The Lee Miller show at the Polygon in Vancouver is big let down.
80% of the exhibition is old rather boring fashion pics. A small room has itty bitty poorly printed prints shot during World War 2, these are the strongest photographs but their presentation stifles their power.
A highly disappointing exhibition that lacks substance. This show is all about celebrity phtohrpher promotion (recent movie anout her) of a minority artist, but lacking any good art.
More and more exhibitions I view are all about the artist with shotty art.
Her 2 most famous images are not even displayed. “Dead SS guard” and “Lee Miller in Hitlers bath” (a useless 1x1 inch version is in a magazine wall display), are not even in the exhibition.
What has happened to placing the art over the artist??
The exhibition also has a British newsreel of limited interest .
Even free, this exhibition was mostly a waste of time. This is my 3rd trip to the Polygon and the third time I have been disappointed. Time to get a new curation team or have the old team wake up!
