Erik La Prade is an American freelance journalist, poet, photographer, and

non-fiction Nonfiction, or non-fiction, is any document or media content that attempts, in good faith, to provide information (and sometimes opinions) grounded only in facts and real life, rather than in imagination. Nonfiction is often associated with be ...

writer. La Prade has had 14 publications. He is based in New York City.

About

Erik La Prade was born in New York City. He received his B.A.degree in English in 1978 and M.A. degree in Comparative Literature in 1990 from

City College of New York The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, Cit ...

. His poems have appeared in ''Hot Summer Nights: A Collection of Erotic Poetry and Prose'' (Inner Child Press, 2012), ''Wildflowers, a Woodstock mountain poetry anthology'' (Woodstock, NY: Shivistan Publishing), ''Artist and Influence'', ''Fish Drum'', ''Live Mag!'', ''The Hat'', ''The Reading Room'', '' The Sienese Shredder'' and ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

''. He has also served as Poetry Editor for ''The Reading Room''. La Prade's poem, "Baudelaire, Ashbery, Updike," earned ''Things Maps Don't Show'' (Del Mar, CA: Aegis Press, 1995, pp. 43–44) a place in the Ashbery Research Center (ARC) archive of

Bard College Bard College is a private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. The campus overlooks the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains, and is within the Hudson River Historic ...

. ARC's copy of the book is shelved with a copy of correspondence from La Prade. A collection of La Prade's interviews, ''Breaking Through: Richard Bellamy and The Green Gallery, 1960–1965'', was published in 2010 by MidMarch Arts Press. The book traces the history of Bellamy's celebrated art gallery through interviews with twenty-three of its exhibited artists including

Claes Oldenburg Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor, best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions ...

James Rosenquist James Rosenquist (November 29, 1933 – March 31, 2017) was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces often explored the role of advertising a ...

, and

Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in M ...

. A frequently cited source of information on the gallery, the book is archived at both the library of the

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

and at

The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 F ...

, Thomas J. Watson Library. La Prade has also published articles and interviews in ''Art Critical'', ''

Art in America ''Art in America'' is an illustrated monthly, international magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world in the United States, including profiles of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and event schedules. It i ...

'', ''

The Brooklyn Rail ''The Brooklyn Rail'' is a publication and platform for the arts, culture, humanities, and politics. The ''Rail'' is based out of Brooklyn, New York. It features in-depth critical essays, fiction, poetry, as well as interviews with artists, criti ...

'', ''NY Arts Magazine'', '' Rain Taxi: A Review of Books'', ''Night Magazine'', ''Captured: A Film/Video History of The Lower East Side'' (Seven Story Press, 2005), and ''The Outlaw Bible of American Essays'' (

Thunder's Mouth Press Perseus Books Group was an American publishing company founded in 1996 by investor Frank Pearl. Perseus acquired the trade publishing division of Addison-Wesley (including the Merloyd Lawrence imprint) in 1997. It was named Publisher of the Ye ...

, 2006).. He currently writes for

Noah Becker Noah Becker (born 1970) is an American and Canadian artist, writer, publisher of ''Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art'', and jazz saxophonist who lives and works in New York City. He is a contributing writer for ''Art in America'' Magazine, '' ...

's ''Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art''. La Prade not only frequently writes about art and artists, he occasionally makes art. His photo, "A High Line Experience," appears in ''Lid Magazine #8'' archived at the

School of Visual Arts The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. History This school was started by ...

Library Picture & Periodicals Collections. Front Window Gallery has featured a collection of La Prade's black-and-white photographs, including candid portraits of

Chuck Close Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very l ...

John Baldessari John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter, ...

, among others. A page from a pocket notebook, where artist

David Hammons David Hammons (born July 24, 1943) is an American artist, best known for his works in and around New York City and Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s. Early life David Hammons was born in 1943 in Springfield, Illinois, the youngest of ten ...

had inscribed a disconnected phone number, appeared encased in a shadow box with the title, This Is Not David Hammons's Phone #, c. 2013, at an Off Paradise group show, Nothing of the Month Club, at 120 Walker Street, New York, from January 27 through April 27, 2021. La Prade is one of the subjects in a series of portrait photographs by

Lucas Samaras Lucas Samaras (born 1936) is a Greek-American artist. Early life and education Samaras was born in Kastoria, Greece. He studied at Rutgers University on a scholarship, where he met Allan Kaprow and George Segal. Career Samaras participated in ...

, which includes

Cindy Sherman Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often co ...

and

Lisa Yuskavage Lisa Yuskavage (1962) is an American artist who lives and works in New York City. She is known for her figure paintings that challenge conventional understandings of the genre. While her painterly techniques evoke art historical precedents, her ...

