Exhibitions at Kunstfoyer |
|---|
KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 CLOSE ENOUGH New Perspectives from 13 Women Photographers of Magnum.24 Apr – 21 Jul 2024"If your pictures aren’t good enough, you’re not close enough." Robert Capa Close Enough explores the practices of thirteen emerging and established women photographers and the relationality they create within global situations, local communities, and interactions with individual subjects. Each contributing photographer openly narrates their creative journey, ranging from reflections upon long-term personal projects to work in progress and new pivots in their image-makin… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Abe FrajndlichChameleon 13 Dec 2023 – 1 Apr 2024He has portrayed creatives from music, art, and showbiz, surreally depicted the boundlessness of the big city and brought the greats of photographic history in front of the camera. With "ABE FRAJNDLICH. CHAMELEON", the Kunstfoyer presents the iridescent diversity in themes of the American photographer Abe Frajndlich (*1946, Frankfurt am Main). Facets of his biography, which oscillate between many worlds, are also given space in the exhibition. On display are about 200 works from the … more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Ralph GibsonSecret of Light 13 Sep – 26 Nov 2023Ralph Gibson is one of the most interesting American photographers of our time. His great international reputation is based on his exceptional work, which is shown and collected by leading museums around the world: He is represented with works in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the J.P. Getty Museum in Los Angeles as well as in the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the Creative Center for Photography in Tucson, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Maison… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Patrick ZachmannVoyages de mémoire Erinnerungsreisen26 May – 20 Aug 2023«Est-on juif quand on ignore sa religion et sa culture ? » De la fin des années 1970 au début des années 1990, le photographe français Patrick Zachmann (né en 1955) mème une enquête sur les Juifs de France, à la recherche de sa propre identité. De Paris à Marseille, des plus orthodoxes aux plus laïques, des grossistes en textile dans le quartier du Sentier au dernier typographe du quotidien communiste publié en yiddish Naye Prese … more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Inge MorathINGE MORATH HOMMAGE 21 Dec 2022 – 1 May 2023Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung's Kunstfoyer is showing "INGE MORATH HOMAGE" to mark the 100th birthday of the famous Magnum photographer in collaboration with the Inge Morath Estate, curated by Anna-Patricia Kahn and Isabel Siben. Inge Morath (1923–2002) was born in Graz, Austria. Her parents were scientists whose work took them to different laboratories and universities in Europe during her childhood. Educated in French-speaking schools, Morath and her family relocated… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Arno Rafael MinkkinenArno Rafael Minkkinen 12 Aug – 27 Nov 2022Finnish born Arno Rafael Minkkinen became a writer and photographer in America before becoming a teacher in Fin- land. Like a triplestranded coil of climbing rope, Minkkinen has interweaved his three pursuits continuously into his life as a Finnish American artist, essayist/curator, and educator for more than five decades now. After obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Wagner College, Minkkinen launched into a career as a Madison Avenue copywriter. A headline he wrote for Minolta … more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Alec SothGathered Leaves 3 May – 24 Jul 2022The exhibition surveys two decades of work by acclaimed photographer Alec Soth (born 1969). It brings together five of his major works – Sleeping by the Mississippi (2004), Niagara (2006), Broken Manual (2010), Songbook (2014) and the most recent, A Pound of Pictures (2022). Soth is a fine artist, a Magnum photojournalist, a blogger, a self-publisher, an Instagrammer, an educator. He explores the many different forms photography takes in the world, and works to create different types of e… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Ragnar AxelssonWhere the world is melting Wo die Welt schmilzt15 Dec 2021 – 18 Apr 2022"A letter to the future: Okjökull is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. It is anticipated that, in the next 200 years, all our glaciers will go the same way. This memorial intends to demonstrate that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know whether we have done it". In 2019, Okjökull was divested of its glacier status, its ice mass is too meager — a visible consequence of climate change. Now, Iceland remem- bers … more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Bill BrandtBill Brandt 27 Sep – 28 Nov 2021Bill Brandt is considered one of the founders