IRVING PENN – BURNING OFF THE PAGE
2022-07-04Burning Off the Page centers on the formal strategies and experimentations that shaped Penn’s distinctive style, which he termed “photographism.” Penn, who was trained as a painter before becoming a photographer, found inspiration in the fine arts and often began his photographic process by drawing. As traced in Pace’s 2021 exhibition Irving Penn: Photographism in New York, Penn’s creative process entailed the translation of drawing, painting, and sculpture, among other art forms, into photography—a hybridization that blurred the line between high art, graphic design, fashion, and photography.
Opposite – Girl with Fruit, Shoe, and Butterflies, New York, 1946
Exhibition runs through to September 3rd, 2022
Pace Gallery
1201 S La Brea Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90019