, among others, titled ''Poses / Born Actors'', housed in the collection of the

National Gallery of Art The National Gallery of Art, and its attached Sculpture Garden, is a national art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of char ...

in Washington DC.

Bibliography

* ''A Plague Year'', Olympia, WA: Last Word Press, 2021 * ''Weather & Other Poems'', Olympia, WA: Last Word Press, 2020 * ''Fourteen Minutes: Selected Poems'', By Tomasz Marek Sobieraj, Translated by Erik La Prade, Oyster Bay, New York: Cross-Cultural Communications, 2018 * ''Neglected Powers'', Olympia, WA: Last Word Press, 2017 * ''Movie Logic'', Hoboken, NJ: Poets Wear Prada, 2013 * ''False Confessions'', Palo Alto, CA: Alternating Current (Propaganda Press), 2011 * ''BREAKING THROUGH: Richard Bellamy and The Green Gallery, 1960–1965: Twenty-three Interviews'', New York: MidMarch Arts Press, 2010 * ''SWATCHES'', Hoboken, NJ: Poets Wear Prada, 2008 * ''Figure Studies: Poems'', New York: Linear Arts Books, 2000 * ''Things Maps Don't Show'', Del Mar, CA: Aegis Press, 1995

References

External links

''New York Times'', HOME & GARDEN, Metropolitan Diary by Ron Alexander, May 30, 1990, Page C00001: Dear Diary entry about La Prade's relationship with nighttime radio.

''BREAKING THROUGH: Richard Bellamy and The Green Gallery, 1960–1965: Twenty-three Interviews'' edited by Erik La Prade (New York: MidMarch Arts Press, 2010)

Book Review of ''Breaking Through'': "Art Books in Review" by Greg Lindquist, ''The Brooklyn Rail'', Art Seen, Nov. 2010

Book Review of ''Neglected Powers'': "Sophisticated Visions" by Ilka Scobie, ''American Book Review'', Volume 39, Number 4, May/June 2018, pp. 18-19

Book Review of ''Movie Magic'', By Mark Mccawley/, ''Urban Graffiti'', Posted on June 8, 2015

"''J Journal'', New Writing on Justice, Volume 5 Number 2, Fall 2012, Biannual" Review by John Palen, ''New Pages'', Literary Magazine Reviews, April 15, 2013: Praise for La Prade's contribution

WorldCat: Most widely held works by Eric La Prade

Poetry Thin Air Interview - Scopino / La Prade - YouTube

Recording of Anne Cammon Fiero's WKCR (89.9 FM NY) radio show ''Art Waves'' featuring Erik La Prade

* [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/06/style/if-the-world-s-a-stage-a-theater-can-be-home.html?n=Top%2fReference%2fTimes%20Topics%2fSubjects%2fT%2fTheater "If the World's a Stage, A Theater Can Be Home" by Ron Alexander (''The New York Times''); Style, May 6, 1990: La Prade, editorial assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, talks about attending home-cabaret evenings.]
"An Underground Scene Celebrates Aboveground" Knickerbocker by Gary Shapiro, ''The New York Sun'', August 25, 2005. La Prade, poet and contributor, at launch of "Captured: A Film/Video History of the Lower East Side" (Seven Stories) at the Clayton Gallery.

''NY Daily News'', Showbiz, "Perfect 10: This week's news & to-do's," Monday, July 9, 2007, 4:00 AM: La Prade at READING RAINBOW: The Housing Works Bookstore Café on Wed. June 11, 2007

Erik La Prade at Day 5 of Martha Rosler's Meta-Monumental Garage Sale November 17–30, 2012, Photo by Franco Frassetti (MoMA), November 23, 2012 using a Canon EOS 40D.Artists Knox Martin (L) and Eric La Prade attend the Ron Gorchov Opening at Nicholas Robinson Gallery on October 23, 2008 in New York City. (Photographer: Will Ragozzino/Getty Images North America)La Prade with art curator and model Mie Iwatsuki at private preview in celebration of Fred Wilson at The Pace Gallery on March 16 2012 in New York City (Photographer: Will Ragozzino/BFA.com)

* [https://www.syndicjournal.us/syndic-no-44-international-poets/syndic-no-44-people-without-eyelids/ ''Syndic Literary Journal'' No. 44 October 2021, Archive of Narrations; People Without Eyelids, Written by Tomasz Marek Sobieraj, Translated from the Polish by Erik La Prade, Narrated by Bill Wolak, Poland] {{DEFAULTSORT:La Prade, Erik American essayists Living people American male poets American male essayists Year of birth missing (living people) City College of New York alumni