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ISTANBUL'74
&
LEHMANN MAUPIN GALLERY
invite you to celebrate
SANDRO KOPP
There you are
Hosted by
WARIS AHLUWALIA RYAN MCGINLEY
DEMET MUFTUOGOGLU-ESELI BETHANIE BRADY
Saturday 28 January
10pm
Pulqueria
11 Doyers Street New York,NY
[email protected] or 212-935-6700
invitation is non-transferable
ISTANBUL'74
LEHMANN MAUPIN
SANDRO KOPP
There you are
25 January-4 February 2012
Lehmann Maupin Gallery
201 Christie Street New York, NY
www.lehmannmaupin.com
Sandro Kopp
May Anderson
Poppy Montgomery
Tilda Swinton
Terrence Koh
Waris Ahluwalia
Erin Fetherston
Gina Gershon, Michael Stipe
Stefano Tonchi, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand
Cynthia Rowley, Bill Powers
Antony Todd
Hannah Bronfman, Kyle DeWoody
Italo Zucchelli
Johan Lindeberg
Party Is in New York; a Host Is on Skype: Celebrating Sandro
Kopp’s Portraits
By: Bob Morris/ January 31st, 2012
Joel Coen, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, and Sandro Kopp skype with Wes Anderson at a dinner
party celebrating Mr. Kopp's exhibition
For an artist who lives in remote northern Scotland, Sandro Kopp is very well
connected. But then, you would be, too, if Tilda Swintonwas your girlfriend and you had
a score of famous faces willing to pose for you.
To celebrate his latest portraits, the 33-year-old artist held a dinner for 80 guests on
Jan. 28 at Lehmann Maupin’s Chrystie Street gallery in Manhattan. It drew plenty of
celebrities, Frances McDormand, Joel Coen, Michael Stipe and Gina Gershon among
them.
It also had Wes Anderson, the director, via Skype. Although listed as a host, he was
stuck working elsewhere, and so Mr. Kopp (bearded and in a dinner jacket that gave
him a master portrait painter look) and Ms. Swinton (in an architecturally stunning
Lanvin dress and very high heels) carried him around on an open laptop, which let Mr.
Anderson mix and pose for photographers.
“The only thing I couldn’t do was give him a drink,” Mr. Kopp said.
The virtual attendance was appropriate, given the work on display. All of the realistic oil
portraits on linen came from sittings Mr. Kopp set up on Skype.
“I use media technology to create an old-fashioned art form,” he explained. “Skype
allows you to get very intimate. These portraits are all about being present.”
If only the same could be said about the dinner guests.
Many, including Carine Roitfeld, Poppy Montgomery, Italo Zucchelli and Demet
Muftuoglu-Eseli (who had presented Mr. Kopp at Istancool last year) did manage to
mingle face-to-face and converse like civilized adults during cocktails and a soulful
surprise serenade by Patrick Wolf, a British singer. But by the time they sat down at
banquet tables with purple tulips for pan-seared duck and baked branzino, they were
wielding cellphones as if they were steak knives.
Waris Ahluwalia, the jewelry designer and a model in the exhibition, showed pictures on
his phone to Ms. McDormand. Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld got Ms. Gershon’s e-mail
address. Ryan McGinley, the photographer, shared images with Mr. Stipe.
Kate Schelter, an image consultant, texted during half the meal, then apologized.
“My mother brought me up right, and she’d be appalled,” she said.
Angel Otero, an artist who shows at the gallery, watched the tech ballet, device-free.
“People take out their phones when they don’t know what else to do,” he said.
Most of them knew what to do after dinner. They checked their messages as if it were
the middle of a busy work day, then headed to Chinatown for an after-party at an
underground spot, Pulqueria. Mr. Kopp and Ms. Swinton were among the last to go.
“I don’t know what time zone I’m in,” said Ms. Swinton, who also lives in Scotland, and
who was on her way with Mr. Kopp to Los Angeles for the Screen Actors Guild Awards.
She was nominated for best actress for “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” (Ms. Swinton
did not win.) “All I know is that we get on a plane at 4 in the morning to be there.”
Maybe next time they’ll Skype themselves there instead.
After Hours:
The Art World Fetes Sandro Kopp
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January 26 , 2011
Last night, Sandro Kopp and well-heeled friends celebrated There you are, an exhibition
of the artist’s work presented by Istanbul ‘74 at Lehmann Maupin Gallery, with an
intimate dinner followed by a party at Chinatown’s Pulqueria. Tilda Swinton—Kopp’s
beau—Waris Ahluwalia, Wes Anderson, and other downtown denizens sipped
Belvedere cocktails late into the night. There you are is on view at Lehmann Maupin
through February 4.
