Gregory Crewdson
Retrospective
Until 8 September 2024
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THE ALBERTINA MUSEUM, VIENNA
Gregory Crewdson (*1962, Brooklyn) is one of the world’s most renowned photographers. Since the mid-1980s, Crewdson has been using the backdrop of small American towns and film sets to create, like a director, technically brilliant and colourfully seductive photographs that focus on human isolation and the abysses of society. The enigmatic scenes self-reflexively raise questions about the boundary between fact and fiction but can also be related to socio-political developments.
The retrospective at the ALBERTINA comprises a total of nine groups of works, created over the last three and a half decades and conceived serially. Starting with his Early Work (1986–1988), the exhibition includes Crewdson’s best-known series such as Twilight (1998–2002), which depicts scenes shaped by cinematic language, with people being confronted by unexplainable phenomena in their everyday lives. The impressive, mysterious large-scale scenes from the Beneath the Roses series (2003‒2008) deal with people’s isolation and alienation from their environment. The most recently completed group of works Eveningside (2021–2022) portrays an unheroic image of a fictional small town of the same name in atmospheric black and white. Following Cathedral of the Pines (2013–2014) and An Eclipse of Moths (2018–2019), Eveningside represents the final part of a trilogy through which the artist examines the social decline of society far removed from the American dream.
Crewdson’s large-scale pictures are preceded by months of planning; they are created with the participation of hundreds of people from casting, wardrobe and art departments, plus technical specialists. Production photographs taken in parallel illustrate the highly elaborate process of design, culminating in an extensive post-production process in which the final photographs are assembled from multiple shots.
As a generous gesture, the exhibition is accompanied by a significant donation to the ALBERTINA’s photo collection. This extensive assimilation of works strengthens the focus of the collection on contemporary photography.
On view from 29 May until 8 September 2024 at the ALBERTINA museum in Vienna.
FILM PROGRAM AT THE GARTENBAUKINO
If you present an ALBERTINA admission ticket, you will receive a ticket at the Gartenbaukino for EUR 9.50 instead of EUR 10.50.
Thursday, 5 September
BLUE VELVET
A film by David Lynch
USA 1986, 120 min
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THE EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
EUR 36.90
On the occasion of the exhibition the synonymous 280 pages strong catalogue is published which contains texts by David Fincher, Daniela Hammer-Tugendhat, Beate Hofstadler, Astrid Mahler, Walter Moser, Matthieu Orléan and, Emily St. John Mandel.
Editor: Walter Moser
Languages: German | English
Pages: 280
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Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Madeline's Beauty Salon, From the series: Eveningside, 2021-2022
88 x 117 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Courtesy of the Artist © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: The Mattress, From the series: Cathedral of the Pines, 2013-2014
94 x 127 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Redemption Center, From the series: An Eclipse of Moths, 2018-2019
127 x 225 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Twilight, 1998-2002
122 x 152 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Starkfield Lane, From the series: An Eclipse of Moths, 2018-2019
127 x 225 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: The Basement, From the series: Cathedral of the Pines, 2013-2014
94 x 127 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Sanctuary, 2009
72 x 90 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Courtesy of the Artist © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Twilight, 1998-2002
122 x 152 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Beneath the Roses, 2003-2008
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Early Work, 1986-1988
39 x 58 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
Gregory Crewdson: Untitled, From the series: Hover, 1996-1997
51 x 61 cm, Digital pigment print
(The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
88 x 117 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Courtesy of the Artist © Gregory Crewdson)
94 x 127 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
127 x 225 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
122 x 152 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
127 x 225 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
94 x 127 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
72 x 90 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Courtesy of the Artist © Gregory Crewdson)
122 x 152 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
144 x 223 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
39 x 58 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)
51 x 61 cm, Digital pigment print (The ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna – Permanent loan, Private Collection © Gregory Crewdson)