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23/4/2014

Paris Photo Los Angeles

Paramount Pictures Studios, Los Angeles

Paris Photo Los Angeles will be held this week from April 25-27 at Paramount Pictures Studios , presenting exceptional artwork, public programs, and opportunities to discover the latest trends in photography. The fair will host over 80 leading art galleries and artbook dealers from 18 countries within Paramount’s famed soundstages and New York Street backlot.

SOLO SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
The fair’s 31 cutting-edge solo shows include works by both emerging and renowned artists.

Several young artists will be featured, such as Abi gail Reynolds whose collages created from old books will be exhibited b y Ambach & Rice. Cherry & Martin will install Brian Bress’s wall-mounted HD monitors featuring soundless, digital loops in which actors and the ar tist perform. Black Ship will showcase Cristina De Middel’s series Party , offering her personal approach to contemporary Chinese Society. François Ghebaly Gallery will present Gina Osterloh’s photographs of constructed life-size room environments activated through still performances, papier-mâché models, and cardboard cutouts. John Lehr’s atmospheric works wi ll be exhibited by Kate Werble Gallery, Charlie White’s Self Portrait series will be on view in Loock’s booth, or Mariah Robertson’s investigation into the indexical parameters of photography will be shown by M+B.

Additionally, many renowned masters will be spotlig hted with solo shows.
Daniel Blau Gallery will feature British photograph er David Bailey’s celebrity portraits. Riflemaker’s exhibition, Hear What I Say by Penelope Slinger, will focus on Slinger’s photographic colla ges, objects, and structural works from the 1970s. Tyler Rollins Gall ery will feature Tracy Moffatt’s 2013 series Pioneer Dreaming consisting of six small diptychs juxtaposing stills from iconic 1950s Hollywood West erns. Thomas Zander Gallery will present rare photographs of interiors in the public and private sector by German artist Candida Höfer. Work s from Guy Bourdin’s personal archives will be given their art fair debu t by Louise Alexander Gallery, William Eggleston’s often overlooked black and white negatives will be showcased by Rosegallery, and Stephen Shore ’s latest series, Winslow, Arizona , will be shared by 303 Gallery.

GROUP SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
The group shows also include standout artwork selec tions. Christophe Gaillard will unite Pierre Molinier, Michel Journia c, Luciano Castelli, Claude Cahun and Hélène Delprat for a thematic show questioning sexual identity. Guido Costa Projects will present a digit al tapestry work by Paul Thorel, while Paule Anglim will showcase a group of images of women addressing female identity and form. Rolf Art will present highlights of Santiago Porter's artwork with a representation of absence, space and stories, and Thomas Solomon Gallery presents artist s from different generations that push the boundaries of the medium of photography through still and moving images.

Numerous artists will also be present to autograph their publications on the stands of the Art Book dealers and galleries pa rticipating in the fair.
The book signings schedule is available online.

PARIS PHOTO LOS ANGELES PROGRAMS:

DENNIS HOPPER TRIBUTE
Paris Photo Los Angeles and The Hopper Art Trust pr esent a special tribute to the renowned actor/director and artist Dennis Ho pper. A presentation of Hopper’s photographic work will be on display for t he duration of the fair, and a rare screening of his 1971 film, The Last Movie, winner of the Critics Prize at the Venice Film Festival, will be presented at a public screening on April 26. The occasion marks a rare pu blic screening of the film remastered by the artist in 2007.

UNEDITED!: The LAPD Photo Archives
Paris Photo Los Angeles presents UNEDITED!, a new p ublic exhibition program that will unveil unedited or rarely seen photograph ic material. This year’s edition presents The LAPD Photo Archives, with a cu rated selection of unseen photographs dating from 1925 to the 1970s fr om the iconic agency, the Los Angeles Police Department. This exhibition is made in collaboration with Fototeka.

SOUND & VISION - THE CONVERSATIONS
Organized by Independent Curator Douglas Fogle, The Conversations program brings together notable curators and contemporary a rtists for a discussion of the practice of image-making. Two conversations will be held daily in the Sherry Lansing Theatre at Paramount Pictures St udios. Participants include Walead Beshty, Leigh Ledare, Florian Maier- Aichen, Jean-Luc Mouléne, Amanda Ross-Ho, Stephen Shore, Taryn Simon , Frances Stark, Kevin Tent, Kerry Tribe, Sara Van Der Beek, and Jeff Wall , with introductions by Simon Castets, Doryun Chong, Charlotte Cotton, Clar a Kim, Agnès Sire, and Philippe Vergne. The full schedule is available online.

SOUND & VISION - THE SCREENINGS
Curated by Independent Curator Kevin Moore in partn ership with Fotofocus Cincinnati, The Screenings provide visitors exposur e to exceptional film and video work. The selection, with both contempora ry and historical precedents, provides a breadth of international per spectives with a special emphasis on film/video’s longstanding ties to art p hotography. Works are paired and screened in continuous succession throug hout the fair in Soundstage 28. Pairs have been chosen for the dynam ic interplay between the two selected works, and based on similar or contras ting themes, formal motifs, or geographic interests, as well as topics endemic to photography’s discretely defined history: social documentary, per formative, and formal modes will be explored within the expanded discours e of film and video.
The Screenings will feature works by Slater Bradley , Martha Colburn, Bruce Conner, Moyra Davey, Rainer Ganahl, Len Lye, Rosali nd Nashashibi, Nicolas Provost, Peter Roehr, Julian Rosefeldt, Jack + Leig h Ruby, and Wilhelm Sasnal. Further details are available online.

AGENDA: What’s On in Los Angeles During Paris Photo Many significant exhibitions reflecting strong them es within Paris Photo Los Angeles will be on view in and outside of the c ity during the fair.

Image: Photo © Dennis Hopper. Billboard Los Angeles , 1964. Courtesy The Hopper Art Trust

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Media Preview: April 24, 2pm at Paramount Pictures Studios (by invitation only)

Paramount Pictures Studios
5555 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90038
Hours
April 25 and 26: noon - 7 pm
April 27: noon - 6 pm
Full rate Entry : $28
Student/ Senior (+65) Entry: $20
12 and under: free admission
Bundle (Entry with catalogue): $40

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