Voyeuristic insights into people's daily lives
Martin Parr intentionally directs our view to the rather odd and absurd aspects of everyday life – to the unspectacular, the commonplace, the normal, to the margins of everyday life that often remain unnoticed. The exhibition at KUNST HAUS WIEN is the first major retrospective of the work of the famous Magnum photographer in Austria.
Martin Parr, born in 1945, is one of the most renowned photographers worldwide. The “chronicler of our times” made his international breakthrough in the mid-1980s with his series Last Resort showing British beach holiday scenes. His “terribly beautiful pictures” have since influenced countless photographers in the fields of documentary photography and street photography. The book on the new Vienna series Cakes and Balls is published by AnzenbergerEdition.
The exhibition at KUNST HAUS WIEN shows thirteen large groups of
works providing a comprehensive insight into Parr’s oeuvre. Especially
for this exhibition Martin Parr has created the photo series Cakes and
Balls (2015/16, AnzenbergerEdition), a series on Vienna dealing with clichés and traditions
of the Austrian capital city. For this purpose he visited places such as
the Prater, numerous balls and cafés, allotments and the production
facility of the Aida pastrychain.
Martin Parr`s photographs provide a brutally honest picture of the very heart of our society and point to the excesses of the consumer society. Parr’s incessant photographic interest in different societal groups and their particularities has led him to many different places, both in terms of geography and typology. His images take us to typical tourist locations, organisations in rural areas, ballrooms or traditional photo studios.
opening:
MARTIN PARR – A Photographic Journey
Thu, June 2, 2016 19.00
Welcome address:
Bettina Leidl, Director of the Kunst Haus Wien
Verena Kaspar-Eisert, Curator
Martin Parr will also be present!
Following there will be an opening party in the courtyard
of the Kunst Gaus Wien!
venue:
KUNST HAUS WIEN
Untere Weißgerberstraße 13
1030 Vienna
contact:
+43 (0)1 71204950
opening times:
daily 10.00 to 18.00