RICHARD ‘DICKIE’ LANDRY
ABOUT
Richard “Dickie” Landry has collaborated and or photographed the most influential artists of the 20th century. Laurie Anderson, Phillip Glass, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Robert Rauschenberg, Gordon Matta-Clark, Joan Jonas, Lawrence, Keith Sonnier, Richard Serra, Trisha Brown, and theatre director Robert Wilson. Landry is a musician, painter and photographer. He was accepted and trusted by the greatest artists of his generation to document their art and their personal lives.
Landry has either performed or exhibited at Leo Castelli Gallery New York City, Whitney Museum New York City, Henri Gallery Seattle, Washington, Los Angeles County Museum Los Angeles, CA, Basel Art Fair Basel, Switzerland, Cincinnati Museum Cincinnati, Ohio, San Fransisco Museum of Art San Fransisco, CA, Kitchen New York City, P.S. I New York City, and Holly Solomon Gallery New York City to name a few.
BOMB MAGAZINE Richard “Dickie” Landry by Allyson Spellacy
BOMB MAGAZINE Richard “Dickie” Landry by Clifford Allen
UL LAFAYETTE to award honorary doctorate to Richard “Dickie” Landry
LOUISIANA ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES Dickie Landry Named 2024 Humanist of the Year
Gallery Walkthrough of Richard ‘Dickie’ Landry’s exhibition ‘New York 1969-1979’ at SMITH contemporary. Music is by the Philip Glass Ensemble. In 1969 he was a founding member of the original group that formed the Philip Glass Ensemble and performed with the ensemble till 1981. He was on all concerts, tours and recordings of that period including Einstein on the Beach, an opera by Robert Wilson and Glass, which is widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century.