7 May 2008 – 17 August 2008

Parrworld

the english photographer martin parr (*1952) became internationally known particularly for his bright colour photographs of british high society and mass tourism. through drastic formal and ironic condensation his images depict human behaviour in different societal contexts. the prize-winning photographer has developed a signature style, which makes his photos highly recognizable. in his exhibition, the everyday chronicler will present not only a new series with images of art fairs, horse races and fashion shows, but he will also show his photographs within a dialogical context of his personal collections. these entail an assortment of strange everyday objects that were furnished with photographs, a collection of odd postcards and groups of works by important british and international photographers. a selection of his extraordinary collection of books on photography is completed with ‘parrworld’ – a photographic ‘wunderkammer', which provides many surprises and an entertaining, but also serious analysis of photography as a medium.

Address

Haus der Kunst
Prinzregentenstrasse 1
80538 München
phone +49 89 21 12 70
http://www.hausderkunst.de

Opening Hours

Daily 10 a.m. - 8 p.m., Thursday till 10 p.m.

Description of the Museum

Built in 1932 as substitute for the legendary Münchner Glaspalast, after Hitler's seizure of power the exhibitions "Entarteten Kunst" (Degenerated Art) became infamous. Since 1949 there are exhibited many great retrospectives

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