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February 11, 2012

Slideshow: Juergen Teller and a Naked Vivienne Westwood at the Lehmann Maupin Gallery

By Jenni Avins

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Photo: Dina Litovsky

Last night, at the opening reception of Juergen Teller’s new exhibition at Lehmann Maupin on Chrystie Street, the artist stepped outside the gallery for a cigarette, a black overcoat with leopard lining draped over his shoulders.

“Oh God,” he said. “I’ll be happy when it’s over.”

Model Hannelore Knuts arrived, kissed Teller hello, and ventured inside where a crowd including Lily Cole, Cecilia Dean, Lorenzo Martone, Tim Blanks, and Stefano Tonchi (whose partner, David Maupin, is one of the gallery’s owners) were admiring photographs ranging from a nude blue-ish haired Kristen McMenamy, bony hips aloft, to blissful images of Sussex country life. But the most striking photographs were of Vivienne Westwood, reclining on a floral settee wearing nothing but a little necklace and a slick of lipstick to complement her creamy skin and copper-colored mane. She looks beautiful, calm, and confident, which made us wonder what the sitting was like.

“It was lovely,” said Teller, “in her house, on a Sunday evening. I’ve worked with her a long time, and I’m always amazed at how wonderful her skin is. She looks amazing and she’s, like, 70 now. She was 68 when I did the pictures a year and a half ago, and I was just curious about how she would look naked. If you think of naked pictures of old people, they’re all wrinkled – and they are not! So I like it a lot. And then when she said, ‘Okay, let’s do it,’ and she was sitting there I was thinking, ‘Oh my fucking hell, man!’ I didn’t quite expect it. So that was great!” Click through our slideshow to see this image (warning: NSFW) and more.

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Juergen Teller and photographers  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller with Ruvan Wijesooriya  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller signs T-shirts  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stylish guest  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller and Lily Cole  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stacy Engman and Noritaka Tatehana  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Crowd at Lehmann Maupin gallery  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Ryan McGinley and Juergen Teller  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stylish dog  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller signs books  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stylish guest  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Juergen Teller signs T-shirts  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stylish guests  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stefano Tonchi  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Stylish guest  Photo: Dina Litovsky
Vivienne Westwood by Juergen Teller  Photo: Juergen Teller
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