus-KQ3Pg5DlGKk-BUJdm4kkEws4nFX72qYqp3UGzpJa-UNxPqtIoNZuR8MFLQ70pkZ6ezwYv6yEEK32/s400/dennis-hopper-terry-richardson.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 351px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's silver Gelatin Prints</span></span><br />Hopper also photographed the world around him and made stunning silver gelatin prints of his editorial and voyeuristic photos of places and people.<br /><br />Double Standard, 1961:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiRlZGdhOj-On0Ucmwd15yvjxLNMC5jB-YTMeA8aPIAVFi9H3qm7dtZgR1iUBkoaeIiXIXiw88BgJiVfZDDhL0U4TayYVIy6N4-KuvwLF7zf3_67uKX7sVbXREsN61LjfbaeqpCYuzj6r/s1600/Double-Standard.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476852486451898290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXiRlZGdhOj-On0Ucmwd15yvjxLNMC5jB-YTMeA8aPIAVFi9H3qm7dtZgR1iUBkoaeIiXIXiw88BgJiVfZDDhL0U4TayYVIy6N4-KuvwLF7zf3_67uKX7sVbXREsN61LjfbaeqpCYuzj6r/s400/Double-Standard.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 352px;" /></a><br />Daily News, 1961:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMhziwWN77plN_HTNPUKv4kIE6PlgDkBePzTTrWFx8y22ZmFh9uV73mtxMxlgv6TVcf90b7pYQOkscyOkEn7u5fzqNGfAKCQIcFs2xjHgKJubWnpJSqPH-IpLsRMWbDLiymP_0FiVZ5U6/s1600/LAtimesphoto.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5477136060193988786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMhziwWN77plN_HTNPUKv4kIE6PlgDkBePzTTrWFx8y22ZmFh9uV73mtxMxlgv6TVcf90b7pYQOkscyOkEn7u5fzqNGfAKCQIcFs2xjHgKJubWnpJSqPH-IpLsRMWbDLiymP_0FiVZ5U6/s400/LAtimesphoto.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 354px;" /></a><br />Biker Couple, 1961:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3soRpHgkVchezDeeCj2rU4p9mlas293gkMHb6BwT6A3y9o_w09rvtuw8c2_BvF40p94AN4oTy_XWFXA5i0VYRJG_5e45WZ_2Juu4eKXa0OAClnykgf6h1raY6PSC_ID9quh-bDe8Q4H6O/s1600/biker-couple-1961_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476850403668486338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3soRpHgkVchezDeeCj2rU4p9mlas293gkMHb6BwT6A3y9o_w09rvtuw8c2_BvF40p94AN4oTy_XWFXA5i0VYRJG_5e45WZ_2Juu4eKXa0OAClnykgf6h1raY6PSC_ID9quh-bDe8Q4H6O/s400/biker-couple-1961_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 357px;" /></a><br />Biker, 1961:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA91QKSpfhd9XHdlRoNEatqQUKybaf9nEGzgrmuEX6CPZSamTG7pYqKMwKqLS6Sksb1J8c1AK4AuIKV_g09WX_0t3A1zQ4TsX0-5kA-QMhKqHEWl2swEUkValnMDR0st418Ij6cQir-qN0/s1600/biker_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476870712269490626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA91QKSpfhd9XHdlRoNEatqQUKybaf9nEGzgrmuEX6CPZSamTG7pYqKMwKqLS6Sksb1J8c1AK4AuIKV_g09WX_0t3A1zQ4TsX0-5kA-QMhKqHEWl2swEUkValnMDR0st418Ij6cQir-qN0/s400/biker_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 774px;" /></a><br />Bad Heart (downtown Los Angeles), 1961:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVX19wNiRyHHvV3bnmVEEVRU0_RPlHoaBhVsZhAvER4O_zhekbEoNloQTh-sE1VXvtI-i4ml2ss6MiqLJdrTpNzZc7O9ZyGjB1x9HhryyBx6-yoJ655I-VSnwmsUXHgTV_D1sxWPrx79oM/s1600/DH-1961-BadHeart(downtown-la).jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476850901021434770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVX19wNiRyHHvV3bnmVEEVRU0_RPlHoaBhVsZhAvER4O_zhekbEoNloQTh-sE1VXvtI-i4ml2ss6MiqLJdrTpNzZc7O9ZyGjB1x9HhryyBx6-yoJ655I-VSnwmsUXHgTV_D1sxWPrx79oM/s400/DH-1961-BadHeart(downtown-la).jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 353px;" /></a><br />Kennedy suite 1-8, 