Sandro Kopp Celebrates 'There You Are'
By: Alessandra Codinha /January 31st, 2012
On Saturday night, the Lehmann Maupin gallery on the Lower East Side was a full
house for a dinner party celebrating Sandro Kopp and his latest exhibition, “There You
Are,” a series of oil portraits of Kopp’s friends taken from Skype sitting sessions. Most of
the subjects of the paintings were on hand (Ryan McGinley, Waris Ahluwalia, Terence
Koh), swilling cocktails and admiring their (generally unsmiling) renderings. “I’m very
happy,” Kopp said of the party, amid greeting his guests, “and extremely indebted to all
my sitters....Quite literally, without them none of this would have been possible.” Of the
sittings themselves, Kopp added, “It was this idea of painting from live video chats...a
hybrid of a painting done from life and a painting done from a photograph.” In a metatwist (life-imitating-art-imitating-life), Wes Anderson Skyped in to e-join in the festivities
and was given a guided tour of the exhibition via a laptop carried by Kopp, Tilda
Swinton and Frances McDormand.
Suddenly the entryway was taken over by a small commotion: A series of gigantic
bronze helium balloons spelling “KOPP” had entered the gallery. Their handler was
obscured by the crowd. “Who is that?” said Demet Muftuoglu, the founder of Istanbul’74
and co-founder of Istancool festival (a cultural summit-cum-festival that incorporates
fashion, music, film and design). It was Gina Gershon and Michael Stipe. The latter
presented the artist with the balloons and took to the gallery-turned-dining room with a
flute of Champagne, snapping camera-phone photos of oil portraits of participants with
the glass in front of them. “They’re great,” Stipe grinned of the works. “And there I am,
over there.” Sure enough, there he was, on the south wall.
Kopp Land:The New York Party Set Rallies Around the Upand-Coming Portrait Artist
By: Darrell Hartman
Sandro Kopp paints his portraits differently: namely, via Skype from Scotland. And
perhaps for that reason, his New York friends and famous sitters (often one and the
same) have been overjoyed to have the 33-year-old artist in town—although it doesn't
hurt, of course, that his plus-one is Tilda Swinton. "It's been, like, Sandro week. I think
all of his friends have been throwing him parties," David Maupin said on Saturday
night, where his gallery, Lehmann Maupin, hosted a dinner in celebration of Kopp's new
exhibition, There You Are, at its Chrystie Street space.
"I think part of it is an extension of his charm and his personality and being an artist—to
do this type of work, you have to kind of relate and open up some kind of conversation
with your subject," Maupin mused, asMichael Stipe (who'd thrown Kopp a dinner party
of his own the night before) arrived with gold, letter-shaped balloons that spelled out KO-P-P. Meanwhile, Frances McDormand was taking her co-hosting duties seriously:
"I'm the hostess; do what I say," the actress said, cutting a swath through the cocktail
area. "We're moving to the back room. My name's Fran."
Singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf had flown in from London and serenaded dinner guests
before they took their seats underneath enormous rice paper lanterns. (The
proceedings were sponsored by Belvedere, Pomellato, and Istanbul '74, the Turkish
culture-importing outfit behind the annual Istancool festival.) Kopp, looking very much
the man of the hour in a velvet YSL dinner jacket, declared himself not just over the
moon—"I'm over Mars," he said. As McDormand started packing up kale salad for the
road, the crowd headed off to the after-party at Pulqueria. The balloons didn't make the
trip, but Kopp and Swinton did, and stayed until 2 a.m.—which makes the actress'
luminous appearance at the SAG Awards in L.A. the following evening all the more
remarkable.
Scene City: Famous Faces Who Posed for Sandro Kopp
By: Bob Morris/ January 31st, 2012
For an artist who lives in remote northern Scotland, Sandro Kopp is very well
connected. But then, you would be, too, if Tilda Swinton was your girlfriend and you had
a score of famous faces willing to pose for you.
The realistic oil portraits came from sittings Mr. Kopp set up on Skype.
To celebrate his latest portraits, Mr. Kopp held a dinner for 80 guests on January 28 at
Lehmann Maupin’s Chrystie Street gallery. It drew plenty of celebrities,(from left to right
Ms. Swinton, Frances McDormand, Gina Gershon, Joel Coen).
