artphotocollector:

“She had few boundaries and made art out of nothing: empty rooms with peeling wallpaper and just her figure. No elaborate stage set-up or lights.  Her process struck me more the way a painter works, making do with what’s right in front of her, rather than photographers like myself who need time to plan out what they’re going to do.”  —Cindy Sherman on Francesca Woodman

After a successful run at the SFMOMA, the Francesca Woodman show opens today at The Guggenheim here in New York.  While a lot of attention is being given these days (and rightly so) to the artist, Cindy Sherman, who has a major retrospective at the MoMA, I am predicting that attendance to see Francesca Woodman at the The Guggenheim will exceed all expectations.  And most importantly, it will introduce and inspire a new generation to her transformative work. 

Also worth noting, the documentary film The Woodmans (2011) provides a fascinating insight into her work, her family and her life. It is essential viewing for anyone interested in discovering more about this young, ambitious, and ultimately tragic artist.  —Lane Nevares

hidinginthefog:

Rineke Dijkstra

The Buzz Club, Liverpool, UK/Mystery World, Zaandam, NL. 1996-97

I saw this yesterday at the SFMoMA and it was kind of the greatest thing ever. It’s a two-channel projection of drugged out teenagers dancing in a makeshift studio in the back of a club in the 1990s. They’re awkward and sad and honest and it’s so so beautiful.