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William Eggleston<\/h2>\n\n\n

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William Eggleston\u2019s works reflect an abandoned, degenerated world left to itself: objects and people appear detached from their social context, released from their everyday functions. His significance as a classic of photography lies in his distinctive treatment of color as a compositional and meaningful element of the photographic image. Eggleston created an aesthetic of strangeness, in which color always carries a psychological dimension, born from the attempt to dissect perception: \u201cI\u2019ve often wondered what other living things see\u2014whether they see like we do. I\u2019ve tried to make a lot of different photos that look as if they weren\u2019t taken by a human.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Works<\/p>\n\n

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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n
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Untitled<\/em>, from the \u201cTroubled Waters\u201d series, 1980, Dye transfer print, 18\/30\/5 E.A., 40,5 x 51 cm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Biography<\/p>\n\n

Born in 1939 in Memphis, Tennessee (USA), lives and works in MemphisStudied at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TennesseeDelta College, Cleveland, Mississippi and University of Mississippi, Oxford<\/p>\n\n

Awards \/ Scholarships<\/p>\n\n

1974 Guggenheim Fellowship1975 National Endowment for the Arts Photographer\u2019s Fellowship1978 National Endwoment Awart for the Arts1989 Award \u201e54 Master Photographers of 1960-1979\u201c, Photographic Society of Japan1996 University of Memphis Distinguished Achievement Award1998 Hasselblad Award, Gothenborg (S)2003 Gold Medal for Photography, National Arts Club2004 Getty Images Lifetime Achievement Award PhotoEspa\u00f1a Award<\/p>\n\n

Solo-Exhibitions (selection)<\/p>\n\n

2012 \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Troubled Waters\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin (D)2011 \u201eWilliam Eggleston\u201c, Gagosian Gallery, Paris2010 \u201eWilliam Eggleston. 21st Century\u201c, Victoria Miro Gallery, London2008-2009 \u201cWilliam Eggleston. Democratic Camera, Photographs and Video, 1961-2008\u201d, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Traveled to Haus der Kunst, Munich 2005 \u201eNightclub Portraits. 1973\u201c, Cheim & Read, New York2004 \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Precolor\u201c, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Dust Bells\u201c Victoria Miro Gallery, London2002 \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Los Alamos\u201c, Museum Ludwig, Cologne (D), Traveled to Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serravles (P) National Museum for Contemporary Art, Oslo Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek (DK) Albertina, Vienna San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (USA) Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas (USA)2001 \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Recent Work\u201c, Cheim & Read, New York \u201eWilliam Eggleston. Photoespana\u201c, Madrid \u201eSnapshots from Life. Photographs by William Eggleston\u201c, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg (USA) \u201eWilliam Eggleston\u201c, Foundation Cartier, Paris, Traveled to Hayward Gallery, London \u201eMostly California Desert Pictures 1999-2001\u201c, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, California (USA) \u201eWilliam Eggleston\u201c, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York2000 \u201cWilliam Eggleston el color como lenguaje\u201c, Fotoseptiembre Internacional, Mexico City \u201eWilliam