Another Avant-Garde. Photography 1970–2000
Curated by Florian Ebner & Matthias Pfaller
West Bund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
November 9, 2024 - February 16, 2025
Photography is ubiquitous in art. Yet it only entered in museums collections in the 1970s. The exhibition looks at this turning point by juxtaposing seminal works created by artists from all over the world. What led them to turn to photography as a tool and a method? What can the camera offer in diverse contexts? With small series from the 1970s to large format works from the 1980s and after, the exhibition showcases a diverse range of artistic strategies and technical inquiries, while creating a dialogue between works from Europe, the Americas, Africa, and China.
Artists include: Cindy Sherman, Jeff Wall, Thomas Struth, Barbara Kruger, Martha Rosler, Victor Burgin, Thomas Ruff, Andreas Gursky, RongRong, Ma Liuming, Chen Shuxia, et al.
