André Kertész
Satiric Dancer, 1926
Gelatin silver print
printed in the 1970s, 25,4 x 20,3 cm
Courtesy of Estate of André Kertész, New York
André Kertész - Retrospective
26 February 2011 until 15 May 2011 (Main Gallery & Gallery)
Opening: Friday, 25 February 2011, from 6 p.m. till 9 p.m.
At 7 p.m., the exhibition will be introduced by Michel Frizot and Urs Stahel.
FOTOMUSEUM WINTERTHUR
Grüzenstrasse 44+45 , CH-8400 Winterthur (Zurich)
Tel: +41 52 234 10 60 Fax: +41 52 233 60 97
fotomuseum@fotomuseum.ch www.fotomuseum.ch
Tues-Sun 11 am to 6 pm, Wed 11 am to 8 pm
André Kertész
Underwater Swimmer, Esztergom, 1917
Gelatin-silver print
printed in the 1980s, 19 x 27 cm
Bibliothèque nationale de France
André Kertész - Retrospective
André Kertész – who was born in Budapest in 1894 and died in New York in 1985 – was a supporter of Brassaï, an inspiration for Henri Cartier-Bresson, and is considered one of the founders of photojournalism. He introduced stylistic elements that can still be found today in the works of contemporary photographers. Kertész was a genuine photographer and artist—poetic, investigative, essential, free in thought and actions. He liked to characterize himself as an “eternal amateur.” But what a brilliant “amateur” he was; what virtuosic imagery he employed his entire life to capture the poetry of the everyday! His photographic production was closely connected to his life and psyche. Even when he seemed to be documenting something, he let himself be guided almost exclusively by feeling, by instinct, from his soul. This resulted in a body of work that he liked to compare to a “visual journal,” and about which he said, “I have never just ‘made photos.’ I express myself photographically.” With around 250 photographs and countless magazine contributions, the retrospective at Fotomuseum Winterthur enables a comprehensive view of his work. It shows in depth his unique methods (in photographic postcards, in distortions), his editorial engagement (for example, in the volume Paris vu par Kertész, 1934), his passion for experimentation (with light and shadow), and the evocation of emotions, above all of loneliness in the city.
André Kertész
Distortion n° 41, 1933 [with André Kertész self-portrait]
Gelatin silver print
later print, 18,5 x 24,7 cm
Collection of Maison Européenne
de la Photographie, Paris
The exhibition has been organized by the Jeu de Paume in Paris in collaboration with the Fotomuseum Winterthur. Curators of the exhibition are Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. We would like to thank the French embassy, as well as Jürg Marquard, Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Hungary, and Gratian Anda, Consul General of the Republic of Hungary, for their generous support.
Events in the context of the Kertész-Retrospective: On March 30, Michel Frizot will deliver a double lecture on Kertész and on Cartier-Bresson. We will also host three Image Foci.
There is an comprehensive catalog accompanying the exhibition – it is also available in English:
André Kertész, eds. Michel Frizot / Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq. Editions Hazan, Paris
360 pages, hardcover, 544 images. With essays by Michel Frizot and Annie-Laure Wanaverbecq.
Price: CHF 69 / EUR 52 / USD 70
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