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Artist Information:
Larry Keenan
Emeryville, CA
United States
Member Since: Jul 2003
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Artist Media:
Photography Other (1)
Photography Silver Gelatin (22)
Artist Statement:

In 1965, California College of
Arts and Crafts student, Larry
Keenan was asked by his
teacher, poet and playwright,
Michael McClure if he would
like to photograph a group of
his friends. Asking McClure
whom his friends were Keenan
was amazed when he listed
names that included Lawrence
Ferlinghetti, Allen...

Further Information
Artist Galleries:
http://kerouac.com (Beat
digital & silver prints for
sale)
http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com
/keenanprints.html (Beat
digital & silver prints for
sale)
http://www.nextmonet.com
(Gallery, Counter-Culture
archival silver prints for
sale)
Richard Goodall Gallery
(British Gallery,
Counter-Culture archival
silver prints for sale)...

Further Information
Artist Reviews:
"Computer Magic" by Matthew
Leeds, .Info magazine
"Digital Photography" by
Mikkel Aaland with Rudolph
Burger, Random House
"MORRISON, A Feast of Friends"
by Frank Lisciandro, Warner
Books
"4-Man Show", Piedmont
Gallery, Oakland Tribune
"Phelan Awards Exhibit" by
Joan Murray, Artweek magazine
"Museum Presents Prize-Winning
Photographers" by Miriam
Dugan...

Further Information
Collections:
David Amram
Joan Baez
Bancroft Library
Stewart Brand
David Burne
William Burroughs
California College of Arts and
Crafts
Carolyn Carr, curator The
National Portrait Gallery
Carolyn Cassady
City of San Francisco
Bruce Conner
Gregory Corso
Peter Coyote
Keir Dullea
Bob Dylan
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Robert Frank
Allen Ginsberg
Hell's Angels ...

Further Information
Commissions:
Coming Soon!

Exhibitions for Larry Keenan:



