Those of Witkin's works which use corpses have had to be created in Mexico in order to get around restrictive US laws. Because of the transgressive nature of the contents of his images, his works have been labelled exploitative and have sometimes shocked public opinion. Documentary In July 2011, filming began on the feature-length documentary, Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye. The film, directed by Thomas Marino, examines Witkin's life and photographs. Along with interviews with Joel-Peter Witkin, the film features interviews from gallery owners, prominent artists, photographers, and scholars who share insight into the impact of Witkin's work and influence on modern culture. Filming took place in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, New York  , and Paris. The film was released on July 6, 2013 for digital download and streaming/rental. The film will be part of the permanent collections at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, France, and the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile in Santiago, Chile. 1939: Born in Brooklyn September 13, 1939 to Max and Mary (Pellegrino) Witkin.; one child, Kersen Ahanu Witkin; m. Barbara Anne Gilbert, 2005. 1959: Group show at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC 1973- 1974: Student poetry fellow at Columbia University 1974: Received his B.F.A. at Cooper Union 1980: Exhibited in Projects Studio One, NYC 1981: Group show at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1982: Exhibited in Galerie Texbraun, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris 1983: Exhibited in Kansas City Art Institute. Exhibited in Stedelijk Mus, Amsterdam. Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC 1984: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC 1985: Exhibited in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Group show at the Whitney Biennial 1986: Received his M.F.A. at University of New Mexico. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Brooklyn Museum. Group show at Palis de Tokyo, Paris 1987: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. 1988: Exhibited in Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid. 1989: Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. 1990: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris 1991: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Exhibited in Museum Of Modern Art Haifa, Israel 1993: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan 1994: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan 1995: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan. Exhibited in Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Exhibited in Interkamera, Prague. Exhibited in II Castello de Rivoli Museum., Turin 1996: Artist in residence Zerybthia Rome Italy summer of this year. Lecturer Am. Acad. Rome. Exhibited in Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal. Exhibited in Rencontres de la Photograpie, Arles, France. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan. Group show at La Photographie Contemporaine en France 1997: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Group show at Foto Masson, Goteberg, Sweden. Group show at Hanlin Museum, South Korea. Group show at Hayward Gallery, London 1998: Exhibited in Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe. Exhibited in Wildenstein Gallery, Tokyo. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein, L.A. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan. Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Artist in residence Berlin fall of 1998 and Paris winter 1998. Exhibited in Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal. Exhibited in Camera Work, Berlin, El Escorial, Spain. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Group show at Bogardenkapel, Bruges. Group show at Srasborg Mus. D'Art Moderne et Contemporaine 1999: Exhibited in Sternburg Museum, Prague. Exhibited in Mesiac Fotographie, Slovakia. Group show the Ansel Adams Ctr., San Francisco Group show at Camera Work, San Francisco. Group show at The Louvre, Paris 2000: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Hotel de Sully, Paris Exhibited in Caherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. Exhibited in Ctr. Contemporary Art, Honolulu. Group show at Musee Bourdelle, Paris. Group show at John Gibson Gallery, NYC. Group show at The High Mus. Art, Ga., 2001: Lecture at Yale University. