Philip-Lorca diCorcia
November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007
Munich

Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers are pleased to present early works from the Family and Friends series by Philip-Lorca diCorcia.

The New York artist Philip-Lorca diCorcia takes photographs that operate between the documentary tradition and the staged superficial images of film and advertising.

In the late 1970s diCorcia began his series Family and Friends, taking photographs of friends and family members in deliberately staged settings and poses. He shows these people in seemingly banal everyday situations that on one level make the photos look like snapshots. Scenes like these are familiar, and yet it is hard to turn away from these pictures. The staging is so accomplished and finely planned, right down to the last detail, that it compels us to linger, and to consider the emotional and psychological meaning behind what seems to be just everyday.

 

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Typically for diCorcia’s work, a combination of natural and strategically employed artificial light lends the photos a remarkable sense of theatre. The light seems to lift the subject on the photo to a plane beyond the everyday situation. As it explores the surface of what is presented, it turns the scene into a stage, resembling a film still that the viewer can only really understand in terms of the whole plot – only there is no such plot.

The protagonists of these pictures seem caught in a freeze-frame, and the world around them has come to a standstill. A familiar situation suddenly appears unreal, because the artist has somehow stopped time and revealed the actual complexity of the scene. We cannot help sensing that something special is happening here, but what that might be remains obscure. This forces us to develop narrative strategies that examine the limits of the frozen scenes and attempt to come up with some kind of storyline. The way the scenes are staged makes the action all the more direct and therefore also confronts us with their banality, and with the private nature of the moment captured – and ultimately with the ever-recurring moments of our own everyday lives. Philip-Lorca diCorcia successfully stages the surface to guide our attention to what lies beneath it, and we end up wondering about ourselves.

 

Installation Views
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Details
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Installation view, Sprüth Magers, Munich, November 30, 2006–January 27, 2007

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Exhibited Works
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Max, 1983

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Max, 1983
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Auden and Emma, 1989

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Auden and Emma, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mario, 1981

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mario, 1981
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mary & Babe, 1981

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mary & Babe, 1981
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Francesco, 1985

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Francesco, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brian, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brian, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1989

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Davide, 1985

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Davide, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Alice, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Alice, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Fred, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Fred, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ryan, 1984

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ryan, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Madras, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Madras, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Frank, 1984

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Frank, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Teresa, 1992

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Teresa, 1992
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Taboo & Max, 1985

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Taboo & Max, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Little Bo Peep

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Little Bo Peep
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Amos , 1984

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Amos , 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Bruno, 1995

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Bruno, 1995
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Untitled, 1990

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Untitled, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hartford, 1978

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hartford, 1978
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Champagne, 1990-92

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Champagne, 1990–92
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Spinolas, 1984

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Spinolas, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Curly, 1996

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Curly, 1996
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Wellfleet, 1993

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Wellfleet, 1993
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mateo, 1985

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mateo, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio, 1989

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hilton Als, 1986

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hilton Als, 1986
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mink and Cat, 1990

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mink and Cat, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Gianni, 1984

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Gianni, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Betty, 1996

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Betty, 1996
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio Scarpatti, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio Scarpatti, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
David Yaritu, 1988

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
David Yaritu, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Details
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Max, 1983
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Max, 1983
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Auden and Emma, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Auden and Emma, 1989
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mario, 1981
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mario, 1981
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mary & Babe, 1981
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mary & Babe, 1981
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Francesco, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Francesco, 1985
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brian, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Brian, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1989
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Davide, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Davide, 1985
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Alice, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Alice, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Fred, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Fred, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ryan, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Ryan, 1984
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Madras, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Madras, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Frank, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Frank, 1984
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Teresa, 1992
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Teresa, 1992
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Taboo & Max, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Taboo & Max, 1985
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Little Bo Peep
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Little Bo Peep
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Amos , 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Amos , 1984
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Bruno, 1995
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Bruno, 1995
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Untitled, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Untitled, 1990
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hartford, 1978
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hartford, 1978
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Tim, 1990
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Champagne, 1990–92
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Champagne, 1990-92
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Spinolas, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Spinolas, 1984
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Curly, 1996
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Curly, 1996
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Wellfleet, 1993
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Wellfleet, 1993
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mateo, 1985
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mateo, 1985
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio, 1989
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio, 1989
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hilton Als, 1986
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Hilton Als, 1986
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mink and Cat, 1990
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Mink and Cat, 1990
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Gianni, 1984
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Gianni, 1984
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Noemi, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Betty, 1996
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Betty, 1996
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio Scarpatti, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Vittorio Scarpatti, 1988
Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Philip-Lorca diCorcia – Munich

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
David Yaritu, 1988
Ektacolor print
51 × 61 cm
20 × 24 inches

Philip-Lorca diCorcia
David Yaritu, 1988
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