Petra Collins Opens 'fangirl,' Her First Museum Show
500 works from one of fashion’s most beloved photographers.
Summary
- Daelim Museum in Seoul is currently presenting fangirl, the inaugural museum presentation by Canadian photographer Petra Collins
- With over 500 works on view, spanning photography, video, installation, archival material and editorial projects, the showcase offers an in-depth survey of Collins’ lush universe
Acclaimed photographer and director Petra Collins has opened the doors to her first large-scale solo exhibition at the Daelim Museum in Seoul. Now on view through December 31, fangirl presents a sweeping, 500-piece dive into the evolution behind one of fashion’s most beloved image-makers.
Collins’ name has become shorthand for a certain mood: opulent, cinematic, surreal and entirely seared with the raw interiority of youth. The self-taught photographer came onto the scene at 15, posting works on the internet. For her first show all these years later, she returns to her online beginnings, paying homage to the generation of fellow fangirls that helped carry her name into orbit.
With fangirl, this visual vocabulary is contextualized and expanded, with her early 24hr Psycho series sit beside the Alexa Demie-fronted Fairy Tales and stills from her roster of Olivia Rodrigo music videos. Through the entirety of her oeuvre, from intimate self-portraits shot in her childhood home to portraits of the biggest names in music, fashion and film, Collins stands as one of the pioneering voices behind an aesthetic code of a generation, one that refuses to separate softness from strength.
Daelim Museum
21 Jahamun-ro 4-gil,
Jongno District,
Seoul, South Korea
