talia chetrit
These Photos Are "Pure Fiction"
The New Yorker
7 November 2023
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Talia Chetrit, Matrix193, 2023 installation view, Wadsowrth Atheneum Museum, Hartford
Photo: Allen Phillips
Talia Chetrit, Matrix193, 2023 installation view, Wadsowrth Atheneum Museum, Hartford
Photo: Allen Phillips
Talia Chetrit, Matrix193, 2023 installation view, Wadsowrth Atheneum Museum, Hartford
Photo: Allen Phillips
Talia Chetrit, Matrix193, 2023 installation view, Wadsowrth Atheneum Museum, Hartford
Photo: Allen Phillips
Mini Shoes #1, , 2023
silver gelatin print
93,7 x 64,3 cm / 36.9 x 25.3 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Roman (in Jordan Wolfson's studio), 2021
inkjet print
128 x 84,6 cm / 50.4 x 33.3 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Hard to Title, 2019
inkjet print
92.7 x 61.7 cm / 36.5 x 24.3 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Buckle (Pam Hogg), 2023
inkjet print
152 x 110 cm / 60.3 x 43.3 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, 2021
installation view, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Talia Chetrit, 2021
installation view, kaufmann repetto Milan
Talia Chetrit, 2021
installation view, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Talia Chetrit, 2021
installation view, kaufmann repetto Milan
Talia Chetrit, 2021
installation view, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Talia Chetrit, Roman, Fire, Bubbles, 2020
inkjet print
104 x 148 cm x 4 cm / 41 x 58 x 1.5 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Butterfly, 1995-2021
silver gelatin print
62 x 45 x 4 cm / 24 x 18 x 1.5 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Dad / Mesh, 2021
silver gelatin print
82,3 x 56,8 x 4 cm / 32.4 x 22.3 x 1.5 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Raver and Hippie, 1998-2021
silver gelatin print
158,7 x 110 x 4 cm / 62.4 x 43.3 x 1.5 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, Ash, 2021
inkjet print
154,5 x 104 x 4 cm / 61 x 41 x 1.5 in (framed)
Talia Chetrit, New, 2019
inkjet print
58,5 x 41 x 4 cm / 23 x 16 x 1.5 in (framed)
joke, 2020
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
joke, 2020
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
joke, 2020
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
joke, 2020
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
joke, 2020
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
seated portrait, 2019
inkjet print, 86,4 x 126,5 x 4 cm / 34 x 49.8 x 1.6 in
Victoria’s Secret, 2020
inkjet print, 94 x 63,5 x 4 cm / 37 x 25 x 1.6 in
Three Faces, 2020
silver gelatin print, 71,1 x 48,8 x 4 cm / 28 x 19.2 x 1.6 in
Models/Baby, 2020
inkjet print, 154,9 x 104,1 x 4 cm / 61 x 41 x 1.6 in
Boots /Baby, 2020
inkjet print, 94 x 63,5 x 4 cm / 37 x 25 x 1.6 in
Anonymous Guys, 2020
inkjet print, 104,1 x 154,9 x 4 cm / 41 x 61 x 1.6 in
Guys, 2020
inkjet print, 104,1 x 154,9 x 4 cm / 41 x 61 x 1.6 in
Ever (Stairs), 2019
inkjet print, 81,2 x 108,9 cm / 32 x 42.8 in
Untitled (Pompeii), 2019
inkjet print, 101,6 x 152,4 cm / 40 x 60 in
Ever (Corey Tippin make-up), 2018
inkjet print, 35,6 x 25,4 cm / 14 x 10 in
Self-portrait (Mesh Layer), 2019
inkjet print, 122,6 x 81,3 cm / 48.3 x 32 in
amateur, 2018
installation view, maxxi museum, rome
photo: matteo monti
amateur, 2018
installation view, maxxi museum, rome
photo: matteo monti
amateur, 2018
installation view, maxxi museum, rome
photo: matteo monti
showcaller, 2018
installation view, kölnischer kunstverein, cologne
photo: simon vogel
showcaller, 2018
installation view, kölnischer kunstverein, cologne
photo: simon vogel
showcaller, 2018
installation view, kölnischer kunstverein, cologne
photo: simon vogel
streets #4, 2018
inkjet print, 81,3 x 55,9 cm / 32 x 22 in
street self-portrait #2, 2015
digital c-print, 35,5 x 28 cm / 14 x 11 in
untitled (daphne), 2013-18
inkjet print, 35,6 x 25,4 cm / 14 x 10 in
untitled (body), 2018
silver gelatin print, 25,4 x 17,8 cm / 10 x 7 in
untitled (outdoor sex #2), 2018
inkjet print, 101,6 x 152,4 cm / 40 x 60 in
Face #1, 1994/2017
inkjet print, 36 x 24,4 cm / 14.2 x 9.6 in
girls (bed), 1996/2017
silver gelatin print, 97,8 x 144,8 cm / 38.5 x 57 in
red eyes, 1994/2017
inkjet print, 75,7 x 50,5 cm / 29.8 x 19.8 in
self-portrait (corey tippin make-up #1), 2017
