From Edward Steichen’s iconic portrait of silent film star Gloria Swanson (1924) to Annie Leibovitz’s influential gatefold covers for Vanity Fair’s annual Hollywood issue (1995-2014), this multimedia exhibition offers a sweeping, yet considered view of photography’s role in defining glamour since the 1920s. Drawing on prints from the RIC’s Black Star Collection of photoreportage and the holdings of George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, among other collections, Burn with Desire provides a historical and visual chronology encompassing Hollywood studio portraits as well as red-carpet and film set photographs. Additionally, a series of artistic projects, including works by Richard Avedon, Cindy Sherman, Mickalene Thomas, and Andy Warhol, demonstrate a more critical address of traditional ideals and representations of glamour.

Image caption: Gene Daniels, Untitled [Marilyn Monroe at the Golden Globe Awards ceremony], March 1962, gelatin silver"print. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre

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Opening:

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015, 6 8 PM

RYERSON IMAGE CENTRE

33 GOULD STREET

Glamorous attire welcome!

Please contact us if we can make any accommodations to ensure your inclusion in this event.

The RIC gratefully acknowledges the support of our media sponsors for Burn with Desire: Toronto Life, FASHION Magazine and Toronto Star.