Exhibition: Thirty-Two Kilos (Zweiunddreißig Kilo)
When
Jan 8, 2009 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Thursday)
Where
What
Location: Goethe-Institut812 7th St NWWashington, DC 20001 Note: January 8 – February 27, 2009Ivonne TheinFotoGalerie, the Goethe-Institut’s newly-defined exhibition sp...
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Event details: Exhibition: Thirty-Two Kilos (Zweiunddreißig Kilo)
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Location:
Goethe-Institut
812 7th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Note:
January 8 – February 27, 2009
Ivonne Thein
FotoGalerie, the Goethe-Institut’s newly-defined exhibition space, brings young German photography to the Washington arts scene. This second in a series of Talents exhibitions coming from C/O Berlin, the International Forum for Visual Dialogues, presents the works of photographer Ivonne Thein.
Ivonne Thein has created 14 large-format photographs of alarmingly stick-like, elegant young women in scant, silvery clothing, their faces obscured by well-tended hair, assuming near-contortionist mock-fashion poses on a floor. The artist’s digital manipulation exaggerates the effect.
The photographer’s inspiration is the Pro Ana internet movement, promoting anorexia as harmless self-starvation; 32 kilograms, or 70.4 pounds, is the weight of a French model who posed for ads condemning anorexia after nearly dying from it.
Opening reception and panel discussion on Thursday, January 8, 6 – 8 pm
Panelists:
Photographer Ivonne Thein
Margaret Adams, Corcoran School of Art
Phil Kennicott, Washington Post cultural critic
RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 168 or rsvp@washington.goethe.org.
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday 9-5; Friday 9-3. Free of charge.
Goethe-Institut
812 7th St NW
Washington, DC 20001
Note:
January 8 – February 27, 2009
Ivonne Thein
FotoGalerie, the Goethe-Institut’s newly-defined exhibition space, brings young German photography to the Washington arts scene. This second in a series of Talents exhibitions coming from C/O Berlin, the International Forum for Visual Dialogues, presents the works of photographer Ivonne Thein.
Ivonne Thein has created 14 large-format photographs of alarmingly stick-like, elegant young women in scant, silvery clothing, their faces obscured by well-tended hair, assuming near-contortionist mock-fashion poses on a floor. The artist’s digital manipulation exaggerates the effect.
The photographer’s inspiration is the Pro Ana internet movement, promoting anorexia as harmless self-starvation; 32 kilograms, or 70.4 pounds, is the weight of a French model who posed for ads condemning anorexia after nearly dying from it.
Opening reception and panel discussion on Thursday, January 8, 6 – 8 pm
Panelists:
Photographer Ivonne Thein
Margaret Adams, Corcoran School of Art
Phil Kennicott, Washington Post cultural critic
RSVP to 202-289-1200 ext. 168 or rsvp@washington.goethe.org.
Gallery hours: Monday-Thursday 9-5; Friday 9-3. Free of charge.
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