Du 1er juin au 24 juillet se tiendra à Madrid l'édition 2011 du festival PHotoEspaña, un des plus grands festivals européens dédiés à la photographie (66 expositions, 370 artistes dont Cindy Sherman, Dayanita Singh, Hans-Peter Feldman..., le tout réparti dans 57 lieux) dont le thème est ce...

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Ansel Adams | Manuel Alvarez-Bravo | Nancy Burson | Walker Evans | Joan Fontcuberta | Gisèle Freund | Luigi Ghirri | Ralph Gibson  | Yousuf Karsh | David Levinthal | Sally Mann | Robert Mapplethorpe | Arno Minkkinen | Sarah Moon | Arnold Newman | Helmut Newton | Bill Owens | Bernard Plossu | Bettina Rheims | Lucas Samaras | Stephen Shore | Aaron Siskind  | Oliviero Toscani | An...

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From the lyrics of OutKast’s pop anthem Hey Ya to clues laid out for the amnesiac protagonist in Christopher Nolan’s film Memento, the Polaroid has had a significant impact on contemporary culture. ‘Shake It: An instant History of the Polaroid’ brings to light some of the more intriguing and innovative examples in the history of the Polaroid photograph, exploring its cul...

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Early last year, the Polaroid Corporation ceased producing its iconic film. The 9th October 2009 will see the final “Use by” or Expiration date of the last batch of Polaroid film manufactured. The exhibition at Atlas will feature a wide selection of Polaroid prints by photographers who have either worked directly with the Polaroid Corporation as part of their research program or who...

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Lucas Samaras represents Greece at the 53rd International Art Exhibition
La Biennale di Venezia

Curated by Matthew Higgs, Lucas Samaras will present the multi-installation "Paraxena" in the Greek Pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale.

The exhibition for the Greek Pavilion brings together works from three recent series (2005-2009) of photographic ...

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Tattoo
Curated by Peter Weibel, ZKM

The tattoo, originally "the tatau" ornaments the skin and thus abstracts everyday life. The Tattoo is a masquerade of the skin and marks the body itself as the place of fantasy. Because through the painted body - through the tattoo - the body itself becomes exotic and therefore there is no normal everyday life anymore. Now ther...

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