"reGeneration2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today" Exhibition
Aperture Gallery
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As the digital revolution continues its relentless advance, it demolishes longstanding practices in every domain of the photographic field. This group exhibition and its accompanying catalog examine how the new generation of photographers operates, showcasing their inspiring creativity and ingenuity, and revealing the diversity of emerging photography. reGeneration2 follows the success of 2005's groundbreaking book and exhibition, reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow 2005-2025, which was shown in ten different cities across North America, Europe, and Asia, and made its North American debut at Aperture Gallery in January 2006.
reGeneration2—the broadest and most enterprising survey of its kind—explores how today's young photographers view the world, how they respect, build on, or reject tradition, and whether they choose the darkroom, the computer lab, or both, to make their art. Curators at the Musée de l'Elysée selected eighty of the most promising candidates from some seven hundred entries submitted by 120 of the world's top photography schools. The themes presented range from the urban environment and globalization, to issues of identity and memory, and the photographers' hybrid techniques allow them to obscure as never before the distinction between reality and fiction. The resulting exhibition, and accompanying publication of the same title, exposes the flexibility of young photographers as they pass fluidly from one genre or technique to another,
The accompanying book features over two hundred images reflecting the astonishing range of emerging worldwide talent. Useful reference materials include biographical details of each of the eighty photographers, as well as updates on the winning photographers from the first edition, many of whom have since forged impressive international careers, including Pieter Hugo, Idris Khan, Angela Strassheim, and Natalie Czech.
Related Programming:
Wednesday, January 19, 6:30pm
Aperture Gallery
Sam Stourdzé, Director of Musée de l'Elysée, will moderate a panel discussion with some of the artists in the exhibition and book. Details to be announced shortly.
Monday, January 31, 6:30pm
Aperture Gallery
The Villa Gillet Conversation Series Presents: reGeneration2 artist Jen Davis in conversation with philosopher Pierre Cassou-Nogues.
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Schedule
from January 21, 2011 to March 17, 2011
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Opening Reception on 2011-01-20 from 18:00 to 21:00
Reviews
Great survey of young photographers' work! Interesting in subject as well as techniques each of them use - 80 artists presented.
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