A Los Angeles, i fotografi mettono in scena la Storia

28 Aprile 2019

Tra realistico e teatrale, tra vero e falso: è questo il "territorio" indagato dai sette autori della collettiva "Encore: Reenactment in Contemporary Photography", visitabile fino al 9 giugno prossimo al J. Paul Getty Museum di Los Angeles. Le opere di Eileen Cowin, Christina Fernandez, Samuel Fosso, Yasumasa Morimura, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Gillian Wearing e Qiu Zhijie esplorano diverse tematiche, riattualizzando in alcuni casi capolavori d’arte o riportando in vita figure storiche con una peculiare modalità: le rimettono letteralmente in scena.

Samuel Fosso, Untitled (Martin Luther King Jr.), 2008, Gelatin silver print, Framed: 101.6 × 75.9 cm (40 × 29 7/8 in.), Joshua R. Cammaker © Samuel Fosso, courtesy Jean Marc Patras, Paris EX.2019.4.
Samuel Fosso, Untitled (Muhammad Ali), 2008, Gelatin silver print, Framed: 101.6 × 75.9 cm (40 × 29 7/8 in.) Isabel Stainow Wilcox © Samuel Fosso, courtesy Jean Marc Patras, Paris EX.2019.4.9
Eileen Cowin, Magritte, 1987, Dye diffusion print, Image: 61 × 48 cm (24 × 18 7/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of The Artist © Eileen Cowin 2015.15.49
Eileen Cowin, Marriage of the Arnolfini, 1985, Dye diffusion print, Image: 66 × 50.8 cm (26 × 20 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Gift of The Artist © Eileen Cowin 2015.15.45
Yasumasa Morimura, Daughter of Art History, Theater A, 1989, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles © Yasumasa Morimura 2008
Yasumasa Morimura, Daughter of Art History, Theater B, 1989, Chromogenic print, Image: 180.3 × 246.4 cm (71 × 97 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles © Yasumasa Morimura 2008.52.2
Christina Fernandez, 1950, San Diego, California, 1995–96, Chromogenic print, Image: 40 × 30.2 cm (15 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.). The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles © Christina Fernandez 2014.37.6
Yinka Shonibare, CBE, The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Asia), 2008, Chromogenic print, Image: 182.9 × 125.7 cm (72 × 49 1/2 in.), Courtesy of Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, the Austin Fund in Honor of Wright S. Ludington © Yinka Shonibare CBE. Courtesy James Cohan, New York EX.2019.4.12
Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as my Sister Jane Wearing, 2003, Chromogenic print, Framed: 140 × 114.9 cm (55 1/8 × 45 1/4 in.), Heather Podesta Collection © Gillian Wearing, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Tanya Bonakdar, New York EX.2019.4.15
Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as my Mother Jean Gregory, 2003–6, Chromogenic print, Framed: 144.2 × 125.7 cm (56 3/4 × 49 1/2 in.), Heather Podesta Collection © Gillian Wearing, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Tanya Bonakdar, New York EX.2019.4.14
Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as my Brother Richard Wearing, 2003, Chromogenic print, Framed: 190.5 × 130.8 cm (75 × 51 1/2 in.), Heather Podesta Collection © Gillian Wearing, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Tanya Bonakdar, New York EX.2019.4.16Gillian Wearing, English, born 1963 Self Portrait as my Brother Richard Wearing, 2003 Chromogenic print Framed: 190.5 × 130.8 cm (75 × 51 1/2 in.) Heather Podesta Collection © Gillian Wearing, Courtesy Maureen Paley, London; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; and Tanya Bonakdar, New York EX.2019.4.16
Gillian Wearing, Self Portrait as my Grandfather George Gregory, 2003–6, Bromide print, Image: 152.4 × 122.9 cm (60 × 48 3/8 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Purchased with funds provided by the Photographs Council © Gillian Wearing 2019.2.2
Qiu Zhijie, Fine, 1996–97, Chromogenic print, Image: 50.8 × 61 cm (20 × 24 in.), The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Anonymous Gift © Qiu Zhijie 2015.114.1