Autophoto

The show at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris is dedicated to photography’s relationship to the automobile, with 500 works from the 20th century to date.

Peter Lippmann, Citroën Traction 7, 2012. From Paradise Parking series, C-print, 75×100 cm. Collection of the artist © Peter Lippmann.

Thirty years after the exhibition “Hommage à Ferrari”, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain will once again focus its attention on the world of cars with the exhibition “Autophoto”, dedicated to photography’s relationship to the automobile.

Top: Peter Lippmann, Citroën Traction 7, 2012. From Paradise Parking series, C-print, 75×100 cm. Collection of the artist © Peter Lippmann. Above: Luciano Rigolini, Tribute to Giorgio de Chirico, 2017. Duratrans in lightbox, 124x154 cm. Collection of the artist. © Luciano Rigolini (appropriation – unknown photographer, 1958)

Óscar Fernando Gómez, série Windows, 2009 Diaporama. Courtesy Martin Parr Studio, Bristol. © Óscar Fernando Gómez

Since its invention, the automobile has reshaped our landscape, extended our geographic horizons, and radically altered our conception of space and time. The car has also influenced the approach and practice of photographers, providing them not only with a new subject but also a new way of exploring the world and a new means of expression. Based on an idea by Xavier Barral and Philippe Séclier, “Autophoto” will present over 500 works from the beginning of the 20th century to the present.

Andrew Bush, Woman Waiting to Proceed South at Sunset and Highland Boulevards, Los Angeles, at Approximately 11:59 a.m. One Day in February 1997, 1997, Vector Portraits series, chromogenic print, 122×151 cm. Courtesy M+B Gallery, Los Angeles © Andrew Bush — Andrew Bush, *Woman Waiting to Proceed South at Sunset and Highland Boulevards, Los Angeles, at Approximately 11:59 a.m. One Day in February 1997*, 1997, *Vector Portraits* series, chromogenic print, 122×151 cm. Courtesy M+B Gallery, Los Angeles © Andrew Bush

It will invite us to discover the many facets of automotive culture – aesthetic, social, environmental, and industrial – through the eyes of photographers from around the world. The exhibition will bring together over 90 photographers including both famous and lesser-known figures such as Jacques Henri Lartigue, William Eggleston, Justine Kurland and Jacqueline Hassink, who have shown a fascination for the automobile as a subject or have used it as a tool to take their pictures.

William Eggleston, Los Alamos series, 1965–1968. Dye-transfer print, 40.5×50.5 cm. Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London. © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London — William Eggleston, *Los Alamos series*, 1965–1968. Dye-transfer print, 40.5×50.5 cm. Eggleston Artistic Trust, courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London. © Eggleston Artistic Trust. Courtesy David Zwirner, New York/London

20 April – 24 September 2016
Autophoto
curated by Xavier Barral and Philippe Séclier with Leanne Sacramonne and Marie Perennes
Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail, Paris

Autophoto

The show at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain in Paris is dedicated to photography’s relationship to the automobile, with 500 works from the 20th century to date.

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