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The Third ICP Triennial of Photography and Video

The Triennial is ICP's signature exhibition: a global survey of the most exciting and challenging new work in photography and video. The only recurring U.S. exhibition specializing in international contemporary photography and video, the Third Triennial will mark the closing cycle of ICP's 2009 Year of Fashion, a series of projects that critically examine fashion and its relationship to art and other cultural and social phenomena. Through the lens of fashion—in its broadest conception—the Triennial will look at the proliferation of photo- and video-based work exploring the uses of style, image, and personal presentation.

The theme of fashion encompasses a diverse range of practices and ideas, including explorations of identity and affiliation; the production, distribution, and consumption of images and goods; contemporaneity; age; gender; and global industry. The themes of the Triennial express the exuberance, wit, and astute social observation taking place within contemporary image-making. These artists variously explore fashion—whether in everyday dress, haute couture, street fashion, or uniforms—as a celebration of individuality, personal identity, and self-expression, and as cultural, religious, social, and political statements.

Woman showing how to wear an outfit.

Yto Barrada
The Belt, Step 1 to 9, from the series The Smugglers, Tangier, 2006
© Yto Barrada
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Polaris, Paris

A women looking towards the left.

Valérie Belin
Untitled, 2006
© Valérie Belin
Courtesy the artist and Sikkema Jenkins & Co.

A side profile of someone in a dress, the head covered in a leather mask.

Thorsten Brinkmann
Drune Quoll, 2007
© Thorsten Brinkmann
Courtesy Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin

A 3d girl in a 3d generated world.

Cao Fei
The Fashions of China Tracy, commissioned by Modern Weekly magazine, 2009
© Cao Fei and RMB City, 2009
RMB City Project developed by Cao Fei and Vitamin Creative Space
Facilitator: Uli Sigg

A picture of a man through a window.

Olga Chernysheva
On Duty, 2007
© Olga Chernysheva
Courtesy Foxy Production, New York

Four standing dolls.

Nathalie Djurberg
New Movements in Fashion, 2006
© Nathalie Djurberg
Courtesy Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, and Gio Marconi, Milan

Men and women from the 1940s.

Stan Douglas
Hastings Park, 16 July 1955, 2008
© Stan Douglas
Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner Gallery, New York

Clip art of a kitchen.

Kota Ezawa
NEW! ($2.99/ea), 2007
© Kota Ezawa
Courtesy Murray Guy, New York

A picture of a women in a crowd.

Jacqueline Hassink
BMW Car Girls, 2004
© Jacqueline Hassink
Courtesy Amador Gallery, New York

Woman sitting in bed holding a dog.


Hu Yang
Jin Xing (Beijingnese, Dancer), from the series Shanghai Living, 2005
© Hu Yang
Courtesy ShanghART Gallery, Shanghai

A picture of fabric.

Miyako Ishiuchi
mother's #49, 2002
© Miyako Ishiuchi
Courtesy Sepia International, New York

People riding a train.

Kimsooja
Mumbai: A Laundry Field, 2007–2008
© Kimsooja
Courtesy the artist

Collage of photographs.

Silvia Kolbowski
After Atlas, 1966–present
© Silvia Kolbowski
Courtesy the artist

Blonde women having fun at a party.

Jeremy Kost
Amanda Backstage at Heatherette, from the series Private Pageantry, 2005–present
© Jeremy Kost
Courtesy the artist

Want me poster.

Barbara Kruger
Untitled (Want Me), 2009
© Barbara Kruger
Courtesy the artist and Mary Boone Gallery, New York

A women sitting in a red dress.

Richard Learoyd
Agnes, Red Dress, 2008
© Richard Learoyd
Courtesy McKee Gallery, New York

A man with a sunflower in his ear.

Kalup Linzy
SweetBerry Sonnet (Remixed), 2008
© Kalup Linzy
Courtesy Taxter & Spengemann, New York

The backside of a corset.

Tanya Marcuse
Corset with Silk ribbon, 1880s, from the series Undergarments and Armor, 2002–2004
© Tanya Marcuse
Courtesy the artist and Julie Saul Gallery, New York

A man walking down a in a white outfit.

Anne Morgenstern
Trockenuebung / Dry Run, 2008
© Anne Morgenstern
Courtesy the artist

Abstract art of 2 people.

Wangechi Mutu
The Ark Collection (detail), 2006
© Wangechi Mutu
Courtesy Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles

Men wear a black mask.

Grace Ndiritu
My Blood Self: Artificial Beauty (The Mask), 2006-2007
© Grace Ndiritu
Courtesy of LUX, London

A picture of a person in a dress looking at the camera.

Alice O'Malley
Tabboo! NYC 2008, from the series Community of Elsewheres, 2000–present
© Alice O'Malley
Courtesy the artist and Isis Gallery, London

A woman in a plain black dress staring at the camera.

David Rosetzky
Portrait of Cate Blanchett, 2008
© David Rosetzky
Courtesy The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australia

A group of men walking next to a tank.

Martha Rosler
Invasion, 2008
© Martha Rosler
Courtesy the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York

A man checking out his denim jacket in the mirror.

Julika Rudelius
Tagged, 2003
© Julika Rudelius
Courtesy the artist

A group of women having fun at a party.

Cindy Sherman
Untitled, 2007-2008
© Cindy Sherman
Courtesy the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

A diorama of outfits from the 70s.

Laurie Simmons
The Boxes (Ardis Vinklers), Ballroom II, 2005
© Laurie Simmons
Courtesy Sperone Westwater, New York

A collection of older framed images hung up.

Lorna Simpson
Please remind me of who I am, 2009
© Lorna Simpson
Courtesy Salon94, New York

A young girl looking up to a women.

Hank Willis Thomas
Kama Mama, Kama Binti (like mother like daughter) 1971/2008, 2008
© Hank Willis Thomas
Courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

A woman dressed up in makeup and an elegant dress on her couch.

Mickalene Thomas
Portrait of Qusuquzah, 2008
© Mickalene Thomas
Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York

A picture of a jacket.

Milagros de la Torre
Bulletproof (Chamarral/Jacket), 2008
© Milagros de la Torre
Courtesy the artist

A woman wearing a Victorian Era dress, her neck surrounded by balloons, staring out the open window.

Janaina Tschäpe
Lacrimacorpus (Zeitschneide), 2004
© Janaina Tschäpe
Courtesy Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York

A older woman in her culture's dress.

Pinar Yolacana
Untitled (Maria), 2007
© Pinar Yolacan
Courtesy the artist

A collection of different types of uniforms in China.

Zhou Tao
1-2-3-4, 2007–2008
© Zhou Tao
Courtesy Vitamin Creative Space, Guangzhou

A photography exhibition featuring a wall of tiny photographs scattered across its surface.

Museum

1133 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY
Oct 02, 2009 - Jan 17, 2010
Press Release

Special Thanks

This exhibition was organized by the International Center of Photography with lead support from the ICP Exhibitions Committee. Additional support was provided by Marjorie and Jeffrey A. Rosen; Artur Walther; The Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts; Mary Ann and Frank Arisman; Peter Guggenheimer; Andrew and Marina Lewin; Étant donnés, the French-American Fund for Contemporary Art, a Program of FACE; the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam; Roberta and Steven Denning; Omar H. Al-Farisi; Agnes Gund; Sandy and Ellen Luger; and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.