1963:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTgM01TSM1tXpEnP91esNiWOQqBpME8GBMuofzMf1NbSwHCujg9GWwf-zQS77gJZtz6PxKEAasly-skZmzDFegLP0sdUm090lqftHg9U_JEK-Iy0Oh5wWxl6AnXRUbjDUwaANTvyIYb0U/s1600/DH-1963-Kennedy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476870287677217282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTgM01TSM1tXpEnP91esNiWOQqBpME8GBMuofzMf1NbSwHCujg9GWwf-zQS77gJZtz6PxKEAasly-skZmzDFegLP0sdUm090lqftHg9U_JEK-Iy0Oh5wWxl6AnXRUbjDUwaANTvyIYb0U/s400/DH-1963-Kennedy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 356px;" /></a><br />Fractured Girl (billboard), 1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMLCXKtvfjKo1WZ2I9avqbh4aMVitRv59S3z44WqLYLf8BpVfH9w1kKlv3AWYAMkGTfJDPYeHQSUj2-7PV9qYcRebRetbSg1bnSYBPpB6LRzsQCUCwVO1lrOV_U3nO_kXs9CnBJorHriH/s1600/fractured-girl-billboard_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476858628718677266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJMLCXKtvfjKo1WZ2I9avqbh4aMVitRv59S3z44WqLYLf8BpVfH9w1kKlv3AWYAMkGTfJDPYeHQSUj2-7PV9qYcRebRetbSg1bnSYBPpB6LRzsQCUCwVO1lrOV_U3nO_kXs9CnBJorHriH/s400/fractured-girl-billboard_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 362px;" /></a><br />Paris Woman, 1994:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UR6z_5GIMbIw-OXBR60fvNVF1yAkh-zWeX8K8IDoQH6TLXAso0iuJbdZVOXzKGsGzlEcF1bDT-L42fSmX_FZM9jJDkyiiO-p88n0XE-dAyGDk5rJFMFfD5DO1zmOJLfpB1dqqI6UFY1_/s1600/DH-1994-ParisWoman.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476850740353390066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UR6z_5GIMbIw-OXBR60fvNVF1yAkh-zWeX8K8IDoQH6TLXAso0iuJbdZVOXzKGsGzlEcF1bDT-L42fSmX_FZM9jJDkyiiO-p88n0XE-dAyGDk5rJFMFfD5DO1zmOJLfpB1dqqI6UFY1_/s400/DH-1994-ParisWoman.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><br />Beginning in 2000, Hopper turned many of his earlier photos from the 60s into large scale oil paintings on vinyl. The installation shots below from Ace gallery give you an idea of the scale.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1Oics9PSn8RxHoX-qXeMzDJpc9WCgMxTz91z3pKZ3erPqUteJX358ILa-IfQzMLG6Y4569sGaDtQlQHre1APQTAbhc9xiIWhFE9og2e1qsgDMkAtb_in6ITA5gq302eHL3bie1rbtbuU/s1600/DH-InstLARuschCos.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476873336214771042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD1Oics9PSn8RxHoX-qXeMzDJpc9WCgMxTz91z3pKZ3erPqUteJX358ILa-IfQzMLG6Y4569sGaDtQlQHre1APQTAbhc9xiIWhFE9og2e1qsgDMkAtb_in6ITA5gq302eHL3bie1rbtbuU/s400/DH-InstLARuschCos.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 406px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr61fxSd7eQ0uh88Dyr_3OM8siCELBEcTsdpND5SspngoMZrBh0ysVk3ZPBzGD4hRFOlhfPi0Dy3jkdublBbrSkn1vEXt-GQoykfYmphB_vT0HYV4LKoMUYrE6_k4eiFZTyj0F0GyGEJsv/s1600/acegallery1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476873218681697778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr61fxSd7eQ0uh88Dyr_3OM8siCELBEcTsdpND5SspngoMZrBh0ysVk3ZPBzGD4hRFOlhfPi0Dy3jkdublBbrSkn1vEXt-GQoykfYmphB_vT0HYV4LKoMUYrE6_k4eiFZTyj0F0GyGEJsv/s400/acegallery1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 408px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Large scale paintings of his photographs</span></span><br />Biker Couple as large scale oil painting, 2000:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLgVJLGZTftdex7iuR19fMQRQh1INTM1CTEfELPQk-mna8me4S6GvcPRKE5WG5-HdEAUwd1ffmQUmu5NhRJ09zULMrpx5BNpLwLPTlE3g6gojQBft6ft5qXxV2n5JeDJdKWa3TkZT794a/s1600/DH-2000-BikerCouple.