Barbara Probst

In conjunction with the exhibition Barbara Probst: Exposures, the Museum is working with Probst and Steidl Publishers to release a monograph of the artist’s work in Spring 2007. The exhibition will premier at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in March of 2007, and then be open to travel through June 2009.

The exhibition is comprised of nineteen groupings from Barbara Probst’s series Exposures (2000-2006). This series dissects the relationship between the photographic “moment” and perceived reality by showing a single action from numerous points of view. Probst arranges for multiple photographers to take pictures of the same subject from varying angles (and distances) at precisely the same moment. The cameras vary in format and are loaded with different films, adding to the diversity of the resulting images. In one grouping, a vibrant photograph of a woman in a crosswalk shows the same moment as a grainy black and white image of the same woman, seen from above, through a window.

The multiple exposures are more than a meditation on the event being recorded — the images examine the act of reading photographs as documents of the actions or people they depict. While one may suggest voyeuristic qualities, another incorporate the slipshod framing of a snapshot, and another image may more closely resemble a runway shot of a model on the move. In this way Probst’s sequences point out that the different ways we “direct” a photograph, by the position, settings, and film of the camera, can produce images with entirely disparate spheres of meaning.

SPECIFICATIONS

Exhibition is 19 multiple image works (Ultrachrome ink on cotton paper), the dimensions of which can be found on the exhibition checklist. Exhibition requires a minimum of 250 running feet but is adaptable.

ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS

Labels and wall text will be provided electronically, and a press packet with images will be included. A monograph will be co-published by the Museum of Contemporary Photography and Steidl (Spring 2007) and will be available for sale through the MOCP.

AVAILABILITY

Exhibition is available for travel from June 2007 through June 2009.

INSURANCE VALUE

$180,000

SECURITY

Security and fire protection systems, and temperature controls must be operable. Facility reports to be completed by participating institutions.

LOAN FEES

$7,500 plus shipping

CONTACT

Karen Irvine, Curator
312-344-7707 / kirvine@colum.edu
or
Natasha Egan, Associate Director
312.344.7107 / negan@colum.edu

Exhibition Images

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