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17.09.2024 – 21.01.2025
LOOKS LIKE ABSTRACTION
GROUP EXHIBITION
Opening: 14. September 2024, 2-6 pm
We are pleased to invite you to our new group exhibition LOOKS LIKE ABSTRACTION, which is dedicated to the theme of abstraction in photography. In addition to five artists from our gallery programme, we have invited three guest artists to take part in the exhibition.
LOOKS LIKE ABSTRACTION explores the question of when a photograph is perceived as abstract. Was this the artist's intention from the outset? Isn't every photograph initially concrete, only to become something else, such as an abstract image, through the cropping of the picture? The tour of the exhibition answers some of these questions, but also leaves plenty of room for free flight of thought and emotion.
The presentation is divided into two sections. In the first section, we show photographs that have their origins in architecture; in the second section, nature provides the basis for the works presented. The chronological arc spans from the 1960s to the present day in 2024. The guest artist is the Japanese photographer Natsoumi, who studied art history at the Université de Paris and now lives with her family in Miyagi, Japan. Her works shown in the exhibition were created this year.
The artist Stefanie Seufert is also a guest. She lives and works in Berlin. Her works have been shown in numerous national and international exhibitions (Berlinsche Galerie, Eskenazi Museum of Art Bloomington, Louisville, Penumbra Foundation NYC and many more). The sculptural works in the exhibition were created in 2016. Janos Frecot is a photo historian, author and was curator and head of the photography collection at the Landesmuseum Berlinische Galerie from 1978 to 2002. As a photographer, he created a Berlin series in the 1960s, from which we are showing a small selection of works.
From our programme we are showing new works by Maria Jauregui Ponte, Loredana Nemes and Anna Szprynger as well The solo exhibition »Deep Blossom« by Ingar Krauss, curated by Sabino Maria Frassà, can be seen in the exclusive Gaggenau DesignElementi showroom in Rome, Italy. The exhibition is presented by Gaggenau together with the non-profit initiative Cramum and can be visited by appointment from February 22nd to July 24th, 2024. An introduction by curator Sabino Maria Frassà: Ingar Krauss, the self-taught photographer who unexpectedly won the Prix Leica in 2004, continues to captivate with the power and intensity of his images. His fame has grown over the years through exhibitions, fairs, and international projects, making him one of the most admired photographers worldwide. Analyzing Krauss’ various series, from still lifes to the renowned portraits of adolescents from the countries of the former Soviet bloc, the strong independence of his artistic exploration emerges, making him an artist impossible to categorize. His work, both authentic and refined, consistently surprises with its ability to capture the essence of reality beyond space and time. The result is the construction of a universal image and imagination on both formal and thematic levels. In the exhibition »Deep Blossom«, light takes center stage, almost an obsession for the German photographer. The images of flowers serve as a pretext to explore the complexity of the surrounding reality, emerging through the always grazing “Caravaggesque” light. This blend of photographic technique and light propels the artist’s visual exploration beyond two-dimensionality, embracing a multidimensional perspective. Caravaggio inspires the study of light, while Flemish painting, especially Rogier van der Weyden, serves as a technical reference. The Flemish master, renowned for his 1464 Portrait of a Lady, influences both the composition of the portraits and the glazing technique that Ingar Krauss has applied to his still life since 2007. The artist manually applies oil glazes – up to six layers – t Ingar Krauss was born in 1965 in East Berlin. He lives and works in Berlin and Zechin (Brandenburg). After learning a trade, and working for many years as a psychiatric caregiver, he turned to photography in the mid-90s and has since participated in numerous international exhibitions, such as at the Hayward Gallery in London, the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence and the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma. Krauss’ photographs are in private and public collections worldwide including the Collezione La Gaia, Busca, Italy; Collezione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bozen, Italy; Biblioteca Panizzi, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Collezione Gemma De Angelis Testa, Milan, Italy; Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck, Austra; Ordóñez-Falcón Photography Collection, San Sebastián, Spain; The John Kobal Foundation, London, UK; Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA; Margulies Collection, Miami, USA; Vince Aletti Collection, New York, USA; Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta, USA; Agnès b. collection, Paris; Hermès Collection, Paris; Paolo Roversi Collection, Paris; Collectie Cees Dam, Amsterdam; Hasselbladfoundation, Göteborg, Sweden; Michael Loulakis Collection, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany. Krauss has received grants from the Berlin Chancellery for Cultural Affairs, the Robert Bosch Foundation, the Kunstfonds, and the Brandenburg Ministry of Culture, and served as artist-in-residence in Moscow, Kaliningrad, Turin, Reggio Emilia, Jena and Dresden. Ingar Krauss is represented by Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, and Galerie fuer Moderne Fotografie, Berlin. Publications of his works include the books Ingar Krauss: Portraits (Hatje Cantz, 2005), Face: The New Photographic Portrait (Thames & Hudson, 2006), La cenere delle immagini (Marietti, 2006), Ecce Uomo (Mondadori El .Is it just a flower?