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476851215275260834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLgVJLGZTftdex7iuR19fMQRQh1INTM1CTEfELPQk-mna8me4S6GvcPRKE5WG5-HdEAUwd1ffmQUmu5NhRJ09zULMrpx5BNpLwLPTlE3g6gojQBft6ft5qXxV2n5JeDJdKWa3TkZT794a/s400/DH-2000-BikerCouple.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 449px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby1uyqDWApXXQQrF-dKnXlG-SHlcAwGmxkkeNUzVuYO0GM4kDkEcoPXZVqxTTvs-2WgpsrmP6XnTKRTwQ1HpZ_kOlc91oOY2HLiw3w6wMMsbIWfEl9nyuvu-Zbh4mFHatlYxpRInQRQyO/s1600/DH-InstBiker.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476908556614373826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiby1uyqDWApXXQQrF-dKnXlG-SHlcAwGmxkkeNUzVuYO0GM4kDkEcoPXZVqxTTvs-2WgpsrmP6XnTKRTwQ1HpZ_kOlc91oOY2HLiw3w6wMMsbIWfEl9nyuvu-Zbh4mFHatlYxpRInQRQyO/s400/DH-InstBiker.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 531px; height: 450px;" /></a><br />Bill Cosby photograph as an oil painting, 2000:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwuzeKfc6EJq7qtaHI80qbYAEGMO7FPwwZ8kJYDHdhJ9wC9_rvitM48dhCfx0ErEYNsaKirVic9bejhXVp-K5pyIZXuh52hsL8ePRhZ8auh2wsy27rfdbBdzy5CXkzvIDrdReqjJULfMm/s1600/DH-2002-Cosby.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476898523145155522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSwuzeKfc6EJq7qtaHI80qbYAEGMO7FPwwZ8kJYDHdhJ9wC9_rvitM48dhCfx0ErEYNsaKirVic9bejhXVp-K5pyIZXuh52hsL8ePRhZ8auh2wsy27rfdbBdzy5CXkzvIDrdReqjJULfMm/s400/DH-2002-Cosby.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 523px; height: 677px;" /></a><br />Daily News Photo turned into Los Angeles Times oil painting, 2000:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetjvUwdX_iOYqLxFJE72NKByvjeVbZm_hCklB1-Ebag_rQ1zyEcbWnfsOlR4ABAj-75uVlQm_9N3WLCbGbXHwwYaC7jHXs0-1TatxeFA24z0yW461HxycscD1zjUaEg5ymnsnswc5UGAw/s1600/LA+times+final+1963-2000_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476876493616839362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjetjvUwdX_iOYqLxFJE72NKByvjeVbZm_hCklB1-Ebag_rQ1zyEcbWnfsOlR4ABAj-75uVlQm_9N3WLCbGbXHwwYaC7jHXs0-1TatxeFA24z0yW461HxycscD1zjUaEg5ymnsnswc5UGAw/s400/LA+times+final+1963-2000_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 526px; height: 445px;" /></a><br />Fractured Girl billboard as large scale oil painting, 2000:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDghd7pcyGQ0ROdW5pyDh-7EiKqQIm-jjYjt8iVzSzsE1OxsPS41XnkylgstxqdqXz_ECcvHwVITHfdM5rqfI7CjaVLbFDB1Yk3HVCm9BmR2HC5PemebdOowL3DGUuxuMnsaYR0knyYdq_/s1600/DH-2000-FragmentedWoman.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476851841372530594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDghd7pcyGQ0ROdW5pyDh-7EiKqQIm-jjYjt8iVzSzsE1OxsPS41XnkylgstxqdqXz_ECcvHwVITHfdM5rqfI7CjaVLbFDB1Yk3HVCm9BmR2HC5PemebdOowL3DGUuxuMnsaYR0knyYdq_/s400/DH-2000-FragmentedWoman.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 449px;" /></a><br />Ed Ruscha photograph as an oil painting, 2002:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-s60JFu2GMGUBzJsFi7hEngG6BzHr-ytulZ4eYv4mz0woOj4O9WHA0jrMxW-QYiDwanv6ystoQMjcSD1kreJ28w81hE_W2nahL7R2T2yqU3u8yfXMXmMgj76j8QBsIcWpSGG8YvwlN9G/s1600/DH-2002-Ruscha.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476839494055774178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ-s60JFu2GMGUBzJsFi7hEngG6BzHr-ytulZ4eYv4mz0woOj4O9WHA0jrMxW-QYiDwanv6ystoQMjcSD1kreJ28w81hE_W2nahL7R2T2yqU3u8yfXMXmMgj76j8QBsIcWpSGG8YvwlN9G/s400/DH-2002-Ruscha.