Inside the 'Photo A-Z' Exhibition: Nobuyoshi Araki & David LaChapelle (2/2)

    Kinbaku Shamaki, Japan 2006, courtesy of Fotomuseum WestLicht, Wien    David LaChapelle   'Amanda as Andy Warhol`s Liz' (2007), courtesy of Jablonka Galerie, Köln   'Amanda as Andy Warhol`s Marilyn' (2007), courtesy of Jablonka Galerie, Köln
The exhibition is running until January 5th 2014 at    NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Ehrenhof 2, 40479 Düsseldorf, Germany

Exhibition: The Polaroid Collection

From may 26th NRW-Forum is showing the history of the polaroid in over 500 pictures.

The exhibition is divided into four chapters: INTEGRAL FILM, PEEL APART FILM, POSITIVE/NEGATIVE FILM and INSTANT SLIDE FILM. The pictures are displayed in the context of the different camera- and film-types, up to the fascinating large formats of 50 x 60 cm.

Polaroids in all sizes are shown from artists such as Ansel Adams, Nobuyoshi Araki, Robert Mapplethorpe, Stephen Shore, Ralph Gibson, Helmut Newton or Oliviero Toscani`s famous polaroid of Andy Warhol with his Polaroid-camera.

The Polaroid Collection was curated by Rebekka Reuter, curator-in-chief of WestLicht in Vienna.

The exhibition can be viewed from may 26th until august 5th 2012 at NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf.

What do you think about the polaroid and its disappearance?
Is (or was) it a suitable medium / canvas for art?