Last Chance – Ryan McGinley at Team, and Catherine Opie at Gladstone

Different Angles on the Portrait

The photographers Ryan McGinley and Catherine Opie hold a visual conversation through their portraits in two Manhattan galleries.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/14/arts/design/14opie.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

While putting together the catalog that accompanies his current show at Team Gallery, Ryan McGinley asked another photographer, Catherine Opie, if she would interview him. In some ways it was a strange choice. Ms. Opie, 49, is best known for studio portraits that are as static and deliberate as the 32-year-old Mr. McGinley’s photographs are hyperkinetic. And while both artists explore queer identity, they’re separated by gender, geography and nearly a generation.