SASCHA WEIDNER – SINCE TOMORROW

Posted on 2011-05-02

With this exhibition, Sascha Weidner offers a deep, personal glimpse into his life, reaching from childhood photographs up to current pictures from diverse contexts. The method of plumbing the depths of his personal archive defines his artistic practice. Again and again, he draws anew from his pool of images, changing the arrangements and, in so doing, shifting the point of view.Whether in photographs of rumpled white sheets, in macro shots of veined skin, or in images of mysteriously overturned cars or of the tender intimacy of lovers, every passing nuance is critical.

Opposite – Unfold II, 2006

Exhibition runs from May 7th to June 26th, 2011

Postfuhramt
Oranienburger Str. 35-36
10117 Berlin
Germany

www.co-berlin.info

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MICHAEL KENNA – RETROSPECTIVE

Posted on 2011-05-02

Michael Kenna`s retrospective covers the most significant periods of his creative work and shows famous landscape photos, made during his travels. Pictures of French provinces and Japanese gardens, American power plants and sculptures in St. Petersburg are among them.

The photographer’s style can be called metaphysical photography, with time and memory as basic concepts. Black-and-white high contrast photos take viewers from the real world to the abstract university of the photographer. Therefore, Kenna’s works can be easily regarded as an ancient painting and a 3D image. They embody the skilful synthesis of the eternal and the momentary. The photographer’s approach to the viewer is also specific. All photos by Kenna have small size. Such format forces one person to watch it from the distance of no more than 30 cm. Kenna intentionally brings us closer to the picture, demanding maximum involvement and frankness in the dialogue with the audience.

Opposite – Perspective of Trees, Tsarskoe Selo, Russia, 1999

Exhibition runs from May 22nd, 2011

Moscow Museum Of Modern Art
9 Tverskoy Boulevard
Moscow
Russia

www.mmoma.ru

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