Laurence Miller: Muybridge

The Eadweard Muybridge show at Laurence Miller gallery is the second show in a row there with some tie-in with current events, either within the city (August Sander at the Met) or in the broader world, the Olympics in this case. Muybridge is best known, perhaps, for using a series of electrically triggered cameras to prove that horses completely leave the ground while at full gallop. He also created a large number of studies of human movement, thus the Olympics tie-in. The image above shows a fully clothed man, but most examples of these studies used nude models. In fact, nude women performing a range of sexually charged activities makes up the largest single category of photographs he made. This apparently has a tie-in to the Olympics, as well.

Through Aug. 20 at Laurence Miller
20 W. 57th St.
(212) 397-3932