Juergen Teller

Daddy You're So Cute

September 13 - October 18, 2003
540 West 26th Street

Press Release

Lehmann Maupin would like to announce an exhibition of new work by Juergen Teller. This will be Teller's second solo exhibition at Lehmann Maupin.

This exhibition consists of photographs with a strong focus on Teller's personal life. With photographs of his family, portraits of workers from his family's factory, and a series of strangely suggestive caves from his childhood in Germany, there is also a particular emphasis on his German roots. Teller also turns the camera directly on himself in a group of candid, decidedly unglamorous, and often unflattering, self-portraits. As he explains, " . . . I have spent all this time photographing people whose trust you have to win, whose neuroses you have to deal with. I felt in some way that I was having to think too much about all this stuff instead of the actual portraits. I suddenly realised I needed to photograph someone who doesn't care at all how they look. So, that, of course, can only be one person - me. In the end, the only person I can be as brutally honest as possible with is me."

Juergen Teller was born in Erlangen, Germany in 1964 and studied at Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich. He moved to London in the early 1980s and continues to live and work there. A recent solo exhibition of Teller's work traveled from the Münchner Fotomuseum to Museum Folkwang, Essen, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, and the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem. Teller was the recipient of the 2003 Citibank Photography Prize. An exhibition of the four nominated artists was shown at The Photographer's Gallery in London and traveled to the Museum Kunst Palast in Düsseldorf.

Artists in this exhibition

• Juergen Teller

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Exhibition Works

Kirsten McMenamy 1, London, 1996 c-print 12 x 16 inches 30.5 x 40.6 cm Edition of 5 LM6758


Höhle, Hell, Fränkische Schweiz, Germany, 2002 c-print 20 x 24 inches 50.8 x 61 cm Edition of 5 LM6952


Sarah, Las Vegas, 2003 c-print 20 x 24 inches 50.8 x 61 cm Edition of 5 LM7009


Brown Bear, Bubenreuth, Germany, 2002 c-print 12 x 16 inches 30.5 x 40.6 cm Edition of 5 LM6946


Nackig auf dem Fussballplatz, Bubenreuth, 2003 digital print 73.62 x 49.21 inches 187 x 125 cm Edition of 5 LM7012


Kate between colours, London, 1998 c-print 20 x 24 inches 50.8 x 61 cm Edition of 5 LM3955


Selbstportrait mit camera, Bubenreuth, Germany, 2000 b/w bromide print 12 x 16 inches 30.5 x 40.6 cm Edition of 5 LM6992


The Clients, Haute Couture: Marie-Chantal of Greece, Paris, 1999 digital print 73.62 x 49.21 inches 187 x 125 cm Edition of 5 LM7020


Mother and Father, Bubenreuth, 2003 digital print 49.21 x 70.47 inches 125 x 179 cm Edition of 5 LM7011


Lola sleeping, Italy, 1999 c-print 24 x 20 inches 61 x 50.8 cm Edition of 5 LM4331


Dame Barbara Cartland, Hertfordshire, 2000 digital print 60 x 40 inches 152.4 x 101.6 cm Edition of 5 LM4177


The Clients, Haute Couture: Deeda Blair, Paris, 1999 digital print 73 x 50 inches 185.4 x 127 cm Edition of 5 LM7027

Installation Stills

JUERGEN TELLER: DADDY YOU'RE SO CUTE 13 September - 18 October 2003


JUERGEN TELLER: DADDY YOU'RE SO CUTE 13 September - 18 October 2003


JUERGEN TELLER: DADDY YOU'RE SO CUTE 13 September - 18 October 2003


JUERGEN TELLER: DADDY YOU'RE SO CUTE 13 September - 18 October 2003


JUERGEN TELLER: DADDY YOU'RE SO CUTE 13 September - 18 October 2003