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June 9 through August 27, 2006
This exhibition presents a survey of the George Eastman House's exemplary holdings of the work of Eugène Atget (1857–1927) alongside a contemporary interpretation of the project by the artist Christopher Rauschenberg. Atget, known for his encyclopedic and comprehensive record of the French capital in transition at the turn of the last century, is today considered one of the seminal photographic modernists. Rauschenberg's project is both an homage to Atget and an artistic study of Paris in its own right. While not attempting to replicate the exact angles and perspectives of Atget's photographs, Rauschenberg evokes their aesthetic and emotional tone.
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Eugène Atget (French, 1857–1927), Cour de Dragon, 1913, George Eastman House collection
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The exhibition is curated by Alison Nordström, Curator of Photographs, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York. It is the tenth in the series "New Histories of Photography," collaborations between ICP and George Eastman House made possible by the generous support of The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation. Additional funding for New Histories 10 was received from George N. Abraham, M.D.
