The history of job uniforms through 44 photographers’ shots

From Fiat workers to miners, from multinational executives to H&M clerks: a journey through the history of the uniform and the way it represented the evolution of the economy, class, society. On exhibition in Bologna.

PAOLA AGOSTI Forlì, 1978. Young iron worker

MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO The Fire Workers, Mexico 1935.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners”, 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

ANDRÉ GELPKE Untitled, from the series "Sex Theater und Karneval", 1980

WERONIKA GĘSICKA Untitled, from the series "Traces".

GRACIELA ITURBIDE Market, Mexico City, 1978.

IRVING PENN Macellai / Les Garçons bouchers, Paris, 1950.

IRVING PENN Fishmonger, London / 1950.

HELGA PARIS Women at the Treff-Modelle Clothing Factory", 1984

FLORIAN VAN ROEKEL Chapter Three, V from the series "How Terry likes his Coffee", 2010.

HERB RITTS Fred with Tires, the Body Shop, Los Angeles, 1984.

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO Kuwait after the end of the Gulf War - The oil fields continue to burn, causing a massive ecological disaster and large loss of money. Oil-well fire fighters from around the globe at work to put out the burning oil wells. Worker of the Safety Boss Company during a rest, 1991.

ALBRECHT TÜBKE Untitled, from the series "Dalliendorf".

ALBRECHT TÜBKE Untitled, from the series "Dalliendorf".

AUTORI VARI Jalloy 1940s Unknown photographer.

The Fondazione MAST remains at the disposal of copyrights holders in any iconographic sources not identified.

WALEAD BESHTY Fabricator, Glendale, California, February 3, 2014.

WALEAD BESHTY Artist, Santa Monica, California, April 11, 2009.

WALEAD BESHTY University Museum Preparator, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 27, 2009.

WALEAD BESHTY Vinyl Graphics Installer, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, June 19, 2017.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY FedEx Courier, Los Angeles, California, September 12, 2008.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Nonprofit Founder/Artist, Oak Park, Illinois, September 19, 2008.

courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Digital Print Technician, Beijing, China, September 24, 2011.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Collector, Los Angeles, California, February 26, 2014.

Ccourtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Kunsthalle Director, Beijing, China, April 27, 2011.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Gallery President, Los Angeles, California, December 7, 2010.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Museum Associate Curator, New York, New York, September 26, 2009.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Art Consultant, Miami, Florida, November 29, 2016.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty

WALEAD BESHTY Collector, Los Angeles, California, October 8, 2013.

Courtesy of the artist and Regen Projects, Los Angeles © Walead Beshty.

PAOLA AGOSTI Forlì, 1978. Young iron worker

MANUEL ÁLVAREZ BRAVO The Fire Workers, Mexico 1935.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners”, 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

SONG CHAO Series “Miners” 2000-2002.

ANDRÉ GELPKE Untitled, from the series "Sex Theater und Karneval", 1980

WERONIKA GĘSICKA Untitled, from the series "Traces".

GRACIELA ITURBIDE Market, Mexico City, 1978.

IRVING PENN Macellai / Les Garçons bouchers, Paris, 1950.

IRVING PENN Fishmonger, London / 1950.

HELGA PARIS Women at the Treff-Modelle Clothing Factory", 1984

FLORIAN VAN ROEKEL Chapter Three, V from the series "How Terry likes his Coffee", 2010.

HERB RITTS Fred with Tires, the Body Shop, Los Angeles, 1984.

ALBRECHT TÜBKE Untitled, from the series "Dalliendorf".

ALBRECHT TÜBKE Untitled, from the series "Dalliendorf".

AUTORI VARI Jalloy 1940s Unknown photographer.

The Fondazione MAST remains at the disposal of copyrights holders in any iconographic sources not identified.

WALEAD BESHTY Fabricator, Glendale, California, February 3, 2014.

WALEAD BESHTY Artist, Santa Monica, California, April 11, 2009.

WALEAD BESHTY University Museum Preparator, Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 27, 2009.

WALEAD BESHTY Vinyl Graphics Installer, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, June 19, 2017.

WALEAD BESHTY FedEx Courier, Los Angeles, California, September 12, 2008.

WALEAD BESHTY Nonprofit Founder/Artist, Oak Park, Illinois, September 19, 2008.

WALEAD BESHTY Digital Print Technician, Beijing, China, September 24, 2011.

WALEAD BESHTY Collector, Los Angeles, California, February 26, 2014.

WALEAD BESHTY Kunsthalle Director, Beijing, China, April 27, 2011.

WALEAD BESHTY Gallery President, Los Angeles, California, December 7, 2010.

WALEAD BESHTY Museum Associate Curator, New York, New York, September 26, 2009.

WALEAD BESHTY Art Consultant, Miami, Florida, November 29, 2016.

WALEAD BESHTY Collector, Los Angeles, California, October 8, 2013.

At MAST – the foundation in Bologna dedicated to work and photography themes – a large exhibition focuses on the uniform, as a narrative vehicle describing trades and social classes, as well as their change over time. Butchers, coal dockers, miners, Fiat workers, but also company managers, up to soldiers, nuns, monks and H&M’s shop assistants: all these figures make up the large human sample of uniform in which the limit between professional figure and person is subtile.

In comparison, 44 international photographers’ shots from different generations, young or historicized: Walker Evans, Irving Penn, August Sander and Sebastião Salgado among the best known. The exhibition includes a monograph by the american photographer Walead Beshty, which portrays artists, collectors, curators, gallerists, directors and all the professionals met during his exhibitions’ preparation.

Title:: Uniform. Into The Work / Out Of The Work
Artists:: Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Walker Evans, Arno Fischer, Irving Penn, Herb Ritts, August Sander e fotografi contemporanei come Paola Agosti, Sonja Braas, Song Chao, Clegg & Guttmann, Hans Danuser, Barbara Davatz, Roland Fischer, Andrè Gelpke, Helga Paris, Tobias Kaspar, Herlinde Koelbl, Paolo Pellegrin, Timm Rautert, Oliver Sieber, Sebastião Salgado Marianne Mueller, Walead Beshty
Venue:: Mast. Bologna, via Speranza 4
Opening dates:: 25 January-3 May 2020

The history of job uniforms through 44 photographers’ shots

From Fiat workers to miners, from multinational executives to H&M clerks: a journey through the history of the uniform and the way it represented the evolution of the economy, class, society. On exhibition in Bologna.

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