Ace Hotel

On the occasion of this year's CMJ, we host Illcentric Crewtons, a gallery show by Ricky Powell, legendary photographer of the New York street. Opening reception is October 1st from 7-10:30pm. Ricky Powell hits the decks for a special DJ set at 9pm. What? Ricky Powell does a DJ set at nine. Illcentric Crewtons will live in our gallery space through October 19.

Ricky Powell is a born-and-bred New York City street photographer widely known for his photos of musicians, pop icons and artists ranging from the Beastie Boys, Rakim and Run D.M.C. to Andy Warhol, Sandra Bernhard and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to New Yorkers whose legend resides primarily in their own neighborhoods. His 90's television show, Rappin' With the Rickster, is like a Sasquatch in the annals of public access, featuring impromptu exchanges with guests like Eazy E, Ad-Rock and Ione Skye, Sonic Youth and Laurence Fishburne. Powell's intimate photographs stand out as unvarnished and organic, arresting visual documents of New York life. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The New York Post, The Daily News, The Village Voice, Time, Newsweek>, Vibe, The Source and Rolling Stone. During CMJ, we host an exhibit of some of the iconic photographs he's taken during his decades of capturing New York on film.