Miroslav Tichý and Julia Margaret Cameron at
Magasin 3

17 January 2008

Miroslav Tichý and Julia Margaret Cameron
26 January – 23 March 2008
Curator: Tessa Praun

The first exhibition of the year starts with an encounter between a recently "discovered" contemporary artist, Miroslav Tichý, and an early star in the writing of photographic history, Julia Margaret Cameron.

Miroslav Tichý, Courtesy: Foundation Tichý Oceán
MT Inv. 5-10-36, untitled, undated (1960-1995)

Miroslav Tichý, born in 1926, has created an idiosynchratic style, fascinating in its imperfection and reminiscent of photography's early experimental years. Using homemade cameras, Tichý took blurry mottled photographs in his Czech hometown Kyjov - anonymous portraits, often framed by elaborate mounts.

Miroslav Tichý, MT Inv. nr 1-35, untitled, undated
Courtesy Foundation Tichý Oceán

His anonymous portraits depict mothers, waitresses, students, stitting on park benches, waiting for the bus or in conversation with a friend - moments of everyday life and often framed by elaborate mounts.

Miroslav Tichý, Courtesy: Foundation Tichý Oceán
MT Inv. 5-10-49 & MT Inv. 5-7-68, untitled, undated (1960-1995)

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was an early star in the writing of photgraphic history. As part of Victorian England's privileged cultural elite, she was able to devote herself to exploring the new medium of her time, assiduously taking portraits of her circle of friends. Authors, scientists, artists and their families were captured in dream-like, allegorical images or intimate portraits. Cameron gained early acclaim as a photographic innovator for her experiments with composition and lighting.

Julia Margaret Cameron, "The Angel at the Tomb" (1870)
Collection Moderna Museet

Julia Margaret Cameron became a member of the Photographic Societies of London and Scotland in 1864, one year after she started to photograph.

Julia Margaret Cameron, The Passion Flower at the Gate
(approx. 1870), Courtesy: Collection Moderna Muséet

She exhibited and published her works extensively and sometimes charged for her portraits. Today Cameron's photographs are widely known but rarely exhibited.

Julia Margaret Cameron, The Angel in the House
(1873), Courtesy: Collection Moderna Muséet

The exhibition presents for the first time in Scandinavia a wide selection of Miroslav Tichý's extensive production and a small group of excellent works by Julia Margaret Cameron.

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