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Edo Bertoglio

April 11, 2024

Edo Bertoglio (born 1951 in Lugano) is a Swiss photographer, film director and screenwriter. He is the director of Downtown 81 and Face Addict.

Edo Bertoglio
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Lugano, Switzerland
Occupation(s)Photographer, Film director
Websitehttps://www.edobertoglio.com/

Life and work edit

Edo Bertoglio received his degree in film directing and editing from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais in Paris in 1975. In 1976, he moved to New York City, where he worked as a photographer for Italian Vogue, Andy Warhol's Interview and other magazines. He became involved in the downtown art and music scenes of the late 70s and early 80s which led to his participation in the New York/New Wave exhibition at the MoMA PS1 gallery in Long Island City in 1981.[1][2] During this time, Bertoglio took photos of Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Debbie Harry, David Bowie, Grace Jones and Madonna among others. One of his most iconic photographs shows the then-unknown Jean-Michel Basquiat wearing an American football helmet with his characteristic crown symbol and the name "AARON" emblazoned on the front.[3] Bertoglio took the picture after spending the night with Basquiat at the Mudd Club.[4] Basquiat stands in front of one of his earliest drawings, "Gringo Pilot (Anola Gay)", which he had produced in the loft of Bertoglio and his then-wife, fashion designer Maripol.[5][6][7] Bertoglio also used his experience as a photographer and his familiarity with New York's downtown music scene to create photographic work for LP covers. He completed numerous assignments for Atlantic, Arista, Chrysalis Records, and Warner Brothers Records and was eventually hired to shoot Blondie's epochal 'Parallel Lines' cover.[8][9] He also photographed Madonna for the cover of her debut album 'Madonna' in 1983. However, the final version was then shot by photographer Gary Heery.[10][11] Bertoglio has also been assigned to shoot The Bongos for RCA Records and for GQ Magazine. He also worked on Glenn O'Brien's late-night countercultural talk show TV Party.

In 1980, Bertoglio and Maripol secured backing from Rizzoli, through Fiorucci, to produce a film written by Glenn O'Brien about the No Wave music scene and the general Lower East Side milieu. The film, entitled New York Beat, was directed by Bertoglio and starred the young graffiti writer and future artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.[12] The film is a bizarre urban fairy tale and to O'Brian "an exaggerated version of life".[13] The no-wave bands DNA, Tuxedomoon, The Plastics, James Chance and the Contortions, and others appear in the movie, as well as Kid Creole and the Coconuts. Fab Five Freddy, Deborah Harry[14] and others play bit parts. After shooting finished in January 1981 Rizzoli pulled out of funding the project, and footage lay unedited for almost 20 years until it was released under the title Downtown 81 in 2000.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]

Bertoglio left New York for his hometown of Lugano, Switzerland, in 1990. He later returned to the world of Downtown 81, writing and directing the film Face Addict[22], where he also plays the main part. The film was released in 2005. Bertoglio embarks on a journey through the memories of New York in the punk era and talks about the past and the present with friends from back then (Maripol, Walter Steding, Deborah Harry, John Lurie, Glenn O’Brien, Wendy Whitelaw, James Nares, Victor Bockris and others). «Before I was addicted to drugs I was addicted to faces. In New York I would fall in love every five minutes», Bertoglio says in the beginning of the film. His return to New York is also a journey to the roots of his own creativity and the abysses of his existence. In addition to the joy of reuniting with those who survived the drug and AIDS epidemic of the 1980s, Bertoglio is haunted by the demons of the past. He is confronted once again with the "defeated" addiction and its ever-present temptation. "I am a survivor", he notes.[23][24][25] A poetic pseudo-documentary mixing original footage with retrospective commentary, the film was less critically or commercially successful than Downtown 81.

In 2008 Bertoglio had a solo show at the Pack Galleria d'arte in Milan where he indulged his fetish obsession with slot cars.[26] In 2010–2011 Bertoglio shot a series of portraits of women in Switzerland ("Ladies"). The work was shown at Cortesi Contemporary, Lugano in 2014 ("Edo Bertoglio – RINGFLASH").[27] In 2022, Bertoglio launched an NFT of a portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat that he had taken in his New York loft in 1981.[28][29]

Edo Bertoglio currently lives in Lugano, producing and directing television commercials and programs for Swiss TV.