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 446px;" /></a><br />James Rosenquist photo as an oil painting, 2003:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_UHyGrOGRj7pcw5nmSdWrRPDVj_WTwbQ4Qx4sFPPEguCl1zfYM2nNLU6WanoR5lerCJqkUqMNVXGqZ5hooNmtdMiMKdewjEQNCKwjCt7tQIbmwoWmjhjkEhCuixD_0ynclWGj78-OwIT/s1600/DH-2003-Rosenquist.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476839725898283538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_UHyGrOGRj7pcw5nmSdWrRPDVj_WTwbQ4Qx4sFPPEguCl1zfYM2nNLU6WanoR5lerCJqkUqMNVXGqZ5hooNmtdMiMKdewjEQNCKwjCt7tQIbmwoWmjhjkEhCuixD_0ynclWGj78-OwIT/s400/DH-2003-Rosenquist.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 448px;" /></a><br />His portrait of Warhol with flower as an oil painting, 2006:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyv1XilBN3I0Vrt213y2kWdW4ZzzDEcO2nSBmtY5Qe2YovqpplSS97VWJmclZi2Dg3WP0fLV9kqxpJXIDP_eYtlWjUkrHr-mP5o3Ti-uw_45tPm6zXO1FcwVjImvw9rsJKSRvmUipNu3n/s1600/warhol-with-flower-1963ptg.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476832594507910642" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyv1XilBN3I0Vrt213y2kWdW4ZzzDEcO2nSBmtY5Qe2YovqpplSS97VWJmclZi2Dg3WP0fLV9kqxpJXIDP_eYtlWjUkrHr-mP5o3Ti-uw_45tPm6zXO1FcwVjImvw9rsJKSRvmUipNu3n/s400/warhol-with-flower-1963ptg.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 704px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">miscellaneous works, prints, paintings and installations</span></span><br /><br />After The Fall, 1961-1964:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs4SKgeO7nIhH_2yfLlXQXAHao1zZXNKy683DyRSxuzdV1Hh3n5Ood4hMwIeI_agEtQpgt68XeUSABo6z9h9MjhCoOmtOpO2yP3AFjitgoEj6GxxgqfnO1GtNzk4qcM_1hrh5WHooZVWc/s1600/after+the+fall_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476875853300945282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCs4SKgeO7nIhH_2yfLlXQXAHao1zZXNKy683DyRSxuzdV1Hh3n5Ood4hMwIeI_agEtQpgt68XeUSABo6z9h9MjhCoOmtOpO2yP3AFjitgoEj6GxxgqfnO1GtNzk4qcM_1hrh5WHooZVWc/s400/after+the+fall_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 527px; height: 758px;" /></a><br />Chevy painting, 1956:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nXvRN-3lrnr4OwFK62oSxeAAmHYcBhH0WhxlWzdxsfgFCHDq0OtMJOQgv92BCyIm8lG4tsmb3QxRj-E4PXEZpAvdpTBOESbuO9raZZXH4pK9kNctFm_Pj2u2MqHW0YRDm2hoyyTi2Wmf/s1600/chevy-1956.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476876274906344882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4nXvRN-3lrnr4OwFK62oSxeAAmHYcBhH0WhxlWzdxsfgFCHDq0OtMJOQgv92BCyIm8lG4tsmb3QxRj-E4PXEZpAvdpTBOESbuO9raZZXH4pK9kNctFm_Pj2u2MqHW0YRDm2hoyyTi2Wmf/s400/chevy-1956.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 401px;" /></a><br />Bad Heart, goldtone, 1988:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLQdi_AhOAt7EAq5AppUXLe_7cC5CaRZu7sLFq98bI-5huqT1sCs3r3JCVLh6SAyavae7_VEpJFGCU06zycG4yw9WiiBXGf_sJuN5rttcN45ZwIn1mkvZ4rLxX_7yOgVQiq_qFOLadMDr/s1600/Bad+heart+1988.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476876050508272210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLQdi_AhOAt7EAq5AppUXLe_7cC5CaRZu7sLFq98bI-5huqT1sCs3r3JCVLh6SAyavae7_VEpJFGCU06zycG4yw9WiiBXGf_sJuN5rttcN45ZwIn1mkvZ4rLxX_7yOgVQiq_qFOLadMDr/s400/Bad+heart+1988.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 530px; height: 368px;" /></a><br />Untitled( shredded paper with tire), goldtone, 1988:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NFaNFRtutyS-_Cpi87fl9OQVoYYHSA3fhK-7zUqoC1ep62H80unTJD7ojpEbHLxw3NNz6o7qLZ6l1m8FroEg5yf3C64S90694otNimN05jTtpl-vhPKB2VL6f9Rgo0INa9A4BRax9a0N/s1600/Untitled+Tire+with+Paper+Shreds+%28Goldtone%29+_dennis-hopper.