For ten years, New York's Alleged Gallery provided a breeding ground and
played the role of willing accomplice to some of the most vibrant
American art to come along in decades. By exhibiting the then emerging
talents of Mark Gonzales, Chris Johanson, Rita Ackermann, Susan
Cianciolo, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Harmony Korine, Mike Mills,
Ed Templeton, Thomas Campbell and Terry Richardson, much of Alleged's
impact was due to a complete and utter disregard for the status quo.
Using a potent blend of photographs, artworks and interviews with
artists, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, collectors and other
denizens of the era, Young Sleek and Full of Hell documents the glorious
trials and tribulations of running an independent gallery in the final
hours of the 20th century. The full list of the artists interviewed by
Brendan Fowler in the book is as follows: Thomas Campbell, David Aron,
Liz Goldwyn, Joey Garfield, Leo Fitzpatrick, Spike Jonze, Audrey "Rose"
Bernstein, Kid America, Amy Gunther, Mike Mills, Jason Lee, Arik
"Moonhawk" Roper, Carlo McCormick, Shelter Serra, Kim Hastreiter, Andre
Razo, Chris Pastras, Lila Lee, Athena Razo, Joshua Wildman, Brian
Degraw, Chris Habib, Julia Gandelsonas, Bill Powers, Sasha Hirschfeld,
Susan Cianciolo, Shayla Hason, Ari Marcopoulos, Cynthia Connolly, Adam
Glickman, Michele Lockwood, Terry Richardson, Barry McGee, Phil Frost,
Tobin Yelland, Craig R. Stacyk II, Jess Holzworth, Marcellus Hall,
Ashley Macomber, Tatiana von Furstenberg, Stefano Giovannini, Adam
Wallacavage, Rita Ackermann, Erin Krause, Chan Marshall, Stephen Powers,
David Hershkovits; Thurstone Moore, Chris Johanson, Janice Gaffney, Ed
Templeton, Hugh Gallagher, Harmony Korine, Andy Jenkins, Ryan McGinley,
Cheryl Dunn, Simone Shubuck, Shepard Fairey, Andrew Jeffrey Wright, Lee
Ranaldo, Seth Hodes, Bruce Labruce, Brendan Fowler, Dakota Goldhor,
Beata Hendricks, Ivory Serra, Susanna Howe, Mai-Thu Perret, Christian
Strike, Chloe Sevigny, Oliver Zaham and Clare Crespo.