inkjet print, 35,5 x 25 cm / 13.9 x 9.8 in
self-portrait (all fours), 2017
inkjet print, 75,8 x 100,7 cm / 29.8 x 39.6 in
murder picture #2, 1997/2017
silver gelatin print, 101,6 x 68,5 cm / 40 x 26.9 in
murder picture #3, 1997/2017
silver gelatin print, 69,8 x 101,6 cm / 27.4 x 40 in
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
hand shadow, 2016
silver gelatin print, 28 x 18,4 cm / 11 x 7.2 in
untitled (kiss), 2016
inkjet print, 61 x 43,2 cm / 24 x 17 in
untitled (bottomless #5), 2015-16
inkjet print, 17,8 x 25,4 cm / 7 x 10 in
vagina/vase (imprint), 2009
silver gelatin print, 81,3 x 61 cm / 32 x 24 in
plastic nude, 2016
inkjet print, 91,4 x 62,2 cm / 36 x 24.5 in
bike seat, 2013
silver gelatin print, 61 x 50,8 cm / 24 x 20 in
plastic/sock, 2016
inkjet print, 6,6 x 26 cm / 14 x 10.5 in
ever (swing), 2014-16
inkjet print, 35,6 x 27,3 cm / 14 x 10.7 in
daphne (foot), 2013-16
inkjet print, 23 x 31,8 cm / 9 x 12,5 in
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
talia chetrit, 2016
installation view, kaufmann repetto, new york
cable release, 2016
framed inkjet print, 71 x 61 cm / 28 x 24 in
jeans, 2016
silver gelatin print, 61 x 15 cm / 24 x 16.5 in
mirror eyes, 2016
framed inkjet print, 51 x 56 cm / 20 x 22 in
untitled (sex #5), 2016
framed inkjet print, 71 x 61 cm / 28 x 24 in
studio sex, 2016
inkjet print, 86,5 x 57 cm / 34 x 22.5 in
plastic, 2016
inkjet print, 66 x 17,8 cm / 26 x 17 in
dress, 2016
inkjet print, 66 x 45,7 cm / 26 x 18 in
mirror self-portrait, 2016
inkjet print, 66 x 44,5 cm / 26 x 17.5 in
untitled (sex 2), 2016
framed inkjet print, 56 x 51 cm / 22 x 20 in
untitled (sex 3), 2016
framed inkjet print, 56 x 52 cm / 22 x 20.5 in
heat, 2015
framed inkjet print, 78,1 x 52,7 cm / 30.7 x 20.7 in
fennel, 2015
framed silver gelatin print, 59,6 x 67,3 cm / 23.5 x 26.5 in
backbend, 2015
framed silver gelatin print, 59 x 64 cm / 23.5 x 25.5 in
street self-portrait #1, 2015
digital c-print, 28 x 35,5 cm / 11 x 14 in
street self-portrait #3, 2015
digital c-print, 28 x 35,5 cm / 11 x 14 in
untitled (street #9), 2015
silver gelatin print, 52,5 x 39,3 cm / 20.6 x 15.4 in
untitled (street #8), 2015
52,5 x 40 cm / 20.6 x 15.7 in
untitled (bottomless #3), 2015
inkjet print, 73,7 x 63,5 cm / 29 x 25 in
untitled (bottomless # 4), 2015
inkjet print, 66,1 x 73,6 cm / 26 x 29 in
model, 2014
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
model, 2014
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
model, 2014
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
model, 2014
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
parents in the sun #2, 2014
digital c-print, 68 x 52 x 3,6 cm / 26.8 x 20.5 x 1.2 in
parents/trees, 2014
silver gelatin print, 53,8 x 65,4 x 3 cm / 21.2 x 25.7 x 1.2 in
parents/pool, 2014
silver gelatin print, 38,4 x 47,4 x 3 cm / 15.1 x 18.7 x 1.2 in
parents/makeup, 2014
digital c-print, 69,7 x 76,4 x 3 cm / 27.4 x 30.1 x 1.2 in
mom (ocean), 2013
digital c-print, 45,7 x 63,5 cm / 18 x 25 in
self-portrait (profile), 2013
silver gelatin print, 63,5 x 48,2 cm / 25 x 18.9 in
self-portrait (pool), 2013
silver gelatin print, 27,9 x 35,5 cm / 10.9 x 14 in
untitled, 2013
digital c-print, 12,7 x 17,8 cm / 5 x 7 in
hand on body (breast), 2012
silver gelatin print, 60,9 x 50,8 cm / 24 x 20 in
hair, 2012
silver gelatin print, 30 x 24 cm / 11.8 x 9.4 in
nipples, 2012
digital c-print, 25 x 20 cm / 9.8 x 7.8 in
modular nude, 2011
digital c-print, 66 x 50,8 cm / 25.9 x 20 in
untitled (handstand), 2011
silver gelatin print, 101,6 x 76,2 cm / 40 x 30 in
untitled (studio series) #2, 2011
silver gelatin print, 101,6 x 76,2 cm / 40 x 30 in
nipple/chain, 2012
silver gelatin print, 50,8 x 40,6 cm / 20 x 16 in
marking, 2011
installation view, kaufmann repetto, milan
vagina/vase, 2011
framed photograph, 85 x 66 cm / 33.4 x 25.9 in
flowers/hole, 2011
framed photograph, 55,5 x 45,5 cm / 21.8 x 17.9 in
dart/rid, 2011
framed photograph, 65,2 x 54,9 cm / 25.6 x 21.6 in
mud, 2011
framed photograph, 65,2 x 54,9 cm / 25.6 x 21.6 in
hand/sculpture (modular), 2011
silver gelatin print, 61 x 50,8 cm / 24 x 20 in
triangle/tube, 2011
silver gelatin print, 51 x 41 cm / 20 x 16.1 in
biography
Talia Chetrit was born in 1982 in Washington DC. She now lives and works in New York.
