IZIS - Paris des rêves
Institut français de Berlin
Izis: Boulevard de Rochechouart, Paris
1959 © Izis Bidermanas
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On the occasion of the 100th birthday of Izis (Israëlis Bidermanas), the Berlin Institute of French Culture is joining with the Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus e.V. [Friends of the Willy Brandt House, Regd. Assn.] to host a comprehensive retrospective of around 300 works of the well-known Franco-Lithuanian photographer. Izis left his homeland for Paris at the age of 19. His pictures trace a fascinating portrait of Jewish Lithuania.
The exhibition at the Institute of French Culture comprises Le cirque dIzis, showing motifs from the world of the circus, with jugglers, fire-swallowers and a cabinet of curiosities, and Le monde de Chagall, with portraits of Marc Chagall, who was a close friend of the photographer. In 1963-64 Izis was the only photographer permitted to follow Chagalls work on the ceiling of the Paris Opera and document it with the camera.
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Artist(s)
Izis
Curator(s)
Manuel Bidermanas, Armelle Canitrot
Duration of the exhibition
29.10.2010 - 23.01.2011
Vernissage
28.10.2010, 20.30 h
Opening times
Mo, Di, Mi 14-19 h, Mi, Do 12-19 h, Sa 11-15
Location
Institut français de Berlin
Kurfürstendamm 211
10719 Berlin
T 0049 30 885902069
Public transport connections
U1 Uhlandstraße
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