Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle

SEP.19.2024 ──────── JAN.05.2025

Weegee
The Critic, New York, November 22, 1943
© International Center of Photography. Collection Friedsam

Exhibition

SEP.19.2024 ── JAN.05.2025

Where

Recoletos Exhibition Hall
Paseo Recoletos 23, 28004 Madrid

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Opening hours:
Mondays (except holidays): 2 pm – 8 pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 11 am – 7 pm

*The evacuation of the hall starts 10 minutes before closing time. Last access (7:30 pm or 6:30 pm) only allows a 20 minutes tour to the exhibitions.

Closed:
December 25th, January 1st and 6th

Limited opening hours:
December 24th and 31th, January 5th: 11 am – 3 pm

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Also available in audio device obtainable in the hall (if available).

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The work of Arthur H. Fellig, known as Weegee (Zolochiv, Ukraine, 1899 – New York, 1968), is, in a sense, an enigma that this exhibition seeks to unravel. His photographs of the underworld and the fringe circles of New York nightlife in the 1930s and 1940s quickly gained wide international recognition. However, the same cannot be said for the photographs he took after settling in Hollywood in 1948: images of Californian high society and the social life of major film celebrities, whom he often portrayed in a markedly ironic or satirical manner, sometimes (as in the case of the “photocaricatures”) as a result of his later work in the laboratory. At the time, critics emphasized the radical opposition between the two periods, openly praising the former and dismissing the latter. In these photographs of his Californian experience (1948-1951), Weegee expressed his critical vision of society and culture from a perspective that anticipated the well-known cultural and social analyses of ‘the society of the spectacle’ (Guy Debord).

Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle aims to show the profound coherence that, beyond their stylistic and thematic differences, links these two stages, as well as to highlight the relevance of the critical perspective from which Weegee’s images expose the features and mechanisms of our time as a ‘society of the spectacle’.

Exhibition curated by Clément Chéroux, director of the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Exhibition organised by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson in collaboration with Fundación MAPFRE.

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TICKET and AUDIO GUIDE for Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle, 31 Women. An exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim and Paul Durand-Ruel and the twilight of Impressionism. The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available; not compatible with Bluetooth).
Prices: PLUS General Admission: €9. PLUS Reduced Admission: €7.
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Allows to visit Weegee. Autopsy of the Spectacle, 31 Women. An exhibition by Peggy Guggenheim and Paul Durand-Ruel and the twilight of Impressionism.
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Reduced admission: €3 (Beneficiaries of reduced admission).
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The audio guide is accessible online, from your Smartphone, without downloads or installations. An audio device can also be requested in the room (if available; not compatible with Bluetooth).
Does not incluye headphones. You can add them (€1) during the online purchase or at the ticket office. For sustainability reasons we recommend you to bring your own headphones.

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