Richard Avedon: Relationships
Skira 2022
Italian translation of the exhibition catalogue and exhibition panels by Scriptum
Italian translation of the exhibition catalogue and exhibition panels by Scriptum From 22 September 2022 to 29 January 2023, Palazzo Reale in Milan celebrates Richard Avedon (1923–2004), one of the greats of 20th century photography, with an exhibition entitled ‘Richard Avedon: Relationships’, tracing a career that spanned more than sixty years.
The show features 106 images from the collection of the Center for Creative Photography (CCP) in Tucson (USA), and from the Richard Avedon Foundation (USA).
The exhibition is divided into ten sections: The Artist, The Premise of the Show, Early Fashion, Actors and Directors, Visual Artists, Performing Artists / Musicians and Writers / Poets, Avedon’s People, Politics, Late Fashion, Versace.
However, it hinges on the two most characteristic aspects of Avedon’s work: fashion photographs and portraits. The exhibition also features a large selection of portraits of celebrities from the world of entertainment, actors, dancers, and musicians, as well as civil rights activists, politicians and writers. They include the Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr), Bob Dylan, Michelangelo Antonioni, Allen Ginsberg, Sophia Loren, Marilyn Monroe, and the Dalai Lama. There are also two images of Andy Warhol, in which the father of American Pop Art reveals his intimate self to Richard Avedon, displaying his bullet scars, after surviving a murder attempt.