Two exhibitions
dal 10/3/2004 al 8/5/2004
Segnalato da
10/3/2004
Two exhibitions
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles
Louis Faurer: New York, 40's 60s. Louis Faurer photographed street life in Philadelphia and New York after World War II, and then later in Paris. His images of people, alone as well as in groups, offers a sensitive portrayal of the human condition during the three decades that he photographed. Ida Wyman: Los Angeles, 40's - 50's. Ida Wyman started shooting at the age of sixteen while working at Acme News Pictures in New York City. After showing her work to various national magazine editors, she began freelancing with the likes of LIFE, Fortune, The New York Times, and many others.
Louis Faurer: New York, 40's  60's
Ida Wyman: Los Angeles, 40's - 50's
Louis Faurer, 5th Avenue, New York, New York, c. 1948
Stephen Cohen Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of photographs by
Louis Faurer (1916-2001) on view from Thursday, March 11 Â Saturday, May 8,
2004. The public is invited to the opening reception on Thursday, March 11
from 7 to 9 p.m.
Louis Faurer photographed street life in Philadelphia and New York after
World War II, and then later in Paris. His images of people, alone as well
as in groups, offers a sensitive portrayal of the human condition during the
three decades that he photographed. Using reflections and a variety of
skilled printing techniques including double exposure and sandwiched
negatives, Faurer created images that captured the energy, complexity and
uncertainty of his surroundings.
Faurer worked as a freelance graphic artist in his hometown of Philadelphia
before moving to New York in the early 1940s. He purchased his first camera
in 1937 and within two years launched his career as a fashion and editorial
photographer. During his career, Faurer was hired by some of the most
influential fashion magazines of the day, including Harper¹s Bazaar, Vogue,
Flair, Mademoiselle, and Glamour. However, it was his personal work of
people on the cities' streets that gained the attention of critics,
curators, and other artists.
Faurer's work was included in several important exhibitions at the Museum of
Modern Art in the 1950s including In and Out of Focus: A Survey of Today's
Photography in 1948, Then and Now in 1952, and the Family of Man in 1955.
His first solo exhibition took place at Helen Gee¹s Limelight Gallery in New
York in 1959. Although his work continued to be widely published and shown,
his next one-man show was not until 1977 at Marlborough Gallery in New York.
In 1981, the University of Maryland¹s art gallery hosted a retrospective
exhibition and published a catalogue of Faurer¹s work. Faurer was the
recipient of many awards including a NEA grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
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An exhibition of work by Ida Wyman will also be on view at the Stephen Cohen
Gallery from March 11 through May 8, 2004. The exhibition will run in
conjunction with Louis Faurer: New York, 40s  60s, and will feature
photographs of Los Angeles from the same time period.
Ida Wyman started shooting at the age of sixteen while working at Acme News
Pictures in New York City. After showing her work to various national
magazine editors, she began freelancing with the likes of LIFE, Fortune, The
New York Times, and many others.
Wyman's work has been exhibited in private galleries across the United
States, and is part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art New York,
the Photo Collection of the New York Public Library, and other institutions
throughout the U.S.
March 11 Â May 8, 2004
Reception: March 11, 7-9pm
Hours, Tuesday  Saturday, 11am-5pm
Stephen Cohen Gallery
7358 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90036
Contact: Shelley de Soto
Tel, 323.937.5525, Fax, 323.937.5523