“Who’s Looking at the Family” refers to a landmark 1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
“Who’s Looking at the Family” refers to a landmark 1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
“Who’s Looking at the Family” refers to a landmark 1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
The Original Exhibition (1994)
Focus: Explored how photographers turned inward to document the “central but very private institution” of the family.
Key Artists: Included Richard Billingham (with his father), Sally Mann (her children), Larry Sultan & Paul Reas (father/son), and Anna & Bernhard Blume (suburban life).
Context: A 25th-anniversary re-examination, incorporating new technologies and changing family definitions.
Featured Artists: David Moore, Trish Morrissey, Léonie Hampton, Mariela Sancari, Amak Mahmoodian, and others.
Themes: Continued to question family dynamics, including addiction (Louis Quail’s Big Brother) and identity (Thom Bridge’s twin photos).
In essence, the “Barbican who’s looking at the family” is about photographers looking at, and revealing, the intimate, complex, and often contradictory realities within family units, both in the mid-90s and in the digital age.
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1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
The Original Exhibition (1994)
Focus: Explored how photographers turned inward to document the “central but very private institution” of the family.
Key Artists: Included Richard Billingham (with his father), Sally Mann (her children), Larry Sultan & Paul Reas (father/son), and Anna & Bernhard Blume (suburban life).
Context: A 25th-anniversary re-examination, incorporating new technologies and changing family definitions.
Featured Artists: David Moore, Trish Morrissey, Léonie Hampton, Mariela Sancari, Amak Mahmoodian, and others.
Themes: Continued to question family dynamics, including addiction (Louis Quail’s Big Brother) and identity (Thom Bridge’s twin photos).
In essence, the “Barbican who’s looking at the family” is about photographers looking at, and revealing, the intimate, complex, and often contradictory realities within family units, both in the mid-90s and in the digital age.
“Who’s Looking at the Family” refers to a landmark 1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and David Moore and Léonie Hampton in the sequel.
1994 Barbican exhibition curated by Val Williams, showcasing photographers exploring family life, and its 2018 follow-up “Who’s Looking at the Family, Now?” that updated the theme with contemporary artists, examining evolving family dynamics through intimate, often challenging, photographic projects. Both exhibitions used photography to delve into the private complexities of home, relationships, and identity, featuring artists like Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan in the original, and and in the sequel.
