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Dana Lixenberg
Polaroid 54/59/79, GRIMM Keizersgracht 241, Amsterdam (NL), 8 - 30 July 2022

Dana Lixenberg: Polaroid 54/59/79

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  • print of a black and white photograph depicting whitney houston in a slip dress, leaning against a wooden post
    Dana Lixenberg
    Whitney Houston, Mendham, NJ, 1998, 2022
    Archival Pigment Print
    30.8 x 23.8 cm (incl. 1 cm white border)
  • print of a bust portrait photograph of jay-z. he is wearing a fur coat and a black rimmed hat
    Dana Lixenberg
    Jay-Z, New York, NY, 1998, 2022
    Archival Pigment Print
    30.8 x 23.8 cm (incl. 1 cm white border)
  • print of a black and white photo of lil kim, crossing her arms and looking at the camera
    Dana Lixenberg
    Lil’ Kim, Teaneck, NJ, 1997, 2022
    Archival Pigment Print
    30.8 x 23.8 cm (incl. 1 cm white border)
  • Dana Lixenberg Kimberly Denise Jones (Lil' Kim), 1997 (II), 2018 Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminium, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Kimberly Denise Jones (Lil' Kim), 1997 (II), 2018
    Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminium, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in
    Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
  • print of a photograph of an elvis impersonator in las vegas
    Dana Lixenberg
    Elvis Impersonator, Las Vegas, NV, 2004 , 2022
    Archival Pigment Print
    30.8 x 23.8 cm (incl. 1 cm white border)
  • Dana Lixenberg Whitney Houston, 1998, 2019 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Whitney Houston, 1998, 2019
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Paul Bowles, 1996, 2019 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Paul Bowles, 1996, 2019
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in
    Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (RZA/Bobby Digital), 1998, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 122 x 156 cm | 48 1/8 x 61 3/8 in Frame size:
    Dana Lixenberg
    Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (RZA/Bobby Digital), 1998, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 122 x 156 cm | 48 1/8 x 61 3/8 in
    Frame size:
  • Dana Lixenberg James Newell Osterberg Jr. (Iggy Pop), 1999, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    James Newell Osterberg Jr. (Iggy Pop), 1999, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in
    Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg André Benjamin (André 3000), 2005, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    André Benjamin (André 3000), 2005, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 100 x 78.5 cm | 39 3/8 x 30 7/8 in
    Frame size: 102 x 81 cm | 40 1/8 x 31 7/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Anna Marie Wooldridge (Abbey Lincoln), 1997, 2019 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 78.5 x 100 cm | 30 7/8 x 39 3/8 in Frame size: 81 x 102 cm | 31 7/8 x 40 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Anna Marie Wooldridge (Abbey Lincoln), 1997, 2019
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 78.5 x 100 cm | 30 7/8 x 39 3/8 in
    Frame size: 81 x 102 cm | 31 7/8 x 40 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Annie, 1993 (I), 1993-2015 Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminum, walnut frame, museum glass print size: 49.3 x 39.6 cm | 19 3/8 x 15 5/8 in frame size: 51 x 41 cm | 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Annie, 1993 (I), 1993-2015
    Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminum, walnut frame, museum glass
    print size: 49.3 x 39.6 cm | 19 3/8 x 15 5/8 in
    frame size: 51 x 41 cm | 20 1/8 x 16 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Heath Ledger, 2005, 2019 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Heath Ledger, 2005, 2019
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Ivana Trump, 1998, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Ivana Trump, 1998, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Tupac Shakur, 1993, 2018 Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminum, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 127 x 100 cm | 50 x 39 3/8 in Frame size: 129.5 x 103 cm | 51 x 40 1/2 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Tupac Shakur, 1993, 2018
    Gelatin Silver print mounted on aluminum, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 127 x 100 cm | 50 x 39 3/8 in
    Frame size: 129.5 x 103 cm | 51 x 40 1/2 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Bobby Brown, 2004, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
    Dana Lixenberg
    Bobby Brown, 2004, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 50 x 40 cm | 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 in
    Frame size: 52 x 41 cm | 20 1/2 x 16 1/8 in
  • Dana Lixenberg Shawn Carter (Jay-Z), 1998, 2018 Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass Print size: 156 x 122 cm | 61 3/8 x 48 1/8 in Frame size:
    Dana Lixenberg
    Shawn Carter (Jay-Z), 1998, 2018
    Archival pigment print mounted on dibond, maple frame, museum glass
    Print size: 156 x 122 cm | 61 3/8 x 48 1/8 in
    Frame size:
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Press
  • De tien beste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2022 (in Dutch)

    Mark Moorman, Arno Haijtema and Merel Bem, de Volkskrant, December 2, 2022
  • Met haar polaroids vangt Dana Lixenberg celebrity’s op nét niet het goede moment (in Dutch)

