William Eggleston
At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston
February 26th 2013
"At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
on view February 26–July 28, 2013
William Eggleston (American, born 1939) emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photography. Now, fifty years later, he is its most prolific and influential exemplar. Through a profound appreciation of the American vernacular (especially near his home in the Mississippi Delta) and confidence in the dye transfer printmaking process to reveal the region's characteristic qualities of light and saturated chromatics, Eggleston almost single-handedly validated color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. This exhibition celebrates the artist's iconic photographs of commonplace subjects that have become touchstones for generations of artists, musicians, and filmmakers from Nan Goldin to David Byrne, the Coen Brothers, and David Lynch.
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WILLIAM EGGLESTON
Tricycle, Memphis, 1968
Dye transfer print
11 7/8 x 17 3/8 inches (30.2 x 44.1 cm)
Ed. of 6
At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston
February 26th 2013
"At War with the Obvious: Photographs by William Eggleston" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
on view February 26–July 28, 2013
William Eggleston (American, born 1939) emerged in the early 1960s as a pioneer of modern color photography. Now, fifty years later, he is its most prolific and influential exemplar. Through a profound appreciation of the American vernacular (especially near his home in the Mississippi Delta) and confidence in the dye transfer printmaking process to reveal the region's characteristic qualities of light and saturated chromatics, Eggleston almost single-handedly validated color photography as a legitimate artistic medium. This exhibition celebrates the artist's iconic photographs of commonplace subjects that have become touchstones for generations of artists, musicians, and filmmakers from Nan Goldin to David Byrne, the Coen Brothers, and David Lynch.
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WILLIAM EGGLESTON
Tricycle, Memphis, 1968
Dye transfer print
11 7/8 x 17 3/8 inches (30.2 x 44.1 cm)
Ed. of 6
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