HALBSTARK BOOK BLAST + GALLERY EXHIBITION JULY 11-13
• PLUS HALBSTARK KICKSVILLE DANCE PARTY JULY 14 •
Summer in the city never got so hot! We are delighted to announce an exhibition of photographs at NYC's renowned FROSCH&CO gallery in July, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York. The dates are set, the festivities are in place, and we are ready to roll, baby! Thank you to the great folks at the Swiss Consulate, and to our friends at Westport Library and WPKN.
(*the book...)
HALBSTARK BABY-BABY HALBSTARK! Teenage Street Gangs In Switzerland 1962-1972 Through the Eyes Of Dieter "Igel" Ehrlich (ISBN 9781940157191) 250 page hardcover, sturdy Smyth binding, glossy stock! Years in the making - it's here at last. This gorgeous book features the scrapbook images of teenage gang leader Dieter "Igel" Ehrlich, featuring his delinquent gangs, boozing in their hang-outs and bars, and out in the street in full regalia - chains, jackets, pompadoured hair, beat up boots and wild fashion flare to boot. Included is a first time history of the noxious Swiss gangs and a detailed listing of the gangs from cities across the country - the Red Devils, the Express Killers, the Black Star Gang, Vampirs, Venom, the Lions, the Pumas, Torpedo gang and loads more - all known gangs are accounted for here. Introduction by Igel Ehrlich and Lukas Müller. Paperbound edition is available on Amazon.
(*the gallery exhibition July 11-12-13...)
Hey, let's go to the Halbstark show at FROSCH&CO, 34 East Broadway NYC, in the heart of the gallery district! Admission is free to this three day event. Come on by, noon til 6, any day or every day - we've got the blow-ups of twenty-six images plus piped in Halbstark-era rock n' roll plus a relentless slide show of hundreds of images from the archive that we raked through to pull a gallery's worth of boss images. Bring your cabbage - our last copies of the hardcover book are available for purchase (softbound edition is at Amazon), plus of course we have Vampir and Black Devil Perfumes, our exclusive in-house fragrances, and most amazingly, the first ever giclee enlargements from the book - printed by Lys Guillorn at Still River Editions and professionally matted in Italian frames and numbered, with limited lifetime runs of 10. Venmo is recommended, pick up of photographs is at the end of the exhibit July 13. We can also arrange delivery. Also on Saturday July 13, Miriam will chat with boss man Bruce Hackney, curator and U.S. manager for the Karlheinz Weinberger Stiftung, about the remarkable friendship between KHW and a teenage tough cat named Dieter "Igel" Ehrlich, and how this unusual friendship brought a mild mannered photographer into a rowdy teenage mix. Weinberger's images are classic, but the subjects were never credited... until now, with Igel's backstory and insider images of life in Swiss youth gangs. This has been an amazing trip into the wilds of Swiss gangs and we'd love to haze you all in! Meet you there!
Switzerland. The land of cheese, chocolate, watches… and a history of rebellious street gangs! Discover another side of Switzerland and learn more about Swiss youth subcultures of the 1960s with HALBSTARK BABY-BABY HALBSTARK!, an exhibition organized by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York in collaboration with Miriam Linna, former drummer of The Cramps and founder of Norton Records and Kicks Books.
The exhibition features photographs from the book HALBSTARK BABY-BABY HALBSTARK!, recently published by Linna’s Kicks Books and will be on view from July 11-13, 2024 at FROSCH&CO gallery in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Discover the raw essence of Swiss youth culture through the evocative photographs of former gang member Dieter “Igel” Ehrlich. Books and prints will be available for purchase.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a conversation between Miriam Linna and Bruce Hackney (curator and U.S. manager for the Karlheinz Weinberger Stiftung) on Saturday, July 13 at 3pm at FROSCH&CO gallery. Linna and Hackney will discuss how Ehrlich captured resistance to cultural norms, outsider identities, and the potential of photography as a vehicle for social critique.
When
Exhibition: Thursday, July 11 – Saturday, July 13, 2024
Conversation: Saturday, July 13, 2024 – 3:00pm
Where
FROSCH&CO
34 E Broadway, New York, NY 10002
Finally, join Miriam Linna for a closing party on July 14, 2024 from 7-9pm at Our Wicked Lady rooftop bar in Bushwick, where Miriam will DJ with Marc Miller (Kicksville Radio), playing music from the unforgettable Halbstark era between the bands the Televisionaries and Bloodshot Bill. Following their set, Lenny Kaye, guitarist and composer for the Patti Smith Group, will be spinning records all night.
Where
Our Wicked Lady
153 Morgan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
(* the scents of the streets...)
INTRODUCING VAMPIR AND BLACK DEVIL PERFUME
Available at the gallery, via mail, and at fine perfume counters, are two limited black-box souvenir fragrances - Vampir and Black Devil, named after two of the most infamous of the Swiss street gangs, and bearing their logos. Please enjoy the entire line of Kicks Perfumes. Kicks Books is the only publishing house in history to issue commemorative fragrances alongside their publications. Our scents are concocted from ISO certified organic, vegan and Kosher Canadian floral waters. Note: Kicks Perfumes are available only in the USA due to international postal regulations.
(*the sound of the city...)
UP ON THE ROOF! PARTY TIME SUNDAY NIGHT in BUSHWICK!
The sounds that caused a ruckus and inspired the kids to rumble an' ramble - hard driving rock an' roll! Dig the rockin' sounds of the Halbstark era at the gallery show, brought to you by Kicksville Radio, and dig the Sunday night closing party sounds at Our Wicked Lady, when Miriam and Kicksville kat Marc Miller spin from 7-9, oiling the wheels with rockin bands the Televisionaries and Bloodshot Bill, followed by an all-night dance curated by the indomitable Lenny Kaye of Nuggets fame. And Lenny just happens to be #1 in Kicksville and Halbstarkville too - he's the wax hound and guitar god in the Patti Smith Group! Come on up Sunday too!
