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Pier 24 at 10 is 'Looking Back'
25 June 2019
Pier 24 Photography is celebrating its tenth anniversary with the first of two exhibitions planned for the occasion.
Hiroshi Sugimoto. Henry VIII and His Wives, 1999 (installation view).
Looking Back, which opens on July 1 and runs through April 30 next year, features photographers and subjects the host Pilara Foundation collected in depth before the space opened.
The exhibition's opening galleries feature a wide range of portraiture, ranging from mugshots and works by unknown photographers to well-known 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 50 different artists including Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Dorothea Lange and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
With its other thematic galleries, Looking Back also reconsiders subjects explored in some of the 10 exhibitions on view since Pier 24 opened.
In 2020, the second anniversary exhibition Looking Forward will examine works primarily collected since Pier 24 Photography's founding. Together, these shows will consider the Pilara Foundation Collection's origins, recent history and future trajectory.
Visits to the exhibits are by appointment only.
'Looking Back' -- New Exhibition at 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 exhibition'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 in some of the 10 exhibitions on view 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 primarily collected since Pier 24 Photography's founding. Together, these shows will consider the Pilara Foundation Collection's origins, recent history and future trajectory.
We are now accepting appointments for our upcoming exhibition. All appointments to visit Pier 24 Photography are made online. Appointments are available Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.