Harvey Wang, Tseng Kwong Chi with Mask at Elvis Night At Club 57, Vintage Silver Gelatin Work Print for Publication, Club 57, 1981
Harvey Wang, “Kwong Chi with Elvis Mask at Club 57,” 1981; archival silver-gelatin print; from an edition of 10 signed by artist, 8 x 10 in.
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Since the late 1970s Harvey Wang has been the quintessential East Village photographer finding striking images in all the neighborhood’s nooks and crannies. His pictures at the short lived Club 57 not far from ABC No Rio in the East Village capture the mix of art and clublife in the 1980s. Kwong Chi (1950 – 1990) , the man behind the Elvis mask, is famous for his photographs of Keith Haring’s subway drawings.
