My aunt Kit just sent me through a link to this New York Times piece on 92 year old photographer Lillian Bassman (below). Her images are exquisite and her story is a novel (or movie) waiting to happen. The Times article covers it well so I wont go into much detail here. My aunt’s friend, Brigitte Woischnik, is behind an exhibition of Bassman’s and her husband Paul Himmel’s work at Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Bassman is obviously hot right now – another exhibition of her work began today at KMR Arts in Washington Depot, Connecticut. And if you miss the exhibitions there’s a a book - “Lillian Bassman: Women,” – which will accompany another show of her work at the Staley-Wise Gallery in the fall.
KMR Arts in Washington Depot, Conn. (which begins
Saturday and runs through Sept. 5)
Thank you for highlighting the work of Lillian Bassman. She is a truly inspiring artist. Here is some information on my new show: “Paris a La Mode”. On September 26, 2009, KMR Arts will open it latest exhibit, “Paris à La Mode” which will include works by Roger Catherineau, Georges Dambier, William Klein, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Jean Moral and Louis Stettner. “Paris: à la Mode” will contain photographs that evoke moments of style, grace and fashion. As McCarver Root says, “From the prewar images of Jean Moral for Harper’s Bazaar to William Klein’s mod interpretations of fashion’s shift in the 1960’s, the influence of twentieth century Paris is limitless.”
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