Dream No. 3: Untitled,” 1949.
PHOTOGRAPH BY GRETE STERN / COURTESY MUSEUM OF MODERN ART © 2015 ESTATE OF HORACIO COPPOLA
From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires looks at Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola, and their work as avant-garde photographers. They met at the Bauhaus and migrated to London and Argentina, where they produced material that continued to explore photography and typography. The exhibition begins in the 1920s and ends in the 50s, with the series of surrealist photographs by Stern titled Sueños (Dreams) which portrayed ‘women’s dreams mobilized by the unfulfilled promises of the Peronist regime.’ It also includes Stern’s portraits of the intelligentsia in Buenos Aires, among which are those of Borges and Neruda. On view May 17 through October 4, 2015.