2003 The ART in Commercial Art,4+ Decades Solo Exhibit, Sarber's Montclair Gallery, Oakland, CA
2002 Postcards from the Underground, Digital Counter-Culture Solo retrospective, Calumet Photographic, SF
2002 How Extraordinary that the World Exists!, HELLO by Aleksandra Mir, Group Show, CCAC Gallery
2001 The Whole World is Watching, group show, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2001 Beat Photography Exhibit, solo show, The Hills Gallery, digital and traditional prints, Oakland, CA
2000 Larry Keenan Gallery, Beat News Exhibition, Big Bridge, jackmagazine.com/beatnews/keenan.html
2000 Angelheaded Hipsters, Color Arts Gallery, solo show, digital prints, San Francisco, CA
2000 Angelheaded Hipsters, solo exhibition, permanent installation, Dollar Studios, Emeryville, CA
1999 The Art of Rock & Roll group show, SkyDeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Bad Company, major counter-culture fine art exhibition, SkyDeck Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Angelheaded Hipsters, solo exhibition of digital prints, Beyond Baroque Gallery, Venice, CA
1998 Bob Dylan-The 1998 International Conference at Stanford University, 2 man exhibit, CA
1997 Angelheaded Hipsters, Caffe Centro, solo show, digital and traditional prints, SF
1996 Counter Culture. Haight-Ashbury: 1964-1968, solo show, Great Modern Pictures, NY
1996 Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965, Whitney's loan to de Young Museum, SF
1996 CCAC: Past, Present, and Future, 90th Anniversary Festival, work of distinguished alumni
1996 Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965, Whitney's loan to Walker Art Center, MN
1996 REBELS: Beat Artists and Poets of the 1950s, The National Portrait Gallery, Wash., DC
1995 Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1995 Our Visual Future, Multi Digital Exhibition, invitational, Academy of Art College, SF
1994 BEAT ART-visual works by and about the Beat Generation, New York University, NY
1994 Beat Generation Event, Parco Co., Ltd, Tokyo, Japan
1990 AMI-EXPO, First Place, Art/Video international digital competition and exhibit, NY
1990 CREATIVITY 90, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1987 THE ONE SHOW, New York Advertising Club, competition and exhibition, NY
1987 66th Annual, New York Art Directors Club, international competition and exhibition, NY
1986 CREATIVITY 86, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1985-92 Christmas Card Art, California Museum Of Photography, University of Calif., Riverside
1984 63rd Annual, New York Art Directors Club, international competition and exhibition, NY
1984 CREATIVITY 84, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1984 THE ONE SHOW, New York Advertising Club, competition and exhibition, NY
1983 CREATIVITY 83, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1982 Kerouaciana, 25 Years On The Road, Naropa Institute, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts
1982 CREATIVITY 82, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1981 60th Annual, New York Art Directors Club, international competition and exhibition, NY
1981 Creativity in the Commercial World, international invitational exhibit, Focus Gallery, SF
1981 Erotic Photography an Exhibition, national juried show, published by Demarais Studio Press
1980-1984 KQED Auction Fine Art Exhibition, Crown Zellerbach Plaza Gallery, SF
1980 CREATIVITY 80, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1979 AMERICAN VISION, national competition and exhibition, New York University
1979 PhotoGraphis '79, annual competition and showcase event and publication
1979 CREATIVITY 79, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1979 58th Annual, New York Art Directors Club, international competition and exhibition, NY
1978 CREATIVITY 78, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1978 National Group Exhibit, juried exhibit, Ligoa Duncan Gallery, NY
1978 From the Studio: A Commercial Viewpoint, Camerawork Gallery, SF
1978 KQED Auction Fine Art Exhibition, Crown Zellerbach Plaza Gallery, SF
1977 New Photographics '77, national competition and exhibit, Central Washington State, WA
1977 CREATIVITY 77, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1977 The Last Gathering of Beats, acquired, Archives of American Artists, Smithsonian Institution
1976 CREATIVITY 76, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1976 Nude and Erotic Exhibition, juried exhibit, East Bay Artists Association
1976 E. PLURIBUS UNUM, national competition/traveling exhibit, Floating Foundation, NY
1976 The 1976 Exhibition of American Photography, juried exhibit, Andromeda Gallery, NY
1975 Portrait of America, competition and a USA Bicentennial tour by the Smithsonian
1975 San Francisco Renaissance: The Beats 1950-60, Gotham Book Mart Gallery, New York, NY
1975 Poets of the Cities, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
1975 CREATIVITY 75, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1975 FIRST LIGHT, national competition/traveling exhibit, The Focus Gallery, SF
1975 EROTICA, 1st Annual Erotic Art, juried exhibit, Triforium Galleries, San Diego, CA
1975 1st All California Photo Show, juried exhibit, Laguna Beach Museum of Art, CA
1974 Beat Poets, invitational exhibition, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1974 Selection of Beat Photographs, acquired, Archives of American Artist, Smithsonian Institution
1974 THE ONE SHOW, New York Advertising Club, competition and exhibition, NY
1974 CREATIVITY 74, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1974 New Photographics '74, national competition and exhibit, Central Washington State, WA
1973 Focuserie, national competitive exhibit, Erie, PA
1973 Memoirs of a Space Cadet, one-man show, Valley Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1973 CREATIVITY 73, Art Direction Magazine, international competition and traveling exhibit
1972 Color Annual, Popular Photography Magazine
1971 Image Circle Show, group exhibit, The Focus Gallery, SF
1971 Color Annual, Popular Photography Magazine
1971 35mm Annual, Popular Photography Magazine
1971 San Francisco Art Institute Centennial Show, San Francisco Art Institute, SF
1971 San Francisco Art Festival, invitational, San Francisco Civic Arts Commission, SF
1971 New Photographics '71, national competition and exhibit, Central Washington State, WA
1970 The 30th North American International Salon, California State Exhibition, Sacramento, CA
1970 Dirty Pictures, Psychology Today Magazine, traveling exhibit
1969 One-Man Show, Raychem Corporation, CA
1969 Group Show, de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, CA
1969 San Francisco Art Festival, Purchase Award, juried exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission, SF
1967 Monterey Pop Festival, invitational exhibit, Monterey, CA
1967 10th Art Annual, juried exhibition, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, CA
1966 The Poets of San Francisco, Piedmont Gallery, Oakland, CA


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