Diane Arbus at the MALBA...
5:20 p.m.
07/13/17 - Diane Arbus, the American photographer whose life was as surprising as her photos, can now be seen at the exhibition "En el principio" at the MALBA. This is the same retrospective held a few years ago at the MET in New York, organized by curator Jeff L. Rosenheim, chief of the Department of Photography at the American museum.
General view of the exhibition "Diane Arbus: En el Principio"
The montage is excellent and the photos are displayed in suspended panels, creating a forest of photographs. This landscape can be a bit dark, because of the little light and the type of images. Of the 100 photos on display, 70 % of them are portraits of subjects that, because of their sexuality, their work or some specific physical feature, were considered "weird" in the 50s.
Female impersonator putting on lipstick, by Diane Arbus (1959)
Long Island - Silver gelatin print
Miss Makrina, a Russian midget in her kitchen, by Diane Arbus (1959)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Seated female impersonator with arms crossed on her bare chest, by Diane Arbus (1960)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Miss Storme de Larverie, the Lady who appears to be a Gentleman, by Diane Arbus (1961)
New York - Silver gelatin print
In other photos we see the very different or the very interesting. Arbus used to brag that she could see what others could not, like a child in the middle of a crowd or a ridiculous game to measure emotions at a country Fair.
Five members of The Monsters Fan Club, by Diane Arbus (1961)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Boy above a crowd, by Diane Arbus (1957)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Mood meter machine, by Diane Arbus (1957)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Even a contortionist in a brothel was interesting for the artist. To capture this very particular moment, Diane went so many times that she became friends with the contortionist and even wrote her obituary.
Contortionist Lydia Suárez performing for an audience, Hubert's Museum, by Diane Arbus (1958)
New York - Silver gelatin print
The circus was an obsession to many artists (Degas, for example) and Arbus was one of them. The movement, the strength of the bodies, that unique instant in which life seems to hang by a thread, were an inspiration for many of her photos.
Trapeze act, by Diane Arbus (1957)
New York - Silver gelatin print
Diane Arbus (1923 -1971) dived deep in a world which was not usually photographed and achieved a surprising intimacy with her subjects. Diane wanted nothing to stand between her eye and the face of the subject, so she placed her simple camera on her stomach.
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