Symphony Space

Richard Prince Selects Shorts: An Evening at Symphony Space and the Guggenheim
A part of the series Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story.

The evening begins at Symphony Space with readings of stories by Joan Didion, Tim O’Brien, Neal Cassady and A.M. Homes, as selected by Richard Prince, one of America's foremost contemporary artists. Following the readings, the audience is invited to a private viewing of the exhibition Richard Prince: Spiritual America at the Guggenheim. For over 30 years, Prince has been culling from the image bank of popular culture to create photographs, paintings and sculptures that simultaneously embrace and critique a quintessentially American sensibility. Find out which works inspire this ardent bibliophile, whose multimedia “appropriations” adopt the language of the Marlboro Man, muscle cars, biker chicks, off-color jokes and pulp fiction. Performers include John Shea, Hope Davis, Kathleen Chalfant and Ted Marcoux.

John Shea’s theatre work includes The Director, Long Day's Journey Into Night and Yentl (Theatre World Award). His 45 films include Windy City, for which he won a Best Actor Award at the Montreal Film Festival, and the Academy Award-winning Missing. He co-wrote and directed Southie, which won the Jury Award for Best Independent Film at the 1998 Seattle International Film Festival. His television work includes Lois and Clark (as Lex Luthor), A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room for the PBS Great Performances series, the BAFTA Award-winning Kennedy and Baby M (Emmy Award). He was nominated for an Audie Award as Best Actor for his work in audio books. Currently, he can be seen on television playing Blair Waldorf’s father on Gossip Girl.

Ted Marcoux has appeared in such movies as Dark Blue, Camp Stories, and Ghost in the Machine. His stage credits include A Few Good Men on Broadway, and off-Broadway performances in The Bells and Earth and Sky. He has appeared on television in Thrill, Visions of Terror, Deadly Relations, The Practice, NYPD Blue, Law & Order, Boston Public, 24, and Six Feet Under.

Co-presented with The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th St.

For exhibit information click here.

To see a gallery of Prince's work on the Guggenheim website, click here.

(Photo: Debutante Nurse, 2004, Ink Jet and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 58 inches. © Richard Prince)

Venue: Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Tickets: $26; Members $24; Day of Show $30

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Past Showdate: Wednesday, January 9, 2008

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