Published in conjunction with a major midcareer retrospective show at the guggenheim musseum. Guggenheim museum, new york june 29october 3, 2012 isbn 9780892074235 softcover. A spiraling cork screw with various offset gallery rooms. A retrospective has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. A retrospective, the artists first midcareer retrospective in the united states. The photographers major retrospective, at louisiana museum of modern art in denmark, is a testament to the nowtrademark natural she coaxes in her subjects. Rineke dijkstra came to prominence in the 1990s with her celebrated beach portraits, largescale color photographs of children on the verge of adolescence posed on beaches around the world, from south carolina to the ukraine. This exhibition brings together more than 70 photographs and five videos in a major midcareer survey of artist rineke dijkstra. Rineke dijkstra honfrps born 2 june 1959 is a dutch photographer. This book provides an excellent and comprehensive selection of dijkstras iconic work, as well as background on her process and the meanings behind her portraiture. The architecture of the guggenheim is such that one is unaware of a beginning or end. Rineke dijkstra is renowned for her uncanny and thoughtful portraits series of teenagers and young adults. The first scandinavian retrospective of rineke dijkstra.
Rineke dijkstra is a master of capturing the individual in transition. Rineke dijkstra has 19 books on goodreads with 217 ratings. Rineke dijkstra is the 2017 recipient of one of the worlds most prestigious photography prizes, the hasselblad award. Guggenheim museum present retrospective of rineke dijkstra. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. Phillips and with an interview of dijkstra by jan van adrichem. See more ideas about beach portraits, portrait and photography. Not only do her photographs take on certain characteristics of paintings, but the subjects included. This volume contains a wonderful and brilliant retrospective of rineke dijkstras work. Dutch photographer rineke dijkstra utilizes photography in a way that many other contemporary artists do not. Rineke dijkstra the new mothers 16 years later photography dijkstra s portraits of three young mothers julia, saskia and tecla, all 1994 holding their new born babies to their chests with absolute, exhausted tenderness, exemplifies the restraint and deceptive simplicity of her approach towards representing people whose lives have been. A retrospective book online at best prices in india on. Benezra, neal and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Driven from a young age to break the mold her father enrolled her in a teachers college she took up photography, shooting with a.
We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. From february 18 to may 28, 2012, the san francisco museum of modern art sfmoma will present the exhibition rineke dijkstra. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to. The catalogue contains the famous beach portraits 19922002 and earlier work such as the photos of new mothers. Herzliya museum of art and sommer contemporary art gallery, 2001.
Reinke dijkstra, whose midcareer retrospective opened at the guggenheim museum last week, is truly a photographers photographer. Apart from this, concentrating on the techniques and tools that rineke dijkstra uses is. Disco dancing girl of rineke dijkstra at guggenheim museum new york duration. A retrospective is a monograph of the most important work of rineke dijkstra. Guggenheim museum on the occasion of the exhibition rineke dijkstra. Dutch photographer rineke dijkstra once said of her work, i never have a fixed idea when i photograph someone. Rineke dijkstra the new mothers 16 years later photography. Guggenheim museum and the san francisco museum of modern art.
Of course i have a preconceived notion of the background, and the light. From june 29 to october 3, 2012, the guggenheim museum will present rineke dijkstra. A retrospective, an extensive midcareer survey and the first major exhibition of the artists work organized by. Jennifer blessing, sandra philips, jan van adrichem, rineke dijkstra. The exhibition is coorganized by sfmoma and the solomon r. Rineke dijkstra beach portraits of 1992 view hilton head island, s. A retrospective, held at the san francisco museum of modern art february 18may 28, 2012 and solomon r. See available photographs, prints and multiples, and film, video for sale and learn about the artist. Rineke dijkstra, photographer, has first retrospective. From that point on, her sensitive and visually riveting portraits have documented individuals caught in transitional. In the same way, dijkstra documented olivier silva but with a different story. Through the late 1980s, she photographed people in clubs for magazines in the netherlands and worked for corporations as a portraitist.
Curator jennifer blessing and artist rineke dijkstra discuss the technical and conceptual tenets of the dutch photographers portraits. Rineke dijkstra beach portraits jalta, ukraine, july 29, 1993. Do rineke dijkstra s beach portraits stand the test of time. Rineke dijkstra is a contemporary dutch photographer. This volume is the first comprehensive monograph on rineke dijkstra to be published in the united states. The louisiana book offers a retrospective survey of the life and work of the photographer.
With elegance, vulnerability and candor, dijkstra has created a portraiture style of profound encounter. Do rineke dijkstras beach portraits stand the test of time. Rineke dijkstra was born in sittard, the netherlands, in 1959. She studied photography at the gerrit rietveld academie in amsterdam from 1981 to 1986. Rineke dijkstra s most popular book is rineke dijkstra. Scholars introduce her complete oeuvre chronologically in easytoread essays, providing information about her working methods and discussing her artistic development.
This series displays the voyage of this mans physical and psychological development into being a soldier. In 1992, when rineke dijkstra was an unknown photographer from the netherlands visiting the united states, she found herself shooting pictures. Includes 170 color illustrations along with a comprehensive list of previous exhibitions and bibliography. Dutch photographer rineke dijkstra who has a major retrospective opening at the guggenheim later this month came up with the idea for her fascinating. This comprehensive midcareer survey features over 70 color photographs and five video installations by the dutch artist rineke dijkstra. This book is both beautiful and informative, and i highly recommend it for any fans of contemporary photography and portraiture. Rineke dijkstra rineke dijkstra is a dutch photographer and video artist, but is most well known for working in portraiture, through her own developed contemporary style. She is one of the most significant contemporary artists working in photographic portraiture, the award jury noted pointing to the connection between dijkstra and the visual acuity of seventeenthcentury dutch portraiture. Best known for her photographs of preadolescent bathers on the beach, she has also produced iconic images of mothers shortly after giving birth, teen soldiers in israel, bullfighters bloodied after the fight.