HOLLYWOOD ROYALE - OUT OF THE SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES

One of a handful of artists to emerge from Andy Warhol?s famed Interview magazine, Matthew Rolston is a well-established icon of Hollywood photography.Alongside such luminaries as Herb Ritts and Greg Gorman, Rolston was a member of an influential group of photographers (among them, Bruce Weber, Annie Leibovitz, and Steven Meisel) who came from the 1980s magazine scene. Rolston helped define the era?s take on celebrity imagemaking, gender bending, and much more.Edited by long-time Los Angeles?based gallerist and curator David Fahey, this project, HOLLYWOOD ROYALE: Out of the School of Los Angeles - which includes Rolston?s fourth monograph, as well as a traveling exhibition - presents an array of portraits that beautifully and succinctly capture the decade and its myriad talents. From Michael Jackson and Madonna, to Prince, George Michael and Cyndi Lauper, the selection of images reflects a seamless blend of style and imagination.The project features over one hundred photographs selected from Rolston?s extensive body of work, centering on his portraits of the era?s most famous personalities. The book includes essays by authors Pat Hackett, Andy Warhol?s longtime biographer and diarist; Colin Westerbeck, noted photographic curator and expert on legendary American photographer Irving Penn; and Charles Churchward, longtime creative director of both Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines and author of The Golden Hour, a definitive biography of photographer Herb Ritts.Hollywood Royale: Out of the School of Los Angeles, paints a memorable picture of an indelible imagemaker and the film stars, models, and artists he immortalized during the 1980s.Rolston?s photographs recall the glamour of Old Hollywood with postmodern irony, helping to point the way towards the cult of fame we live with today. From pop stars to movie stars, TV personalities to socialites, Warhol?s protégé presents a virtual ?who?s who? of 1980s celebrity.