29 Aprile 2015
Il Jeu de Paume rende omaggio all’opera di Taryn Simon con una mostra che presenta otto suoi lavori differenti, realizzati tra il 2000 e oggi. L’artista americana declina in varie forme (fotografia, testi, video) il problema dell’ambiguità delle immagini e riflette sul tema dell’invisibilità fotografica, indagando sugli spazi attorno a noi nascosti da barriere invalicabili. Come in An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, dove documenta una serie di siti preclusi alla popolazione civile, tra istituzioni governative, scientifiche e militari. O come in The Innocents, una serie di ritratti a individui condannati ingiustamente, fotografati in luoghi chiave. Impenetrabilità, assenza, inganno: gli scatti di Simon mettono l’osservatore di fronte alla fragilità della documentazione, illuminando ciò che è nascosto e ribadendone l’inaccessibilità.
Taryn Simon, Rear Views, A Star-forming Nebula, and the Office of Foreign Propaganda
Jeu de Paume
A cura di Ami Barak
24 febbraio > 17 maggio 2015
Parigi
![Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Charles Irvin Fain. Scene of the crime, the Snake River, Melba, Idaho. Served 18 years of a Death sentence for Murder, Rape and Kidnapping.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_01.jpg)
Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Charles Irvin Fain. Scene of the crime, the Snake River, Melba, Idaho. Served 18 years of a Death sentence for Murder, Rape and Kidnapping.
![Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Larry Mayes. Scene of arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room. Served 18.5 years of an 80-year sentence for Rape, Robbery and Unlawful Deviate Conduct.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_02.jpg)
Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Larry Mayes. Scene of arrest, The Royal Inn, Gary, Indiana Police found Mayes hiding beneath a mattress in this room. Served 18.5 years of an 80-year sentence for Rape, Robbery and Unlawful Deviate Conduct.
![Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Troy Webb. Scene of the crime, The Pines, Virginia Beach, Virginia Served 7 years of a 47-year sentence for Rape, Kidnapping and Robbery.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_04.jpg)
Taryn Simon, The Innocents, 2002. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Troy Webb. Scene of the crime, The Pines, Virginia Beach, Virginia Served 7 years of a 47-year sentence for Rape, Kidnapping and Robbery.
![Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. NGC 281, The Pacman Nebula. Kitt Peak National Observatory Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_05.jpg)
Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
NGC 281, The Pacman Nebula. Kitt Peak National Observatory Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona.
![Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Hymenoplasty Cosmetic Surgery, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_06.jpg)
Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Hymenoplasty Cosmetic Surgery, P.A. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
![Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Nuclear Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility, Cherenkov Radiation. Hanford Site, U.S. Department of Energy Southeastern Washington State.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_07.jpg)
Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Nuclear Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility, Cherenkov Radiation. Hanford Site, U.S. Department of Energy Southeastern Washington State.
![Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. White Tiger (Kenny), Selective Inbreeding Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation Eureka Springs, Arkansas.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_09.jpg)
Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
White Tiger (Kenny), Selective Inbreeding Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge and Foundation Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
![Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon. Cryopreservation Unit, Cryonics Institute, Clinton Township, Michigan.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_10.jpg)
Taryn Simon, An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar, 2007. Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
Cryopreservation Unit, Cryonics Institute, Clinton Township, Michigan.
![Taryn Simon, Contraband, 2010. Oxalis tuberosa, Peru (7CFR) (prohibited) Detail, Oca (Prohibited). Courtesy: Taryn Simon.](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_Jeu_de_Paume_12.jpg)
Taryn Simon, Contraband, 2010. Oxalis tuberosa, Peru (7CFR) (prohibited) Detail, Oca (Prohibited). Courtesy: Taryn Simon.
![Taryn Simon](http://www.klatmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Klat_Taryn_Simon_13.jpg)
Taryn Simon