Irving Penn
16 Jun - 02 Sep 2012
Irving Penn
Balenciaga "Little Great Coat" (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950
© Copyright by The Irving Penn Foundation
Balenciaga "Little Great Coat" (Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn), Paris, 1950
© Copyright by The Irving Penn Foundation
IRVING PENN
Diverse Worlds
Curators: Andreas Nilsson and John Peter Nilsson
16 June - 2 September 2012
Irving Penn was one of the leading photographers of our time. An innovator in the fields of fashion, portrait, and still life photography, Penn’s prolific career of over 60 years was characterized by his pristine and minimalist approach to the medium. With a selection of close to 100 of Penn’s photographs plus examples of his work in publications, this exhibition presents a broad spectrum of Penn’s oeuvre.
While working for the fashion magazine Vogue, Penn (1917-2009) made his first colour picture in 1943. During his long affiliation with the magazine, Irving Penn photographed almost exclusively in the studio; tending to every detail, he carefully directing his subject, whether it was a fashion model, members of the Hell’s Angels, an assemblage of frozen fruits and vegetables, or warriors from New Guinea. Exhibitions in the 1970s of Penn’s meticulously crafted prints, notably at the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, affirmed his position on the art scene.
The Moderna Museet’s extensive collection of Irving Penn photographs takes into account many of the genres he explored, the main body of which was donated by the artist in memory of his Swedish-born wife, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, in 1995.
Diverse Worlds
Curators: Andreas Nilsson and John Peter Nilsson
16 June - 2 September 2012
Irving Penn was one of the leading photographers of our time. An innovator in the fields of fashion, portrait, and still life photography, Penn’s prolific career of over 60 years was characterized by his pristine and minimalist approach to the medium. With a selection of close to 100 of Penn’s photographs plus examples of his work in publications, this exhibition presents a broad spectrum of Penn’s oeuvre.
While working for the fashion magazine Vogue, Penn (1917-2009) made his first colour picture in 1943. During his long affiliation with the magazine, Irving Penn photographed almost exclusively in the studio; tending to every detail, he carefully directing his subject, whether it was a fashion model, members of the Hell’s Angels, an assemblage of frozen fruits and vegetables, or warriors from New Guinea. Exhibitions in the 1970s of Penn’s meticulously crafted prints, notably at the Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, affirmed his position on the art scene.
The Moderna Museet’s extensive collection of Irving Penn photographs takes into account many of the genres he explored, the main body of which was donated by the artist in memory of his Swedish-born wife, Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn, in 1995.