Carine Roitfeld with (left ot right) Mr. Kopp, Ms. Swinton, and Waris Ahlu walia.
Also in (virtual) attendance was Wes Anderson, the director, via Skype. Although listed
as a host, he was stuck working elsewhere, and so Mr. Kopp carried him around on an
open laptop, which let Mr. Anderson mix and pose for photographers.
“The only thing I couldn’t do was give him a drink,” Mr. Kopp said.though that didn’t stop
Ms. McDormand from trying.
Michael Stipe (center) clutched a handful of golden balloons.
Between the cocktail hour and dinner, guests paused for a musical interlude.
Patrick Wolf, the British pop singer, performed on the balcony.
Dinner was served in the main gallery at banquet tables decorated with purple tulips.
Courses included pan-seared duck and baked branzino.
A number of downtown artists joined the dinner, including Ryan McGinley
Seated nearby were May Anderson and Terence Koh, dressed in his customary white.
After dinner, guests headed to Chinatown for an after party to an underground spot,
Pulqueria.
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January 31 , 2012
Michael Stipe had something special up his sleeve to celebrate Sandro Kopp’s new
exhibit at the Lehmann Maupin gallery. The singer arrived for Saturday’s dinner at the
Chrystie Street gallery clutching orange balloons spelling out “KOPP” in honor of the
artist, who paints portraits from Skype. At an after-party at Chinatown hot spot
Pulqueria,Tilda Swinton, David Maupin, Stefano Tonchi, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld,
Johan Lindeberg, Waris Ahluwalia, Terence Koh and others partied late with
exhibition hosts Demet Muftuoglu-Eseli and Alphan Eseli of Turkish arts organization
Istanbul ’74. The crowd to greet Kopp was so long that the subterranean spot had to
shut its doors.
Sandro Kopp: The new exhibition with "Skype portraits" has
been unveiled in New York
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By: Stephanie McDermott / January 30 , 2012
On Saturday night Sandro Kopp’s most recent exhibition entitled “There You Are” was
fêted by a host of friends spanning across the arts, with an intimate dinner at the
Lehmann Maupin Gallery – the exhibit’s current home – followed by a raucous party at
Pulqueria, Chinatown’s latest hotspot.
The exhibition, presented by Istanbul '74, an Istanbul-based arts platform, is made up of
haunting portraits of Kopp’s friends, painted over a series of Skype-sittings. Many of the
subjects were in attendance at the event, including Waris Ahluwalia, Frances
McDormand, Michael Stipe and Ryan McGinley, who were photographed in front of
their unsmiling likenesses.
Kopp – looking quite like a Russian tsar with his full beard and sharp eyebrows – was
joined by girlfriend and frequent subject of his paintings Tilda Swinton, while he chatted
with guests including Carine Restoin Roitfeld and Stefano Tonchi.
At around midnight the diners decamped to Pulqueria, for the Belvedere-sponsored
party where Demet Muftuoglu-Eseli – cofounder of Istanbul ’74 – danced
alongside Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, May Anderson and Johan Lindeberg. Terence
Koh was a vision in all white, while Waris Ahluwalia played backseat-DJ rearranging the
sets from by the bar. After a pit stop at the newly opened Le Baron, the night drew to a
close for Waris, Sandro and a few friends from Germany at Wo Hop noodle bar – in
Waris’ words, "With a little fun… chow fun".
The exhibition will be on view at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery at 201 Chrystie Street
from 25th January to 4th February 2012.
Skype Portraits, Photo Shoots: Artists as Models and Music
Fans
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By: Mike Vilensky / January 31 , 2012
On Doyers Street in Chinatown last weekend, past a no-nonsense doorman in all-white
and down a steep flight of steps, the artist Ryan McGinley was mingling with the
actress Tilda Swinton. The two were gathered at Pulqueria, Manhattan's Mexicanthemed buzz bar du jour, to toast "There you are," Sandro Kopp's new exhibition at
Lehmann Maupin Gallery, which features portraits of Mr. Kopps's friends posing for
him over Skype, the Internet video service.
Mr. McGinley and man-about-town Waris Ahluwalia are among the models in the
show. The former, known for his artistic shots of young nudes, said he's used to being
on the other side of a camera; but as a subject, he's a natural. "I find it really easy to
be a model," the tall and handsome Mr. McGinley explained. "I didn't have to get
naked, but if he'd asked me to I would have!"
A few fruit-flavored, Belvedere-sponsored cocktails in, the party became loud and
dance friendly. Blonde Pulqueria co-owner Heather Tierney moved to remixes of
Nirvana songs from behind the bar, as art-world-types air-kissed and shook their hips.