For more than three decades, Talia Chetrit has been developing a photography and video practice marked by her investigations into sexuality and identity, thus challenging perceptions of pornography, voyeurism, and objectification. Videos and inkjet prints of her photographs oscillate between the personal and the private and the planned and the candid by capturing both consenting and unaware people, often in conjunction with her own body.
selected museum exhibitions
Chetrit’s recent solo exhibitions include Amateur, Maxxi Museum, Rome (2018); Showcaller, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2018); Poser, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf (2017); Aimia | Ago Photography Prize, Ago – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto (2016); I’m Selecting, Sies + Hoke, Dusseldorf (2015).
Chetrit’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at such institutions as The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Sculpture Center, NY; LACMA, Los Angeles, CA; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami; among others.
public collections
Chetrit’s work is held in the collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the jewish museum, New York and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
shows at Kaufmann Repetto
talia chetrit: joke, 2020, solo show at kaufmann repetto New York
vent’anni – twenty years, 2020, group show at kaufmann repetto New York
Talia Chetrit, 2016, solo show at kaufmann repetto, Milan
talia chetrit, 2016, solo show at kaufmann repetto, New York
Model, 2014, solo show at kaufmann repetto, Milan
Marking, 2011, solo show at kaufmann repetto, Milan
Born in 1982 in Washington DC. Lives and works in New York, NY.
Selected solo & two-person exhibitions
2023
Matrix 193, The Wasworth Atheneum, Hartford
2022
Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2021
kaufmann repetto, milan
DICKERING, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles
2020
joke, kaufmann repetto, new york
2019
Corey, Donna, Jane, Daphne, Giuliana, Ever, Jochem, Eric, Chris, unknown, and myself, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
Studio Photography: 1887 – 2019, Simon Lee, New York
2018
Amateur, Maxxi Museum, Rome
Showcaller, Kolnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
2017
POSER, Sies and Hoke, Dusseldorf
Adult Contemporary: Allen Jones & Talia Chetrit, Tramps, New York
2016
kaufmann repetto, Milan
kaufmann repetto, New York
AIMIA | AGO Photography Prize AGO – Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
2015
Off Vendome, New York
I’m selecting, Sies + Hoke, Dusseldorf
2014
Model, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Public Billboard by Talia Chetrit, LAXART, Los Angeles
2013
Talia Chetrit, Leslie Fritz gallery, New York
2012
Body’s In Trouble, Frieze Frame, New York
Bodies In Trouble, Sies + Höke, Dusseldorf
2011
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles
Marking, kaufmann repetto, Milan
Renwick Gallery, New York, NY
Talia Chetrit & Daniel Gordon, Tony Wright Gallery, Chicago
2010
Primary, IMO Projects, Copenhagen
2009
Reading, Renwick Gallery, New York
Selected group exhibitions
2024
Transmission: Selections from the Marciano Collection, Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles
2023
Friedl Kubelka Vom Gröller. Songs of Experience, Phileas, Vienna
2021
Look! Exposing Art and Fashion, Marta Herford, Herfor
ECCE HOMO. L’INCONTRO FRA IL DIVINO E L’UMANO PER UNA DIVERSA ANTROPOLOGIA, Villa d’Este-Tivoli, Tivoli
Friedl Kubelka Vom Gröller. Songs of Experience, MACRO – Museum of Contemporary art of Rome, Rome
All of a Sudden, Galeria Mascota, Aspen
2020
Paranoia Strikes Deep, Osnova Gallery, Moscow
Bodies that matter, NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
Orlando, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco
Vent’anni – Twenty Years, 20th anniversary exhibition, kaufmann repetto, new york
2018
summer series 2018, fourteen30 contemporary, portland
Cheeky: Summer Butts, Marinaro, new york
2017
Corners/In Between, Norma Mangione, Turin
A Birthday Present as a Watch, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris
Touchpiece, Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles
Fleming Faloon, Office Baroque, Brussels
2016
Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
A Sieve Itself May Sieve, Shanaynay, Paris
2015
