Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020
LOOKING BACK
TEN YEARS OF PIER 24 PHOTOGRAPHY Exhibition Dates Location Hours Contact Press Inquiries July 1, 2019– Pier 24 Photography Monday–Friday 415-512-7424 Allie Haeusslein April 30, 2020 Pier 24, The Embarcadero 10 am–5:15 pm [email protected] [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94105 www.pier24.org
LOOKING BACK:
TEN YEARS OF PIER 24 PHOTOGRAPHY
The first of two consecutive exhibitions that Pier 24 Photography will present on the occasion of its tenth anniversary, Looking Back features photographers and subjects the Pilara Foundation collected in depth before this space opened. Many of these core photographers—including Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Dorothea Lange, and Hiroshi Sugimoto—have been instrumental to the medium’s development. Reflecting the Foundation’s significant focus on the genre, the exhibi- tion’s opening galleries highlight a wide range of portraiture, ranging from mugshots and works by unknown photographers to iconic images by celebrated figures in the history of photography. The main gallery—entitled “About Face”—spans more than 120 years of the medium, presenting the portrait through the lenses of nearly fifty different artists. With its other thematic galleries, Looking Back also reconsiders subjects explored previously in some of the ten exhibitions since Pier 24 opened. These installations incorporate recent additions to the collection, reframing the themes explored in earlier presentations and demonstrating their continued relevance. Looking Back is not meant to reflect the breadth of the collection as a whole but rather to focus on some of the key building blocks of the Foundation’s collection. In 2020, Looking Forward—the second of the anniversary exhibitions—will examine works collected primarily since Pier 24 Photography’s founding. Together, these shows will consider the Pilara Foundation Collection’s origins, recent history, and future trajectory.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 In the exhibition overview below, the artist and the series on view are listed with a thumbnail image. With thematic rooms, a short description is given alongside a representative work from the installation.
Left to right: Harry Callahan, Eleanor, c. 1947 and Katy Grannan, Anonymous, LA, 2009 About Face Over fifty photographs spanning the last 120 years highlight a key and enduring area of interest for the Pilara Foundation: portraiture.
Richard Avedon, Francis Bacon, painter, Paris, France, April 11, 1979, 1979 Richard Avedon Artists in the Studio A grouping of portraits of visual artists, musicians, writers, and actors shot in the studio.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Photographer Unknown, [Mugshot, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania], 1962 Persons of Interest: Mugshots from the Twentieth Century
Rineke Dijkstra, Almerisa, Wormer, The Netherlands, June 23, 1996, 1996 Deadpan Portraiture Typically shot straight-on and in the center of the frame, the subjects of deadpan portraits are often devoid of any apparent emotion.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Hiroshi Sugimoto, Henry VIII, 1999 Hiroshi Sugimoto Henry VIII and His Wives
Vera Lutter, RHEINBRAUN, V: August 26, 2006, 2006 Industry and Labor Works from around the world featuring industry—the places, the machines, and the workers that operate them from 1911–2016.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Hiroshi Sugimoto, The Last Supper: Acts of God, 1999/2012 Hiroshi Sugimoto The Last Supper: Acts of God
Alec Soth, Peter’s houseboat, Winona, Minnesota, 2002 Alec Soth Sleeping by the Mississippi
Garry Winogrand, New York, 1970 The City that Never Sleeps Photographs made in New York City from three of the leading twentieth century photographers—Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander and Garry Winogrand.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Robert Adams, Eden, Colorado, 1968 Robert Adams Eden
John Chiara, 263 Goettingen, 2013 The City by the Bay 15 photographers present images of San Francisco—one of the most influential and photographed cities in the world—from 1947–2017.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Henry Wessel, Incidents no. 6, n.d. Henry Wessel Incidents
Thomas Demand, Grotto, 2006 Thomas Demand Grotto
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Adou, Man Clutching Goose, 2006 Adou Samalada
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936 Dorothea Lange
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020 Exhibition Dates Location Hours Contact Press Inquiries July 1, 2018– Pier 24 Photography Monday–Friday 415-512-7424 Allie Haeusslein April 30, 2020 Pier 24, The Embarcadero 10 am–5:15 pm [email protected] [email protected] San Francisco, CA 94105 www.pier24.org
Richard Learoyd, Bridge and Pier, 2015 Front cover: Lee Friedlander, New York City, 1963
Pier 24 Photography Located on San Francisco’s Embarcadero, Pier 24 Photography provides a quiet, contemplative environment for viewing photographic works. Pier 24 houses the permanent collection of the Pilara Foundation, which is dedicated to collecting, preserving and exhibiting photography. We seek to engage the community through exhibitions, publications,and public programs, and we welcome members of the public, academic institutions, and museum groups for self- guided tours that last up to two hours. Pier 24 Photography is free and open to the public Monday through Friday by appointment.
The Pilara Foundation collection includes over 5,000 photographs by 300 artists. The core of the collection focuses on twentieth-century American photographers. Beyond this central concentration, works are international in scope and span from the nineteenth century to the present.
Pier 24 Photography | Press Kit 2019/2020