1. Morethan
MeetstheEye
By Kate Richards
Spotlight
A woman in a beautiful gown with
perfect hair and glowing skin walks the
red carpet, posing for photos that will
forever capture not only her beauty,
but, to a critical eye decades later, the
notion of female movie stars as captives
of a commodified sense of glamour in
Western culture.
The Ryerson Image Centre is host-
ing two multimedia exhibitions after
CuratorGaëlleMorelhighlightsmoodsofphotographers,
commodificationofmoviestarsinRyersonglamourexhibition
the new year that explore the idea of
glamour in the entertainment industry.
Burn with Desire: Photography and
Glamour uses prints from the RIC’s
Black Star Collection and other sources
to showcase more than 120 photos of
Hollywood film stars from all eras.
The collection includes classic glam-
our portraits and red-carpet photos of
icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Gina
Lollabrigida, Mamie Van Doren, So-
phia Loren and Gloria Swanson. But
many of the photos present a less tradi-
tional side of glamour, with set photos
and images of the stars at rest, or what
Gaëlle Morel, the exhibit’s curator, de-
scribes as “stolen moments.”
The images selected for this portion
of the exhibit present an “idea of how
movie stars are treated as commodi-
ties and objects of seduction and how
those images were produced and dis-
seminated to sell a very specific mes-
sage of sexualization,” says Morel.
But more than this, they convey the
photographic process. “It’s not that the
photos convey the wrong message. It’s
not about that,” said Morel.
Morel pointed out a series of 13 pho-
tos of Marilyn Monroe at the Golden
Globes’ red carpet from 1962, saying,
“You can see how the photographer is
falling in love with her … He’s spin-
ning around her.
“It’s really about the profession and
how professional photographers used
to work but at the same time it’s an in-
credible series of a woman who’s been
consciously objectified.”
The exhibit will also feature many
contemporary artistic works that ad-
dress the traditional idea of glamour
“and the stereotypes and cliches that
the photographs convey,” said Morel.
Art projects by Richard Avedon, Cindy
Sherman and Andy Warhol will all be
on display.
A second exhibit will run alongside
Burn with Desire. Anti Glamour: Portraits
of Women will feature photo and video
pieces by artists who address issues
surrounding female representation and
will compliment Burn with Desire.
Burn with Desire: Photography and
Glamour runs at the Ryerson Image Cen-
tre, 33 Gould Street Toronto, Jan. 21 to
April 5, free admission, free tours daily at
2:30 p.m., ryerson.ca/ric
Photographerunknown,Untitled
[GinaLollobrigidaattheinauguration
oftheVeniceFilmFestival],August
1956, BS.2005.288961/194-130.Black
StarCollections,RyersonImage
Centre
Photographer unknown, Untitled
[Sophia Loren],1953,gelatinsilverprint,
BS.2005.288948/194-196.BlackStarCollec-
tions,RyersonImageCentre
GeneDaniels,Untitled[Marilyn
MonroeattheGoldenGlobescer-
emony],March1962,gelatinsilverprint,
BS.2005.190094/113-1201.BlackStar
Collections,RyersonImageCentre
Photographerunknown,Untitled[MamieVanDoren],dateandlocationunknown,gelatinsilver
print,BS.2005.216415/129-757.BlackStarCollections,RyersonImageCentre
![Morethan
MeetstheEye
By Kate Richards
Spotlight
A woman in a beautiful gown with
perfect hair and glowing skin walks the
red carpet, posing for photos that will
forever capture not only her beauty,
but, to a critical eye decades later, the
notion of female movie stars as captives
of a commodified sense of glamour in
Western culture.
The Ryerson Image Centre is host-
ing two multimedia exhibitions after
CuratorGaëlleMorelhighlightsmoodsofphotographers,
commodificationofmoviestarsinRyersonglamourexhibition
the new year that explore the idea of
glamour in the entertainment industry.
Burn with Desire: Photography and
Glamour uses prints from the RIC’s
Black Star Collection and other sources
to showcase more than 120 photos of
Hollywood film stars from all eras.
The collection includes classic glam-
our portraits and red-carpet photos of
icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Gina
Lollabrigida, Mamie Van Doren, So-
phia Loren and Gloria Swanson. But
many of the photos present a less tradi-
tional side of glamour, with set photos
and images of the stars at rest, or what
Gaëlle Morel, the exhibit’s curator, de-
scribes as “stolen moments.”
The images selected for this portion
of the exhibit present an “idea of how
movie stars are treated as commodi-
ties and objects of seduction and how
those images were produced and dis-
seminated to sell a very specific mes-
sage of sexualization,” says Morel.
But more than this, they convey the
photographic process. “It’s not that the
photos convey the wrong message. It’s
not about that,” said Morel.
Morel pointed out a series of 13 pho-
tos of Marilyn Monroe at the Golden
Globes’ red carpet from 1962, saying,
“You can see how the photographer is
falling in love with her … He’s spin-
ning around her.
“It’s really about the profession and
how professional photographers used
to work but at the same time it’s an in-
credible series of a woman who’s been
consciously objectified.”
The exhibit will also feature many
contemporary artistic works that ad-
dress the traditional idea of glamour
“and the stereotypes and cliches that
the photographs convey,” said Morel.
Art projects by Richard Avedon, Cindy
Sherman and Andy Warhol will all be
on display.
A second exhibit will run alongside
Burn with Desire. Anti Glamour: Portraits
of Women will feature photo and video
pieces by artists who address issues
surrounding female representation and
will compliment Burn with Desire.
Burn with Desire: Photography and
Glamour runs at the Ryerson Image Cen-
tre, 33 Gould Street Toronto, Jan. 21 to
April 5, free admission, free tours daily at
2:30 p.m., ryerson.ca/ric
Photographerunknown,Untitled
[GinaLollobrigidaattheinauguration
oftheVeniceFilmFestival],August
1956, BS.2005.288961/194-130.Black
StarCollections,RyersonImage
Centre
Photographer unknown, Untitled
[Sophia Loren],1953,gelatinsilverprint,
BS.2005.288948/194-196.BlackStarCollec-
tions,RyersonImageCentre
GeneDaniels,Untitled[Marilyn
MonroeattheGoldenGlobescer-
emony],March1962,gelatinsilverprint,
BS.2005.190094/113-1201.BlackStar
Collections,RyersonImageCentre
Photographerunknown,Untitled[MamieVanDoren],dateandlocationunknown,gelatinsilver
print,BS.2005.216415/129-757.BlackStarCollections,RyersonImageCentre](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/8e48c3e4-a0f0-4ef0-9716-005b7d355b95-150505132524-conversion-gate02/85/FYI_Tor_01_020-1-320.jpg)
