Critics discuss two exhibitions of photographs: first of Family Ties by Tina Barney at the Jeu de Paume, a careful observation of intergenerational relationships and family rituals, then the first monograph in Europe dedicated to Barbara Crane, an internationally renowned American photographer, at the Center Pompidou photography gallery.
“Family Ties” de Tina Barney
Born in 1945, Tina Barney began photographing her relatives and friends in the late 1970s. A keen observer of family rituals, she is particularly interested in relationships between generations in the domestic context. His colorful portraits, often group and large format, seem at first glance to be family snapshots. Yet most of them are carefully staged by the artist, creating composed paintings that establish a dialogue with classical painting.
The exhibition, which retraces 40 years of the artist’s career, is the largest European retrospective devoted to him to date. Produced by Jeu de Paume, it reveals a selection of 55 large-scale prints mixing color and black and white images, photos from his beginnings and new productions with known models such as Julianne Moore or anonymous ones close to the artist.
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The exhibition catalog was published by EXB. The exhibition can be seen from September 28, 2024 to January 19, 2025 at the Jeu de Paume, in Paris.
Barbara Crane at the Center Pompidou photography gallery
The Center Pompidou presents the first major monograph dedicated in Europe to Barbara Crane, an internationally renowned American photographer whose career spans more than sixty years. The exhibition focuses on the first 25 years of his career and brings together more than 200 works, some of which recently entered the collection of the National Museum of Modern Art.
Crane’s work is remarkable for the synthesis it brings about between the tradition of straight photography American and a more experimental sensibility, inherited from the European avant-gardes and typical of the teachings of the Chicago school. Here, the artist constantly takes possession of his environment to make each detail, each person, a place of curiosity and questioning.
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The exhibition catalog was published by EXB. The exhibition can be seen from September 11, 2024 to January 6, 2025 at the Center Pompidou photography gallery, with free admission.
