Gregory Crewdson
dal 23/1/2013 al 23/1/2013
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23/1/2013
Gregory Crewdson
Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles
The images of contemporary American photographer suggest cinematic narratives teeming with despair, mystery, and longing compressed into a single picture.
"Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on view Thursday, January 24, 2013, 7:30 pm, as part of the Film Independent at LACMA.
The images of contemporary American photographer Gregory Crewdson suggest cinematic narratives teeming with despair, mystery, and longing compressed into a single picture. It's no surprise to learn that Crewdson is inspired not only by the "awe and terror" in the work of Diane Arbus but also by the films of Hitchcock and Lynch, filmmakers who relish in exploring the sinister, primal undercurrents seething under the surface of everyday life. Crewdson's practice is also closer to that of a filmmaker. Each picture calls for a director of photography, Klieg lights, fog machines, magic-hour twilight, and meticulous staging, not to mention digital post-production touch-ups. But none of this elaborate preparatory work diminishes the urgency and spellbinding intrigue of Crewdson's pictures. Filmmaker Ben Shapiro offers a complete rendering of Crewdson's process, especially as the photographer works on his most ambitious series - Beneath the Roses, shot in small Massachusetts towns and cast almost entirely with locals-and his most stripped down-Crewdson's portraits of Cinecittà Studios' sprawling, vacant back lots.
In person: Gregory Crewdson, director Ben Shapiro, and writer Jonathan Lethem
Screening co-presented by LACMA's Wallis Annenberg Photography Department, with funds from the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation. Additional support provided by Gagosian Gallery.
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters
(2012, 77 mins.) Produced, Directed and Photographed by Ben Shapiro. Editor: Tom Patterson, Nancy Kennedy. Original music: Dana Kaproff. Featuring: Gregory Crewdson, Russell Banks, Rick Moody, Melissa Harris, Richard Sands. USA. Zeitgeist Films.
For further information please contact the gallery at losangeles@gagosian.com or at +1.310.271.9400.
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