Paparazzi! Photographers, stars and artists

Centre Pompidou-Metz examines the phenomenon and aesthetic of paparazzi photography through more than 600 works spanning multiple disciplines: photography, painting, video, sculpture, installation, etc.

Covering fifty years of celebrities caught in the lens, the exhibition considers the paparazzo at work by examining the fascinating ties between the photographers and the celebrities, going on to reveal the influence of paparazzi photography on fashion photography and on contemporary art, by associating some of the genre's leading names, the likes of Tazio Secchiaroli, Ron Galella, Bruno Mouron and Pascal Rostain, with works by Richard Avedon, Raymond Depardon, Malachi Farrell, Yves Klein, Armin Linke, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol among others. After its venue at Centre Pompidou-Metz, the exhibition will be shown at Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt.

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Paparazzi! Photographers, stars and artists February 26–June 9, 2014 Curator: Clément Chéroux, chief curator of photography, Centre Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne Co-curators: Quentin Bajac, chief curator of photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York and Sam Stourdzé, director, Musée de l'Élysée, Lausanne

Paparazzi!
Photographers, stars and artists

artists:
Tazio Secchiaroli, Ron Galella, Bruno Mouron, Pascal Rostain, Richard Avedon, Raymond Depardon, Malachi Farrell, Yves Klein, Armin Linke, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol ...

curators:
Clement Cheroux, Quentin Bajac, Sam Stourdze