juergen teller: 'paradis'
10 september – 17 october 2009
at the lehmann maupin gallery
540 west 26th street, new york


'paridis' 2009 by juergen teller
c-print, 70 x 50 inches
image courtesy the lehmann maupin gallery

german photographer juergen teller will present an exhibition entitled 'paradis' at
the lehmann maupin gallery in new york. the photographs were originally commisssioned
for the french magazine, paradis, and will appear in a limited edition book available at the
end of september 2009.

shot alone one evening at the musee du louvre in paris, this nude study features large-scale
photographs of the two women as they move amongst the masterpieces housed in the museum
and captures the intimacy between photographer and subject. the women's lack of vanity is
revealed as they are shot at an uncomfortable proximity, blending their bodies with classical
statues and standing before leonardo's mona lisa. teller removes the artifice between photographer
and subject, leaving only the purity of each image, and unlike the sculptures in the museum's
collection, his photographs do not present a standard of beauty but are more akin to a tribute
to women and the human form.


'paradis' by juergen teller
image courtesy the lehmann maupin gallery