GEORGES ROUSSE – UTOPIA

Posted on 2020-07-13

The ‘physical interventions’ he performs in the spaces portrayed in his photographs continue to fascinate and confuse the observer.Even in the digital age, this fascination lives on. Rousse’s ingenious manipulations using constructions, drawings and panting are more surprising than ever in a world where the boundaries between reality and virtual reality are increasingly blurred. Using colour, light and architectural elements, Rousse transforms the three-dimensionality of the space into a two-dimensional photographic surface. Does reality become vision or vision become reality?

Opposite – Fontenay, 2004

Exhibition runs through to August 1st, 2020

Galerie Springer Berlin
Fasanenstraße 13
10623 Berlin
Germany

www.galeriespringer.de

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ANDREAS GEFELLER – SOMA

Posted on 2020-07-13

“A brave new world”. The work of Andreas Gefeller shows parallels to Aldous Huxley’s novel. This also explains the title of the collection of photographs: “Soma”, the name of the drug which is meant to alter and make reality bearable in Huxley’s literary universe.

The photographic work “Soma” by the German photographer offers insights into an artificial, single purpose microcosm from the year 2000, showcasing itself under bright, artificial lighting. This world was entirely created by man. Night is arbitrarily turned into day. Indeed, the former appears to literally outshine the latter.

The photographs show a coastal strip of Gran Canaria bathed in light, despite being nocturnal views. A newly constructed, brightly illuminated holiday paradise is presented as a complete work of art – made up of repetitive structures and geometric shapes – baring itself under a deep night sky.

Exhibition runs through to September 25th, 2020

Clervaux – cité de l’image
11 Grand-Rue
9710 Clervaux
Luxembourg

www.clervauximage.lu

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JOACHIM BROHM – LESS AND MORE

Posted on 2020-07-13

Works of Modernism are constantly being interpreted, reinterpreted, indeed collected and stored away. Modernist architecture is being renovated, redesigned, torn down, reconstructed. Original functions and purposes are thus being altered, occasionally forgotten, but sometimes even optimised and reinvented. New meanings and perceptions for these, often iconic objects and buildings, on their passage from the 20th into the 21st century, arise through these processes.

Brohm confronts the enduring enigma of Modernism conceptually with his generation’s means – whereby his work with the camera is being prompted and supported by Bauhaus architecture and photography as its historical components. Groundbreaking innovations for the development of photography at the time and today become the transparency for his contemporary examination of the medium.

Opposite – Rudolf Schindler, Morgan Camera Shop, Los Angeles, 2015

Exhibition runs through to July 31st, 2020

Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art
Bilker Str. 4-6
40213 Düsseldorf

www.beck-eggeling.de

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TREVOR PAGLEN – TERRITORY

Posted on 2020-07-06

Trevor Paglen’s new photographs position the origins of computer vision, facial recognition, and artificial intelligence in the tradition of landscape photography of the American West. Examining histories of seeing in relation to technological advancements, Paglen reveals underlying structures of power and the changing role of the image.
Capturing dramatic vistas shot around Yosemite, Black Canyon, the California Coast, and other iconic landscapes, Paglen refers to classic works by Muybridge, O’Sullivan, Watkins, Hillers, and other 19th century “frontier” photographers. While we often encounter these historical referents in a museum setting today, many of these seminal images were originally produced for the US Department of War on military “reconnaissance” surveys and are embedded with the colonial narratives of Western Expansion. What would a contemporary iteration of frontier photography reveal about our current structures of power?

Opposite – The Glen Canyon Deep Semantic Image Segments, 2020

Exhibition runs through to August 8th, 2020

Altman Siegel Gallery
1150 25th Street
San Francisco
CA 94107

altmansiegel.com

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CIG HARVEY

Posted on 2020-07-06

Cig’s devotion to visual storytelling has lead to innovative international campaigns and features with New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar Japan, Kate Spade, and Bloomingdales. Cig teaches workshops and regularly speaks on her work and processes at institutions around the world. She is known for her high energy, sense of humor and creativity. She brings a profound sense of optimism to all that she does.

Opposite – Geraniums

Exhibition runs through to August 29th, 2020

Dowling Walsh Gallery
365 Main Street
Rockland
ME 04841

www.dowlingwalsh.com

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ROBBY MÜLLER – LIKE SUNLIGHT COMING THROUGH THE CLOUDS

Posted on 2020-07-06

Like Sunlight Coming Through the Clouds displays Müller’s keen eye for capturing beauty and light in the most unlikely of places. Renowned as a pioneering cinematographer for his collaborations with Wim Wenders, Jim Jarmusch and Lars von Trier on films such as Paris, Texas (1984), Down by Law (1986) and Breaking the Waves (1996), Müller also built up an extensive archive of Polaroid images. Müller never left home without a camera to hand and after being introduced to Polaroid photography on set in 1973, the Polaroid camera would join him on his travels.

The show features a wide range of Polaroid photos as edition prints, amongst them never before exhibited works, that through their larger format show the incredible details Müller was able to capture in the instant medium. The works depict Müller playing with and investigating the properties of light and colour during the moments in between filming, with a preference for shooting at twilight, the “blue hour” at which natural and artificial light meet. In the triptych Austin Texas, while shooting Honeysuckle Rose for instance, Müller can be seen experimenting with different forms of light within his hotel room as the light outside changes.

Opposite – During ‘Honeysuckle Rose’, Austin, Texas, 1979

Exhibition runs through to August 22nd, 2020

Annet Gelink Gallery
Laurierstraat 187-189
NL-1016PL Amsterdam
Netherlands

www.annetgelink.com

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