Christopher Payne
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Exhibition : « Asylum » by Christopher Payne
Benrubi Gallery is pleased to announce Asylum, the second solo exhibition from award-winning photographer Christopher Payne. Payne visited seventy shuttered mental hospitals in thirty states between 2002 and 2008, photographing both their palatial exteriors and their crumbling interiors. The facades are ornate and enormous—the largest facilities could house more than 10,000 patients—while the dusty rooms often look as though their occupants had just left, their labeled toothbrushes still hanging in neat rows. Many of these institutions have since been demolished, so Payne’s images serve as their final appearance in the historical record.
Marble Staircase, Yankton State Hospital Yankton, South Dakota, 2008 ©Christopher Payne/Courtesy of Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Asylum reminds us of... - Exposition
Inside Steinway: Photographs by Christopher Payne
New York photographer Christopher Payne is one of the few artists who has been granted access to the Steinway & Sons piano factory in Astoria, New York. His photographs not only document the process of manufacturing the world-renowned grand pianos, but they reveal the deep commitment and finely tuned craftsmanship exemplified by Steinway's long-time employees.
In describing his connection to the project, Payne writes:
"The kind of manufacturing and craftsmanship that happens at One Steinway Place, where people transform raw, messy materials into some of the finest musical instruments in the world, has nearly vanished from the American workplace. This concerns me deeply, not only because I come from a musical family in which such craftsmanship was revered, but because I live at a time when fewer an... - Exposition
Christopher Payne visite les hopitaux psychiatriques américains
Nous avons souvent tendance à considérer les hôpitaux psychiatriques comme des "maisons de fous", endroits de déchéances et d’abus cauchemardesques dont l’imaginaire a largement été véhiculé par la littérature et le cinéma. De ce fait, peu d’américains réalisent que ces institutions, autrefois symboles nationaux, étaient pensées et construites comme des lieux de refuge, de thérapie et de soin par des architectes et des physiciens renommés.
Durant plus cent ans, les imposants hôpitaux psychiatriques représenteront une spécificité constituante du paysage fédéral nord américain. Dès la moitié du 19ème si&e...
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Benrubi Gallery is pleased to announce Asylum, the second solo exhibition from award-winning photographer Christopher Payne. Payne visited seventy shuttered mental hospitals in thirty states between 2002 and 2008, photographing both their palatial exteriors and their crumbling interiors. The facades are ornate and enormous—the largest facilities could house more than 10,000 patients—while the dusty rooms often look as though their occupants had just left, their labeled toothbrushes still hanging in neat rows. Many of these institutions have since been demolished, so Payne’s images serve as their final appearance in the historical record.
Marble Staircase, Yankton State Hospital Yankton, South Dakota, 2008 ©Christopher Payne/Courtesy of Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Asylum reminds us of...
New York photographer Christopher Payne is one of the few artists who has been granted access to the Steinway & Sons piano factory in Astoria, New York. His photographs not only document the process of manufacturing the world-renowned grand pianos, but they reveal the deep commitment and finely tuned craftsmanship exemplified by Steinway's long-time employees.
In describing his connection to the project, Payne writes:
"The kind of manufacturing and craftsmanship that happens at One Steinway Place, where people transform raw, messy materials into some of the finest musical instruments in the world, has nearly vanished from the American workplace. This concerns me deeply, not only because I come from a musical family in which such craftsmanship was revered, but because I live at a time when fewer an...
Nous avons souvent tendance à considérer les hôpitaux psychiatriques comme des "maisons de fous", endroits de déchéances et d’abus cauchemardesques dont l’imaginaire a largement été véhiculé par la littérature et le cinéma. De ce fait, peu d’américains réalisent que ces institutions, autrefois symboles nationaux, étaient pensées et construites comme des lieux de refuge, de thérapie et de soin par des architectes et des physiciens renommés.
Durant plus cent ans, les imposants hôpitaux psychiatriques représenteront une spécificité constituante du paysage fédéral nord américain. Dès la moitié du 19ème si&e...