Abstract
The well-documented changes that took place in the urban landscapes of fin de
siècle Paris and pre-depression New York have seldom been considered in terms
of the changes they instigated in their respective cultures of gallery and exhibition
space. By drawing on the contemporaneous changes in photographic practices,
which suggested new models of engaging with the city, this article seeks to account
for the emergence of a new mode of experiencing gallery space, which explicitly drew
on the urban environment. This article seeks to interpret the ways of experiencing
such space, with particular attention to the Parisian Salon de l’Escalier and the New
York-based Julien Levy Gallery, and their use of photographic interiorization, which
echoes archival space. By considering the first spaces to exhibit urban photography
thus, this article seeks to retrospectively re-occupy the space of the gallery through
an imagined mode of experience.
siècle Paris and pre-depression New York have seldom been considered in terms
of the changes they instigated in their respective cultures of gallery and exhibition
space. By drawing on the contemporaneous changes in photographic practices,
which suggested new models of engaging with the city, this article seeks to account
for the emergence of a new mode of experiencing gallery space, which explicitly drew
on the urban environment. This article seeks to interpret the ways of experiencing
such space, with particular attention to the Parisian Salon de l’Escalier and the New
York-based Julien Levy Gallery, and their use of photographic interiorization, which
echoes archival space. By considering the first spaces to exhibit urban photography
thus, this article seeks to retrospectively re-occupy the space of the gallery through
an imagined mode of experience.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 237-252 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Urban Cultural Studies |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2015 |