Juergen Teller "Paradis"
Lehmann Maupin (536 W 22nd Street)
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Blurring the distinction between his commercial and non-commercial work, Juergen Teller takes a story-telling approach to this series, in which he revisits two of his previous subjects – Charlotte Rampling and Raquel Zimmermann. Shot alone one evening at the Musee du Louvre in Paris, this nude study features large-scale photographs of the two women as they move amongst the masterpieces housed in the museum and captures the intimacy between photographer and subject. The women's lack of vanity is revealed as they are shot at an uncomfortable proximity, blending their bodies with Classical statues and standing before Leonardo's Mona Lisa. Teller removes the artifice between photographer and subject, leaving only the purity of each image, and unlike the sculptures in the museum's collection, his photographs do not present a standard of beauty but are more akin to a tribute to women and the human form.
This Juergen Teller's fifth exhibition at Lehmann Maupin Gallery. The photographs were originally commissioned for the French magazine, "Paradis," and will appear in a leather bound limited edition book available at the end of September 2009.
[Image: Juergen Teller "Paradis" (2009) c-print, 70 x 50 in.]
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Schedule
from September 10, 2009 to October 17, 2009
Opening Reception on 2009-09-10 from 18:00 to 20:00