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan. Exhibited in Etherton Gallery, Tucson. Group show at The Fotografie Forum, Frankfort 2002: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Stadt Mus., Jena. Exhibited in Picture Photo Space, Osaka. Exhibited in Infinito Gallery, Turin. Group show at National Gallery of Canada. Group show at Hotel de Sully, Paris. Group show at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Group show at The Whitney Museum, NYC 2003: Exhibited in Galeria Juaa de Aizpura, Madrid. Exhibited in Photoes Pana, Madrid. Exhibited in Le Garage Galerie, Toulouse. Group show at H. Lunn Collection, Lille. Group show at Photology, Milan. Group show at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin 2004: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in ARCO, Madrid. Group show at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Group show at Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC 2005: Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Exhibited in Etherton Gallery, Tucson. Exhibited in Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe. Exhibited Gary Tatinstian Gallery, Moscow. Exhibited in Moscow House Photography. Group show at Guggenheim, Bilbao. Group show at D'Art Del'Yonne. Group show at Wessel and O'Connor Fine Art, NYC. Group show at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago 2006: Lecturer at Ecole Supérieure, Paris. Lecturer at Spanish Embassy, Moscow. Solo show Witkin Vintage, Hasted Hunt, NYC Solo show Café Francoise, Brussels, Paris Photo. Group show at Cité Internationale: "The Book," M.E.P. Paris. Group show at Houston Center for Photography, Silver Retrospective 2007: Exhibited in Human Kind, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris and at Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY; Lecturer at Medici Palace, Seravezza; Exhibited in Paris Photo; Exhibited in The Invisible Landscape, National Gallery of Canada; Exhibited in Myst: Mystic and Mystery of a photographic collection, CRAM, Italy 2008: Exhibited in Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, Exhibited in Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2010: Exhibited in Counterfactuals, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, Exhibited in 1000 Eventi Gallery, Milan, Exhibited in Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Exhibited in Bodies, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm, Exhibited in Discoveries, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibited in "Memento Mori:" The Birth & Resurrection of Postmortem Photography, Merchant's House Museum, New York, NY, Exhibited in "Decadence Now!" BRNO House of Arts, Czech Republic 2012: Exhibited in Heaven or Hell, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 2013: Exhibited in "Vanitas: Joel-Peter Witkin en Chile", Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago. Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye documentary premiered at the opening of this exhibition.
Those of Witkin's works which use corpses have had to be created in Mexico to get around restrictive US laws. Because of the transgressive nature of the contents of his images, his works have been labelled exploitative and have sometimes shocked public opinion. Documentary In July 2011, filming began on the feature-length documentary, Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye. The film, directed by Thomas Marino, examines Witkin's life and photographs. Along with interviews with Joel-Peter Witkin, the film features interviews from gallery owners, prominent artists, photographers, and scholars who share insight into the impact of Witkin's work and influence on modern culture. Filming took place in Albuquerque, Los Angeles, New York City , and Paris. The film was released on July 6, 2013 for digital download and streaming/rental. The film will be part of the permanent collections at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, France, and the Biblioteca Nacional de Chile in Santiago, Chile. 1939: Born in Brooklyn September 13, 1939 to Max and Mary (Pellegrino) Witkin.; one child, Kersen Ahanu Witkin; m. Barbara Anne Gilbert, 2005. 1959: Group show at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC 1973– 1974: Student poetry fellow at Columbia University 1974: Received his B.F.A. at Cooper Union 1980: Exhibited in Projects Studio One, NYC 1981: Group show at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 1982: Exhibited in Galerie Texbraun, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris 1983: Exhibited in Kansas City Art Institute. Exhibited in Stedelijk Mus, Amsterdam. Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC 1984: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC 1985: Exhibited in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Group show at the Whitney Biennial 1986: Received his M.F.A. at University of New Mexico. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Brooklyn Museum. Group show at Palis de Tokyo, Paris 1987: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. 1988: Exhibited in Centro de Arte Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid. 1989: Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. 