E’ una mostra tratta dal suo lavoro più noto e importante, ‘The Americans‘, la mostra di Robert Frank alla Danziger Gallery di New York.
Una mostra di 40 fotografie, di cui 15 tratte dal libro e 25 opere inedite, perlopiù di viaggi intrapresi dal fotografo per la realizzazione del suo progetto e libro, che celebra il 60esimo anniversario della sua pubblicazione in America.
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Nato a Zurigo nel 1924, Frank iniziò la sua carriera nella fotografia a metà degli anni ’40, prima di emigrare in America nel 1947.
Come immigrato, Frank rimase affascinato dall’America e dopo i suoi primi viaggi in tutto il paese fece domanda per finanziare un viaggio più lungo e più profondo in tutte le parti del paese.
Una proposta accettata e che ha permesso a Frank di intraprendere un viaggio di due anni in America che gli ha permesso di scattare più di 28.000 fotografie.
Di queste, 83 sono finite nel libro ‘The Americans‘.
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Il suo è stato uno straordinario lavoro. Come ha detto Sarah Greenough, senior curator of photography alla National Gallery of Art di Washington: “Frank ha rivelato un popolo tormentato dal razzismo, mal servito dai suoi politici e reso sempre più insensibile dalla crescente cultura del consumismo.
Ma è anche importante sottolineare che ha trovato nuove aree di bellezza in quegli angoli semplici e trascurati della vita americana – nei ristoranti, o per strada. Ha aperto la strada a una materia completamente nuova che ora definiamo icone: automobili, jukebox, persino la strada stessa.
Tutte queste cose, insieme al suo stile – che è apparentemente intuitivo, immediato e off-kilter – erano radicalmente nuove all’epoca“.
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Danziger Gallery, 980 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10075
Dal 9 febbraio al 16 marzo 2019