Installation view, Re-Make/Re-Model, Sorcha Dallas, Glasgow, 2007

Babette Mangolte - Solo Show

1st - 29th of October

Sorcha Dallas is pleased to announce the first solo show in Scotland by the celebrated experimental filmmaker and photographer Babette Mangolte. This exhibition will feature photographic documetary work made with the legendary performance artist Yvonne Rainer. This exhibition will tie in with Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film at Tramway, Glasgow from 5-10th October 2010, www.tramway.org, curated by Jason E. Bowman, in association with Tramway.

The French-born, New York based Babette Mangolte was one of the first women accepted into the cinematography programme at L,École Nationale de la Photographie et de la Cinématographie in Paris, founded by Louis Lumiére, in 1964. She is known for her experimental film work originated in the 1970s focusing on subjectivity and in the 1980s on an examination of landscape. She chronicled with her photographs collaborative documentary work with the minimal dance scene and experimental theatrical scene of New York from the 1970s onto the mid 1980s of that time. Among the films directed by Mangolte are “What Maisie Knew” (1976), “The Camera: Je or La Camera: I” (1977), “The Cold Eye, My Darling Be Careful” (1980), “Four Pieces by Morris” (1993), “The Models of Pickpocket” (2003) and “Seven Easy Pieces by Marina Abramovic” (2007). Mangolte recently showed in the installation “How to lookŠ” at the last Whitney Biennial 2010 and her two channel film installation “Presence” was made for the Berlin Biennale 5 in 2008. Currently her work is shown in an exhibition organised by Lynne Cook and Douglas Crimp “Mixed Use, Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices 1970s to the present” in Museo Nacional Centro de Arte, Reine Sofia, Madrid, Spain. Mangolte is represented by Broadway 1602, New York.

More Info about Yvonne Rainer: Dance and Film at Tramway: In October, Tramway is pleased to present the only European survey, combining live dance and film by world renowned choreographer, film maker and writer Yvonne Rainer. From Tues 5 - Sun 10 October there will be 6 days of film screenings plus 2 evenings of dance celebrating four decades of Yvonne Rainer’s work. There will also be a class with Rainer and a book-signing and reading event - both capacity limited. Tickets are on sale now www.tramway.org