i-D magazine

WHAT'S UP
THE NEXT GENERATION ISSUE
February 1997
ARTS edited by David Sandhu

FUCK YOU ALL "WHO NEEDS TO GROW UP? ALL YOU DO IS LOSE YOUR INTEGRITY, LOSE YOUR IDEALS, LOSE YOUR DRIVE."

Glen E. Friedman has been there, done that, taken the picture. With a pedigree that includes links with The Beastie Boys, Chuck D (below with Public Enemy) and Suicidal Tendencies at fledgling stages of their careers, his extraordinary story began as a photographer with Skateboarder magazine at the ripe old age of 13. Now 31 and based in NY, the spirit of Glen's work is perfectly captured in the title of the exhibition, Fuck You All (Jan 25-Feb2 at the ICA, London), an essential youth cultural documentfrom the American underground. When Glen produced his first book of photographs, Fuck You Heroes in '94, Ice-T enthused "Friedman's were the very first images of rap across America". This exhibition ties in with the launch of his second book, Fuck You Too, which he hopes will "shed more light and a not so critical eye on some other people I have seen". His work is a testament to the rise of some of the artists that have changed the face of music forever; highlighting 15 years of modern mayhem, social disorder and increasingly accelerated pop culture. "The bottom line," says Henry Rollins about the man who directed the first Black Flag video, "is that he was there at the beginning of so much cool stuff in so many different ares it's not funny."

*GREG BOWER

Fuck You All, an exhibition of images from the books of Glen E. Friedman, is at London's ICA from Jan 25-Feb2. Fuck You Too is published by Consafos and Burning Flag Press.

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