Eggleston\u201c, Gallery Hue-Williams Michael Fine Art, London (UK)1999 \u201eCadillac\u201c, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York \u201cWilliam Eggleston. Photographs 1966-1971\u201c, Cheim & Read Gallery, New York \u201cWilliam Eggleston. In Color, 1966-1996\u201c, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, California (USA) \u201cWilliam Eggleston: 1998 Hasselblad Award Winner\u201c, Hasselblad Center, G\u00f6teborg (S). Traveled to Bilbao (E) \u201cEggleston 70\/90\u201c, Gallery of Contemporary Photography, Santa Monica, California (USA) 1998 \u201eMorals of Vision\u201c, Westf\u00e4lischer Kunstverein, M\u00fcnster (D)1997 Robert Miller Gallery, New York1995 \u201eFour Portfolios\u201c, Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis (USA) Shiraishi Contemporary Art, Yokohama (JAP)1994 \u201eFr\u00fche Farbphotographien\u201c, R\u00e4ume f\u00fcr neue Kunst \/ Rolf Hengesbach, Wuppertal (D) \u201eFrom Graceland to Wasteland\u201c, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York Th.e., Naples (I) Scarrab Gallery, Cleveland. Ohio (USA) Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee (USA)1993 \u201eAncient and Modern\u201c, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek (DK) \u201eAncient and Modern\u201c, Museum Folkwang, Essen (D) \u201eAncient and Modern\u201c, Fotomuseum, Winterthur (CH) Robert Miller Gallery, New York Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis Tennessee (USA)1992 \u201eAncient and Modern\u201c, Barbican Gallery, London1990 \u201eDemocratic Forest\u201c, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.1989 Laurence Miller Gallery, New York New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (USA) The University of Mississippi Museum, Oxford, Mississippi (USA)1988 Middendorf Gallery, Washington D.C.1987 Southern Texas Museum, Austi, Texas (USA)1986 \u201eWilliam Eggleston\u00b4s Early Black and White Photographie\u201c, Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis Tennessee (USA)1985 Friends of Photography, Carmel, California (USA) Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas (USA) Victoria and Albert Museum, London1984 Robert Miller Gallery, New York \u201eGraceland\u201c, Middendorf Gallery, Washington D.C. Birmingham Museum, Birmingham, Alabama (USA) James Corocoran Gallery, Los Angeles (USA) Aspen Museum of Art, Colorado (USA) Art Institute of Chicago (USA)1983 Victoria and Albert Museum, London Werkstatt f\u00fcr Photographie, Berlin Fotogalerie im Forum Stadtpark, Graz (A)1982 Lunn Gallery, Washington, D.C.1980 \u201eTroubled Waters\u201c, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York1979 Photographer\u00b4s Gallery, Melborne (AUS) Volkshochschule, Berlin \u201eAmerican Photography in the 1970\u00b4s\u201c, Art Institute of Chicago (USA)1978 Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas (USA) \u201eElection Eve\u201c Cronin Gallery, Houston,Texas (USA)1977 Memphis Brooks Memorial Art Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee(USA) Castelli Graphis\/Leo Castelli, New York Frumkin Gallery, Chicago (USA) Lunn Gallery, Washington, D.C. \u201eElection Eve\u201c, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Grapesteak Gallery, Washington, D.C.1976 \u201ePhotographs by William Eggleston\u201c, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Seattle Art Museum, Seattle (USA) Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California (USA) University of California at Los Angeles (USA) Reed College, Portland, Oregon (USA) Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland (USA) Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco (USA)1975 Carpenter Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts1974 Jefferson Place Gallery, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n

