Andreas Meichsner
dal 11/9/2012 al 1/11/2012
Segnalato da
11/9/2012
Andreas Meichsner
Vollsmose Kulturhus, Odense
All Sorted. The German photographer "explores in a subtle and humorous fashion the question of whether, in a society dominated more and more by job insecurity and-of necessity-flexibility, we might today be witnessing a burgeoning desire for boring, safe predictability".
A silent observer, Andreas Meichsner documents in his photographs how that vacation we’ve been waiting for so long has a way of plunging us into an agonizing tug-of-war between the contradictory need for freedom on the one hand and security on the other. The reassuring words All Sorted (Alles in Ordnung) stand for a fevered »organizing« of the yearned-for and yet also somehow menacing liberation from workaday life – with the paradoxical result that even vacation time ends up being packed full of structured activities. Meichsner explores in a subtle and humorous fashion the question of whether, in a society dominated more and more by job insecurity and – of necessity – flexibility, we might today be witnessing a burgeoning desire for boring, safe predictability. - Ann-Christin Bertrand (C/O Berlin)
About the artist
Andreas Meichsner (*1973) is a German photographer living and working in Berlin. His art focuses on contemporary aspects of Western European society, in particular dealing with the seemingly increasing need for security and structure and its significance for people.
Meichsner studied photography at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hannover and has been living in Berlin since 2004. Twice, he was a finalist in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award: once in 2005 with his architectural series »32.000.000« about the lack of space in Tokyo and the second time in 2006 for his work »Arkadia«. This work about holiday house tourism in the Netherlands was also nominated for the Fringe Festival Voies Off in Arles the same year, and won the second prize in the European Architectural Photography Award in 2007. With »Welcome to the club«, Meichsner became a Finalist in the Ojo de Pez Award for Human Values in 2009. His book »Alles in Ordnung« won silver in the German Photography Book Award 2012.
His art and his commercial works are regularly published in magazines and newspapers worldwide, including the New York Times, Stern, Ojo de Pez, Leica World, and many others. In addition, his works are featured in several exhibiton catalogues such as the European Photography Prize, Noorderlicht Festival, f-stop Festival, Getxo Photo or Athens Photo Festival. Just recently Meichsner published his first book »Alles in Ordnung« with Kehrer Publishers in October 2011.
Ann Christina Lie Ladegourdie
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Mail: aclie@odense.dk
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