Living with Legends

Filmed in 1974 in artist Richard Bernstein’s room (Room 600, the Grand Ballroom on the first floor of the Chelsea Hotel, which was recently chopped up and turned into office space by BD Hotels) Perich captured a typical Chelsea scene: artists talking about their work. Perich’s film features interviews with Bernstein, filmmaker Shirley Clarke and others. Bernstein talks about his inspiration for a print he had recently completed of the famed hangout, Max’s Kansas City’s backroom. Jewelry designer Elsa Peretti and fashion designer Zandra Rhodes discuss the death of Candy Darling.  Victor Hugo stole the show.

"Night at Hotel Chelsea," Anton Perich, 1974.