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The Nose on Your Face: Faces and Souls in August Sander's Germany
Sander Gilman, Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Emory University, links our 21st-century obsession with faces—from botox to face transplants—to the cultures of Weimar Germany.
Free; reservations required.
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Thursday, May 29, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Getty Center, Harold M. Williams Auditorium
August Sander in Context
Tour the exhibition with Virginia Heckert, associate curator, Department of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum. Also view contemporaneous portraits by other German photographers in the Photographs Study Room to learn why Sander's composite photographic portrait of the German people remains influential. The course concludes with the "portraits" of anonymous industrial structures made by Bernd and Hilla Becher.
Course fee $30; $20 students. Open to 25 participants. Call (310) 440-7300 to sign up.
Part 1: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Part 2: Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum Studios and galleries
Photographer Catherine Opie, whose portraits and architectural landscapes explore issues of place and identity, discusses the work and influence of August Sander and Bernd and Hilla Becher. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 3:00 p.m. the day of the program.
Friday, May 9, 2008, 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
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August Sander's People of the Twentieth Century
Reiner Holzemer's documentary interweaves historical footage, photographs, and interviews with a former assistant of the artist, museum curators, and his daughter and grandson to elucidate Sander's distinctive approach to portraiture during the Weimar Republic. Paired with tours of the exhibition by Museum educators.
Free; no reservations required.
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Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15, 2008
Screenings at 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 4:30 p.m.
Gallery tours at 1:30 p.m and 3:30 p.m.
Virginia Heckert, associate curator, and Linde Brady, graduate intern, Department of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, each lead gallery talks on the exhibitions August Sander: People of the Twentieth Century and Bernd and Hilla Becher: Basic Forms.
Meet under the stairs in the Museum Entrance Hall.
Wednesdays, May 7 and May 14, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
Thursdays, May 15 and September 4, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Center, Museum galleries
Hear Virginia Heckert, associate curator, Department of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, talk about works of art in the exhibition. Pick up an audio player in the Museum Entrance Hall.
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