"There's nothing transgressive about these kinds of photos, not anymore," gallerist Aaron Rose says of his latest show, Being True. "The sell-by date on that has absolutely passed." Allow us to disagree: The exhibition—which features two decades of work from photographers like Terry Richardson, Angela Boatwright, Poppy de Villeneuve, and Patrick O'Dell—feels pretty damn vital to us. But maybe Rose has just moved on—his documentary Beautiful Losers had its NYC debut last night. The film (which will be released to the public later this spring), like his book and traveling exhibition of the same name, charts street art's rise from niche oddity to corporate phenomenon, and includes interviews with friends of Rose like Mike Mills, Barry McGee (pictured), and Shepard Fairey. "All these artists I came up with, their aesthetics are the mainstream now," Rose says. "Pretty soon, some new generation of kids is going to come along and shake it all up again. Might put me out of business, but hey—that's how it should be."
Being True, opening tonight, The Journal Gallery, 168 North First St., Brooklyn, NY, thejrnl.com; Beautiful Losers is scheduled for release in late spring/early summer, beautifullosers.com