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john coplans

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at the age of 60 john coplans became a photographer forsaking a long and influential career as a writer, curator and founding editor of artforum and dialogue art magazines. in 1984 he turned the camera on himself and began his series of starkly revealing nude self portraits. in a 1990 interview with robert berlind, published in art journal in the spring of 1994, coplans stated: "the principal thing is the question of how our culture views age: that old is ugly.... just think of rodin, how he dealt with people of all ages. i have the feeling that i'm alive, i have a body...i can make it extremely interesting. that keeps me alive and vital. it's a kind of process of energizing myself by my belief that the classical tradition of art that we've inherited from the greeks is a load of bullshit."

john coplans has exhibited internationally and has been collected by over 65 prestigious institutions, e.g. art Institute of chicago, j.paul getty museum, metropolitan museum of art, whitney museum of american art, museum of modern art, new york, victoria and albert museum, london, centre georges pompidou, paris and many others. coplans died in new york 2003.

 
     
 
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