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PRESS
Autumn is always a hectic yet enjoyable season for the art lover in France – my favourite time of year in the busy art world calendar. I had just recovered from the excitement of Frieze and Fiac when I decided to venture to the 21st edition of Paris Photo, Women House and the Lyon Biennial. ParisPhoto is now considered the world’s leading photography fair. This year they gathered 160 galleries from 30 countries at the Grand Palais from the 8-12 of November. Karl Lagerfeld was the guest of honour, selecting about 100 works all over the fair with a clear preference for black and white photographs. (…)
Text/Photos: Virginie Puertola-Syn
June 15, 2017 — June 19, 2017
“The Seedbed of Self-Invention”
We are pleased to announce that we will present an exhibition of extraordinary Warhol drawings and vintage prints by Weegee at Art Basel this year, including new discoveries that are bound to cause a sensation. UH, GEE, GREAT explores the tacit relationship between Andy Warhol and Weegee. Continue reading “Art Basel 2017”
May 5, 2017 — May 7, 2017
In our first exhibition at FRIEZE New York we are delighted to present, True Vintage, a selection of rare and newly discovered treasures. The highlight of True Vintage is Lunch Atop a Skyscraper. In 1932, an unidentified photographer, climbed 70 stories to the top of the RCA building in the final months of its construction, and captured one of the most recognizable and important photographs in American history. Eleven intrepid steel workers are seen enjoying lunch as they sit on a steel beam 800ft above the city streets. It’s a dazzling spectacle to see. Taken September 20, 1932 and printed within two weeks, we were thrilled at the discovery since the original glass negative is broken and we could not locate a single vintage print. This is the earliest known print from the original, unaltered negative. Every detail is vividly present and preserved in stunning clarity. This is one of the most important discoveries in recent American photographic history. Further discoveries in True Vintage, explore vintage works by three photographers: Weegee, Edward Wallowitch and Margaret Bourke-White. Each of these photographers challenged their social context and surroundings through the lens of the camera. Viewed against the backdrop of their time, True Vintage explores the relationship of the outsider and immigrant through their lens. They are enduring testaments to the American landscape and the ideals of inclusion rather than exclusion. They form a discussion that is still relevant today. Their photographs present a dialogue, both with photographer and subject, but also with the viewer and our current context. highlights the importance of the outsider and their outstanding contributions to photography and culture in general.
BOOK REVIEW
Article in Süddeutsche Zeitung
Galerie DANIEL BLAU and Galerie MEYER – Oceanic Art present an exhibition of early photographs of Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands. DANIEL BLAU takes great pleasure in unveiling two unknown photographs of the painter PAUL GAUGUIN taken by Jules Agostini on July 19th, 1896 at Venus Point on the island of Tahiti.
Galerie Meyer – Oceanic Art
17 Rue des Beaux-Arts
Paris 75006 France
TEL: 01 43 54 85 74
Further Information
The below document provides a description and timeline of our discovery of the two, only known, photographs showing Paul Gauguin in French Polynesia.
Television Reportage
France O covers the discovery on television on 18th November. Please fast forward to Minute 10:15 to view the footage:
France O on Gauguin photographs
Press Coverage
Catrin Lorch, 10. Februar 2017, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Claire Voon, 10 Februar 2017, Hyperallergic
Recently Discovered Photographs May Be the Only Ones of Paul Gauguin in Tahiti
9 Februar 2017, The Times UK
Gaugins Tahiti frolics revealed
Henri Neuendorf, 7. Februar 2017, Artnet News
Do These Photos Show Paul Gaugin and His Tahitian Muse?
These may be the only known photos of the artist in Tahiti
Martin Bailey, 7. Februar 2017, The Art Newspaper
Images of Gaugin in Tahiti discovered in photo album
7. Februar 2017, ARTFORUM
Only Known Photographs of Gauguin in Tahiti Recently Unearthed
Scott Reyburn, 2. December 2016, International New York Times
Photos, Perhaps, Show a Rare Glimpse of Gauguin in Tahiti
November 10, 2016 — November 13, 2016
Daniel Blau is delighted to announce Reflections, an extraordinary exhibition focusing on American photojournalism in the context of an emerging atomic age. This year’s selection includes vintage colour atomic photographs from the US Army, newly discovered photographs by Weegee and Edward Wallowitch as well as a collection of prints of the iconic NASA portrait of Buzz Aldrin standing on the moon. Continue reading “Paris Photo 2016”
October 5, 2016 — October 9, 2016
On the occasion of PAD’s 10th anniversary in London, Daniel Blau is pleased to present an eclectic selection of paintings and photographs.
Artists include: Andy Warhol, Alfred Jensen, Dan McCarthy, Christa Dichgans, Marc Quinn as well as a fine selection of vintage NASA prints from the Apollo XI mission.
All the works presented here show the artistic results of translating the power of imagination into pictures. From Warhol’s precise and inimitable lines, to McCarthy’s uncharacteristically light oil paintings all the way to the wonders of the moon landing – this show promises to inspire and awaken our senses.
Imagination from Latin imaginatio(n-), from the verb imaginari means to ‘picture to oneself ’, from ‘image’. Picture This! shows the powerful artistic and political powers of pictures – their ever-lasting effectiveness to capture their audiences and astound them with the condensed, yet distilled pictorial information we so greatly love.
Come and join us for this special 10th anniversary instalment of PAD in Berkeley Square, we look forward to welcoming you at our stand.
Please click here to download our Press Release.
October 6, 2016 — October 9, 2016
Daniel Blau is delighted to participate once more in the “Collections” section, curated by Sir Norman Rosenthal. This year’s selection promises a stunning juxtaposition of paintings by Eugène Leroy and poi (taro) pounders from the Pacific.
Eugène Leroy (1910 – 2000) was a French painter whose works were typically made over many years, where paint was gradually applied to the canvas to create these magnificently thick, expressive surfaces. His paintings show his life-long preoccupation with light – how light is captured not only through colour, but through layers of paint. His contemplation of light and form shows itself most when we closely examine the paintings. Leroy’s thick surfaces are the results of his painterly quest to investage light. Areas he was satisfied with were left ‘thinner’ than those he needed to develop, add, layer until his desired result was obtained. His subjects, often nudes, become almost indistinguishable amidst the material density created. Though he remained largely unrecognised until the 1980s, he was awarded the Grand Prix Nationale de la Peinture in 1996 and his paintings are held in numerous public collections.
We will show a range of works from the 1960s to 1990s. Poi pounders, or Penu in Tahitian, are characterised by their beautiful, pure and essential form. They are used for pounding cooked taro root (kalo) into poi, a main staple of the traditional Pacific, mostly Polynesian diet. Taro root was steamed in an imu (earth oven), peeled with a shell scraper, and placed on a wooden pounding board to be mashed with the stone pounder. Most have been skilfully crafted from fine basalt or coral rock and sometimes show elaboration and embellishments on their handles such as carvings of humans and animals. The exquisite selection of 15 – 20 pounders we will exhibit at this year’s Frieze Masters has been collected over the last 30 years.
They are magnificent examples of how form follows function. The poi pounders are as equally utilitarian as they are evocative and sculptural.
This exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see more of his works that have never before been shown in Sweden, including 40 sketches from the 1950s and the legendary video installation by Andy Warhol and the Velvet Underground, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
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