Shaping a Modern Identity
dal 23/10/2013 al 11/1/2014
Segnalato da
Ansel Adams
Tina Barney
Chuck Close
Imogen Cunningham
Francesca Woodman
Sally Mann
Andres Serrano
Lucian Freud
Susan Behrends Frank
23/10/2013
Shaping a Modern Identity
Phillips Collection, Washington
Portraits from the Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg Collection. Spanning from the 1920s to the present, this exhibition of 16 photographs and one etching expands our understanding of portraiture as an invention forged between artist and subject.
This fall, works from the
collection of Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg
highlight the complexities of the artist/sitter
relationship and questions how we define
portraiture. Comprised of 16 photographs and one
etching, Shaping a Modern Identity: Photographs
from the Joseph and Charlotte Lichtenberg
Collection is on view at The Phillips Collection Oct.
24, 2013–Jan. 12, 2014.
Spanning from the 1920s to the present, this
exhibition expands our understanding of portraiture
as an invention forged between artist and subject.
Created by a diverse group of celebrated
photographers including Ansel Adams, Tina Barney,
Chuck Close, Imogen Cunningham, and Francesca
Woodman, the images depict subjects ranging from
well-known artistic and literary figures to
anonymous men and women from all walks of life.
“We are delighted to again feature works from the
Lichtenbergs’ wide-ranging collection, in the fourth
such exhibition at the Phillips,” says Associate
Curator for Research Susan Behrends Frank.
“These 17 works offer a rich range of
interpretations on portraiture and a thoughtful
balance of differing artistic approaches to the
genre.”
A variety of these interpretations are included in the exhibition. Some artists return again and again to
intimately familiar subjects, as is the case in Sally Mann’s images of her children’s daily life and Harry
Callahan’s photographs of his wife, who was his artistic muse. For others, the sitter is a complete
stranger, as in Andres Serrano’s heroic portrait of a homeless man in a New York City subway. Still
others look inward; featured in the exhibition are two self-portraits — one an early photograph by the
young Francesca Woodman, the other a late etching by Lucian Freud — that reveal highly personal
glimpses into the artists’ psyche.
Image: Chuck Close, Untitled (Kate #18), 2005. Digital pigment print,
13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. © Chuck Close; courtesy Pace/MacGill
Gallery, New York
Media Contacts:
Sarah Schaffer, 202-387-2151 x243 sschaffer@phillipscollection.org
Amy Wike, 202-387-2151 x220 awike@phillipscollection.org
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