Hello Patrick,
My name is Christiane Celie. We have never met, but I am familiar with your photographs.
I have been living in New York City for 20 years, residing for some years in SI. Barth, where I started a
store, CALYPSO.
Then I met Antoine Verglas, who is a photographer-perhaps you know him.
We have 2 children ages 14 and 12 years old, and have been living together in New York City ever since.
I created Calypso in 1992 in St. Barth, and I sold it in 2007.
I decided to change hats and open a gallery in New York City.
The first show will be in November. You can look for it online at www.vincentfournier.com. He has an
exhibit right now at Acte 2 in Paris and [will have] one in Tokyo in October.
Would you be interested in discussing the possibility of an exhibit in New York City?
I also have a gallery that is opening in Gustavia, SI. Barth, and I am starting with a show of the work of
Tony C., who is an unknown for you.
Tony worked with Peter Beard for years. Peter showed him how to do his diaries,
and Tony makes prints from those diaries.
The theme is surfing, as he has almost 60 [prints of surfing], and in May, he was a longboard champion.
I also thought that I could do an exhibit showing Tony's work and some of your surfing photos as well.
Finally, I wanted to know if you would be interested or if you have an exclusive relationship with someone:
I also know Thierry Des Fontaines, who was your assistant for a short time.
He is living in Brazil now, but he has a website that you should look at.
It is devoted to sports.
Thierry was my boyfriend in NYC for a few years.
That's it!
If you can give me a telephone number, I would be pleased to give you a call.
Christiane
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Eric A. Boden
SCHNADER HARRISON SEGAL & LEWIS LLP
140 Broadway, Suite 3100
New York, New York 10005-1101
Telephone: (212) 973-8000
Facsimile: (212) 972-8798
Attorneys for PlaintiffPatrick Cariou
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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PATRICK CARIOU,
Plaintiff,
08 Civ.11327 (DAB)
-againstRICHARD PRINCE, GAGOSIAN GALLERY,
INC., LAWRENCE GAGOSIAN and
RIZZOLI INTERNATIONAL
PUBLICATIONS, INC.,
DECLARATION OF
ERIC DOERINGER
Defendants.
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ERIC DOERINGER, under the penalty of perjury, states as follows:
1.
Since graduating from Brown University in 1996, I have pursued a living
as a visual artist. I submit this declaration, based upon personal knowledge, in support of the
motion of plaintiff Patrick Cariou for summary judgment against the defendants Richard Prince,
Gagosian Gallery, Inc. ("Gagosian Gallery"), and Lawrence Gagosian.
2.
Beginning in 2001, as part of my Bootleg project, I appropriated images
derived from the paintings of various contemporary artists, including John Currin, and
incorporated those images into new artworks, which I created.
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I adapted and transformed the images which I appropriated from John
Currin, in the process creating new works of art that were mine. In doing so, it was my intention
to pay tribute to Mr. Cmrin and to his stature in the art world.
4.
The images I took from Mr. Cmrin's paintings were scanned from art
books or magazines, printed on a standard inkjet printer and then cut out by hand. To create the
Currin Bootlegs, I painted a background on a canvas, collaged the cutout print of the image onto
the canvas, and covered the entire canvas with a clear acrylic medium to create a brush stroke
texture simulating a hand-painted canvas. In doing so, I believed I was giving voice to a new
artistic expression, with a different feeling and message, and a new work of art, in a different
medium, that was uniquely mine. The use I made of Mr. Currin's imagery was within a long
tradition of appropriation art, in which Richard Prince figures prominently, which features the
artist's use of found objects and images created by others which are recontextualized into a new
work of art.
5.
On November 10,2005, I received, by registered mail, return receipt
requested, a letter from a law finn (Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP), stating that it
represented Gagosian Gallery which in turn represented John Currin. The letter demanded that I
immediately cease and desist from reproducing and selling unauthorized copies of Mr. Currin's
works and that I sign a copy of the letter in order "to warrant that you have, and will not at any
time in the future, distribute, prepare derivative works or reproduce copies of Mr. Currin's
works." The letter also warned me that the reproduction and sale of copies of Mr. Cmrin' s
paintings was a "willful violation of the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et seq." I was
threatened with "an award of statutory damages of up to $150,000." The letter stressed that:
"Gagosian Gallery and Mr. Cmrin take violations of their rights very seriously and they intend to
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fully enforce their rights if you fail to comply with our demands." A copy of this letter is
attached hereto as Exhibit A.
6.
Feeling extremely intimidated, I wrote back immediately, noting that I
believed I was within my rights in creating artworks incorporating imagery derived from Mr.
Currin's paintings, but agreeing to stop selling the paintings. After expressing my admiration for
Mr. Currin, I did, however, ask for Mr. Currin's permission to reproduce images of my paintings
based upon his work in the documentation of my Bootleg project and to exhibit existing
paintings in non-commercial settings, for purely educational purposes and without offering the
paintings for sale. A copy of this letter is attached hereto as Exhibit B.
7.
On November 28, 2005, the Sidley firm replied, rejecting my request that I
be permitted to display my Currin works for non-commercial purposes, and reiterating that if I
reproduced and sold "copies of the works of John Currin and/or distribut[ed] derivative copies of
such works," I would be sued for copyright infringement. A copy of this letter is attached hereto
as Exhibit C.
8.
I complied with the Gagosian Gallery's threat and ceased displaying,
exhibiting and selling my Currin Bootlegs.
Pursuant to 28 U. s. C. § 1746, I declare under the penalty of perjury under the
laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on May 6, 2010, at Brooklyn, New York.
ERIC DOERINGER
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seUingunanthorized copies of~. Currin's paintings including '~eUetiere" and "The Moved
Over Lady.n
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violation of tbeOlpyrigttt. Act 17 U.S.C. §§ 101 et s.e.q. YOll should be aware that in sooh cases
the Act provides that the COpynghtowner rnaybe r;ntitled to an award ofstatutQrydamagesof
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