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476871184323652450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NFaNFRtutyS-_Cpi87fl9OQVoYYHSA3fhK-7zUqoC1ep62H80unTJD7ojpEbHLxw3NNz6o7qLZ6l1m8FroEg5yf3C64S90694otNimN05jTtpl-vhPKB2VL6f9Rgo0INa9A4BRax9a0N/s400/Untitled+Tire+with+Paper+Shreds+%28Goldtone%29+_dennis-hopper.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 358px;" /></a><br />Space Triptych (at the Ace Gallery), 1996:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ7ASZNKDzngP2-rBPQuzjrdQqgr393YWoXVx9JcfrGTkZQRgHWGBniPb94VAPreoJ8jBHjm06DtihXWPbkFe1dmaSLsTdTub8TsEuFAOGPYaLr8clw5PHLvy6JCOfwaA_xdDRVD0zfsU/s1600/DH-1996-SpaceTriptych.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476879381027298722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfJ7ASZNKDzngP2-rBPQuzjrdQqgr393YWoXVx9JcfrGTkZQRgHWGBniPb94VAPreoJ8jBHjm06DtihXWPbkFe1dmaSLsTdTub8TsEuFAOGPYaLr8clw5PHLvy6JCOfwaA_xdDRVD0zfsU/s400/DH-1996-SpaceTriptych.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 528px; height: 407px;" /></a><br />King Part Bust Trap, 1991-1997 installation at (the Ace Gallery):<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4wZTJ6M2Za0aGi2sq-orsCPA5_UiTbMvMl_Q-kAMbg3tjD1anOXhKvPgfe7Iq25jLhKZ-mhKzDwkEludoaBbHHbAfUlRBtzTfEl95ChbVeFJzc_XrmgPrPOLdv4WCD1hFBG1qA1_66Nh/s1600/1997-KingPartBustTrap.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476875596505873010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4wZTJ6M2Za0aGi2sq-orsCPA5_UiTbMvMl_Q-kAMbg3tjD1anOXhKvPgfe7Iq25jLhKZ-mhKzDwkEludoaBbHHbAfUlRBtzTfEl95ChbVeFJzc_XrmgPrPOLdv4WCD1hFBG1qA1_66Nh/s400/1997-KingPartBustTrap.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 536px; height: 412px;" /></a><br />Chevy 3D installation (at the Ace Gallery), 2000:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LImtlCknssw_QUMsV-IeDNC7NY-7mDbSEtWuTFSboDu_ea7LNNFAIG2XIRZuinDOeSHgCEjBcf0dbZIVrYG2vtQ76QrvUL3wEPhyphenhyphenbShfCZJtc6-pu16RKNeHORCf3Zx2TaehTEoLIyfg/s1600/DH-2000-Chevy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476875533098511954" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LImtlCknssw_QUMsV-IeDNC7NY-7mDbSEtWuTFSboDu_ea7LNNFAIG2XIRZuinDOeSHgCEjBcf0dbZIVrYG2vtQ76QrvUL3wEPhyphenhyphenbShfCZJtc6-pu16RKNeHORCf3Zx2TaehTEoLIyfg/s400/DH-2000-Chevy.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 535px; height: 411px;" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hopper's Ilfachrome Prints</span></span><br />With an eye for beauty in even the most mundane things, from 1995- 1997 he also created a series of large (approx 4'2" by 6'3") <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilfochrome">ilfochrome</a> (formally cibachrome) prints of building details, textures, posted leaflets and graffiti taken in Morocco, Florence, Venice, Osaka, Prague, Berlin and New York.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJXVGhRt1MRjtFPwRQtu1sbsDSo6e4z3pXfzJZ4pa_iIrsWaMaCBnrjgHkp23FGt9-FvBWlGRQ2tCE5i9nMjrmONA0erHKpvpENNbYPTbPcp-LiGy1-Eos5LR9VfqAn4HGZZBdWEID4H/s1600/DH-SixRoomsA.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476902167169079458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRIJXVGhRt1MRjtFPwRQtu1sbsDSo6e4z3pXfzJZ4pa_iIrsWaMaCBnrjgHkp23FGt9-FvBWlGRQ2tCE5i9nMjrmONA0erHKpvpENNbYPTbPcp-LiGy1-Eos5LR9VfqAn4HGZZBdWEID4H/s400/DH-SixRoomsA.