THE MADONNA NUDES - 30TH ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION NOW OPEN IN SEVEN DIALS AS MADONNA FEVER HITS TOWN
June '09
19 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, WC2
2 – 19th July 2009
In 1979, an unknown Madonna Ciccone posed nude for New York Photographer Martin Schreiber, for just $30 as she modeled to pay her way through dance school. Six years on in the early years of her stellar stardom, Martin spotted her on the cover of Time Magazine and the penny dropped – literally!
Martin dug out his intimate portraits, taken whilst teaching a photography course at the world-famous Parsons School, and offered them to Playboy Magazine. They were notoriously published in their 1985 September issue, catapulting him to fame.
Now, thirty years on the capital is gearing up for Madonna’s arrival on her Sticky & Sweet tour on 4th and 5th July. To celebrate, Seven Dials, Covent Garden’s hidden village, is co hosting with Impure Art (the UK's only erotic art gallery), the London premiere of The Madonna Nudes - 30th Anniversary exhibition, a collection of these intimate photographs of the fifty year old pop Diva, taken when she was just 20.
Available to buy from £3,400 and guaranteed to become serious collectors’ items, this series of black and white photographs capture Madonna’s exceptional beauty as a young woman with a toned body, perfect breasts and great skin. The languid, innocent look in her eyes betrays nothing of the pop superstar and business genius she was to become.
Also for sale is a unique piece of never seen before memorabilia – a one off print of the original Polaroid test shot, which, included with the original model release and the Polaroid, is expected to fetch in excess of £40,000. This would eclipse the previous record of $37,500 recently paid at auction earlier this year for the Lee Friedlander photograph which also featured in the 1985 Playboy.
For those on a more modest budget, but wanting a little snippet of Madge, exclusive Madonna Nudes memorabilia including badges, postcards, books and original copies of the aforementioned Playboy magazine is available to buy from just £1.
19 Earlham Street, Seven Dials, WC2
2nd to 19th July
The gallery will be open seven days - Monday to Saturday, 12-7pm, and Sunday 12-6pm.
For more information visit www.impureart.com
For further information on Seven Dials, please contact :
Press EnquiriesThreepipe
Tel : 0207 632 4800
Email : sevendials@threepipe.co.uk
