Biography Juergen Teller

JUERGEN TELLER

Visited the ICA on Friday 1^st of March to see Juergen Teller exhibition Woo.  Juergen Teller is an important and successful Fashion Photographer and Artist in the commercial and Art world.  He uses famous celebrities in his images like Victoria Beckham, Kate Moss and Vivienne Westwood to pose in such a way which is nontraditional, emotional and thought provoking.  Teller images have a narrative and he has a distinctive style, which combines comedy, honesty and emotions.

The exhibition consisted of three rooms containing his project based and personal artistic work.  The first room contains an enormous triptych of the queen of fashion Vivienne Westward and a huge photo of Kurt Cobain hunched over his guitar.

My first impression, Woo indeed or more like WOO! WOO!, the huge triptych of Vivienne Westward in the nude was like a painters' palate bold and vibrant.  Ms Westwood in all her glory with her private parts hanging out for all to see, I moved swiftly on.

The second room was covered in a collage of all his magazine spreads, almost like a massive brainstorm room filled with images and text.

The Fox Reading Room was my favourite room, as the whole room covered with a majority of his images, which were Sexually Explicit, Outrageous, Striking, Shocking, Strange, Loud and too many male penises just hanging out ‘UNPRETTY!.  It reminds me of a song titled Unpretty by TLC.

The last room is a mixture of commercial and personal shots like the image of his daughter Lola is hung very close to his image for Marc Jacobs of Victoria Beckham.

Juergen Teller Photographs so many modern day icons in intimate positions, Juergen Teller commented "I'm just curious! I want to photograph my arse hole because I had never seen it before" (2013)

Many celebrities and the commercial art world would be interested in Juergen Teller work as it is what is happening now.  Its current and what the world demands celebrity culture, popular culture,  fame and fortune.

 Legs, Bags and Shoes

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/10/fashion/10TELLER.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

This image stood out to me as I have and love Marc Jacob perfume, I like the way Victoria Beckham feet are protruding out of the branded shopping bag by Marc Jacobs.  It’s interesting how he combines fashion with naked body parts and it works. I can now connect the face behind the brand name.

Juergen Tellers' book titled Pictures and Text is full of celebrities in unusual poses and the stories which accompany the images are full of wit and emotion.  My favourite image is the one of OJ Simpson and a blonde sitting at a table.  The text below the image explains the story behind the image, interesting and very funny I had to read it twice.  I leave you the viewer to make up your own mind.



'Only God knows': OJ Simpson

 



 http://www.lomography.com/magazine/news/2013/01/25/juergen-tellers-best-shots

References

Jeffrey, I. (1997) The Photo Book. London: Phaidon Press Limited.

lomography Magazine (2013) Jergan Tellers' Best Shots. [Online]. Available at: http://www.lomography.com/magazine/news/2013/01/25/juergen-tellers-best-shots (Accessed 03/03/13)

O'Hagan, S. (2003) 'Shooting up,' The Observer 6th April [Online]. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2003/apr/06/features.magazine47 (Accessed 03/03/13)

Teller, J. (2012) Pictures and text. Germany: Steidl.


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