“Still Life" by David LaChapelle
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| Fotografiska Museet, Sweden, 2012 |
“Still Life,” an exhibition of new works by David LaChapelle, addresses the fleeting nature of humanity, fame, celebrity and power. On view at both Paul Kasmin Gallery locations in New York, this body of work began in 2009, when LaChapelle learned of the break-in and vandalism of the National Wax Museum in Dublin, Ireland, and was granted permission to photograph the destroyed figures. LaChapelle continued photographing figures at two additional wax museums – one in California and one in Nevada – to complete his vision of the collection.
"A friend suggested I come by and see the vandalism. I saw the heads in the first wax museum in Dublin and knew instantly I wanted to photograph them as series."
"The wax skin also seemed to age and decay as well. In these figures, I always loved how popular culture and those beautiful faces on our cinema screens gives us pleasure, what I question is the way in which we seem to enjoy our once beloved idols fall from grace and even be destroyed".
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| Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2012 |
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| Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, 2012 |
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