References edit

  1. ^ "Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York". Museum of Modern Art (the artists "Figurines" series can be seen mounted to a wall next to a handwritten "EDO").
  2. ^ Marc H. Miller (2017-04-05). "P.S. 1 Remembers "New York New Wave"". Gallery 98 (see "EDO" in list of participating artists).
  3. ^ "BASQUIAT | Edo Bertoglio". Ilmiosito (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  4. ^ "Time Line, My Walk with Basquiat". Cortesi Gallery. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  5. ^ "Gringo Pilot (Anola Gay), 1981 - Jean-Michel Basquiat - WikiArt.org". www.wikiart.org. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
  6. ^ "Sotheby's Auction". 2023-12-09.
  7. ^ Fretz, Eric (2010). Jean-Michel Basquiat: a biography. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. pp. 62 ("Jean-Michel took her to Maripol's loft where she saw his drawing Gringo Pilot on the wall and found it one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen"). ISBN 978-0-313-38057-0.
  8. ^ Lynch, Joe (2023-08-07). "The 100 Best Album Covers of All Time". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  9. ^ Unknown (2015-10-20). "ALBUM COVERS GALORE: Blondie – Parallel Lines (1978) – Blondie is a group". ALBUM COVERS GALORE. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  10. ^ "MADONNA ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY EDO BERTOGLIO". www.julienslive.com. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  11. ^ "About". GARY HEERY. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  12. ^ Curto, Justin (2019-10-28). "Basquiat's Art Career Took Off in Part Thanks to an Indie Film". Vulture. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  13. ^ . 2007-08-13. Archived from the original on 2007-08-13. Retrieved 2023-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  14. ^ Eshun, Ekow (2017-09-22). "Bowie, Bach and Bebop: How Music Powered Basquiat". The New York Times: "His first sale, the painting Cadillac Moon, was to Debbie Harry, the singer of Blondie, in 1981. She paid $200".
  15. ^ Kehr, Dave (2001-07-13). "FILM REVIEW; Basquiat And Friends, In Creative Serendipity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  16. ^ McGonigal, Mike (2000-06-01). "DOWNTOWN 81". Artforum. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  17. ^ Searle, Adrian (2000-08-21). "Downtown 81". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  18. ^ Crouse, Richard (2008). Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen. ECW Press. ISBN 9781554903306.
  19. ^ Downtown 81, retrieved 2023-12-07
  20. ^ Fretz, Eric (2010). Jean-Michel Basquiat: a biography. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. pp. 58–61 ("New York Beat"). ISBN 9780313380563.
  21. ^ "This Movie Perfectly Captures '80s NYC Nostalgia". GQ. 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  22. ^ "Face Addict". Play Suisse (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  23. ^ Laura, Daniel. "FACE ADDICT (EDO BERTOGLIO)". CINEMA – Das Filmjahrbuch. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  24. ^ Richard, Alexandra (2005-08-05). "Sexe, drogue, punk... ou les romantiques des 70'". www.swissinfo.ch. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  25. ^ Dazed (2008-08-22). "Edo Bertoglio's New Film Face Addict". Dazed. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  26. ^ Edo Bertoglio – Finish Line Exhibition, retrieved 2023-12-10
  27. ^ "Edo Bertoglio – RINGFLASH". CORTESI GALLERY. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  28. ^ "Edo Bertoglio Superare - Cortesi Gallery". Cortesi Gallery. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  29. ^ Canzani, Martina (2022-04-15). "Edo Bertoglio lancia il suo primo NFT su SuperRare". The Cryptonomist. Retrieved 2023-12-12.

