PERFORMANCE:
A Photographic Exhibition
featuring the work of Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg
January 20-February 24, 2007
Drkrm. Gallery • 2121 San Fernando Road • Suite 3
Los Angeles, CA 90065 • 323.223.6867 • gallery@drkrm.com
Mick
Jagger/ Cecil Beaton Portraits
In the late 1980’s, David Del Valle conducted what was to be the
last interview with filmmaker/ poet Donald
Cammel. Cammel’s career was often marred by studio tampering and
misrepresented allegiances. It was Donald’s fervent wish that
his most famous and controversial film Performance be remembered as
the groundbreaking classic it has become. Luckily, he lived long enough
to be lionized by his peers and Performance is now considered to be
one of the ten greatest films ever to be made in Great Britain.
Before his death Mr. Cammell loaned Mr. Del Valle one of his most precious
possessions: eleven double weight prints of Mick Jagger taken by the
legendary Cecil Beaton on the set of Performance. Under the
supervision of the late John Kobal, 8 x 10 negatives were created to
preserve the integrity and magnificence of these original images.
The Drkrm. gallery will display prints by Master printer John Matkowsky
made from these negatives of Beaton’s exotic vision of rock icon
Mick Jagger as part of an exhibition of the works of Donald Cammel and
Nicholas Roeg showcasing two seminal works of motion picture history,
Performance and The Man Who Fell To Earth
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