Heike Gallmeier
dal 10/9/2010 al 22/10/2010
Segnalato da
10/9/2010
Heike Gallmeier
Wendt+Friedmann Galerie, Berlin
Gallmeier's latest photographic works have their origins in Renaissance painting and the set design of Japanese Kabuki Theater. As in a Baroque stage, the image layers staggered one after another in a row, the camera builds the perspective of the image plane for a particular viewing angle.
Gallmeier’s works are acts of self-portrayal and escapism, substitute worlds and projections. They are based on pre-images from Art history but also popular culture. Existing scenes are reconstructed in an entirely unique materiality and with a much reduced use of form, to be presented as large-format analog photographs or installations.
Painting and photography, set design and performance blend and complement each other. The scenery and costumes of these new productions are made of everyday materials. Bulky waste, construction wood, wallpaper and board, are in their earlier harsh materiality a contrast to the smooth surface of the end product of photography.
Gallmeier’s latest photographic works have their origins in Renaissance painting and the set design of Japanese Kabuki Theater.
As in a Baroque stage, the image layers staggered one after another in a row, the camera builds the perspective of the image plane for a particular viewing angle. The three-dimensional space is applied by Gallmeier in the subsequent planar perception in the photo.
The photo shows in turn, by vacancies and breaks, his former spatial structure. This creates a turning moment between illusion and its dissolution, in which the observer can view both the stage and behind the scenes.
Wendt+Friedmann Galerie
Heidestrasse 54, 10557 Berlin
Hours: Wed-Fri 12-6 pm, Sat 12-5 pm
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