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Erwin Blumenfeld
From Dada to Vogue, 26 April - 14 October 2018

Erwin Blumenfeld: From Dada to Vogue

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  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Fantaisies Parisiennes, 1924-26
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Fantaisies Parisiennes, 1924-26
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Dada Dancers (Schule der Physik), 1924-26
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Dada Dancers (Schule der Physik), 1924-26
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Brush Drawing, Amsterdam, c. 1920
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Brush Drawing, Amsterdam, c. 1920
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Der Bandwurm [The Tapeworm from Austria], c. 1926
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Der Bandwurm [The Tapeworm from Austria], c. 1926
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Erwin Blumenfeld's Shadow amidst Dutch pines, The Netherlands, 1931
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Erwin Blumenfeld's Shadow amidst Dutch pines, The Netherlands, 1931
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Fashion Montage, New York, c. 1950
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Fashion Montage, New York, c. 1950
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Fishnet Stocking Nude, New York, 1944-45
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Fishnet Stocking Nude, New York, 1944-45
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Grid on plaster, Paris, 1937
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Grid on plaster, Paris, 1937
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, In Hoc Signo Vinces, New York, 1967
    Erwin Blumenfeld, In Hoc Signo Vinces, New York, 1967
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Kapitalist, 1923-24
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Kapitalist, 1923-24
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Kurhaus Sellin (Sellin Sanatorium), 1919-24
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Kurhaus Sellin (Sellin Sanatorium), 1919-24
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Madonna of War (Nun), Amsterdam, 1923
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Madonna of War (Nun), Amsterdam, 1923
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Manina, Four Expressions, c. 1937
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Manina, Four Expressions, c. 1937
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Nude, Paris, 1938
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Nude, Paris, 1938
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Portrait, Amsterdam, c. 1932
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Portrait, Amsterdam, c. 1932
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Portrait, Solarised and Cut, c. 1938
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Portrait, Solarised and Cut, c. 1938
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Smile, New York, 1950
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Smile, New York, 1950
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Solarised Hands, Amsterdam, c. 1933
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Solarised Hands, Amsterdam, c. 1933
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Solarised Model, New York, 1942
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Solarised Model, New York, 1942
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Tara Twain, My first American girl, Amsterdam, 1935
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Tara Twain, My first American girl, Amsterdam, 1935
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, The Jockey, 1919-25
    Erwin Blumenfeld, The Jockey, 1919-25
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, The Kaiser on Zandvoort Beach, 1930-32
    Erwin Blumenfeld, The Kaiser on Zandvoort Beach, 1930-32
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1945-46
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1945-46
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1942-43
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1942-43
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1942-43
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York, 1942-43
  • Erwin Blumenfeld, Violin Back, New York, 1943
    Erwin Blumenfeld, Violin Back, New York, 1943
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Press
  • The Globe and Mail - Russell Smith

    Russell Smith, The Globe and Mail, June 7, 2018
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  • Erwin Blumenfeld Exhibition in Arte Magazine

    Erwin Blumenfeld Exhibition in Arte Magazine

    Blumenfeld, il Novecento in camera oscura
    Few photographers can boast an exhibition in the waiting room of a dentist like Geneviève Rouault, daughter of the famous painter. In Erwin Blumenfeld's life...
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  • Erwin Blumenfeld in Globe and Mail

    Erwin Blumenfeld in Globe and Mail

    By Russell Smith
    Russell Smith reviews Erwin Blumenfeld and the sensual, anti-ideological ideology of Dadaism in the Globe and Mail.
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Press release

Corkin Gallery is pleased to present From Dada to Vogue, an exhibition of rare early collages and photographs by Erwin Blumenfeld.   As a young artist in interwar Europe, Blumenfeld was at the forefront of modernist image-making. His Dadaist collages, produced between 1919 and 1933, are variously sly, satirical and politically astute. Blumenfeld's subversive spirit is evident as much in their content as in their form: with crayons, pastel, pen and ink; newspaper cutouts; cigarette wrappers; and even calling cards at this employ, the artist confronts the profound social upheaval of his moment.   In the early 1930s, Blumenfeld became increasingly involved with photography. His unconventional approach to the medium captured the attention of noted image-makers; a meeting with Cecil Beaton proved to be a turning point in his artistic career. "Here at last," wrote Beaton, "is a fresh and clear mind…(Blumenfeld's) pictures are not of Vogue quality, for they are much more serious, too provoking, and better than fashion."
This experimental character defines the pivotal nature of Blumenfeld's European output. Visceral and challenging, his early collages and photographs constitute a sobering exploration of the human spirit.   Previously unseen in Canada, the collages and photographs on view in From Dada to Vogue expand our understanding of Blumenfeld's position in the history of Modernism. He was not only one of the last century's most influential photographers; he was one of its great artists.   Erwin Blumenfeld (b. 1897, Berlin; d. 1969, Rome) brought a radical, avant-garde vision to his work in portraiture, nudes, fashion and advertising, redefining the potential of his medium. Until 1939, he worked in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris, and was a key proponent of Dutch Dada. After two years in a French internment camp, Blumenfeld immigrated to New York. There, he shot fashion spreads and hundreds of covers for the Condé Nast family of publications, shaping the look of 1940s and '50s America.

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