Magritte (detail), 1987. Eileen Cowin. Dye diffusion print. The J. Paul Getty Museum, gift of the artist. © Eileen Cowin
Encore: Reenactment in Contemporary Photography
GETTY CENTER
The Getty Center
This is a past event
The re-staging of past events presents an opportunity for contemporary photographers to highlight underrepresented stories and to critique established narratives. This exhibition brings together works by seven artists—Eileen Cowin, Christina Fernandez, Samuel Fosso, Yasumasa Morimura, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Gillian Wearing, and Qiu Zhijie—all of whom have utilized reenactment in their respective practices. Presented in three topics - personal history, political history, and art history—the works showcase very different approaches to engaging with the past.