Glen Wexler’s Improbable Realities
WORDS SIMONE KUSSATZ
IMAGES COURTESY GLEN WEXLER STUDIO
Some careers take off like a rocket into space. This was the experience of photographer Glen Wexler, who was commissioned to do an album cover for music producer Quincy Jones, when he was still a student at the Art Center College of Design in 1978. The son of the renowned mid-century modern architect, Donald Wexler, has since photographed nearly 300 album covers. Wexler’s specialty is to take his viewers into constructed worlds of “improbable realities.” Among his clients are Warner Bros., Sony and Capitol Records. His music projects have included musicians such as Michael Jackson, Yes, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Rush and ZZ Top. And while the Palm Springs Art Museum is currently exhibiting a retrospective of his father’s work, Steel and Shade: The Architecture of Donald Wexler, that ends May 29, Mr. Musichead Gallery in Hollywood is exhibiting, “Audio:Visual”: Album Covers and Portraits by Glen Wexler, opening April 9th and continuing through April 30th. Fabrik had an opportunity to speak to Glen Wexler about his career and work.
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