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01/07/2021 - 02/13/2021
PACE GALLERY
537 West 24th Street
NY 10011 New York
This exhibition of nearly thirty photographs spanning the 1940s to the 2000s explores Irving Penn’s notion of “photographism,” a neologism that Penn coined but never defined. Its etymology suggests that Penn’s photography drew from different mediums: the graphic fine arts, such as drawing and painting; the graphic design of commercial print media; and writing, particularly of a nature rich in “graphic details.” The exhibition proposes that photographism was Penn’s stylistic approach—a type of photography marked by an arresting clarity born from the crosspollination of media.
PACE GALLERY
537 West 24th Street
NY 10011 New York
This exhibition of nearly thirty photographs spanning the 1940s to the 2000s explores Irving Penn’s notion of “photographism,” a neologism that Penn coined but never defined. Its etymology suggests that Penn’s photography drew from different mediums: the graphic fine arts, such as drawing and painting; the graphic design of commercial print media; and writing, particularly of a nature rich in “graphic details.” The exhibition proposes that photographism was Penn’s stylistic approach—a type of photography marked by an arresting clarity born from the crosspollination of media.