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The exhibition, Bling Bling Baby presented the new, colourful world of photography. From glam fashion to nature poems and ironic representation to pop portraits, the past few years have seen the emergence of a fascinating canon of images, which celebrate the artificial and do not shy away from kitsch. Curated by Nadine Barth, the exhibition combined the most interesting new approaches from the field of photography, introducing new and familiar names together to carry us off to a sweet, surreal, glittering and incredibly fresh cosmos.  

In 2017, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf presented the exhibition Bling Bling Baby, a show of photographic voices that are not scared of kitsch. New trends in photography: the exhibition “Bling Bling Baby” presented the new, colourful world of photography. From Glam Fashion to nature poems, from the ironic representation to pop portraits – the past few years have seen the emergence of a fascinating canon of images which celebrated the artificial and do not shy away from kitsch.

Be it roaring stags, alpenglow lights or sunsets – exaggeration has remained a popular form of artistic expression ever since the Romantic period. The glorification of the trivial and of sentimental exuberance has led to a particular visual vocabulary within photography. Bling Bling Baby was a international group exhibition, curated by Nadine Barth and combined the most interesting new approaches from the field of photography. Introducing new and familiar names and carrying us off to a sweet, surreal, glittering and incredibly fresh cosmos. Participating were, amongst others: Christto & Andrew, Daniel Sannwald, David Drebin, David LaChapelle, Esther Haase, Hassan Hajjaj, Inka & Niclas, Izima Kaoru, Jason McGlade, Kourtney Roy, Mark Kimber, Markus Henttonen, Mariano Vivanco, Martin Schoeller, Miles Aldridge, Mi-Zo, Olivo Barbieri, Pierre et Gilles and Rankin.

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