Annie Leibovitz
dal 17/11/2010 al 26/3/2011
Segnalato da
17/11/2010
Annie Leibovitz
Museum of Contemporary Art - MCA, Sydney
A Photographer's Life 1990-2005. The exhibition brings together almost 200 iconic images of famous public figures together with personal photographs of her family and close friends. Arranged chronologically, they project a unified narrative of the artist's private life against the backdrop of her public image. Leibovitz has been making witty, powerful images documenting American popular culture since the early 1970s, when her work began appearing in Rolling Stone.
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Events
NSW are delighted to announce that Sydney
will be the exclusive Australian venue for the
exhibition Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life
1990–2005. The exhibition will open at the Museum
of Contemporary Art on 19 November following a
record-breaking tour in the US and Europe.
Hugely popular among critics and art-lovers alike
in museums from New York to London, Paris and
Berlin, the exhibition is expected to attract large
crowds in Sydney.
The Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor said “We are thrilled to
be presenting this important exhibition by one
of the world’s most celebrated photographers.
It offers Australians a rare opportunity to see a
world-renowned collection of images, from famous
public figures to intimate family portraits.”
Annie Leibovitz is without a doubt one of the most
celebrated photographers of our time. The exhibition brings together almost 200 iconic images of
famous public figures together with personal photographs of her family and close friends. Arranged
chronologically, they project a unified narrative of the artist’s private life against the backdrop of her
public image. “I don’t have two lives,” Leibovitz says. “This is one life, and the personal pictures and the
assignment work are all part of it.”
At the heart of the exhibition, Leibovitz’s personal photography documents scenes from her life,
including the birth and childhood of her three daughters, and vacations, reunions, and rites of passage
with her parents, her extended family and close friends.
The exhibition features Leibovitz’s portraits of well-known figures, including actors such as Jamie Foxx,
Daniel Day Lewis, Demi Moore, Scarlett Johansson, Al Pacino, Nicole Kidman and Brad Pitt as well as artists
and architects such as Richard Avedon, Brice Marden, Philip Johnson, Chuck Close and Cindy Sherman.
Featured assignment work includes searing reportage from the siege of Sarajevo in the early 1990s
and the election of Hillary Clinton to the US Senate. There are also landscapes taken in Monument
Valley in the American West and in Wadi Rum in the Jordanian desert.
Annie Leibovitz has been making witty, powerful images documenting American popular culture since
the early 1970s, when her work began appearing in Rolling Stone. She became the magazine’s chief
photographer in 1973, and ten years later began working for Vanity Fair, and then Vogue, creating a
legendary body of work. In addition to her magazine work, Leibovitz has created influential advertising
campaigns for American Express, Gap, Givenchy, the Milk Board and the TV series The Sopranos.
The exhibition opened at the Brooklyn Museum on 20 October 2006 and has since toured in the United
States to the San Diego Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, the Corcoran Gallery in
Washington, and the de Young Museum in San Francisco. In Europe it was seen at the Maison Européenne
de la Photographie in Paris, the National Portrait Gallery in London. C/O Berlin, Alcala 31 in Madrid and
the Kunsthaus Wien in Vienna. The European tour is now concluding in Stockholm before arriving in
Sydney. Susan Bloom is the international coordinator of the exhibition.
A fully-illustrated hardback book that accompanies the exhibition, published by Random House, will be
available from the MCA Store (rrp AU$85)
Presented in Sydney in association with Reportage on occasion of its 10th Anniversary. Reportage is
a biennial showcase of international documentary photography in November 2010.
The NSW Government through Events NSW is a strategic partner of the Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s
Life 1990–2005 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art. This world class exhibition is an exciting
new addition to the 2010/11 NSW Master Events Calendar which features a range of vibrant arts events
and exhibitions exclusive to Sydney.
Organised by the Brooklyn Museum
Image: Annie Leibovitz Patti Smith with her Children, Jackson and Jesse, St. Clair Shores, Michigan 1996 Photograph © Annie Leibovitz From Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990 – 2005
For further press information and images please contact: MCA Public Relations Manager
Gabrielle Wilson on +61 (0) 2 9245 2434 or +61 (0) 429 572 869 or gabrielle.wilson@mca.com.au
Press View: Thurs. 18 November 2010 10.30am – 12.30pm
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art
140 George Street The Rocks Sydney, Australia
Hours:
10am - 5pm Daily (closed Christmas Day)
Admission $15, Concessions $10
Children 12 years and under free
Family (2 adults and 3 children aged 13-17) $40