External links edit

  • Edo Bertoglio the artist's website
  • Edo Bertoglio at IMDb
  • "Edo Bertoglio". Photographica FineArt gallery. Archived from the original on 2013-07-17.
  • O'Brien, Glenn (2018-09-06). "This is the New York skyline circa 1980". Document Journal. Retrieved 2023-12-07

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Edo Bertoglio born 1951 in Lugano is a Swiss photographer film director and screenwriter He is the director of Downtown 81 and Face Addict Edo BertoglioBorn1951 age 72 73 Lugano SwitzerlandOccupation s Photographer Film directorWebsitehttps www edobertoglio com Life and work editEdo Bertoglio received his degree in film directing and editing from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinema Francais in Paris in 1975 In 1976 he moved to New York City where he worked as a photographer for Italian Vogue Andy Warhol s Interview and other magazines He became involved in the downtown art and music scenes of the late 70s and early 80s which led to his participation in the New York New Wave exhibition at the MoMA PS1 gallery in Long Island City in 1981 1 2 During this time Bertoglio took photos of Andy Warhol Jean Michel Basquiat Debbie Harry David Bowie Grace Jones and Madonna among others One of his most iconic photographs shows the then unknown Jean Michel Basquiat wearing an American football helmet with his characteristic crown symbol and the name AARON emblazoned on the front 3 Bertoglio took the picture after spending the night with Basquiat at the Mudd Club 4 Basquiat stands in front of one of his earliest drawings Gringo Pilot Anola Gay which he had produced in the loft of Bertoglio and his then wife fashion designer Maripol 5 6 7 Bertoglio also used his experience as a photographer and his familiarity with New York s downtown music scene to create photographic work for LP covers He completed numerous assignments for Atlantic Arista Chrysalis Records and Warner Brothers Records and was eventually hired to shoot Blondie s epochal Parallel Lines cover 8 9 He also photographed Madonna for the cover of her debut album Madonna in 1983 However the final version was then shot by photographer Gary Heery 10 11 Bertoglio has also been assigned to shoot The Bongos for RCA Records and for GQ Magazine He also worked on Glenn O Brien s late night countercultural talk show TV Party In 1980 Bertoglio and Maripol secured backing from Rizzoli through Fiorucci to produce a film written by Glenn O Brien about the No Wave music scene and the general Lower East Side milieu The film entitled New York Beat was directed by Bertoglio and starred the young graffiti writer and future artist Jean Michel Basquiat 12 The film is a bizarre urban fairy tale and to O Brian an exaggerated version of life 13 The no wave bands DNA Tuxedomoon The Plastics James Chance and the Contortions and others appear in the movie as well as Kid Creole and the Coconuts Fab Five Freddy Deborah Harry 14 and others play bit parts After shooting finished in January 1981 Rizzoli pulled out of funding the project and footage lay unedited for almost 20 years until it was released under the title Downtown 81 in 2000 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bertoglio left New York for his hometown of Lugano Switzerland in 1990 He later returned to the world of Downtown 81 writing and directing the film Face Addict 22 where he also plays the main part The film was released in 2005 Bertoglio embarks on a journey through the memories of New York in the punk era and talks about the past and the present with friends from back then Maripol Walter Steding Deborah Harry John Lurie Glenn O Brien Wendy Whitelaw James Nares Victor Bockris and others Before I was addicted to drugs I was addicted to faces In New York I would fall in love every five minutes Bertoglio says in the beginning of the film His return to New York is also a journey to the roots of his own creativity and the abysses of his existence In addition to the joy of reuniting with those who survived the drug and AIDS epidemic of the 1980s Bertoglio is haunted by the demons of the past He is confronted once again