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 529px; height: 407px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">above: view of Hopper's ilfachrome exhibit at the Ace Gallery</span></span><br /><br />Venice, Man Ray and Berlin, Chrome:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFzMIcR4ndej2w9jrNXIqjXZOMNRs9aBOGLKGxE_SVtVomb0m9e4UWdOjNXBYBtGi_0tu-GyxrYAHbf79jNR0_KzudT1lD8gZ7N56SXIiKe_GB2V0qCoT6RokXU6PHNggney16kwvdgmp/s1600/DH-1997-VeniceManRay.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476901443736436082" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFzMIcR4ndej2w9jrNXIqjXZOMNRs9aBOGLKGxE_SVtVomb0m9e4UWdOjNXBYBtGi_0tu-GyxrYAHbf79jNR0_KzudT1lD8gZ7N56SXIiKe_GB2V0qCoT6RokXU6PHNggney16kwvdgmp/s400/DH-1997-VeniceManRay.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWh2z9AG3PQF5rvIjrz5vsDvr1BCrqj9h0CNhu7Vx2JklQMokGUMyAnCdiZ6_9j-KRuCjr8BLSWNYB4dINNSumDNentEs2S6D5Poq8rY_ynuLAQiVh4fPH_KPW6MtFbKWYdiZrRxqqhQ9K/s1600/DH-1995-BerlinChrome.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476901260660685730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWh2z9AG3PQF5rvIjrz5vsDvr1BCrqj9h0CNhu7Vx2JklQMokGUMyAnCdiZ6_9j-KRuCjr8BLSWNYB4dINNSumDNentEs2S6D5Poq8rY_ynuLAQiVh4fPH_KPW6MtFbKWYdiZrRxqqhQ9K/s400/DH-1995-BerlinChrome.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Prague, Stick and Florence, Capital:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAK828roAdRozgWotwZ5zze8T8cl8-CI0UuTziOkhFwCXZZWLkIVBpQagFw1iTeJYLongY8D3k-qmxLpfpzTYPGOjrkqmHfgwJAFcxqMMZob8t9k5U2d5hOm_JJz0YDXc0dWMnPC_zfawf/s1600/DH-1995-PragueStick.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476895704913246658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAK828roAdRozgWotwZ5zze8T8cl8-CI0UuTziOkhFwCXZZWLkIVBpQagFw1iTeJYLongY8D3k-qmxLpfpzTYPGOjrkqmHfgwJAFcxqMMZob8t9k5U2d5hOm_JJz0YDXc0dWMnPC_zfawf/s400/DH-1995-PragueStick.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqIqrxCTrZrmwuQ-lvgyryVvFWHqbjldh39OA_dibXbKcNCe9gtylnKAZN3sckPDNpC6VXaCGr3mdoXX_m9FBNongShyphenhyphenGeNNZ3sgUwnHiXSnNhJJsZW1D1ROOSlpStLs9au5U3Fii1or4/s1600/DH-1996-FlorenceCapital.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476895620044519746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqIqrxCTrZrmwuQ-lvgyryVvFWHqbjldh39OA_dibXbKcNCe9gtylnKAZN3sckPDNpC6VXaCGr3mdoXX_m9FBNongShyphenhyphenGeNNZ3sgUwnHiXSnNhJJsZW1D1ROOSlpStLs9au5U3Fii1or4/s400/DH-1996-FlorenceCapital.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Florence, Skull and Morocco, Terra Peel:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipu6_ig_PnWg_WtqItWk3xvHqvuHzHppl6NGyUuW4pptSg0KVapQRGKi7tuveHTrwPdMiJV_OfYTklzNKtg6XnrYhTYA55irPNeVYrOfSmtvXscDnzNjoME_cFKDcydRgtr3yFd_iPWGWi/s1600/DH-1996-FlorenceSkull.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476894282692297890" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipu6_ig_PnWg_WtqItWk3xvHqvuHzHppl6NGyUuW4pptSg0KVapQRGKi7tuveHTrwPdMiJV_OfYTklzNKtg6XnrYhTYA55irPNeVYrOfSmtvXscDnzNjoME_cFKDcydRgtr3yFd_iPWGWi/s400/DH-1996-FlorenceSkull.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5dRU8taDEe-yZukg45_-XHV_t9DXg40FoIxKEhIIA42yxgdirlyfe7YWopCmtrgRzZYmedHlhYSUoPI8KNmF2wDw61cBNU2a66n95fP7SaQfzhCMP2xIjh2zCVIri-BTpynF31Qqj7z8/s1600/DH-1996-MoroccoTerraPeel.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476894215931570370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5dRU8taDEe-yZukg45_-XHV_t9DXg40FoIxKEhIIA42yxgdirlyfe7YWopCmtrgRzZYmedHlhYSUoPI8KNmF2wDw61cBNU2a66n95fP7SaQfzhCMP2xIjh2zCVIri-BTpynF31Qqj7z8/s400/DH-1996-MoroccoTerraPeel.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />New York, UFO and Osaka, Black:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHETscoAGO_QHtPiFs5szYd04tnpTQ7B9M0CAMC-hb1mjWilvx1k3fM-VaIZE8ebWeaZJzN6HKTeKf9W3KLhbtGJN_iMMi8uxJb6x1HbzJyu2MyUXnatuMOInM_AwUzao21ua2mKesQ0S/s1600/DH-1996-NewYorkUFO.