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Paolo Roversi at Dallas Contemporary

Anna Maria, Paris 2011 © Paolo Roversi
© Paolo Roversi

If you happen to be in Dallas or within driving distance of it, you may treat yourself to one of the most quietly exciting exhibitions to kick off 2021, that of the fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. Our love for Roversi’s washed out, moody style of photography can hardly be underestimated, as is our lament of the dearth of his work in physical form. There are relatively few books of his work and relatively few exhibits. The Dallas Contemporary museum aims to write this wrong.

The exhibit, Paolo Roversi: Birds, bills itself as the first North American exhibition of Roversi’s work (this is only accurate if you don’t count his gallery exhibits, of which there have been several), and concentrates on his collaboration with Comme des Garcons. There are forty photos on view, some of which are new to the public.

In case you cannot make it to the exhibit, there is a $150 monograph of the exhibit available for purchase through the museum’s shop.

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Paolo Roversi: Birds – Dallas Contemporary, through August 22, 2021

Photos courtesy of Dallas Contemporary

Audrey, Paris 1996 © Paolo Roversi
Audrey, Paris 1996 © Paolo Roversi
Eugene Rabkin

Eugene Rabkin is the founder of stylezeitgeist.com. He has contributed articles on fashion and culture to The Business of Fashion, Vogue Russia, Buro247, the Haaretz Daily Newspaper, and other publications. He has taught critical writing and fashion writing courses at Parsons the New School for Design.

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