of modern photography, alongside Walker Evans and Cartier-Bresson. Exploring English society, landscape and literature, his images are vital to our understanding of the history of photography and even the British way of life in the mid-20th century. Bill Brandt (born Hermann Wilhelm Brandt on May 3, 1904, in Hamburg, † December 20, 1983, in London) was a British photographer of German origin. Hermann Wilhelm Brandt, already called Bill as a ch… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Matt BlackAmerican Geography 15 Jul – 12 Sep 2021The American Magnum photographer Matt Black (*1970) has frequently documented the connection between migration, poverty, agriculture and the environment in his native California and southern Mexico. For his "AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY" project, he travelled over 100,000 miles through 46 states, including California, Oregon, Louisiana, Tennessee and New York. On these road trips, Black visited communities with a poverty rate above 20 percent, which could be linked together, like on a map. Sev… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Sebastião SalgadoEXODUS 16 Oct 2020 – 30 Jun 2021Sebastião Salgado. "EXODUS" is an exhibition that highlights how Salgado urgently campaigned for social justice and peace, and long before he gained wide public acclaim with his project "GENESIS" or the documentary, "The Salt of the Earth" (2014) by Wim Wenders. In the photographic series "EXODUS", Salgado documents the dark side of the modern age: the ruthless exploitation of nature and the fate of millions of people on the run who are struggling … more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Toni SchneidersSchaut Her! Toni Schneiders Retrospektive19 Feb – 27 Sep 2020Toni Schneiders is one of Germany’s defining photographers. Within the context of the group fotoform and the subjective photography movement, he significantly contributed to the renewal and expansion of the post-1945 avant-garde photographers’ visual language. In his immediate surroundings in the foothills of the Alps and on worldwide trips, Toni Schneiders captured striking moments of reality and life in photographs, the protagonist of which could be a person, an object or a land… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 O. Winston LinkRetrospektive 16 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020This retrospective celebrates the spectacular night photography and early colour images of the American photographer O. Winston Link. In the 1950s he captured the action and atmosphere of America's last steam locomotives from the Norfolk & Western Railway. The exhibition includes 120 exquisite photographs, sound recordings, sketches and making-ofs and will be yet another highlight for all photography and railway admirers! A drive-in movie theater, a ghost town, three young ladies in ba… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Saul LeiterRetrospective 5 Jun – 15 Sep 2019Saul Leiter (1923–2013) has only in recent years finally received his due as one of the great pioneers of color photography. This can perhaps be attributed to the fact that Leiter saw himself for a long time mainly as a painter. After coming to New York in 1946, he exhibited alongside Abstract Expressionists like Willem de Kooning before beginning in the late 1940s to take black and white photographs. Like Robert Frank or Helen Levitt, he found his motifs on the streets of New York, but at… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Jim DineI never look away.60 Selbstporträts, darunter wenige Fotografien20 Feb – 12 May 2019KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 MAGNUM Manifesto Christopher AndersonJonas BendiksenRobert CapaCornell CapaHenri Cartier-Bresson… (26)Raymond DepardonBieke DepoorterThomas DworzakElliott ErwittMartine FranckLeonard FreedPaul FuscoCristina García RoderoBurt GlinnJim GoldbergJosef KoudelkaSergio LarrainConstantine ManosSusan MeiselasWayne F. MillerMartin ParrPaolo PellegrinMarc RiboudAlessandra SanguinettiW. Eugene SmithAlec SothChris Steele-PerkinsDennis StockMikhael SubotzkyAlex WebbPatrick Zachmann17 Oct 2018 – 27 Jan 2019This landmark exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of the renowned photo agency Magnum Photos created by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, George Rodger, and Chim (David Seymour) in 1947. Tracing the ideas and ideals behind the founding and development of the legendary cooperative, curator Clément Chéroux explores the history of the second half of the 20th century through the lens of 75 masters, providing a new and insightful perspective on the contribution of these photogr… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Die ufa - Geschichte einer Marke 8 Jun – 16 Sep 2018KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 The Concept Of Lines Works from the F. C. Gundlach Collection21 Feb – 10 May 2018Das Programm des Kunstfoyers startet 2018 mit einer Ausstellung