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476894021389429746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHETscoAGO_QHtPiFs5szYd04tnpTQ7B9M0CAMC-hb1mjWilvx1k3fM-VaIZE8ebWeaZJzN6HKTeKf9W3KLhbtGJN_iMMi8uxJb6x1HbzJyu2MyUXnatuMOInM_AwUzao21ua2mKesQ0S/s400/DH-1996-NewYorkUFO.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAkv7N6VYOCwNOrU3UmH-sq2ejd-Dl83mCDVOS1yVY8VgedMXb3BMoHDV4nqTfgm77RkH5we7FLfk7DyZ1iKxbYns2U2fMFR_UNbN4tPKrlm4kVoj2QsnwO5hIgQzqW9HoDM1pCrLabXe/s1600/DH-1997-OsakaBlack.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476893937722348738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHAkv7N6VYOCwNOrU3UmH-sq2ejd-Dl83mCDVOS1yVY8VgedMXb3BMoHDV4nqTfgm77RkH5we7FLfk7DyZ1iKxbYns2U2fMFR_UNbN4tPKrlm4kVoj2QsnwO5hIgQzqW9HoDM1pCrLabXe/s400/DH-1997-OsakaBlack.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 266px; height: 400px;" /></a><br />Venice, Plaster and Venice Walk, 7:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mqwNm8KKpdqg7e1rnIqkNCUoYJy5pR66cSMMrb05MnmyMDl8zqfUbOl4dchaaBgZjA7Lw-znskj031muRK4ep0Dobqthst2qjW9LrzbLjPsKDHtu8S1sTvCqKaRAvqOpGeNaHTyay21y/s1600/DH-1997-VenicePlaster.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476893800088005570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0mqwNm8KKpdqg7e1rnIqkNCUoYJy5pR66cSMMrb05MnmyMDl8zqfUbOl4dchaaBgZjA7Lw-znskj031muRK4ep0Dobqthst2qjW9LrzbLjPsKDHtu8S1sTvCqKaRAvqOpGeNaHTyay21y/s400/DH-1997-VenicePlaster.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 386px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqMf3yCBHcfNJ88GZ5fjOHSn5OxyvHMXjMhksrmc55-6LNyW6Z9p-G-0egf1FHVWnKdjGE4XUIv1cwqIdjzkxuJgv2p4WN4GZqlc7KKkj-HICL0SKpcxbp9f4zY7B9Lt-FvG7F7C7EFWm/s1600/DH_Venice_walk7.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476893691352553202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqMf3yCBHcfNJ88GZ5fjOHSn5OxyvHMXjMhksrmc55-6LNyW6Z9p-G-0egf1FHVWnKdjGE4XUIv1cwqIdjzkxuJgv2p4WN4GZqlc7KKkj-HICL0SKpcxbp9f4zY7B9Lt-FvG7F7C7EFWm/s400/DH_Venice_walk7.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 272px; height: 384px;" /></a><br />Nimes Red Figures, 1996:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIzY6M89JzwFJBEzNRMUfGyiB-5gJPkX-MrBEEWJSnXfqRmYjVh4vK1asMthYqtC-LqU70MaNGrKcp_ppSNynJEtAP8MA7XM5vjUoK5e5fhfEMPdj8o4JmvRMQHIj2bnxeKjLdKAAp7Lc/s1600/DH-1996-NimesRedFigures.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476875443952004866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFIzY6M89JzwFJBEzNRMUfGyiB-5gJPkX-MrBEEWJSnXfqRmYjVh4vK1asMthYqtC-LqU70MaNGrKcp_ppSNynJEtAP8MA7XM5vjUoK5e5fhfEMPdj8o4JmvRMQHIj2bnxeKjLdKAAp7Lc/s400/DH-1996-NimesRedFigures.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 532px; height: 353px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">images in this post are from numerous sources including </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.vanityfair.com/">Vanity Fair</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.acegallery.net/">Ace Gallery</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.artnet.com/">Artnet</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.taschen.com/">Taschen</a><span style="font-style: italic;">, </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.tonyshafrazigallery.com/">Tony Shafrizi Gallery</a> and<a href="http://www.artslant.com/">Artslant</a></span><br /><br />There is an upcoming retrospective of his work, curated by artist Julian Schnabel who was inspired by Hopper's fusion of art and film. <a href="http://www.moca.org/">MOCA</a>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">DENNIS HOPPER DOUBLE STANDARD, July 11 – September 26, 2010</span>. Don't miss it.