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Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, KRISTEN MCMENAMY, LE TOUQUET, FRANCE, 2009, 2009 Hahnemuhle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 grs, 66 ⅛ × 95 11/16 inches framed (168 × 243 cm), edition of 1© Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, KRISTEN MCMENAMY, LE TOUQUET, FRANCE, 2009, 2009

Hahnemuhle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 grs, 66 ⅛ × 95 11/16 inches framed (168 × 243 cm), edition of 1
© Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, LINDA EVANGELISTA, PARIS, FRANCE, 1990, 1990 Gelatin silver print Illford multigrade, 75 3/16 × 51 9/16 inches framed (191 × 131 cm)© Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, LINDA EVANGELISTA, PARIS, FRANCE, 1990, 1990

Gelatin silver print Illford multigrade, 75 3/16 × 51 9/16 inches framed (191 × 131 cm)
© Peter Lindbergh

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014 Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014

Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014 Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014

Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014 Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh, Gagosian, Paris, 2014

Artwork © Peter Lindbergh. Photo: Zarko Vijatovic

About

Peter Lindbergh’s now-iconic photographs of women derive inspiration from early narrative cinema and street photography in their fleeting observations and compositional elegance. His Eastern European heritage can be traced in the stark and guileless realism that frames the feminine beauty of his subjects. In his editorial work for Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview, and many other international magazines, Lindbergh replaces staged, calculated glamour with a vérité approach, enhanced by his use of high-contrast black-and-white photography. He uses body movement—in particular modern dance—to celebrate the human form in a way that carries elements of both antiquity and modernity. In the 1990s Lindbergh garnered international acclaim for launching the careers of the “Supermodels”—Cindy Crawford, Kate Moss, Stephanie Seymour, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista. His images became homage to the new modern women.

Lindbergh was born in 1944 in Leszno, Poland. His work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions worldwide, including Images of Women, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo (1996, traveled to Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Kunsthaus Wien, Vienna; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; and Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, among others); Stories Supermodels, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany (2003); Visioni, FORMA Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, Italy (2006); Beauduc, Les Rencontres d’Arles, France (2008); The Unknown, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing (2011); Fotomuseum, Antwerp (2011–12); Berlin, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France (2013); The Unknown and Images of Women, HDLU Museum, Zagreb, Croatia (2014); and Peter Lindbergh/Garry Winogrand: Women on Street, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (2017).

Lindbergh lives and works in Paris, New York, and Arles, France.

Fairs, Events & Announcements

Douglas Gordon, Self Portrait of You + Me (2 piece Andy), 2008 © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2018

Art Fair

Paris Photo 2018

November 8–11, 2018, booth B16
Grand Palais, Paris
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Gagosian is pleased to participate in Paris Photo 2018 with a presentation dedicated to Andy Warhol’s Factory. The booth includes photographs and mixed-media works by Richard Avedon, Brigid Berlin, Nat Finkelstein, Douglas Gordon, Michael Halsband, Ray Johnson, Peter Lindbergh, Gerard Malanga, Robert Mapplethorpe, David McCabe, and Duane Michals, as well as by Warhol himself. To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com. To attend the fair, purchase tickets at www.parisphoto.com.

Douglas Gordon, Self Portrait of You + Me (2 piece Andy), 2008 © Studio lost but found/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2018

Sterling Ruby, Heart (6634), 2018 © Sterling Ruby Studio. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer

Art Fair

artmonte-carlo 2018

April 28–29, 2018, booth B8
Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
www.artmontecarlo.ch

Gagosian is pleased to participate in artmonte-carlo 2018, presenting a selection of works by artists including Richard Artschwager, Davide Balula, Glenn Brown, Michael Craig-Martin, Edmund de Waal, Damien Hirst, Peter Lindbergh, Takashi Murakami & Virgil Abloh, Sterling Ruby, and Taryn Simon.

To receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact the gallery at inquire@gagosian.com. To preview our booth go to www.artsy.net. To purchase tickets to attend the fair go to www.artmontecarlo.ch.

