Œuvres sélectionnées
Witkin Archive
Nature Sees The First Human Death, Mexico City_WITKIN_BL46208
Woman in a blue hat, New York, 1985_courtesy baudoin lebon ©Joel-Peter Witkin
prudence HD
First casting for Milo, Meudon, 2003, BL27467
Olympia 1974
Witkin Archive
Infantilism, san Francisco, 1985
Miss La Tour, 2002
Madonna
Pygmalion and Galetea
Performers, New Mexico, 2014
Witkin Archive
Oedipus and Jocasta, 2007
Nude with Mask, 1988
Joel Peter WITKIN
“Madonnas” make us feel the light of bruised and hurt bodies of women, captured as deities, in a theatrical scenography, becoming art icons and venered women. The sublimed nudity of women perceives the day in black and white. The shine of a radiant epiderm, embellished by welcoming reflections, reveals luminous divinities, whose presence submerges us. Under the deep shadows of women masked and envelopped in mysterious nights, the poetic melancholy of death presence appears. Joel-Peter Witkin confronts us to the reality of bodies, of our immemorial fears and anxieties, of our fragility, our weaknesses and even our own faults. Careful, oh, careful… The choice of materials, inducing the contrast of colors, of lights is always at the center of the artist attention, acting then as small ceramic sculptures or larger iron installations. The structure of the artwork is theorised precisely and in a detailed way beforehand. Then, during the elaboration and realisation of the work, materials affirm their interiority and freedom. Thus establishing this practical alchemy. To the rough texture of the first material, sensitivity and delicacy of the artist come through the surface of the work.
Born in 1939 in Brooklyn, New York
Lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico (ISA)
Education
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
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Public collection
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, FR
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
- Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
- Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
- Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Londres, UK
- Musée National Centre d’Art Reina Sofía, Madrid, ES
- Musée d’Art Contemporain Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
- Musée d’Art Abstrait Espagnol, Cuenca, ES
- The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Musée Métropolitain de Photographie de Tokyo , Tokyo, JP
- Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, USA
- Musée d’Art de Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Columbia College, Chicago, USA
- George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
- Library of Congress, USA
- Musée d’Art du Comté de Los Angeles (LACMA), CA, USA
- Musée d’Art Moderne, Stockholm, SE
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Boston, MA, USA
- Musée des Beaux-Arts du Nouveau-Mexique, Santa Fe, NM, USA
- Musée National d’Art Américain, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., USA
- National Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Musée National, Bogota, CO
- Musée des Arts de Philadelphie, PA, USA
- Musée d’Art de l’université de Princeton, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Musée d’Art Moderne de San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA
- The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN, USA
- Musée d’Art Métropolitain, New York, NY, USA
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Houston, TX, USA
- Musée d’Art Moderne (MoMA), New York, NY, USA
- Galerie Nationale d’Art, Washington, D.C., USA
- Centre de Photographie Créative – Université d’Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
- The Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, USA
Public Collection
Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, FR
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, FR
Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris, FR
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, FR
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, ES
Museo d’arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin, IT
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca, ES
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo, JP
Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH, USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
Columbia College, Chicago, USA
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY, USA
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO, USA
Library of Congress, USA
Los Angeles County Moseum of Art (LACMA), CA, USA
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, USA
Musée des Beaux-Arts du Nouveau-Mexique, Santa Fe, NM, USA
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., USA
National Gallery, Toronto, Canada
National Museum, Bogota, CO
Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, USA
Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, CA, USA
The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN, USA
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA
The Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX, USA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, NY, USA
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
Center for Creative Photography – University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
The Whitney Museum, New York, NY, USA
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, USA
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