{"product_id":"catherine-opie-genre-gender-portraiture","title":"Catherine Opie: Genre \/ Gender \/ Portraiture","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"redstrong\"\u003eNearly four decades of work from the photographer who redefined the expression of gender in contemporary queer portraiture\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA leading voice in contemporary photography, Catherine Opie has been known for her portraits of the queer scene in California since the late 1980s. A fundamental element of Opie’s work is the observation of different gender performances through a critical revision of the genre of portraiture. Her photography emphasizes how portraiture has the power to both reinforce and deconstruct conventional and binary expressions of gender. The title of this publication and the MASP exhibition it accompanies is based on the double meaning of the word \u003ci\u003egênero\u003c\/i\u003e in Portuguese, meaning both “gender” and “genre.”\u003cbr\u003eFor her first solo show in Brazil, Opie enters into dialogue with the tradition of the portrait—a way of representing the human figure that dates to the 15th century in the West—producing an archive of diverse presentations of gender and sexuality. Around 60 photographs from her most iconic series are displayed alongside a selection of around 15 emblematic portraits from MASP’s collection. Strongly marked by figuration and the formal constraint of portraiture, the juxtaposition of these works accentuates the dialogues, tensions and reformulations that Opie’s photographic oeuvre proposes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"catanno\"\u003eEdited by Adriano Pedrosa, Guilherme Giufrida. Text by Ashton Cooper, David Joselit, Guilherme Giufrida, Jack Halberstam, Vi Grunvald.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 8 x 10.75 in. \/ 176 pgs \/ 120 color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" align=\"left\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\" style=\"width: 99.9802%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003ctd bgcolor=\"\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\" width=\"\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n\u003ctable align=\"left\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"220\" style=\"height: 39.2046px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"height: 19.6023px;\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Park Life Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41013629550650,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7069\/files\/catherine-opie-genre-gender-portraiture-33.jpg?v=1758054747","url":"https:\/\/www.parklifestore.com\/products\/catherine-opie-genre-gender-portraiture","provider":"Park Life Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}