Paris Photo 2018 | New exhibitors and a section dedicated to erotic photography
The 22nd edition of the most important photography fair will be held from 8-11 November at the Grand Palais. Among the 180 exhibitors - 149 galleries and 31 editors - if some note the absence of Gagosian, let's just focus on some returning and new galleries.
Indeed, while participants like Cécile Fakhoury (Abidjan), Priska Pasquer (Cologne) or Goodman (Johannesburg / Cape Town) and a series of vintage photographs of David Goldblatt, have disappeared, 17 new exhibitors will celebrate their first participation. These galleries include Marc Selwyn (Los Angeles), In Situ (Paris) or Gallery 127 (Marrakech).
However, the novelty is the launch of a new sector, called "Curiosa". Under the curation of Martha Kirszenbaum (curator of the French pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2019), “Curiosa” will present “a selection of erotic images that will be unveiled, challenging our gaze on the fantasized and fetishicized body, and tackling relations of power, domination and gender issues".
Steve Kahn, Window #14 from " The Hollywood Suites" 1976 © Casemore Kirkeby
Kara Walker, winner of the SFMOMA Contemporary Vision award 2018
The prize, organised by the Modern Art Council, “celebrates the extraordinary creative minds who have helped redefine contemporary visual culture”. The American artist, who succeeds Annie Leibovitz and Christian Marclay - will receive the award on October 3rd.
Through the artist’s “confronting and candid storytelling“, Walker (b. 1969) “challenges race, gender, sexuality, violence and social and economic inequalities in the modern world”. More information here.
Kara Walker, 2015: Go To Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First (exhibition), Victoria Miro, London.
