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| Justin Dingwall: Victory I, from the series "Beautiful Terrible", 2020 |
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BEAUTIFUL TERRIBLE |
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| 24 May - 31 July 2021 |
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| Justin Dingwall: IN THE RING I, from the series "Beautiful Terrible", 2020 |
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In "Beautiful Terrible", ARTCO Galerie shows new works by South African artist and photographer Justin Dingwall.
Dingwall was born in Johannesburg in 1983 and is one of the most successful portrait photographers in his country. He gained international fame in 2013 with the publication of his first art photography series "ALBUS", in which he portrayed people with albinism with wonderful aesthetics. By showing the "beauty of otherness", he draws attention to the social ostracism of these people, which is still prevalent in many parts of Africa today. |
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| Justin Dingwall: ARISE I, from the series "Beautiful Terrible", 2020 |
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| In Dingwall's current project "Beautiful Terrible", the artist also deals with a social issue. According to Dingwall, the idea for Beautiful Terrible came about during South Africa's first Corona-related extreme lockdown in 2020. The enforced isolation sparked a discussion between Dingwall and his wife about how differently both, he as a man, she as a woman, perceive the isolation from society. This discrepancy in the perception of isolation prompted Dingwall to look at gender roles within modern art. In the run-up to the project, the photographer intensively studied Pablo Picasso's biography "Creator and Destroyer", which had remained in his memory during research for earlier projects. |
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| Justin Dingwall: Seeing Red II, from the series "Beautiful Terrible", 2020 |
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| Picasso's openly misogynistic worldview tempted Dingwall to delve deeper into the Spaniard's world of thought. Dingwall picked up on Picasso's inspiration, which developed from his fascination with bullfighting. Using this metaphor of the "perfect fight", Dingwall, in constant dialogue with his wife, describes the everyday experiences of women in modern society. |
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| Justin Dingwall: TORO I, from the series "Beautiful Terrible", 2020 |
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