Case Study

Selections from the Museo de reproducciones fotográficas (April 30 - June 7, 2009)

Included works by Laylah Ali, Jose Alicea, Balthus, Mestre Candido, John Currin, Margaret Bourke-White, George Condo, Gregory Crewdson, William Eggleston, Honore Fragonard, Jitka Hanzlova, Candida Hofer, Sarah Lucas, Ana Mendieta, Chris Ofili, Monique Prieto, Richard Prince, Martin Ramirez, Mark Rothko, Rachel Ruysch, Richard Serra, Tomi Ungerer, Chia Ying, Lisa Yuskavage, and others.

Triple Candie inaugurated its new Case Study room with a selection of works from the Museo de reproducciones fotográficas. The Museo is a lending collection of 1,200 high-quality photographic reproductions cut from books on the visual arts, crafts, design, and architecture. The reproductions' cataloguing records -- which are incomplete and based exclusively on the objects' original credit line -- include detailed condition reports that are updated each time the works are de-installed. The colllection was purchased by Dakis Joannou in 2010 and remains available for loan through the Deste Collection in Athens.

About the Case Study: Triple Candie's Case Study was a 24' x 14' room with windows on three sides, a wood-beam and copper ceiling overhead, and a massive museum display case in the center. The 12'-long mahogany case contained 72 glass-topped, open-storage drawers, and had a greenhouse-style glass top. The case was used for temporary exhibitions.