1990: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris 1991: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Exhibited in Museum Of Modern Art Haifa, Israel 1993: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan 1994: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan 1995: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan. Exhibited in Guggenheim Museum, NYC. Exhibited in Interkamera, Prague. Exhibited in II Castello de Rivoli Museum., Turin 1996: Artist in residence Zerybthia Rome Italy summer of this year. Lecturer Am. Acad. Rome. Exhibited in Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal. Exhibited in Rencontres de la Photograpie, Arles, France. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan. Group show at La Photographie Contemporaine en France 1997: Exhibited in Fraenkel Gallery. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein MacGill Gallery, NYC Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Group show at Foto Masson, Goteberg, Sweden. Group show at Hanlin Museum, South Korea. Group show at Hayward Gallery, London 1998: Exhibited in Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe. Exhibited in Wildenstein Gallery, Tokyo. Exhibited in Pace Wildenstein, L.A. Exhibited in Taipei Photo Gallery, Taiwan. Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Artist in residence Berlin fall of 1998 and Paris winter 1998. Exhibited in Encontros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal. Exhibited in Camera Work, Berlin, El Escorial, Spain. Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Group show at Bogardenkapel, Bruges. Group show at Srasborg Mus. D'Art Moderne et Contemporaine 1999: Exhibited in Sternburg Museum, Prague. Exhibited in Mesiac Fotographie, Slovakia. Group show the Ansel Adams Ctr., San Francisco Group show at Camera Work, San Francisco. Group show at The Louvre, Paris 2000: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Hotel de Sully, Paris Exhibited in Caherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago. Exhibited in Ctr. Contemporary Art, Honolulu. Group show at Musee Bourdelle, Paris. Group show at John Gibson Gallery, NYC. Group show at The High Mus. Art, Ga., 2001: Lecture at Yale University. Exhibited in Photo Picture Space Gallery Osaka, Japan. Exhibited in Etherton Gallery, Tucson. Group show at The Fotografie Forum, Frankfort 2002: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Stadt Mus., Jena. Exhibited in Picture Photo Space, Osaka. Exhibited in Infinito Gallery, Turin. Group show at National Gallery of Canada. Group show at Hotel de Sully, Paris. Group show at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Group show at The Whitney Museum, NYC 2003: Exhibited in Galeria Juaa de Aizpura, Madrid. Exhibited in Photoes Pana, Madrid. Exhibited in Le Garage Galerie, Toulouse. Group show at H. Lunn Collection, Lille. Group show at Photology, Milan. Group show at Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin 2004: Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris. Exhibited in ARCO, Madrid. Group show at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Group show at Yancey Richardson Gallery, NYC 2005: Exhibited in Fahey/Klein Gallery, L.A. Exhibited in Etherton Gallery, Tucson. Exhibited in Linda Durham Gallery, Santa Fe. Exhibited Gary Tatinstian Gallery, Moscow. Exhibited in Moscow House Photography. Group show at Guggenheim, Bilbao. Group show at D'Art Del'Yonne. Group show at Wessel and O'Connor Fine Art, NYC. Group show at Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago 2006: Lecturer at Ecole Supérieure, Paris. Lecturer at Spanish Embassy, Moscow. Solo show Witkin Vintage, Hasted Hunt, NYC Solo show Café Francoise, Brussels, Paris Photo. Group show at Cité Internationale: "The Book," M.E.P. Paris. Group show at Houston Center for Photography, Silver Retrospective 2007: Exhibited in Human Kind, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris and at Hasted Hunt Gallery, New York, NY; Lecturer at Medici Palace, Seravezza; Exhibited in Paris Photo; Exhibited in The Invisible Landscape, National Gallery of Canada; Exhibited in Myst: Mystic and Mystery of a photographic collection, CRAM, Italy 2008: Exhibited in Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, Exhibited in Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 2010: Exhibited in Counterfactuals, Galerie Baudoin Lebon, Paris, Exhibited in 1000 Eventi Gallery, Milan, Exhibited in Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Exhibited in Bodies, Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm, Exhibited in Discoveries, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY, Exhibited in "Memento Mori:" The Birth & Resurrection of Postmortem Photography, Merchant's House Museum, New York, NY, Exhibited in "Decadence Now!" BRNO House of Arts, Czech Republic 2012: Exhibited in Heaven or Hell, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris. 2013: Exhibited in "Vanitas: Joel-Peter Witkin en Chile", Biblioteca Nacional de Chile, Santiago. Joel-Peter Witkin: An Objective Eye documentary premiered at the opening of this exhibition.
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