Sterling Ruby, Heart (6634), 2018 © Sterling Ruby Studio. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer

Giuseppe Penone, Pelle di foglie—5 foglie a terra, 2011 © Giuseppe Penone

Art Fair

artgenève 2018

February 1–4, 2018, booth B19
Palexpo, Geneva
www.artgeneve.ch

Gagosian is pleased to participate in artgenève 2018, presenting a selection of works by Richard Artschwager, Georg Baselitz, John Currin, Dadamaino, Edmund de Waal, Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Peter Lindbergh, Vera Lutter, Man Ray, Sally Mann, Brice Marden, Olivier Mosset, Albert Oehlen, Steven Parrino, Giuseppe Penone, Sigmar Polke, Ed Ruscha, Blair Thurman, Tatiana Trouvé, Tom Wesselmann, Franz West, Rachel Whiteread, and others. 

If you wish to receive a PDF with detailed information on the works, please contact us at geneva@gagosian.com. Tickets are available at www.artgeneve.ch.

Giuseppe Penone, Pelle di foglie—5 foglie a terra, 2011 © Giuseppe Penone

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Museum Exhibitions

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh: Untold Stories, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, December 15, 2022–May 14, 2023. Artwork © Peter Lindbergh

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Peter Lindbergh
Untold Stories

December 15, 2022–May 14, 2023
Espace Vanderborght, Brussels
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Peter Lindbergh believed that fashion photography can—and should—exist without putting fashion in the center. His images transcend their own context, becoming part of contemporary culture and photographic history. Untold Stories celebrates the legacy of Lindbergh, who passed away in September 2019, while showcasing his highly personal approach to fashion photography. This exhibition originated at the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Installation view, Peter Lindbergh: Untold Stories, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, December 15, 2022–May 14, 2023. Artwork © Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, Sasha Pivovarova, Steffy Argelich, Kirsten Owen, and Guinevere van Seenus, Brooklyn, New York, 2015, 2015 © Peter Lindbergh

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Peter Lindbergh
Untold Stories

December 4, 2021–March 31, 2022
Muelle de la Batería, A Coruña, Spain
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Peter Lindbergh believed that fashion photography can—and should—exist without putting fashion in the center. His images transcend their own context, becoming part of contemporary culture and photographic history. Untold Stories celebrates the legacy of Lindbergh, who passed away in September 2019, while showcasing his highly personal approach to fashion photography. This exhibition has traveled from the Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany.

Peter Lindbergh, Sasha Pivovarova, Steffy Argelich, Kirsten Owen, and Guinevere van Seenus, Brooklyn, New York, 2015, 2015 © Peter Lindbergh

Peter Lindbergh, Linda Evangelista, Michaela Bercu & Kirsten Owen, Pont-à-Mousson, 1988, 1988 © Peter Lindbergh

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Peter Lindbergh
Untold Stories

February 5–July 12, 2020
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
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Peter Lindbergh believed that fashion photography can—and should—exist without putting fashion in the center. His images transcend their own context, becoming part of contemporary culture and photographic history. Untold Stories celebrates the legacy of Lindbergh, who passed away in September 2019, while showcasing his highly personal approach to fashion photography.

Peter Lindbergh, Linda Evangelista, Michaela Bercu & Kirsten Owen, Pont-à-Mousson, 1988, 1988 © Peter Lindbergh

Installation view, Dior: From Paris to the World, Dallas Museum of Art, May 19–October 27, 2019. Artwork © Sterling Ruby. Photo: courtesy Dallas Museum of Art

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Dior
From Paris to the World

May 19–October 27, 2019
Dallas Museum of Art
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Dior: From Paris to the World surveys seventy years of the House of Dior’s enduring legacy and its global influence. A selection of more than 170 couture dresses, as well as accessories, costume jewelry, photographs, drawings, runway videos, and other archival material, traces the history of the iconic haute couture fashion house. This show has traveled from the Denver Art Museum. Work by Peter Lindbergh and Sterling Ruby is included. 

Installation view, Dior: From Paris to the World, Dallas Museum of Art, May 19–October 27, 2019. Artwork © Sterling Ruby. Photo: courtesy Dallas Museum of Art

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