SEEING IS BELIEVING
The Guggenheim Museum New York presents
Catherine Opie: American Photographer. This unique
exhibit brings together Opie’s most important works
for the first time ever, giving a new life and perspective
to her photographs. Rising to prominence with her Portraits
series, Catherine Opie confronted viewers with challenging
images of those who transpose gender. In the series Domestic,
her social commentaries became especially evident when
she traveled across the country and photographed lesbian
households while they engaged in everyday activities.
With exquisite color and intriguing subjects, her work
is almost haunting. Her pieces challenged the zeitgeist
of the 1990s and continue to challenge today’s traditional
views of gender and sexuality. As threats continue against
same-sex couples and transgender people, Opie’s insider
look puts faces on those in question and allows people
to stare into the subject’s eyes and connect on a
deeper level. The exhibition runs now through January
7. www.guggenheim.org
—Joseph Pedro
[Published:
December, 2008]
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