with the defeated addiction and its ever present temptation I am a survivor he notes 23 24 25 A poetic pseudo documentary mixing original footage with retrospective commentary the film was less critically or commercially successful than Downtown 81 In 2008 Bertoglio had a solo show at the Pack Galleria d arte in Milan where he indulged his fetish obsession with slot cars 26 In 2010 2011 Bertoglio shot a series of portraits of women in Switzerland Ladies The work was shown at Cortesi Contemporary Lugano in 2014 Edo Bertoglio RINGFLASH 27 In 2022 Bertoglio launched an NFT of a portrait of Jean Michel Basquiat that he had taken in his New York loft in 1981 28 29 Edo Bertoglio currently lives in Lugano producing and directing television commercials and programs for Swiss TV References edit Museum of Modern Art Archives New York Museum of Modern Art the artists Figurines series can be seen mounted to a wall next to a handwritten EDO Marc H Miller 2017 04 05 P S 1 Remembers New York New Wave Gallery 98 see EDO in list of participating artists BASQUIAT Edo Bertoglio Ilmiosito in Italian Retrieved 2023 12 10 Time Line My Walk with Basquiat Cortesi Gallery Retrieved 2023 12 10 Gringo Pilot Anola Gay 1981 Jean Michel Basquiat WikiArt org www wikiart org Retrieved 2023 12 10 Sotheby s Auction 2023 12 09 Fretz Eric 2010 Jean Michel Basquiat a biography Greenwood Publishing Group Inc pp 62 Jean Michel took her to Maripol s loft where she saw his drawing Gringo Pilot on the wall and found it one of the most beautiful things she had ever seen ISBN 978 0 313 38057 0 Lynch Joe 2023 08 07 The 100 Best Album Covers of All Time Billboard Retrieved 2023 12 17 Unknown 2015 10 20 ALBUM COVERS GALORE Blondie Parallel Lines 1978 Blondie is a group ALBUM COVERS GALORE Retrieved 2023 12 17 MADONNA ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH BY EDO BERTOGLIO www julienslive com Retrieved 2023 12 17 About GARY HEERY Retrieved 2023 12 17 Curto Justin 2019 10 28 Basquiat s Art Career Took Off in Part Thanks to an Indie Film Vulture Retrieved 2023 12 06 Filmmaker 2007 08 13 Archived from the original on 2007 08 13 Retrieved 2023 12 17 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link Eshun Ekow 2017 09 22 Bowie Bach and Bebop How Music Powered Basquiat The New York Times His first sale the painting Cadillac Moon was to Debbie Harry the singer of Blondie in 1981 She paid 200 Kehr Dave 2001 07 13 FILM REVIEW Basquiat And Friends In Creative Serendipity The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2023 12 06 McGonigal Mike 2000 06 01 DOWNTOWN 81 Artforum Retrieved 2023 12 12 Searle Adrian 2000 08 21 Downtown 81 The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2023 12 06 Crouse Richard 2008 Son of the 100 Best Movies You ve Never Seen ECW Press ISBN 9781554903306 Downtown 81 retrieved 2023 12 07 Fretz Eric 2010 Jean Michel Basquiat a biography Greenwood Publishing Group Inc pp 58 61 New York Beat ISBN 9780313380563 This Movie Perfectly Captures 80s NYC Nostalgia GQ 2019 10 25 Retrieved 2023 12 17 Face Addict Play Suisse in German Retrieved 2023 12 07 Laura Daniel FACE ADDICT EDO BERTOGLIO CINEMA Das Filmjahrbuch Retrieved 2023 12 07 Richard Alexandra 2005 08 05 Sexe drogue punk ou les romantiques des 70 www swissinfo ch Retrieved 2023 12 06 Dazed 2008 08 22 Edo Bertoglio s New Film Face Addict Dazed Retrieved 2023 12 06 Edo Bertoglio Finish Line Exhibition retrieved 2023 12 10 Edo Bertoglio RINGFLASH CORTESI GALLERY Retrieved 2023 12 07 Edo Bertoglio Superare Cortesi Gallery Cortesi Gallery Retrieved 2023 12 12 Canzani Martina 2022 04 15 Edo Bertoglio lancia il suo primo NFT su SuperRare The Cryptonomist Retrieved 2023 12 12 External links editEdo Bertoglio the artist s website Edo Bertoglio at IMDb Edo Bertoglio Photographica FineArt gallery Archived from the original on 2013 07 17 O Brien Glenn 2018 09 06 This is the New York skyline circa 1980 Document Journal Retrieved 2023 12 07 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edo Bertoglio amp oldid 1210904013, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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