Bettina Rheims
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Bettina Rheims works within the medium of photography seeking to build a social consciousness and political awareness. Revolving her work around the female body, the artist addresses questions of gender and feminism with a sense of eroticism.
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Bettina RheimsLa mort de l'oiseau / The death of the Bird, 2009Tirage argentique83 x 104 cm
32 10/16 x 40 15/16 in -
Bettina RheimsL'oeuvre au blanc / Whitening, 2009Tirage argentique105 x 82 cm
41 5/16 x 32 4/16 in -
Bettina RheimsPierres de rêve / Dream Stones, 2009Tirage argentique83 x 104 cm
32 10/16 x 40 15/16 in -
Bettina RheimsTenue de gala / Gala Outfit, 2009Tirage argentique105 x 82 cm
41 5/16 x 32 4/16 in -
Bettina RheimsAlison I, 2008Tirage argentique155 x 125 cm
61 1/16 x 49 3/16 in -
Bettina RheimsLa résurrection des philosophes / The resurrection of the philosophers, 2008Tirage argentique83 x 104 cm
32 10/16 x 40 15/16 in -
Bettina RheimsHannelore Knuts, 2005Tirage argentique157 x 125 cm
61 12/16 x 49 3/16 in -
Bettina RheimsLaetitia Casta, 2005Tirage argentique157 x 125 cm
61 12/16 x 49 3/16 in -
Bettina RheimsLily Cole, 2005Tirage argentique157 x 125 cm
61 12/16 x 49 3/16 in -
Bettina RheimsMilla Jovovitz, 2005Tirage argentique157 x 125 cm
61 12/16 x 49 3/16 in
I still find myself having to justify being a woman taking pictures of naked women. It never occurred to me that there was something bizarre about it.
Bettina Rheims was born in Paris in 1952. Since her first photographs in the late ’70s, Bettina Rheims has defied the predictable. She started photography through work on female strip-tease artists and acrobats. In the end, these series of photographs led to her first exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. It was also the beginning of Rheims as a photographer whose main subject is the female body. From her series on Pigalle strippers (1980) to her cycle on the life of Jesus in I.N.R.I. (1998), from Chanel commercials to Gender Studies (2011), her work has shaken up traditional iconography and pushed...
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Héroïnes & Just Like A Woman
Bettina Rheims 25.03 - 22.05.2014 Gallery - Knokke - BelgiumHeroïnes Cette série marque l’aboutissement d’un désir profond de l’artiste, celui d’établir un rapport à la sculpture dans sa création photographique. Le caillou utilisé ici comme unique élément de décor...Read more -
Rose c'est Paris
Bettina Rheims 20.02 - 8.04.2013 Gallery - Brussels - BelgiumUne jeune femme que l’on connaît par son initiale, B., cherche Rose, sa sœur jumelle, qu’elle prétend disparue : tel est le point de départ d’une sorte de quête initiatique,...Read more