17. June - 30. September 2000
Tina Barney: "Theatre of Manners"
on display at Museokeskus Vapriikki
16. June 2000, 5 pm:
Vernissage of the exhibition in Museokeskus Vapriikki.
The curator, Mrs. Ute Eskildsen from Folkwang Museum in Essen (Germany) opened the show.
Tina Barney´s inside view photographs of the USA East Coast Upper Class are the first time on exhibition tour in Europe and they are only to be seen in Germany, Netherlands, Spain and in Tampere Finland.
Sun 10th Sept 12.00-13.00
Tina Barney gives an introduction into her exhibition. Mrs. Merja Salo interviews.
Mon 11th Sept
10.00-10.30
Press
18.00-19.00
Andy Grundberg ´s lecture "Documentary Theater."
It will discuss a number of photographers like Tina Barney, who play with the notion of candid/staged activities or constructed narratives. (E.g., Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Jeff Wall, Phillip Lorca diCorcia).
Andy Grundberg from Washington D.C. has written the essay for the Tina Barney catalogue. He is editor of USA photo-magazine and professional critic for many international art and photography magazines.
19.00-1930 Round table with Tina Barney, Andy Grundberg, Merja Salo, Hannu Vanhanen, Ulrich Haas-Pursiainen
10.-12.September 2000:
Workshop with Tina Barney and Andy Grundberg:
Title: Wealth; Students from Tampere University and from University of Industrial Arts in Helsinki will present their portfolios.
Portfolio review with Andy Grundberg in Museokeskus Vapriikki
The amount of participants for the workshop and for the portfolio view is limited and we recommend enrollment.
The exhibition is a first co-operative project of Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika, Museokeskus Vapriikki and the Folkwang Museum in Essen.