Paris Photo LA: Come Up and See Me Sometime

Presented by Klowden Mann
Paramount Pictures Studios
May 1–3, 2015 
Los Angeles

From the Klowden Mann announcement:

Come Up and See Me Sometime presents new works in conjunction with the Paris Photo LA on the Paramount Picture Studios soundstage and New York City Street backlot. 

Bettina Hubby’s photo collages sources and reconfigures images from the golden age of Hollywood to create new multi-sexed forms that blur boundaries and play with the power of glamor. She enlarged the smaller images as decals on the walls to highlight the BIGNESS and import of personality in that world and to nod to the interplay between presence and nostalgia. 

Beautiful, menacing, and humorous, the pieces expand upon the language of her applauded exhibition at Klowden Mann in 2013, building upon her consistent ability to simultaneously support, engage with, and challenge the conventions of the exhibition setting.

Hubby about the series:

“By stacking hair-do upon suit upon gown, I fused archetypal feminine and masculine costumery and Hollywood’s fairy dust to emit an omnigendered faceless portrait of that impactful era. All are titled with quotes by the famous female stars of Paramount’s screen. I devote this series to Mae West due to her sharp wit, bawdy banter, and bombastic glamor. She represents the strong female force who stood her ground and won her crown in that male dominated world.”