The Museum of Modern Art presents Life dances on: Robert Frank in dialogue at the Museum of Modern Art from 15 Septemberth until 11 Januaryth.
“I think of myself standing in a world that never stands still,” the artist Robert Frank once wrote. “I’m still there, fighting, alive, because I believe in what I’m trying to do now.” Life dances on: Robert Frank in dialogue—the artist’s first solo exhibition at MoMA—offers a new perspective on his extensive body of work by exploring the six vibrant decades of Frank’s career following the publication of his landmark photography book in 1958. The Americans.
Marking Frank’s centenary, the exhibition explores his restless experimentation with various media, including photography, film, and books, as well as his dialogues with other artists and his communities. It includes around 200 works created over the 60 years leading up to the artist’s death in 2019, many of which come from MoMA’s extensive collection, but also includes materials that have never been exhibited before.
The exhibition’s title comes from Frank’s poignant 1980 film, in which the artist reflects on the people who shaped his views. Like many of his works, the film is set in New York City and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where he and his wife, the artist June Leaf, moved in 1970. In the film, Leaf looks into the camera and asks Frank, “Why are you making these pictures?” In an introduction to the film’s screening, he replied, “Because I’m alive.”
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