Gordon Kurtti

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gordon Kurtti
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	May 4, 1960(1960-05-04)
Age	64
Date Of Death	April 18, 1987
Birthplace	Yonkers
Country	United States
Birth City	New York
Horoscope	Taurus

Gordon Kurtti Biography

Gordon Kurtti is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on May 4, 1960 in Yonkers, New York, United States.

Gordon worked with theatrical producer Liz Dunn to create °∞One Night Stands°± at La Mama Cabaret in Ellen Stewart’s legendary La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. He adopted the pseudonym Sketch Louis for his on site illustrations capturing performers like Hapi Phace, Edgar Oliver, Lypsinka (AKA John Epperson), Samoa, the theater group Watchface, Taboo! (AKA Stephen Tashjian), Kimberly Flynn among others. Kurtti also drew a spot-on caricature of Sam Shepard for the 1984 La Mama presentation of Shepard Sets, a series of three short plays: Suicide in B Flat, Angel City and Black Bog Beast. Kurtti proved himself to be a master of realist drawing with a wry sense of humor. Kurtti created and performed his work The Bearded Bride in the 1985 production Foho Tell Dreams at Danspace Project at Saint Mark’s Church.

Kurtti collaborated on various art projects with many of his peers placing him within the circle of second generation of co-directors at Abc No Rio that included Jack Waters, Peter Cramer, and Carl George, and Colab predecessors Bradley Eros and Aline Mare – then performing as the partnership Erotic Psyche. This circle also included the artists Valerie Caris, Leslie Lowe, Brad Taylor, Leslie Lowe, Richard Hofmann, and Tony Pinotti among others. With this grouping Kurtti frequently performed and presented his work at the Pyramid Club and Danceteria. In 1984 Pfahler and Kurtti organized The Extremist Show at ABC No Rio . This was a watershed exhibition that coincided with the introduction of many of New York’s sub-culture artists and groups. Included in the Extremist Show curation was the resident dance company of the Pyramid Club P.O.O.L., The performance series Church of the Little Green Man, The Cinema of Transgression featuring the films of Nick Zedd, Lydia Lunch and Richard Kern, Borbetomagus and Redtape Magazine. Kurtti was influenced by all of these, and he in turn contributed to their impact through his creative activities and his presence in their fomentation.

Gordon Kurtti Net Worth

Gordon Kurtti is one of the richest Artist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gordon Kurtti 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gordon Stokes Kurtti (May 4, 1960 – April 18, 1987) was an American artist, writer, illustrator and performer. He was a seminal figure in the early East Village art scene of New York City’s Lower East Side.

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Eric Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Gordon Kurtti celebrates birthday on May 4 of every year.