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Erwin Olaf: Stages

Erwin Olaf: Stages

Olaf, Erwin
Van Meter, William

Hardcover

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ISBN10: 1636811523
ISBN13: 9781636811529
Publisher: Edwynn Houk Gallery
Published: Nov 26 2024
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.40 Width: 8.10 Depth: 10.20
Language: English

A memorial exhibition catalog highlighting the performance-inspired and staged works of one of the Netherlands' most acclaimed photographers

Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf emerged onto the Amsterdam photography scene in his early 20s. His first formal self-portrait shows influence from New York artists such as Andy Warhol and Robert Mapplethorpe, while also signaling the signatures of his aesthetic throughout his career: layering props and details in open-ended narrative relationships, leading viewers to fantasize about what story is being told. Throughout the 1980s, Olaf became a well-known and well-loved artist and gay rights activist in the Netherlands, photographing drag queens, bodybuilders, fetishists and celebrities at discotheques and other performances. Olaf's artwork illuminated and celebrated underground scenes, claiming a spotlight for LGBTQ+ identities that expanded everyday possibilities for gay people throughout the Netherlands.

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