hochästhetischer Fotografien von drei Großmeistern des Metiers: Richard Avedon, George Hoyningen-Huene und Irving Penn – jeder einzelne dieser Fotografen stellt für sich bereits ein unschlagbares Highlight der amerikanischen Fotografiegeschichte dar. Die subtile Handhabung der Linie eint als signifikantes Merkmal die Arbeiten dieser drei Ikonen, ist dabei aber in Abhängigkeit von der jeweiligen Stilisti… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Martin ParrSouvenir A Photographic Journey11 Oct 2017 – 28 Jan 2018Martin Parr (*1952) is one of the most influential documentary photographers of our time. In his works, the British photographer explores the social reality: illuminating phenomena such as consumption, tourism or national identity from an entertaining perspective, in so much that the banal, extreme and sometimes unfathomable become apparent in the everyday. The esteemed, award-winning artist is a member of the renowned Magnum photographic agency, which is no stranger to Kunstfoyer VKB, Munich, o… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Peter KeetmanGestaltete Welt. Ein fotografisches Lebenswerk. World through a Creative Camera. The Life’s Work of a Photographer.31 May – 10 Sep 2017"Gestaltete Welt" ist seit 20 Jahren die erste Museumsschau zu Peter Keetman. Sie entstand in enger Kooperation zwischen der Stiftung F.C. Gundlach und dem Museum Folkwang. Die Ausstellung basiert auf der wissenschaftlichen Aufarbeitung der Nachlässe, die sich in beiden Institutionen befinden. Anlässlich des 100. Geburtstags von Peter Keetman (1916 geboren in Wuppertal-Elberfeld – 2005 gestorben in Marquartstein) bietet die umfangreiche Retrospektive die Möglic… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Gordon ParksI am you Selected Works 1942 - 19788 Feb – 7 May 2017A camera doesn’t simply take pictures. It’s a powerful tool against oppression, racism, violence and inequality – it can be enormously effective! And Gordon Parks referred to the camera as his weapon of choice and used the photographic medium his entire life in an intelligent and educational way to both expose the underbelly of the American way of life and to mediate between groups in a deeply divided society. As an important chronicler of the fight for equal rights for African… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 25 years Ostkreuz. Agentur der Fotografen. 25 Jahre Ostkreuz. Agentur der Fotografen.16 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017Ab Oktober präsentiert das Kunstfoyer die Erfolgsgeschichte der Fotografenagentur Ostkreuz, die sich 1990 nach dem Vorbild der legendären Agentur Magnum Photos in Paris gegründet hat und heute als renommiertestes Fotografenkollektiv Deutschlands gilt. Die Ausstellung zeigt die besten Arbeiten aus 25 Jahren Ostkreuz sowie die DDR-Fotografien der Agenturgründer. Die Ausstellung "25 Jahre Ostkreuz" wurde vom Goethe-Institut Paris initiiert und kommt nach ihrer Premier… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Werner BischofStandpunkt Hommage zum 100. Geburtstag29 Jun – 11 Sep 2016Swiss Magnum photographer Werner Bischof worked as a photojournalist for the high-circulation magazines "Life" and "Picture Post." Prior to his untimely death in 1954 he created a multifaceted oeuvre within the span of but a few years. April 2016 marked the 100th anniversary of his birth, and the exhibition at the Kunstfoyer is an homage to his life’s work. Around 220 vintage prints and documents from the Werner Bischof Estate provide a comprehensive overview of his stu… more KunstfoyerDEKunstfoyer +49 (0)89-2160 2244 EYES OPEN! 100 YEARS OF LEICA PHOTOGRAPHY AUGEN AUF! 100 Jahre Leica Fotografie9 Mar – 5 Jun 2016This camera changed the way we view the world. Forever. The falling soldier by Robert Capa, the puddle jumper by Henri Cartier-Bresson, the Times Square kiss by Alfred Eisenstaedt, Vietnamese children fleeing from a Napalm attack by Nick Út, the Soviet flag being raised above the Berlin Reichstag by Yevgeny Khaldei – all these famous photographs are Leica images, and they have etched themselves deeply into our collective memory. It was the Leica’s compactness and innovativ… more KunstfoyerDEVersicherungskammer Kulturstiftung +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Sebastião SalgadoGENESIS 9 Oct 2015 – 24 Jan 2016Archaic volcanic landscapes, arctic ice masses, meandering river canyons, mountain chains enveloped in mist, primordial rainforests and endless sand dunes – Genesis is a visual homage to the blue planet. In opulent black-and-white photographs, the photographer Sebastião Salgado documents the stunning beauty and rich diversity of intact flora and fauna, as well as indigene peoples. His aesthetically impressive, large format photographic series is the result of an expediti… more KunstfoyerDEVersicherungskammer Kulturstiftung +49 (0)89-2160 2244 Yvonne von SchweinitzGesichter Afghanistans Fotografien 1953 / Dokumentarfilme 1950-73 / |
