Cocktails with Heinecken
Cocktails with Heinecken, about 1974, Darryl J. Curran. Gelatin silver print. 9 1/4 x 14 in. Gift of Darryl J. Curran. © Darryl J. Curran
On View at the Getty Center: In Focus Los Angeles 1945-1980
After completing his undergraduate degree in design at the University of California, Los Angeles, Darryl Curran entered the school’s newly established photography program, studying with Robert Heinecken, who is positioned toward the center of this image in a black turtleneck. The repeated printing of two frames is typical of Curran’s approach to the photographic medium and the ease with which he employs techniques and strategies derived from his background in printmaking and design. Another form of “mirroring” occurs in the placement of a Heineken beer bottle opposite Heinecken the artist. Curran founded the Department of Photography at California State University, Fullerton, where he taught from 1967 to 2001.