<br /><br />Galleries that have much of the work shown in this post available for purchase:<br />•<a href="http://www.tonyshafrazigallery.com/"><b>Tony Shafrazi Gallery</b></a><br />•<a href="http://www.craigkrullgallery.com/"><b>Craig Krull Gallery</b></a><br />•<a href="http://www.acegallery.net/"><b>ACE Gallery Beverly Hills</b></a><br />• <a href="http://www.davidlawrencegallery.com/">David Lawrence Gallery</a><br /><br />Several wonderful books feature collections of his work.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1KDtCCWgw9ODnSlc7yux38nPErPABijFfpFHiki5x_7mN8gyv_7h28qlB-jkFgqsZ1yjpzyltkhUG7XVBKTwHmZl1fdsT9O9WneNgcXLFdIqiEzpMfR8FuuerTPs8W34g2Op-O2tGOQV/s1600/holding-taschen.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476961899893331906" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX1KDtCCWgw9ODnSlc7yux38nPErPABijFfpFHiki5x_7mN8gyv_7h28qlB-jkFgqsZ1yjpzyltkhUG7XVBKTwHmZl1fdsT9O9WneNgcXLFdIqiEzpMfR8FuuerTPs8W34g2Op-O2tGOQV/s400/holding-taschen.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 525px; height: 349px;" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUHbFXEFZjiecSqD-6hLFhWbgLRDMeawsLZMUEMuCTJPH4uLbx5DHzdBkcypylRaHltAmMfuobhyieSkkK3R2sJk3Gyd7g9CT4QLdYjY5h-SoVho3DrKlXZZaQb54Ad675GRcg9HrEXeL/s1600/DHphoto+book.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476963326795656722" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidUHbFXEFZjiecSqD-6hLFhWbgLRDMeawsLZMUEMuCTJPH4uLbx5DHzdBkcypylRaHltAmMfuobhyieSkkK3R2sJk3Gyd7g9CT4QLdYjY5h-SoVho3DrKlXZZaQb54Ad675GRcg9HrEXeL/s400/DHphoto+book.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 197px; height: 253px;" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS23ycM2XER5VQHFqfA8UNytbTh3uU1E-RfseOFSpDYwsP7fS-NyxxtKiX6raQWxZPnfnFqOplJYjhId-mW-rh8-RtKdbxm_jU_bpDITt4ZFqqGWIJEPRR4mWl0PqzRN0r-aW3wc4D50d/s1600/DennisHopper_COVER1-1024x776.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476963069008833746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnS23ycM2XER5VQHFqfA8UNytbTh3uU1E-RfseOFSpDYwsP7fS-NyxxtKiX6raQWxZPnfnFqOplJYjhId-mW-rh8-RtKdbxm_jU_bpDITt4ZFqqGWIJEPRR4mWl0PqzRN0r-aW3wc4D50d/s400/DennisHopper_COVER1-1024x776.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 253px;" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Books of Dennis Hopper's Photography available for purchase:</span><br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=iishish-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=2080300997" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?cmlt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=iishish-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=3836500574" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=iishish-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0967236657" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>

Dennis Hopper, Behind The Camera And The Canvas.

By now you've heard the sad news. Actor/writer/director Dennis Hopper has finally lost his battle with prostate cancer and passed away on Saturday, May 29th at the age of 74.In the papers and magazines, you'll read about his troubled marriages, his drug addictions, his famous films that affected ou…

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