Group-Exhibitions (selection)<\/p>\n\n

2012 \u201e20 YEARS\u201c, Hengesbach Gallery, Berlin2005 \u201cMavericks of Color Photography\u201c, Philadelphia Museum of Art (USA)2004 \u201cColour After Klein\u201c, Barbican Art Gallery, London2003 \u201cCruel and Tender\u201c, Tate Modern, London, England; Museum Ludwig, Cologne \u201cStrange Days\u201c, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)2002 Documenta 11, Kassel (D)2001 \u201cSettings and Players\u201c, White Cube Gallery, London (UK)2000 The Desert, Foundation Cartier, Paris How You Look at It: Photographs of the 20th Century, Sprengel Museum, Hannover (D)1999 \u201cWilliam Eggleston and the Color Tradition\u201c, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)1997 \u201eHope Photographs\u201c, National Arts Club, New York1996 \u201eAmerican Masters of Photography. A 100 Year Survey\u201c, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania (USA) \u201eBlind Spot. The First Four Years\u201c, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York1995 \u201eHeimat\u201c, The Jewish Museum, Vienna \u201eBlind Spot\u201c, Dallas Artists and Research Exhibition, Dallas (USA) Tibet House Benefit Exhibition, Robert Miller Gallery, New York \u201cHuman Nature Benefit Exhibtion\u201c, The New Museum, New York \u201e100 Years \/ 100 Images\u201c, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M. (D) \u201e3. Internationale Foto-Trienale, Esslingen (D) \u201eSeeing Things\u201c, Andre Emmerich, New York \u201e20\/20\u2033 In Khan Gallery, New York1994 \u201cA Sense of Place\u201c, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, Oregon (USA) \u201eOne Hundred Years of Street Photography\u201c, Wright State University, Dahton, Ohio (USA)1993 \u201cIn Camera\u201c, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, New Mexiko (USA) \u201cDaydream Nation\u201c, Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York1992 \u201eDie Wahrheit des Sichtbaren. Edward Hopper und die Fotografie\u201c, Museum Folkwang, Essen (D)1989 Scibu Gallery, Tokyo1985 Victoria and Albert Museum, London1981 \u201eColor in Contemporary Color Photography\u201c, University Museum of Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois (USA)1980 \u201eThree American Photographers\u201c, Sunne Savage Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (USA) \u201eLee Friedlander, William Eggleston\u201c, Atlanta Galleryo of Photography, Atlanta, Georgia (USA) \u201eEgglestion\/Nixon\u201c, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (USA) \u201eAspects of the 1970\u00b4s\u201c, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts (USA) * \u201eZeitgen\u00f6ssische Amerikanische Farbphotographie, Galerie Rudolf Kicken, Cologne \u201eFarbwerke-Eine neue Generation\u201c, Kunsthaus, Zurich \u201eSoutheastern Graphics Invitational\u201c, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)* Bibliotheque Nationale, \u201eNuages\u201c, Paris1979 \u201eAuto-Icons\u201c, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York \u201eOne of a Kind\u201c, Museum Of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (USA) * \u201eAmerican Landscape Photography\u201c, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington D.C. \u201eTen from\u00b4Mirrors and Mirrors\u201c, Grapestake Gallery, San Francisco (USA) \u201eAmerican Images\u201c, Corcoran Gallery of Art (traveling), Washington D.C.* \u201ePhotographie im Alltag Amerikas\u201c, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Zurich \u201ePhotographie als Kunst\u201c, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Innsbruck (AU)* \u201eInvitational Color Photography\u201c, MoMing Gallery, Chicago (USA) \u201eCurator\u00b4s Choice: Contemporary American Photography\u201c, Fortuny Museum, Venezia (I)1978 \u201eNew York, New York\u201c, Light Gallery, New York \u201ePhotographs from the Wagstaff Collection\u201c, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. \u201eIn Color\u201c, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans (USA) \u201ePhotographs from the Wagstaff Collection\u201c, Grey Art Gallery, New York \u201eSix Photographers\u201c, Diane Brown Gallery, Washington D.C. \u201eBy the Side of the Road\u201c, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire (USA) \u201eMirrors and Windows\u201c, Museum of Modern Art, New York * \u201e23 Photographers, 23 Directions\u201c, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (UK) \u201eThe Quality of Presence\u201c, Lunn Gallery, Washington D.C. * \u201eAmerikanische Landschaftsphotographie\u201c, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich1977 \u201eThe Contemporary South\u201c, USIA traveling exhibition, organized by the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (USA) \u201e10 Photographes Contemporains tendances actuelles aux Etats-Unis\u201c, Galerie Zabriskie, Paris \u201eContemporary Color Photography\u201c, Indiana Art Museum, Bloomington, Indiana (USA) \u201eWilliam Eggleston, William Christenberry\u201c, The Morgan Gallery, Shawnee Mission, Kansas (USA) \u201eSome Color Photographs\u201c, Castelli Graphics, New York \u201eContemporary American Photogratic Works\u201c, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas (USA)1976 \u201eAspects of American Photography\u201c, University of Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri (USA) * \u201eSpectrum\u201c, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester (USA) \u201eColor Photographs 1976\u201c, The Broxton Gallery, Los Angeles (USA)1975 \u201e14 American Photographers\u201c, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland. Traveled to Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California (USA) La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California (USA) Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) The Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas (USA) \u201eColor Photography. Inventors and Innovators 1850-1975\u201c, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (USA) * \u201ePhotography 2\u201c, Jack Glenn Gallery, San Diego, California (USA) *1974 \u201eArt Now \u00b474\u201c, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington D.C.1973 \u201ePhotography Workshop Invitational\u201c, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n\n

Collections (selection)<\/p>\n\n

Art Institute of Chicago (USA), Fondation Cartier, Paris (F), Hasselblad Center. G\u00f6teborg (S), J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (USA), Museum Folkwang, Essen (D), Museum Ludwig, Cologne (D), Museum of Modern Art, New York (USA), The National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C. (USA), Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C. (USA), Sprengel Museum, Hannover (D), Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (USA), Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (USA), Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) <\/p>\n\n

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