Hauser & Wirth | Annie Leibovitz; Wonderland | Southampton
November 6 – December 23, 2021
Annie Leibovitz | Wonderland
Hauser & Wirth
In-Person Viewing:
9 Main St, Southampton, NY 11968 USA
Virtual Viewing:
https://www.hauserwirth.com/hauser-wirth-exhibitions/33791-annie-leibovitz-wonderland
Beginning 6 November, Hauser & Wirth Southampton will present ‘Annie Leibovitz. Wonderland,’ an exhibition of photographic prints selected by the artist from her acclaimed body of work made over the past two decades. This presentation focuses upon work made since 1999, including fashion photography shot on assignment that, in the artist’s words, ‘revealed surprising avenues to portraiture.’ The exhibition offers fresh insight into the depth and breadth of Leibovitz’s unique artistic vision via fashion, landscape, and interior tableaux. ‘Wonderland’ is the first exhibition to showcase these images together in a single space, with many of the works having not been presented since their original publication.
Leibovitz’s work makes use of visual references drawn from a wide range of sources – from literature and film, to the history of photography and the long tradition of formal portraiture within the history of art. On view in the exhibition, her portrait of sculptor and installation artist Rachel Feinstein, originally shot for ‘Vogue,’ shows the sitter as both muse and mother in a way that highlights the dualities of female experience. In this intimate image, Feinstein’s small daughter meets the viewer’s gaze directly, in much the same way as her mother’s, in a composition that recalls and recontextualizes such historical paintings as Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres’s 1840 masterpiece ‘La Grande Odalisque.’
Special Events
Book Signing with Annie Leibovitz: Saturday, December 11, 2021 at 2 pm