At a table in the space's cavernous dining area, Mr. McGinley was thinking about a
potential model for his own future artwork. "Twenty people have called me saying, 'You
have got to photograph this girl Lana Del Rey,'" Mr. McGinley said, referring to the
endlessly discussed "Video Games" singer who's been making waves on the Internet.
"She's really talented, and I feel bad that everyone's giving her flak."
Would Mr. McGinley approach Ms. Del Rey for a photo, then? "I'm going to live with
her album for a while before maybe making a portrait," he said, looking around the
room, which was crowded with artists and actors. "I get a little scared! I just really like
being a fan sometimes."
Lehmann Maupin Gallery & ISTANBUL'74 After Party For
Sandroth Kopp
January 30 , 2012
Where: Pulqueria
Who was there: Guests included Waris Ahluwalia, Johan Lindeberg, Vladimir Restoin
Roitfeld, Peter Davis, Stefania Pia, Sandro Kopp, Levent Bilgen, Ayse Bilgen, Ryan
McGinley, Terence Koh, Stacy Engman, Meredith Melling Burke, Kate Schelter, Cynthia
Rowley, Bill Powers, Hannah Bronfman, Kyle DeWoody, Tilda Swinton, Stefano Tonchi,
Levent Bilgen, Hunter Hill, Phillip Estlund, Demet Muftuoglu Eseli, Bethanie Brady, Clint
Spaulding, Billy Farrell, May Anderson, and Lee Call.
Other details:
Stanley Stuyvesant (@guestofaguest) tweeted:
Not in at the pulqueria party for Waris, Ryan and co? Assume you won't be. Capacity
has been reached+the ice cold hipsters aren't moving
ISTANBUL’74 Presents 'There You Are' By Sandro
Kopp
When Sat, January 28, 10:00pm-1:00am
Where Invite Only, Invite Only, New York, NY
Admission Invite Only
Description ISTANBUL ’74 presents ‘There You Are’, and exhibition of new work by
Sandro Kopp at Lehmann Maupin Gallery on view 25 January-4 February 2012 at 201
Chrystie Street. Sandro Kopp’s ‘There You Are’ will feature a series of portraits painted
from the artist’s skype-sittings with friends who become his paintings’ subjects.
Lehmann Maupin Gallery & ISTANBUL'74 After Party For
Sandro Kopp At Pulqueria
By: Yumi Matsuo/January 30th, 2012
Demet Muftuoglu-Eseli, Waris Ahluwalia, Bethanie Brady, and Ryan McGinley hosted
the after party for Sandro Kopp's exhibit. The night was also in celebration of the
partnership between Instanbul '74 and Lehmann Maupin Gallery.
The night started with guests gathering at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery to check out
Sandro Kopp's exhibit, There You Are. The gallery opening was followed by an after
party at Pulqueria.
Johan Lindeberg, Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld, Peter Davis, Stefania Pia, Levent Bilgen,
Ayse Bilgen, Terence Koh, Stacy Engman, Meredith Melling Burke, Kate Schelter,
Cynthia Rowley, Bill Powers, Hannah Bronfman, Kyle DeWoody, Tilda Swinton, Stefano
Tonchi, Levent Bilgen, Hunter Hill, Phillip Estlund, Clint Spaulding, Billy Farrell, May
Anderson, and Lee Call were among the many guests that joined Sandro Kopp at
Pulqueria.
Stanley Stuyvesant (@guestofaguest) tweeted:
Not in at the pulqueria party for Waris, Ryan and co? Assume you won't be. Capacity
has been reached+the ice cold hipsters aren't moving
Tilda Swinton
and Friends Fete Sandro Kopp
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January 26 , 2012
Lehmann Maupin held a chic little gathering Tuesday night for artist Sandro Kopp's
new show, "There You Are," on display at the gallery's Lower East Side location now
through February 4th. Presented by Istanbul-based creative agency, Instanbul '74, the
show features Kopp's "sitting portraits" taken during Skype sessions with pals
including Ryan McGinley and Waris Ahluwalia, both of whom attended the opening.
Kopp's main squeeze, Tilda Swinton, as well as Agyness Deyn, Olivier
Theyskens, Terence Koh, Jim Jarmusch, and Elvis Perkins were also in the house.
Check out Zac Sebastian's photos from the opening above.
