Face to Face - Picasso und die Pariser Moderne im Spiegel der Fotografie
In the organizer's words:
Artists are surrounded by the aura of exceptional creative people. They enjoy a special social status that fluctuates between the role models of a bourgeois terror, bohemian, martyr or prophet. The public's interest is therefore not only focused on their works of art, but also on the creators behind their masterpieces.
The special exhibition "Face to Face" places the creators of the paintings at the center of interest with over 100 artist photographs. The presentation focuses on the photographs of the five artists that the Picasso Museum has in its collection: in addition to the namesake Pablo Picasso, there are portrait photos of his great rival Henri Matisse to discover. Picasso's companion Georges Braque is just as much the focus of the great photographers as the more introverted Joan Miró. Portrait photos of Marc Chagall prominently round off this round of the "Top Five" of Classic Modernism. In the exhibition's staging, the artists' photos are placed in dialog with the museum's rich holdings. For example, Henri Matisse's graphic self-portrait is juxtaposed with his portrait photographs by Robert Capa.
The exhibition brings together artist photographs by René Burri, Robert Capa, Philippe Halsman, Herbert List, David Seymour and Michel Sima. They are among the most renowned photographers of the 20th century and were lucky enough to have the greatest artists of modernism in front of their lenses. With the exception of Michel Sima, they all worked for the legendary photo agency MAGNUM, which was founded in New York in 1947 and still exists today. The photos are sometimes home stories or provide intimate insights through the keyhole of the artists' studios. They oscillate between snapshots and well thought-out (self-)stagings.
Herbert List, a native of Hamburg, considered the photographer's "empathy with the personality of the person being portrayed" to be the basic prerequisite for a successful picture. His photos show an unusually thoughtful Picasso, who enters into a dialogue with his own works through the photographer's direction of the image.
In the case of Henri Matisse, after a cancer operation, the elderly artist shows himself to the photographer on his sickbed, which he has transformed into a place of work.
The restless Magnum photographer René Burri once said of his work: "Photos are like cabs at rush hour: if you're not fast enough, someone else will take them." It is thanks to Burri's professional speed that exceptional Picasso photos have come down to us.
Philipp Halsman became America's great star photographer in the 1940s. His photos of Joan Miró captivate with a relaxed intimacy that the photographer was evidently able to find during his sessions with the great Catalan. Capturing the revelation of another person's personality for the duration of a moment was the passion of his existence, Halsman summed up towards the end of his long professional life. The encounters between the exceptional artists and the star photographers sparked the creative sparks of unmistakable personalities. Through their photos, we are witnesses to this spark and Picasso and co. welcome us.
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Regular admission: 12 euros / Reduced admission: 10 euros / Children & young people (17 years): 5 euros /// Tuesday is student day: 6 euros / Thursday is senior day: 10 euros
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