posted by Charles H. Russo on Oct 15
10 octobre 2007 - 6 janvier 2008
Two must-see exhibitions at the Maison Europ?ene de la Photographie, covering America’s social undertones of the 70s.
“Tulsa, 1963-1971″ by Larry Clark
After having studied at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Larry Clark came back to his birthplace in 1963 where he photographed himself and his friends for a period of eight years. Aged in his twenties, he stated, without any concession, a drift of American youth lost between drugs, sex and violence. In his work entitled “Tulsa,” a collection of photographs reveal themselves to be both a private diary, and a rare document recording the trouble and misery of deep America. Published in 1971 by Ralph Gison (Lustrum Press), Tulsa created a scandal in the artistic scene, but remains a work of reference for a considerable number of contemporary photographers. You might recognize Martin Scorsese and Gus Van Sant’s inspiration from his work in their films Taxi Driver and Drugstore Cowboy, who then encouraged the artist to make his own film, the scandalous Kids.
Martine Barrat’s “Harlem in My Heart”
In 1968, photographer, filmmaker and director, Martine Barrat left Paris to settle in New York. There she organized a theatre, video, and music workshop with a jazz group from Louis Saint. Her work with the children of the South Bronx and Harlem neighborhoods continued inspire her. From 1973 to 1978, she dedicated her focus on a series of videos documenting different gang members’ lives. This series entitled “You do the Crime, you do the Time,” was then presented in the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and received the prize of best documentary in Milan. In 1977, she began a photographic work on Harlem exhibiting a particularly warm, human outlook on a population often ignored. Her work has been found in the New York Times Magazine, Life, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Paris Match, Le Monde, and Lib?ration.
Maison Europ?ene de la Photographie de la Ville de Paris
5/7 rue de Fourcy
75004 Paris
Metro: Saint Paul or Pont Marie
Open 11am to 8pm, Wednesday through Sunday
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