Otherworldly: Deborah Turbeville Photographs
Deborah Turbeville, Stigmata: Ella M., École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1977 (printed later), inkjet print. The Image Centre, Gift of Eric Berthold, 2023 © Deborah Turbeville/MUUS Collection
The Image Centre
33 Gould Street
Toronto ON M5B 1W1, Canada
University Gallery
January 17–April 6, 2024
Curator: Denise Birkhofer
This exhibition from The Image Centre collection presents more than 40 photographic works spanning the innovative career of American photographer Deborah Turbeville (1932–2013), from her major fashion commissions of the 1970s to the more personal projects of her later years. Widely credited with evolving the editorial genre of fashion photography into an art form, Turbeville de-emphasized the clothed figure in her pioneering compositions, whose often-decaying settings reinforce their dreamlike atmosphere. Experimental techniques such as soft focus, the use of printing papers with varied tones and textures, distressing or tearing of the print, and the application of masking tape or other collage elements contribute to the photographs’ otherworldly aesthetic.
Tanenbaum Lecture
Deborah Turbeville: Beyond Fashion
Nathalie Herschdorfer
Thursday, March 21 | 6 pm
The Image Centre, 33 Gould St.
Lecture Room IMA-307 (third floor)
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