    Joke de Wolf, Trouw, July 26, 2022
  • What Dana Lixenberg was thinking when she photographed Tupac, Ivana Trump, Kathleen Turner and more

    Matt Vella, Financial Times, July 23, 2022
  • Ode aan de polaroid (in Dutch)

    Het Parool, July 2, 2022
  • Vervlogen tijden: De polaroids van Dana Lixenberg (in Dutch)

    Mark Moorman, Volkskrant Magazine, June 24, 2022
Publications
  • Special Edition print with a signed copy of Polaroid 54/59/79

    Special Edition print with a signed copy of Polaroid 54/59/79

    Dana Lixenberg 2022 Read more
  • Polaroid 54/59/79

    Polaroid 54/59/79

    Dana Lixenberg 2022 Read more
News
  • Dana Lixenberg: Polaroid 54/59/79 (Dutch)

    Dana Lixenberg: Polaroid 54/59/79 (Dutch)

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Press release
George Clooney with Dana Lixenberg and assistant Yvonne Venegas, 2001
George Clooney with Dana Lixenberg and assistant Yvonne Venegas, 2001
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GRIMM is pleased to present to the book launch of
Polaroid 54/59/79
by Dana Lixenberg X Roma Publications
A limited edition print is available.


Polaroid 54/59/79 takes us back to the heyday of print media and the last period in which the photography in it was predominantly analogue. The book’s title refers to the types of peel-apart instant film that Lixenberg used between 1993 and 2010, which was loaded into a cassette that fit into her 4×5 field camera. These Polaroid prints were an essential part of her work process, serving as test and reference material for lighting and composition. If necessary, Lixenberg would show them to her subjects to gain their trust, but more often than not she would hide the test pictures during the shoot to avoid distraction. She would nearly always also give away one or more Polaroids as a keepsake, which is why from some of the shoots few, if any, remain.

Image quality was never Lixenberg’s primary aim with the Polaroid pictures. “A good Polaroid could really frustrate me, because it meant I had missed that specific emotion on film,” Lixenberg explains. She made her Polaroid tests in between shooting, usually in black and white, to keep the development time to a minimum. Some she pulled open too soon, leaving them underdeveloped or with uneven patches, and others were marked by notes, scratches or fingerprints — traces of the photo shoot that attested to the uniqueness of the Polaroids and to their utilitarian function. All together, they provide an intimate glimpse into Lixenberg’s work process. After the Polaroid Corporation went out of business in 2008, Lixenberg finished her last box of Polaroid 54 two years later.

This collection of Polaroids reflects the American culture Lixenberg encountered in the 1990s and 2000s. The images make us acutely aware of the passing of time, since our view of some of the public figures in the photos is inextricably colored by our knowledge of the course their lives later took.

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  • De tien beste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2022 (in Dutch) Press

    De tien beste Nederlandse fotoboeken van 2022 (in Dutch)

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    Read more
  • Met haar polaroids vangt Dana Lixenberg celebrity’s op nét niet het goede moment (in Dutch) Press

    Met haar polaroids vangt Dana Lixenberg celebrity’s op nét niet het goede moment (in Dutch)

    Trouw Jul 26, 2022
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  • What Dana Lixenberg was thinking when she photographed Tupac, Ivana Trump, Kathleen Turner and more Press

    What Dana Lixenberg was thinking when she photographed Tupac, Ivana Trump, Kathleen Turner and more

    Financial Times Jul 23, 2022
    Read more
  • Special Edition print with a signed copy of Polaroid 54/59/79 Publications

    Special Edition print with a signed copy of Polaroid 54/59/79

    Dana Lixenberg Jul 8, 2022
    A Special Edition is released, with a signed copy of the book and an archival pigment print, available in 4 variants, each in a signed...
    Read more
  • Ode aan de polaroid (in Dutch) Press

    Ode aan de polaroid (in Dutch)

    Het Parool Jul 2, 2022
    Read more
  • Polaroid 54/59/79 Publications

    Polaroid 54/59/79

    Dana Lixenberg Jun 25, 2022
    The title of this book with 768 Polaroids refers to the types of peel-apart instant film that Dana Lixenberg used between 1993 and 2010, which...
    Read more
  • Vervlogen tijden: De polaroids van Dana Lixenberg (in Dutch) Press

    Vervlogen tijden: De polaroids van Dana Lixenberg (in Dutch)

    Volkskrant Magazine Jun 24, 2022
    Read more
  • Dana Lixenberg: Polaroid 54/59/79 (Dutch) News

    Dana Lixenberg: Polaroid 54/59/79 (Dutch)

    Jun 3, 2022
    In mei 2022 keert Dana Lixenberg terug naar Huis Marseille, waar ze in 2015 furore maakte met haar tentoonstelling Imperial Courts, 1993-2015 . Haar nieuwe...
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