Erwin Olaf
Joy
1985
Fuji Crystal Archive digital paper
100 × 100 cm
Ed./5 + 2AP
Location: Paris, France
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About the artwork
In black and white, captured in a slight low-angle, Erwin Olaf presents us with a scene captured on the spot: a man opens a bottle of champagne, which bursts on his naked body. The protagonist's facial expression reinforces the eroticism already conveyed by the scene and the work's title "joy".
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This photograph became world-famous, contributing to the artist's fame by being sold as a postcard across the globe.
About the artist
Erwin Olaf (1959 - 2023) is a Dutch photographer. His work borrows from the codes of both photojournalism and fashion photography, which he has mastered to perfection. In 1988, the photographer was awarded the Young European Photographer prize for his Chessmen series, marking his entry onto the international scene. Preferring to work in series, the artist tells tragic or sordid stories, constructing them through strong contrasts between photographed subjects, lights and objects. His work has been the subject of group and solo exhibitions worldwide, including at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Bilbao Art Center and the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow.
“In 1985, I photographed a young man opening a bottle of champagne (Square, Joy), and this photograph was sold as a postcard all over the world.”
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