A unique exploration of selfportraits by two artists bor. This riveting show presents her work alongside that of admirer gillian wearing skip to main. Gillian wearing and claude cahun behind a mask, another mask. Reproductions of the original photomontages introduce the various sections, which in turn explore cahuns distinctive ideas and obsessionsselfinterrogation, narcissism, metamorphosis, love, genderswitching, humor, fear. Who was claude cahun, muse of diors prefall collection. Contemporary artists like gillian wearing and cindy sherman have been inspired by cahun, and david bowie was involved in a 2007 exhibition of.
Behind the mask, another mask chapter 1 art, photography. Jan 12, 2018 contemporary artists like gillian wearing and cindy sherman have been inspired by cahun, and david bowie was involved in a 2007 exhibition of the artists work. Published by the national portrait gallery, london, this catalogue accompanies the eponymous exhibition held at the npg 17 march29 september 2017. Influenced by cahuns theatrical works, sherman and wearing both later explore the assumption of multiple masked personas, recalling together joan rivieres classic paper on women who employ womanliness as masquerade 1929. They could be examples of sane and insane from some victorian textbook, except that the shaven head speaks of isolation in both cases. Apr 05, 2017 the many masks of gillian wearing and claude cahun as a new show at the national portrait gallery places the two artists side by side, lauren elkin explores how gillian wearing ra finds identityblurring inspiration in the interwar writer and photographer claude cahun. May 24, 2017 artist gillian wearing reads extracts from aveux non anvenus disavowals, the surrealist writings of claude cahun. Gillian wearing and claude cahun princeton university press. This beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of french artist claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The many masks of gillian wearing and claude cahun by lauren elkin published 16 march 2017.
Online shopping for cahun, claude from a great selection at books store. Although they were born almost a century apart, their work shares similar themesgender, identity, masquerade, and performance. Artist gillian wearing uses photography and video to produce a portrait ofhe complexities of contemporary life. Behind the mask, another mask 01 by sarah howgate, dawn ades isbn. Although they were born almost seventy years apart and came from different backgrounds, remarkable parallels can be drawn between the two artists. The many masks of gillian wearing and claude cahun blog. Gillian wearing and claude cahun national portrait gallery. Gillian wearing and claude cahun 26 march, 2017 at the national portrait gallery, gillian wearing confronts surrealist claude cahun in.
See the work of both artists brought together for the first time in gillian. Claude cahun gillian wearing confronts us at the exhibition entrance, wearing cahuns face but holding her own. The highly staged photographs look forward to cindy shermans identityshifting selfportrait photographs e. The text discusses with the artist her collaborative approachowards her work and its subjects, and focuses on 1016, a videonstallation. This exhibition brings together for the first time the work of french artist claude cahun and british contemporary artist gillian wearing. Claude cahun was a surrealist who took on a genderneutral name and created a body. May 18, 2017 gillian wearing, at claude cahuns grave 2015 gillian wearing and claude cahun. This book draws together for the first time the self. This book takes a look at all of herork, contextualizing it in relation to 20thcentury painting, photographynd video art. Opposite, cahun gazes back in the original photograph dont kiss me, i am in training, circa 1927.
Cahuns work looks forward to that of francesca woodman, cindy sherman, and gillian wearing. As a new show at the national portrait gallery places the two artists side by side, lauren elkin explores how gillian wearing ra finds identityblurring inspiration in the interwar writer and photographer claude cahun. Cahun, along with her contemporaries andre breton and man ray, belonged to the french surrealist movement although her work was rarely exhibited during her lifetime. Behind the mask, another mask 1st edition by sarah howgate, dawn ades isbn. Apr 25, 2017 a unique exploration of selfportraits by two artists born nearly a century apart. This book draws together for the first time the selfportraits of french surrealist artist claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary artist gillian wearing b. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Gillian wearing and claude cahun signed edition national. Claude cahun and gillian wearing photography 1 identity.
This book draws together for the first time the selfportraits of french surrealist artist claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary artist gillian wearing. A moment for claude cahun a thoughtprovoking blend of high fashion, art and culture brought to you by the creators of another. The singular french artist claude cahun made a lifelong series of selfportraits in various guises. French artist claude cahun and british contemporary artist gillian wearing. Cahun s images are a product of their artistic and social milieu, but also paradoxically deal with issues of identity that recur through all ages. Examines wearings work and the theme of the family through the lens of art history, and traces the course of a real danish family, a project that questions patterns of thought in society reading a gillian wearing book is very important to learn a new language, because foreign languages use foreign words to help them speak and write. Behind the mask, another mask continues at national portrait gallery st martins place, london through. Claude cahun was a surrealist photographer whose work explored gender identity and the subconscious mind. Apr 27, 2017 gillian wearing and sarah howgate, gillian wearing in conversation with sarah howgate, in gillian wearing and claude cahun. This beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of french artist and writer claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary artist gillian wearing b.
This beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of french artist claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary artist gillian wearing b. Behind the mask, another mask by dawn ades and sarah howgate 2017, hardcover at the best online prices at ebay. Disavowals is the first appearance of that work, widely considered to be her most important text, in english. Although they were born almost a century apart, their work shares similar themes. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Although they lived almost one hundred years apart, their work shares similar themes. Untitled film series, 197780, and gillian wearing s more recent mask work. Find out more about the gillian wearing and claude cahun exhibition from the national portrait gallerys website. Claude cahun and gillian wearing came from different backgrounds and were living in different times about a century apart. This entry was posted in claude cahun and gillian wearing, francesca woodman, masks and identity, part 3 on april 23, 2017 by ian shaw hippyhippophoto.
A conceptual artist pays homage to surrealist claude cahuns. Artist gillian wearing reads extracts from aveux non anvenus disavowals, the surrealist writings of claude cahun. Although they were born almost a century apart, their w. Apr 12, 2017 this beautifully illustrated book draws together for the first time the work of french artist claude cahun 18941954 and british contemporary artist gillian wearing b.
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