Musée Maillol

Rue de Grenelle 59-61
Paris
27.04.2024 20.10.2024

Andres Serrano | Portraits of America (by Tempora)

Tempora and the Musée Maillol offer a journey through Serrano’s «American» work, from his earliest pieces in the mid-1980s to his most recent creations. The series are arranged without necessarily following a strict chronology.From series to series, Serrano delivers a portrait of America as he encounters it on a daily basis, and as he sees it evolving through his lens. Photography thus becomes a testimony that has largely conditioned the progression of his work: the choice of subject now reflects the tendency to analyse that permeates much contemporary art. Drawing on platforms such as eBay and public auctions, Serrano gathers anthropological material whose meaning is fixed in photography beyond the realm of nomenclature. In this respect, The Game: All Things Trump is a new political and artistic experience. We hope that the series presented here will provide a better understanding of the issues that are tearing America apart as it awaits its 47th President… on whom the future of the world will largely depend for years to come.