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Michael Hyatt: Crossroads – The Streets & Music of Los Angeles 1969 – 1981
April 19, 2023 @ 8:00 am - April 22, 2023 @ 7:00 pm MST
Michael Hyatt: Crossroads – The Streets & Music of Los Angeles 1969 – 1981. Upcoming exhibition: Shelley Niro: Film and Photography. Film screening April 21 5pm
Reception for the artist on April 22nd at 7 pm.
Michael Hyatt (b. Long Beach CA, 1946) has been a staple of the photography, radio, and music scenes in Tucson for nearly 40 years, particularly known for his long-running radio program Route 66 on KXCI and his recent photographic work of migrants and the border.
The Andrew Smith Gallery show has Hyatt’s street photography of L.A. and its environs, focusing on photographs made in L.A.’s legendary Skid Row, and portraits of musicians in the burgeoning punk, new wave, and roots rock scenes happening in L.A. in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s.
Also featured will be Hyatt’s masterly documentary photographs of L.A.’s street culture. Humanistic documents of protests, colorful characters, and views of city life show a keen eye for capturing moments and composition. To round out the exhibition we will have a small selection of Michael’s portraits of musicians in the punk, new wave, and roots rock scenes that made L.A. a hub of popular culture at this time.Exene Cervenka – Los Angeles, 1981 ©Michael HyattThe Plugz, Olympic Auditorium – Los Angeles, 1980 ©Michael Hyatt“
In 1979, I spent a month photographing in Ireland. While there I met the all-female Irish punk rock band, The Boy Scouts, which inspired me to pursue the Los Angeles music scene. Within a month of my return, I began documenting the performances and backstage activities of the prominent punk rock and roots rock bands of the era, including The Plugz, X, The Blasters, and Los Lobos.
The fascinating and visually stimulating audience for this music was also documented in Los Angeles and during two national tours with X.”
Exhibition opening April 19th. Film screening April 21 5pm, Reception for the artist on April 22nd at 7 pm
The Andrew Smith Gallery Arizona, LLC is excited to announce it’s next exhibition featuring works by contemporary Native American artist Shelley Niro. The opening reception is Saturday, April 22, 2023, 7:00-10:00 PM at 330 S. Convent Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701.
In addition to the opening at the Andrew Smith Gallery Shelley Niro’s film, The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, will be screened as part of the 31st Arizona International Film Festival on Friday April 21st at 5:00 PM followed by a Q&A with Shelley Niro.
An internationally acclaimed artist, Shelley Niro is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) Nation. Born in Niagara Falls, New York, and currently residing in Ontario, she grew up near Brantford on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory. Niro is known internationally for her feature-length film Kissed by Lightning (2009), performance pieces, painting, beadwork, and particularly for her extensive photographic body of work. Since the late 1980s, she has prolifically produced and exhibited ambitious work at a high level, nationally and internationally, and she has long been a significant creative presence in Toronto.
A career retrospective of Shelley Niro’s paintings, photographs, mixed-media works, and films Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch will run from May 27, 2023 – January 1, 2024, at the National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center in New York City.