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About US-American photographer, Francesca WOODMAN (1958-1981)
Francesca WOODMAN grew up in a family of artists in Boulder, Colorado. She produced her first photographic works at the age of thirteen. Between 1975 and 1979 she attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). In 1980, the family moved to New York, as her father in particular hoped to better connect with the city's art community. Shortly after the publication of her only book of photographs, 'Some Disordered Interior Geometries' (1981), Francesca WOODMAN ended her life in New York by suicide.
Photo books by and on the work of Francesca WOODMAN
'Some Disordered Interior Geometries' (1981); 'Francesca Woodman' (1998, by Alexis Schwarzenbach'; 'Scattered in space and time' (2006, by Chris Townsend); 'Francesca Woodman' (2009, by Marco Pierini); 'Francesca Woodman's Notebook' (2011, by George Woodman); 'The Roman years: between flesh and film' (2012, by Isabella Pedicini); 'Francesca Woodman. Werke der Sammlung Verbund' (2014, by Gabriele Schor, Elisabeth Bronfen); 'On Being an Angel' (2015, by Anna Tellgren); ‚Alternate Stories‘ (2022); ‚Portrait of a Reputation‘ (2019); ‚The Artist’s Books‘ (2023); 'Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron: Portraits to Dream' (announced for May 2024);
Work and reception
"In her photographs, Francesca WOODMAN often dealt with the contemplation of herself and her body in the space surrounding her. For the most part, she used long exposures or double exposures, to realize her subject and did so largely in black and white. However, her works were not perceived accordingly by the art scene. The preoccupation with her work consists of opinion texts, for and against the feminist reading or Lacanian interpretations. For the moods she creates, her works have been labeled ,American Gothic'. Her work is mostly read autobiographically or related to surrealism. At times Francesca WOODMAN is a narcissist or the opposite." (according to Isabel Tejeda)
Exhibitions
- 2012: 'Francesca Woodman', Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City;
2014: 'Sammlung Verbund', Vienna;
2020: 'Francesca Woodman. On Being an Angel', C/O Berlin;