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Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980

by Larry Clark

Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980

gelatin silver photograph
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Purchased 1980

Best buds
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Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark
Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark
Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark
Koko & Kiko (42nd Street Series), 1980 by Larry Clark

Best buds

About Face article

15 July 2016

It’s important to have a best bud when you’re growing up. For many boys the transition from boyhood through adolescence is defined by wanting to fit in. 
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark
Benny (42nd Street Series), 1979–80 by Larry Clark

City boys

Magazine article by Dr Christopher Chapman, 2016

Christopher Chapman immerses himself in Larry Clark’s field of vision.
Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker
Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker
Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker
Spencer 2016, by Warwick Baker

Tough & Tender

Previous exhibition, 2016

Art by Warwick Baker, Chris Burden, Larry Clark, Rozalind Drummond, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Collier Schorr explores personal relations, individual expression and fluid identity.
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