Richard Avedon Past Sep 21 – Nov 2, 2018 Geneva Pace is honoured to present the gallery’s first exhibition of Richard Avedon’s work in Geneva.The exhibition follows Pace and Pace MacGill’s announcement of their representation of The Richard Avedon Foundation last November. The exhibition explores the central themes of Avedon’s oeuvre including portraiture, performance and the complexities of the human spirit. It will feature a broad spectrum of social and cultural perspectives, from artists and performers to astronauts and politicians. Exhibition DetailsRichard AvedonSep 21 – Nov 2, 2018Above: Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol, artist, New York City, April 5, 1969, gelatin silver print mounted to linen, image, 10 x 8", paper and mount, 14 x 11", Edition of 10 + 2 APs © The Richard Avedon Foundation GalleryQuai des Bergues 15-17GenevaTues – Sat, 10 AM – 6 PM Connect (opens in a new window) The Richard Avedon Foundation (opens in a new window) #RichardAvedon (opens in a new window) @avedonfoundation (opens in a new window) @pacegallery Installation view, Richard Avedon, Pace Gallery, Geneva © The Richard Avedon Foundation Richard Avedon, Marilyn Monroe, actress, New York City, May 6, 1957, gelatin silver print mounted to linen, image, 18 3/4 x 15 1/2" paper and mount, 20 x 16", Edition of 50 + 5 APs © The Richard Avedon Foundation Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Katharine Hepburn, Rudolf Nureyev, and Bob Dylan are some of the celebrated cultural figures of the past six decades whose portraits will be on view in the show. The exhibition will also highlight talents whose legacies have particularly impacted Switzerland, including Sophia Loren, Charlie Chaplin and Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel.The exhibition will present the breadth of Avedon’s achievements and encompass works spanning his entire career. A particular highlight will be the 1955 photograph Dovima with elephants (1955), one of the fashion world’s most iconic pictures, and featured in collections of renowned art institutions across the world, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, and The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.Avedon’s relationship with artists, such as Francis Bacon, Marcel Duchamp, Alberto Giacometti, and Andy Warhol, will be emphasized throughout the exhibition. The artist’s striking 1969 portrait of Warhol, bearing the shots he received from a former Factory collaborator a year prior, underscores the raw and bold subject matter that Avedon pursued throughout his career. Similar depth is evoked in the portrait of Francis Bacon on a white background. Speaking on this work, Avedon said: ‘The white background isolates the subject from itself and permits you to explore the geography of the face; the unexplored continents in the human face.’ Photographed a decade after the death of Bacon’s lover, George Dyer, the photograph brilliantly exposes the painter’s interior complexity. Richard AvedonRichard Avedon was born in New York City and joined the Young Men’s Hebrew Association camera club at the age of 12. After serving as a Photographer’s Mate Second Class in the U.S. Merchant Marine during World War II, he began working as a freelance photographer, primarily for Harper’s Bazaar, in 1944. Under the tutelage of Alexey Brodovitch, Avedon quickly became the magazine’s lead photographer, while also creating formal portraits for many other sources, including his own portfolio.Learn More