Bert Stern: The complete picture
Izzy Sulejmani can’t believe his luck. The Toronto gallery owner stares at a sparkling Marilyn Monroe image by photographer Bert Stern, displayed prominently in his Yorkville space. One of Sulejmani’s heroes, the reclusive Stern, famous for taking photos of Monroe six weeks before her death, is coming to the June 16 opening of JEWELS, a hotly anticipated exhibit of his work at Izzy Gallery.
“This is the top of the mountain to get Bert,” Sulejmani says. “The biggest thing is that he’s coming, because if it’s not New York or a big museum, he doesn’t go for his openings.”
Stern made his mark in the 1950s as an advertising photographer, achieving success with an image of an inverted Giza pyramid for Smirnoff vodka. After joining Vogue shortly after Monroe’s death.
Now in his eighties, Stern rarely accepts interviews and makes few public appearances. But there was something about the friendly gallery owner that he liked. Sulejmani says that after remaining largely silent during a New York City business lunch two months ago, the photographer said at the very end, “You’re OK, Izzy. I like you. I’ll see you in Toronto.” After signing the contract, Stern left.
In JEWELS — the first Canadian exhibit of Stern’s work — the photographer provides a new take on his iconic images of Monroe, Twiggy and Audrey Hepburn, among others. The artist has hand-applied crystals, sparkles and paint to large prints of his photographs, creating colourful, original vignettes. The Toronto show also presents a never-before-seen image of Monroe from The Last Sitting . Sprawled nude across an unmade bed, the actress smiles for Stern’s lens. In the background, the artist has adorned the image with red, yellow and blue fireworks.
Sulejmani is still getting used to the idea of Stern coming to the exhibit’s opening. Smiling, he looks around the gallery, where the photographer’s prints are mounted and ready.
“I can’t believe it,” he says. “Every day I call, asking if he’s coming. ‘Yeah, yeah, he’s coming,’ they tell me.”
• JEWELS runs until July 9 at the Izzy Gallery in Toronto. For more information, visit izzygallery.com .
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