Kunsthaus Zürich Shows ‘The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today

ZURICH.- From 25 February to 15 May 2011, the Kunsthaus Zürich is hosting ‘The Original Copy’, which assembles more than 300 photographs from the dawn of modernism to the present. By over 100 leading photographers and path breaking sculptors, the works demonstrate the way photography has influenced the concept of sculpture and given it a new and creative definition. The show comes to the Kunsthaus Zürich from The Museum of Modern Art and will make no further stops. ‘The Original Copy’ is the first survey exhibition to focus on the role of photography in the evolution of sculpture and offers visitors a critical examination of the aesthetic and theoretical intersections of these two very different media. Sculpture is among the first subjects of photography. With their use of experimental detailing, selective focus, variable optics, extreme close-up and strat

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