WALTER NIEDERMAYR – OBERFLÄCHEN
2014-02-24Niedermayr has returned to the European Alps to develop the body of work for the present exhibition. The artist is widely recognised for his large-scale, subdued photographs of alpine landscapes and images of the architectural spaces by Japanese architecture firm, SANAA. In each of his series, Niedermayr maintains a focus on man’s relationship towards his surroundings. For the works in the exhibition at Galerie Nordenhake Niedermayr focuses on our growing intrusion on nature through acts of entitled avocations.
Since the 1980’s, Niedermayr has been interested in exploring the various ways in which space has been shaped and occupied by man. He questions the ephemeral realms between representation and imagination through the lens of his camera. Engaging with the tradition of the great landscape artists, Niedermayr’s compositions stop and suspend time and encourage the viewer to re-evaluate our imposition on nature: He assembles single images of the same motif into one seemingly continuous panorama. The resulting multi-panel images provoke a dualistic disconnectedness, both spatial and temporal. This approach unsettles photography’s designated role of capturing a moment in time and denies the possibility of landscape as a unitary image.
Opposite – Eggishorn 18, 2012
Exhibition runs through to March 8th, 2014
Galerie Nordenhake
Lindenstrasse 34
10969 Berlin
Germany
