MICHAEL EASTMAN
17 DECEMBER — 31 JANUARY 2016
MICHAEL EASTMAN PHOTOGRAPHS: RODIN’S PARISIAN SCULPTURES
TAYLOE PIGGOTT GALLERY 62 SOUTH GLENWOOD STREET JACKSON HOLE WYOMING TEL 307 733 0555 TAYLOEPIGGOTTGALLERY.COM
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MICHAEL EASTMAN PHOTOGRAPHS : RODIN’S PARISIAN SCULPTURES 17 DECEMBER – 31 JANUARY 2016
MY CHALLENGE WAS TO PHOTOGRAPH THE RODIN SCULPTURES DIFFERENTLY AND TO MAKE THEM MY OWN. I DID THIS BY ISOLATING THE FIGURES FROM THEIR CONTEXT, I CAPTURED: THE SENSUOUS DETAILS OF THE SCULPTURES; THE INTIMACY OF THE FIGURES; THE LUSCIOUS FORMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS IN SPACE; THE GLORIOUS SURFACES OF THE BRONZES; AND THE ESSENCE OF THE EMOTIONS PORTRAYED. ALWAYS EVER AWARE OF THE BEAUTY BEFORE ME.
MICHAEL EASTMAN
T H I S CATA LO G U E CO M P L E M E NT S T H E EX H I B I T I O N AT TAY LO E P I G G OT T GA L L E RY F EAT U R I NG MICHAEL EASTMAN’S PHOTOGRAPHS OF AUGUSTE RODIN SCULPTURES, TAKEN IN 2003 IN PARIS.
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MICHAEL EASTMAN
Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world’s leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent four decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place. He still relies on capturing the image on film and continues to print the images himself. Eastman’s photographs have appeared in Time, Life, and American Photographer, and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf), which is now in its fifth edition. Eastman lives in St. Louis.
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