Nirvana And Pearl Jam Photo Exhibit Comes To Morrison Hotel

SOHO, NY — The Morrison Hotel Gallery is bringing some teen spirit to Prince St. next month. The gallery is launching a photo exhibition of famous Grunge-era bands, including Nirvana and Pearl Jam, starting March 8.

'Grunge: Rise of A Generation' coincides with the year of the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's debut album 'Bleach' and the 25th anniversary of Soundgarden's 'Superunknown' next month.

The exhibition "provides the framework for a more holistic yet all-encompassing conversation between the super famous and the fringes of a definitive movement's coming-of-age," gallery director Marcelle Murdock said in a statement.

The Grunge-era ignited when Seattle record label Sub Pop launched grunge bands such as Soundgarden, Nirvana and Mudhoney in 1987, the gallery said. Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and Stone Temple Pilots were among the 90s "grunge gods" that will also be on display.

The photographs, as Murdock put it, are a chance to revisit the 90s grunge-era with fresh eyes.

"As someone who came into adulthood within the era, I never imagined the possibility — much less, the importance — of revisiting the period through fresh eyes in collaboration with some of my favorite photographers and artists of all time," Murdock said.

Images by over a dozen photographers including Lance Mercer and Jesse Frohman will be on display through March 31 at the gallery's three locations, Los Angeles, Maui, and New York at 116 Prince St.

Frohman, a New York-based photographer who published a book of his Kurt Cobain images, will give a talk on March 14.