OPENINGS
& PARTIES: SANDRO KOPP – THERE YOU ARE
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January 27 , 2012
The crowd that filled the gallery rooms of Lehman Maupin for Sandro Kopp’s opening
was an array that are normally seen on screens both big and small. Quite fitting
actually, since this series of portraits were made by the artist during skype sessions with
the same such people.
Tilda Swinton’s Artist Boyfriend Debuts A List Skype
Portraits
By: Roger Friedman / January 26th, 2012
Former Oscar winner–but not current Oscar nominee Tilda Swinton--is just about one
of our most favorite people. Last night she hosted artist boyfriend Sandro Kopp’s first
American photo exhibition at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery on Chrystie Street– and it
was pretty cool. I’m glad Peggy Siegal scooped us up from an early dinner at Bobby
Vans in midtown–after being wowed by a knockout matinee of Audra MacDonald and
Norm Lewis in “Porgy and Bess.” “Let’s see what this guy has done,” Peggy said. And
away we went, where no less than another Oscar winner, Frances McDormand, and a
rock star, Michael Stipe, were already enjoying the Skype manipulated photographs of
a mixture of stars and others–including “Chicago” actor John C. Reilly and a large
portrait of Tilda, taken while she was sleeping in front of her computer. The pictures are
very clever. Fran’s portrait is comic and a little distorted. “All I know is, there was a
bottle of wine involved,” declared the forthright Ms. McDormand. Michael Stipe told me
that he’s essentially “retired” and figuring out the future. “My band disbanded,” he said
of the legendary REM, as if we didn’t know. Kudos to Kopp for a job well done. And
Tilda? Not unhappy about not being nominated for Best Actress for “We Need to Talk
about Kevin.” “The fact that people are still talking about the film is great. I get to home
to Scotland and not worry about it.” She has an Oscar for “Michael Clayton,” by the way.
“There You Are” Tilda
& Sandro!
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By: Mallory Passuite/January 25 , 2012
Sandro Kopp’s (pictured right) “There You Are” opened last night at Lehmann Maupin
Gallery in New York’s Lower East Side. The exhibition presents a refreshing
juxtaposition of old and new, melding an art form as traditional as the painted portrait
with a most-modern medium of communication: the Skype session. Kopp painted each
image via Skype. The subjects include Ryan McGinley, Frances McDormand, Michael
Stipe, Waris Ahluwalia and the actress and Kopp’s girlfriend, Tilda Swinton (pictured
left)—all of whom attended last nights opening. Other guests at the opening included
Jim Jarmusch, America Ferrera, Chad Muska, Devin James, Egon Zippel and Terence
Koh. “There You Are,” presented by Istanbul ’74, remains on view through February 4.
SANDRO KOPP’S THERE YOU ARE OPENING NIGHT, NEW
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January, 31 , 2012
Sandro Kopp’s new show There you are presented by Istanbul ’74 is on view through
February 4th, 2012 at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 201 Chrystie Street, New York.
By Oliver Ilie/January 31, 2012
Sandro Kopp paints his portraits differently: namely, via Skype from Scotland.
And perhaps for that reason, his New York friends and famous sitters (often one and the
same) have been overjoyed to have the 33-year-old artist in town—although it doesn’t
hurt, of course, that his plus-one is Tilda Swinton.
“It’s been, like, Sandro week. we think all of his friends have been throwing him parties,”
David Maupin said on Saturday night, where his gallery, Lehmann Maupin, hosted a
dinner in celebration of Kopp’s new exhibition, There You Are, at its Chrystie Street
space.
“we think part of it is an extension of his charm and his personality and being an artist—
to do this type of work, you have to kind of relate and open up some kind of
conversation with your subject,” Maupin mused, as Michael Stipe (who’d thrown Kopp a
dinner party of his own the night before) arrived with gold, letter-shaped balloons that
spelled out K-O-P-P.
Meanwhile, Frances McDormand was taking her co-hosting duties seriously: “we’re the
hostess; do what we say,” the actress said, cutting a swath through the cocktail area.
Singer-songwriter Patrick Wolf had flown in from London and serenaded dinner guests
before they took their seats underneath enormous rice paper lanterns.
(The proceedings were sponsored by Belvedere, Pomellato, and Istanbul ’74, the
Turkish culture-importing outfit behind the annual Istancool festival.) Kopp, looking very
much the man of the hour in a velvet YSL dinner jacket, declared himself not just over
the moon—”we’re over Mars,” he said.
As McDormand started packing up kale salad for the road, the crowd headed off to the
after-party at Pulqueria.
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