Lee Friedlander
dal 18/9/2006 al 30/12/2006
Segnalato da
18/9/2006
Lee Friedlander
Jeu de Paume, Paris
Fifty-year career
Like Walker Evans and Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander captured the workaday side of American cities and daily life — the storefronts, the billboards, television, and automobiles: general urban reality.
His early work as a photographer in the 1950s is notable for its Pop influences, a spontaneous sense of fun and a taste for formal innovation. These traits would remain with him throughout his career; but, as he entered the 1970s, Friedlander's style and subjects gained in breadth. His photographs are full of observation and exude a mix of charm and lyricism.
Attentive to the subtle variations of forms and light, Friedlander produced richly descriptive urban images that reveal the uncontrollable energy of life just as they illustrate the transformative power of photography. In the early 1990s, Friedlander photographed the landscapes of the American West, where he was born. These images illustrate his taste for grandiose and strange settings, and convey the intensity of his vision.
This exhibition covers the full range of subjects explored over his fifty-year career by this great photographer of the 20th century: in all, 477 B/W photographs, 6 colour photographs and a set of Friedlander's portfolios and books.
Exhibition curated by: Peter Galassi.
Exhibition organised by MoMA, New York, and presented at the Jeu de paume under the auspices of The International Council, with the support of Neuflize Vie and the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre and in partnership with Te'le'rama and France Info.
Image: Lee Friedlander, New York City, 1966. Carl Jacobs Fund
The Museum of Modern Art, New York (c) 2006 Lee Friedlander
Jeu de paume
1, place de la Concorde 75008 Paris
Access through the Tuileries gardens, steps up from Rue de Rivoli.
Disabled access by the main garden entrance on Place de la Concorde, then up ramp on left. Building equipped for disabled visitors.
Hours
Tuesday: 12:00 - 21:00
Wednesday - Friday: 12:00 - 19:00
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 - 19:00
Closed Monday
Admission
Admission: 6 €
Concessions: 3 €