You need to see this show on the way to Wichita Falls!!!

PRETTY BABY
February 25–June 24, 2007

Pretty Baby, organized by Modern Curator Andrea Karnes, is international in scope and will explore various notions of childhood identity. While the exhibition is meant to be edgy—the title refers to Louis Malle’s 1978 film, a controversial look at child prostitution in New Orleans starring the then 12-year-old Brooke Shields—it will include a wide range of expressions, from works that capture romantic and innocent childlike reverie to works that question established idealized states of childhood. The current working checklist includes Sanford Biggers/Jennifer Zackin, Rineke Dijkstra, Nathalie Djurberg, Adam Fuss, Anna Gaskell, Miranda July, Makiko Kudo, Loretta Lux, Margaret Meehan, Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie, and Charlotta Westergren.

Loretta Lux, Three Wishes, 2001 (detail)
Ilfochrome print
20 x 20 inches framed
Courtesy the artist and Yossi Milo Gallery
© Loretta Lux

Above:
Sanford Biggers and Jennifer Zackin
A Small World, 1999-2002
single channel video, wood, paneling, shag carpet, TRT 6:30, dimensions variable

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