This exhibition highlights a photography period, which shortly before the close of its historical development in the 1980s underwent a complete deconstruction and subsequent renewal with respect to its aesthetic, tradition and thematic concerns. Furthermore, the selected works illuminate the period through a re-examination of these significant representatives. Works by these artists are also exhibited in the comprehensive exhibition, Das rebellische Bild (The rebellious image) in Museum Folkwa…

Knut Maron is one of the most distinguished representatives of "Subjective Photography", a position the artist adopted during his studies in Otto Steinert’s class at Essen’s Folkwangschule, and has since continually renewed in his dedicated practice of fine art photography. Maron (born in Bonn in 1954) is professor for photography at the Hochschule in Wismar. He lives in Elm,Essen, Wismar and Berlin where he runs, together with Marc Grümmert, one of very few artis…

For the first time, the pioneer of German contemporary colour photography, Knut Wolfgang Maron, shows a sample of his sweeping new American series. The aesthetic he develops examines the Vanitas of the American dream, its faded relics shining only in decay. In this scenario variation of Brave New World, the American dream becomes a nicely coloured nightmare."The extraordinariness of Knut Maron's universe does not lie in astonishing forms or new themes. Its profound distinctiven…

10 in 1 im Rahmen der Veranstaltung ESSENS KREATIVE KLASSE (www.essenskreativeklasse.de) zeigt zone E sein Programm. 80 Essener Kunst und Kulturinstitutionen laden gemeinsam zu einem Festival mit spannenden Veranstaltungen im gesamten Stadtgebiet ein. Folgende fotografische Positionen werden zu sehen sein: GOSBERT ADLER, EVA BERTRAM, MARC GRÜMMERT, KLAUS KÜSTER, KNUT WOLFGANG MARON, KENNETH VAN SICKLE, JANET ZEUGNER. Von jedem …