Art Basel Miami Beach Film, SoundScape Park, Miami Beach
Time Lapse, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn
À poil!, Benesisstrasse 8-12, Köln
Talia Chetrit and Kiki Kogelnik, THENnow, miart, Milan
Bare Wunder, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
2014
In Real Life, Christine König Galerie, Vienna
Soft Matter, Wallspace, New York
Photographs I Like, with Darren Bader, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Photo Weekend 2014, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
The Body Issue, Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles
2013
MORNING AND EVENING ASYLUM, Tanya Leighton, Berlin
MORNING AND EVENING ASYLUM, Off Vendome, Düsseldorf
Subject, Answer, Countersubject, Disjecta, Portland
Culm, Night Gallery, Los Angeles
Jew York, Zach Feuer Gallery and UNTITLED, New York
10 Years, Wallspace, New York
Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities Department of Light Recordings, Section IV: Lens Drawings, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
The Black Moon, Nouvelle Vagues, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Art Cologne, Cologne
Notes on Neo Camp, Office Baroque, Brussels
2012
A Disagreeable Object, Sculpture Center, Long Island City
Erogenous Zones, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco
Photography Is, Higher Pictures, New York
The Big Toe, Wallspace, New York
Object Fictions, James Cohan Gallery, New York
2011
The light, the shape and the body, Reinhard Hauff, Struttgart
Cloud, Foxy Production, New York
Behind the curtain, a lock of hair falling, Gallery Diet, Miami
Indeterminate Activity, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York
Always The Young Strangers, Higher Pictures, New York
Powders, A Phial, And A Paper, Marlborough Cheslea, New York
Call It A Good Marriage, Battat Contemporary, Montreal
The Extension, Vilma Gold, London
2010
Talia Chetrit | Marie Jager | Jed Lind, Pepin Moore, Los Angeles
Tide Pool, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
The Fifth Genre: Considering the Contemporary Still Life, Galerie Lelong, New York A Relative Expanse, Renwick Gallery, New York
Selections, L.A. Arthouse, Los Angeles
Tactile Gaze, unosunove arte contemporanea, Rome
Exit Light, Reference Fine Art, Richmond
Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines, Stefania Bortolami at The Webster, Miami
White Night, Marcus Winter Gallery, Berlin
After Color, Alexander Gallery, SCAD, Savannah
Contemporary Art, Dumbo Arts Center, Brooklyn
2009
The Reach of Realism, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
After Color, Bose Pacia, New York
Palomar: Experimental Photography, Marvelli Gallery, New York
Everybody, Envoy Gallery, New York
2008
Full of Light, 610 S. Main, Los Angeles
PRC 2008 Benefit, Photographic Resource Center, Boston
The Form Itself, Priska Juschka, New York
Young Curators New Ideas, Bond Street Gallery, Brooklyn
13th Annual Juried Exhibition, Photographic Resource Center, Boston
Gangbusters, Plane Space, New York
31 under 31, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn
Animata, Sol Koffler, Providence
255, 360, 365, Soho Photo, New York
2007
Thirteen, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence
Northeast Exposure Online, Photographic Resource Center, Boston
With Teeth, Priska Juschka, New York
Grayscale, Plane Space, New York
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston
New Faces, Warwick Museum of Art, Warwick
Items May Have Shifted, Plane Space, New York
Pingyao 4th annual International Photography Exhibition, Pingyao, China
education
Chetrit holds an MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design, obtained in 2008, and a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, completed in 2004.
Selected collections
The Jewish Museum, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Jewish Museum, New York
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
awards
2018
Maxxi Bvlgari
2016
AIMA | AGO Photography Prize Shortlist
2008
Photography Book Now, Category Winner
2007
Graduate Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design
2004
Fred J. Foster Fellowship Award, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Education 2008 MFA, Rhode Island School of Design 2004 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
