Jessica Backhaus
dal 11/5/2012 al 16/6/2012
Segnalato da
11/5/2012
Jessica Backhaus
Stieglitz19, Antwerp
"One Day in November" is Backhaus' pictorical tribute to her friend and mentor, the photographer Gisele Freund through shots which documents her life.
Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009.
Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. To date, she has four publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008 and I Wanted to See the World, 2010 all published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg. Her photographs are in many prominent art collections including Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany, ING Art Collection, Belgium, Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA and the Margulies Collection, Miami, USA.
Opening Saturday 12 May 4pm
Stieglitz19
Klapdorp 2. Antwerp
Fri 16 - 18 h, Sat-Sun 14-18
Admission free