Juergen Teller's 'Woo' Opens at ICA in London

Juergen Teller’s much-anticipated exhibition opened at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London last week. Demonstrating how the German photographer has for many years successfully navigated the terrain between personal and commercial photography, Woo presents the well-known images of Kate Moss, Kurt Cobain, and Vivienne Westwood alongside sequences of soft landscapes and family portraits.

The series Irene im Wald depicts his hometown in Germany and family and is captioned with heartfelt texts written by Juergen. He describes these photographs as “a love letter to my mother and the forest I grew up very close to.” Upstairs there is a touching portrait of Björk and her son swimming in Iceland and a self-portrait of Juergen and his son. These familial portraits are juxtaposed with more provocative images, like a nude Kate Moss reclining in a wheelbarrow, and the tongue-in-cheek Marc Jacobs campaign, starring the one and only Victoria Beckham squashed into a shopping bag.

Through March 13, 2013 

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTS IN LONDON
The Mall, London
SW1Y 5AH, UK 
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Mother with Crocodile, Bubenreuth, Germany 2002, © Juergen Teller


Björk and son, Iceland 1993, © Juergen Teller
No.12, Gloucestershire, 2010, © Juergen Teller


No.12 from the series Irene im Wald, 2012 © Juergen Teller


The Keys to the House No.39, Suffolk 2010, © Juergen Teller