Walter Pfeiffer has been exploring the eroticized, festive and intimate territory of everyday life for over fifty years, aiming to visually translate notions of beauty and freedom in unprecedented ways. First celebrated by underground culture, his now cult work, emblematic of gay culture, prefigures a whole iconography that addresses the performative aspect of cross-dressing and the notions of sexuality and identity. Heir to photographers such as Wilhelm von Gloeden or Herbert List and to the painter Paul Cadmus, contemporary of Larry Clark, Nan Goldin or Peter Hujar, he has built a founding work for contemporary photography which has deeply marked the generations of Juergen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans and Ryan McGinley.
Walter Pfeiffer explore le territoire érotisé, festif et intime du quotidien depuis plus de cinquante ans, avec la volonté de traduire visuellement et de façon inédite les notions de beauté et de liberté. D'abord reconnu par l'underground, ce travail désormais culte, devenu emblématique de la culture gay, préfigure toute une iconographie qui aborde l'aspect performatif du travestissement, les notions de sexualité et d'identité. Héritier de photographes comme Wilhelm von Gloeden ou Herbert List et du peintre Paul Cadmus, contemporain de Larry Clark, Nan Goldin ou Peter Hujar, il a construit une œuvre fondatrice pour la photographie contemporaine qui a profondément marqué les générations des Juergen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans et Ryan McGinley. Les Presses du Réel


Walter Pfeiffer
Born in 1946
Lives & works in Zurich


Jul 8 – Oct 22, 2023
Sincerely, Walter PfeifferKunstmuseum Luzern, CHSolo showView More
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May 4 – Aug 28, 2022
Walter PfeifferSwiss Institute, New York, USASolo showView More
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Feb 7 – Sep 5, 2020
OrlandoMcEvoy Foundation, San Francisco, USAGroup showView More
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Oct 23 – Jan 2, 2020
DOPPIO IMuseum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CHDuo showView More
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Jun 10 – Jul 19, 2019
Walter PfeifferSultana, Paris, FRSolo showView More
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Feb 28 – May 27, 2018
Another Kind of Life : Photography on the MarginsBarbican, London, UK Solo showView More
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Sep 16 – Nov 12, 2016
Send me no FlowersSultana, Paris, FRSolo showView More
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Oct 13 – Dec 23, 2017
Quiet Nights of Quiet StarsStaiger, Zurich, CHSolo showView More
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