Auguste Rodin/ Jacques-Ernest Bulloz, Eternal Springtime (marble), c. 1910-1913
Bruce Silverstein Gallery is pleased to present Photographer as Sculptor, Sculptor as Photographer, the inaugural exhibition of its new gallery space. This exhibition brings together sculptures and photographs by some of the most influential sculptors and master photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries to reveal the shared conceptual approaches that unite these seemingly distinct mediums. Featuring works by Constantin Brâncuși, Henry Moore, Auguste Rodin, and David Smith alongside photographs by Hans and Hilla Becher, Imogen Cunningham, Karl Blossfeldt, Bill Brandt, André Kertész, Barbara Morgan, Man Ray, Aaron Siskind, Frederick Sommer, Edward Steichen, and Edward Weston, the exhibition challenges traditional distinctions of photography and sculpture, unveiling a convergence between these artistic practices. Viewing these sculptures and photographs side by side, the exhibition highlights how, by shifting the boundaries of materiality, space, perception, and form, photographing becomes a sculptural act, and photography becomes sculpture.
