Joel Peter Witkin Mexico. His fascination with other people’s physicality has inspired works that confronts our sense of beauty through people most often. Joel peter witkin, las meninas, nm, 1987 | diego velázquez, las meninas, 1656 joel peter witkin photo courtesy of the catherine edelman gallery, chicago.
66.5 x 73.2 cm (86.5 x 79.2 cm). Vintage toned gelatin silver print. His fascination with other people’s physicality has inspired works that confronts our sense of beauty through people most often.
His Work Often Deals With Themes Such As Death, Corpses (And Sometimes Dismembered Portions Thereof), And Various Outsiders Such As People With Dwarfism, Transgender And Intersex Persons, As Well As Physically Deformed People.
13 4/5 × 14 7/10 in. His father was a jewish glazier, his mother a roman catholic who worked in a ddt plant. As sophisticated as our medical science may be, a cure continues to be out of reach.
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Print 9 from an edition of 15. 1939 'head of a dead man, mexico city' toned gelatin silver print, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '4/15' in. His fascination with other people’s physicality has inspired works that confronts our sense of beauty through people most often.
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He made his first photograph when he was eleven years old. Woman breastfeeding an animal ', neg.1976, printed 1976, edition of 15, 15/15 , recto in ink below image serie: He received a bachelor’s degree in sculpture from cooper union in 1974.
Witkin Also Makes Pointed References To The History Of Photography By Including Fragments Of Familiar Images Like Etienne Jules Marey's Nineteenth Century Motion Studies.
The artist creates surreal tableaux with which he seeks to dismantle our preconceived notions about sexuality and physical beauty. Lives and works in albuquerque, new mexico, usa. Drafted in 1961, he was a combat photographer in vietnam until 1964.
Joel Peter Witkin, Las Meninas, Nm, 1987 | Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656 Joel Peter Witkin Photo Courtesy Of The Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago.
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