JUERGEN TELLER EXHIBITION IN NEW YORK

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Sun, 2012-02-26 17:19

"Most fashion photography is done by gay people finding women sexy", Teller once said, "which is sort of not sexy at all, at least to a heterosexual man. She' s so retouched, so airbrushed, without any human response at all, and well, you don't really want to fuck a doll".

The most influential photographer of our times, stikes again.

Kristen McMenemy, Casa Mollino No. 2, Turin, 2011.

Outstanding high-fashion ads under another, more "disturbing" spectra. A rawness, a discomfort arises. Sometimes controversial in a disguised way. Cause realilty is what you see and what you get. Nothing more. Nothing less. And reality, we treasure! When the grande show is gone...Show must Go On! His pictures are Documenda. Much more valuable than any other manifestation of beauty.

His dynanic and diverse oeuvre will haunt us again in Lehmann Maupin's Gallery exhibition. Capturing Kristen McMenamy, shot in the home of Carlo Mollino and seductive portraits of Vivienne Westwood, juxtaposed with intimate portraits of his family and close friends, this exhibtion displays an amalgam of subjects and personallities.

Drawing inspiration from the eccentric architect, Teller recalls Mollino's fascination witih the erotic, capturin McMenamy in provocative poses. Although the series gathered controversy for its alleged "pornographic" nature, it demonstrates Teller's skilled storytelling and fearless approach to his medium.

Composed of recent photographs taken in and around his home in Suffolk, photographs from the series "Keys to the House", includes deserted landscape shots and intimate portraits of Teller's family. The third series, "Men and Women", includes portraits of Vivienne Westwood and photographer William Eggleston, as well as Teller's son, Ed. As a whole, the series has been read as a representation of masculinity at 2 stages -coming of age and loss of virility- contrasted with a strong feminine power.