Diane Arbus Exhibition Challenges Intimacy and Discomfort
The largest-ever exhibition of Diane Arbus' work, titled Diane Arbus: Konstellationen, is currently on display at Berlin's Gropius Bau, featuring 454 prints, many of which have never been shown before.
This exhibition prompts us to rethink what it means to truly look at someone, with portraits that capture a wide range of subjects, from children and circus performers to suburban families and drag queens.
Her work has always divided opinion, with images that can feel tender, cruel, voyeuristic, or intimate.
The exhibition Konstellationen presents a network of images that invite viewers to trace echoes, contrasts, and unexpected connections across decades of Arbus' work, without smoothing out the tensions inherent in her photography.
Author's summary: Exhibition rethinks intimacy through Arbus' lens.