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Exhibition “André Steiner – the body between desire and overcoming”

Publié le 24 July 2024

Until 22 September 2024 at the mahJ

Every four years, the Olympics have inspired many artists to seize the opportunity to capture the ultimate efforts of athletes, crossing bars and ribbons, touching the edges of pools and gymnasiums to surpass themselves in the quest for gold. André Steiner, a Hungarian-born photographer, decathlon champion and swimming coach at the Jewish sports club Hakoah Vienna, did the same in 1930s Paris, capturing athletic bodies in motion for magazines and developing a style.

André Steiner. Le corps entre désir et dépassement | Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme (mahj.org)