Henri Cartier-Bresson's Photography
17/07/2014.
Exhibition. Fundación Mapfre. [MAD] Spain. Until 7th Sept. 2014
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
metalocus, SARA REBOLLO
Henri Cartier-Bresson's excellent photographs can be seen in Madrid until the 7th of September 2014 at Fundación Mapfre exhibition hall. The show covers this great photographer's long and brilliant career.
Alberto Giacometti, rue d'Alésia, Paris, France, 1961. Silver gelatin, copy made in 1962. Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation Collection, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
Livourne, Toscane, Italy, 1933. Silver gelatin, copy made in the 80s. Center Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, purchase made thanks to the patronage of Yves Rocher, 2011, Old Collection Christian Bouqueret, Paris © Henri Cartier- Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
Cycling race «The six days of Paris», winter velodrome, Paris, France, November 1957. Silver gelatin, copy made in the 80s-90s. Collection Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
Camagüey, Cuba, 1963. Silver gelatin, vintage copy. Collection Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
Martine Franck, Paris, France, 1967. Silver gelatin, vintage copy. Collection Eric et Louise Franck, London © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou
Linear accelerator, Stanford University, United States, 1967. Silver gelatin, copy made in the 70s. Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation Collection, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
Rue de Vaugirard, París, France, may 1968. Gelatina de plata, copia realizada en 1984 Colección Fundación Henri Cartier-Bresson, París © Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum Photos, cortesía Fundación Henri Cartier-Bresson Photo: Philippe Migeat/ Centre Pompidou.
Crowd waiting in front of a bank to get gold during the last days of Kuomintang, Shanghai, China, December 1948. Silver gelatin, copy made in the 60s. Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation Collection, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
First paid holidays, banks of the Seine, France, 1936. Silver gelatin, copy made in 1946. Collection Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris © Henri Cartier-Bresson / Magnum Photos, courtesy Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. Photo: Philippe Migeat / Center Pompidou.
This is the first major retrospective exhibition to be held in Europe since the artist's death in August 2004 and displays over five hundred photographs in addition to drawings, paintings, films and documents that cover over seventy years of one of the most important figures of modern times.
The exhibition has been organized by the Centre Pompidou de Paris, in collaboration with Fundación Mapfre, with the participation of the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation. The works come from over twenty international collections, including the Cartier-Bresson Foundation of Paris, the Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Cinémathèque Française, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, MOMA of New York and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Cartier-Bresson is known as the "eye of the century" for being a key eyewitness of 20th century history. For the first time, the richness of his work and the diversity of his career as a photographer is on display: from surrealist esthetics to photojournalism or his intimate style of later years. In this way, the work on display goes beyond the "decisive moment" concept that made him famous.
The journey, both chronological and thematic, revolves around three central points: the period from 1926 to 1935, which was marked by his relationship with the surrealist movement, his early years as a photographer and his travels throughout the world. The second section is dedicated to the political commitment of Henri Cartier-Bresson from his return from the United States in 1936 until his visit to New York in 1946. The third sequence starts with the creation of the Magnum Photos agency in 1947 and extends to the early 1970s, when the artist stopped working in photojournalism.
Free guided tours take place from Mondays to Thursdays at 4 pm, 4.30 pm, 5 pm and 5.30 pm and are limited to 15 people. Remember to pick up tickets half an hour before at the ticket office.
Dates.- From 28 June through 7 September, 2014.
Venue.- Fundación Mapfre. Paseo de Recoletos, 23. Madrid, Spain.
Curator.- Clément Chéroux.
