Liz Taylor’s home life on display at UMMA
"Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road" travels to University of Michigan Art Museum
Department of Art Professor Catherine Opie photographed Elizabeth Taylor's during the last year of Taylor's life. The exhibition, which debuted at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA) in early 2016, will now travel to the University of Michigan Art Museum (UMMA). MOCA Chief Curator Helen Molesworth tells the Detroit News about the show.
"Here’s the bottom line: This show is a voyeur’s dream.
In the last year of Liz Taylor’s life, Los Angeles photographer Catherine Opie got the go-ahead to spend months shooting the starlet’s home and personal possessions. (Taylor died at 79 in 2011.)
The result, “Catherine Opie: 700 Nimes Road,” at the University of Michigan Museum of Art through Sept. 11, is a sumptuous, surprisingly affecting glimpse into the hidden parts of a celebrity’s life."— Michael H. Hodges, July 18, 2016
Read the full article at the Detroit News website.