A good photograph is one that communicate a fact, touches the heart, leaves the viewer a changed person for having seen it. It is, in a word, effective,” the late Irving Penn once mused on his craft.
On show through early March, Pace Gallery mounts the first solo exhibition of the renowned American photographer in Hong Kong, assembling 30 photographs culled from the Irving Penn Foundation. The selection features the most memorable portraits, nudes, and still-lifes of Penn’s illustrious career in photography, including portraits of Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Truman Capote, Francis Bacon, and Marcel Duchamp, and a piercing series shot in Morocco.
Mrs. William Rhinelander Stewart, New York, 1948
Black & White Fashion With Handbag (Jean Patchett)
Truman Capote (1 of 4), New York, 1948
Those who have kept a close eye on Penn’s career — particularly his focus on fashion photography, for which perhaps he is best known — will be delighted to find several works from his time at Vogue: The Tarot Reader (Jean Patchett & Bridget Tichenor), 1949; Velvet Helmet Hat (Sue Jenks), 1949; Balenciaga Rose Dress, 1967, are just a few of the series on display.
Untitled
Not a widely known fact about Penn was his love for painting, and rarely-seen works from the end of Penn’s career, highly textured abstract paintings such as African Village (2005), and Untitled (2006), appear in this exhibition for the first time in Asia.
The exhibit is on view through March 7th at Pace Gallery, 12/F H Queen’s, 80 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong.
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