In the second section, space is given over to works produced during his Parisian and New York phases: very prolific periods influenced by Romanticism and Surrealism, during which he produced iconic images such as Mainbocher Corset, Paris, 1939, and Hand, Hands, New York, 1941. The first section serves as an introduction to the artist and his research interests: the relationship between nature and culture, the set portrait and the great attention to detail, elements that can be seen both in the photographs in which he captures the intellectual milieu of Paris in the 1930s, in his self-portraits and still lifes. The different sections are organised in such a way as to emphasise certain salient points of Horst’s artistic production: the link with classical art which, however, does not exclude the influence of the vanguards the visual investigation of the harmony and elegance of the human figure enhanced by his perfect mastery of set lighting the profitable and lasting collaboration with Vogue, a magazine for which the photographer put his name to dozens of front covers the portraits of personalities from the world of fashion and art, often set in their own homes, images through which the author once again reveals his indisputable compositional skills. With a selection of over 150 works in various formats, it takes into account Horst’s main creative periods, retracing his career through the fundamental junctures of his evolution, from his beginnings to his most recent works. The itinerary of the exhibition, curated by Giangavino Pazzola, is chronological.
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