Tyler Shields - Decadence

Maddox Gallery is pleased to present Decadence, the provocative new exhibition from ‘Hollywood’s favorite photographer’ Tyler Shields, opening at the recently launched Mayfair gallery in February 2016.

In a subversive nod to his infamous work with Hollywood’s hippest, Decadence is set in the court of Marie Antoinette. The coolest names in indie stardom luxuriate in the pomp and splendor of the rooms of Versailles, a tongue-in-cheek collaboration between iconic visual artist and America’s freshest talent.

A cast of young Hollywood actors and models take centre stage in this sumptuous new body of work, with Shields on playful form as he invites his new muses to recreate the decadence and self-indulgence at the heart of Marie Antoinette’s Versailles. Courtiers include Ana Mulvoy-Ten, Holland Roden, Isabelle Fuhrman, Lydia Hearst, Jaime King, Tallulah Willis, Christa B Allen, Poppy Jamie, Emily Lind, Lili Peper, Shoshana Bush, Spencer Locke, Mani Yarosh, Faith Picozzi, Logan Huffman, Connor Paolo, Madison Paige, Courtney Halverston, Natalie Lind and Filip Milenkovic.

The series was shot on a 55 year old 8 x 10 camera and a Hasselblad Camera in California and will be unveiled at London’s Maddox Gallery for the first time. 

Tyler Shields has been making headlines around the world since 2011 with his shocking, sexy and star-studded photography. Themes of sex, death, flesh, obsession, nightmare and fantasy are used to explore the peculiarity of the human condition. Widely known for his controversial photographs of a blood-stained Lindsay Lohan, Shields went on to shoot equally contentious shots of Mischa Barton fondling raw meat. Shields has worked with a roster of ranking members of Hollywood including Emma Roberts, Aaron Paul, Zachary Quinto, Demi Lovato, Juno Temple, Shiloh Fernandez and Lydia Hearst.

Shields collaborates with his subjects to produce bold, hard-hitting work which has seen him graduate from bad boy photographer to artist, film-maker and cultural commentator. Tyler Shields captures a new type of American life while exploring the fictional nature of the historical and the classic.

Decadence is presented in collaboration with Imitate Modern and opens at Maddox Gallery from 4 – 24 February 2016. Decadence will be exhibited throughout the ground floor of Maddox Gallery and the lower ground floor gallery space will showcase additional work by Tyler Shields throughout February. 

Decadence Private View by invitation only 3 February 6-9pm.  Tyler Shields will fly to London for the opening and is available for selected interviews. For further information visit http://www.tylershields.com/about/

Exhibition Listings Information:

Decadence: 4 - 24 February 2016
Maddox Gallery, 9 Maddox Street, London W1S 2QE 
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday, 10am-6pm
For more information visit www.maddoxgallery.co.uk 

About Maddox Gallery

Maddox Gallery is the new 3750 square foot contemporary art gallery in Mayfair. Decadence is the first solo exhibition to be shown at Maddox Gallery, which opened in December 2015 with a group exhibition showcasing their roster of cutting edge international contemporary artists and photographers including Tyler Shields, Tony Kelly, Retna, Bradley Theodore, Robi Walters, Yves Hayat and Michael Moebius.