click doubleclick.The Documentary Factor.
dal 7/2/2006 al 22/4/2006
Segnalato da
Tina Barney
Laurenz Berges
Dirk Braeckman
David Claerbout
Luc Delahaye
Rineke Dijkstra
Patrick Faigenbaum
Stephen Gill
| Paul Graham
Andreas Gursky
Scott McFarland
Hans van der Meer
Martin Parr
Judith Joy Ross
Thomas Ruff
Taryn Simon
Alec Soth
Heidi Specker
Jules Spinatsch
Thomas Struth
Larry Sultan
Juergen Teller
Wolfgang Tillmans
Jeff Wall
Thomas Weski
7/2/2006
click doubleclick.The Documentary Factor.
Haus der Kunst, Munich
The title of the exhibition stands symbolically for the technical transition phase in which photography is situated, from the analog-dominated technology of making pictures to the digital approach. The photographers' works are not primarily devoted to the illustration of sociological, political or anthropological subjects; they reflect these subjects and draw their material from the critical engagement with them. The show unites works of internationally recognized photographers with those of the younger generation.
The Documentary Factor. Group show
At the moment photography is in a phase of change in which an altered conception of
the documentary factor is emerging. It is no longer as much a matter of the
portrayal or representation of reality, but rather of an artistically well-grounded
idea of the world.
The title of the exhibition stands symbolically for the technical transition phase
in which photography is presently situated, from the analog-dominated technology of
making pictures--click-- to the digital, computer-supported approach--doubleclick.
Despite different methods of production and image strategies, there is the common
element of a subjective view of reality in the formal language of the documentary.
When Walker Evans (1903-1975) was asked at the end of his career whether his
photographs were documents, he replied that the police make photographic documents
of crime scenes but that in his pictures it was more a matter of photographs in the
documentary style. It thus becomes apparent that in the case of these kinds of
photographs, it is not a matter of the classical form of documentary photography,
whose aim is the mimetic photographic doubling of a motif, but of formulating a
personal way of seeing that also discloses the photographer's relationship to the
world.
The selected photographers are connected by their interest in creating valid images.
Their works are not primarily devoted to the illustration of sociological, political
or anthropological subjects; they reflect these subjects and draw their material
from the critical engagement with them, but must be understood as artistic
self-expressions that develop into dialogs. The photographs do not have any
evidential character; they do not put themselves at the service of science nor do
they have any function but formulate rather a belief in the art work as an aesthetic
object with its own laws.
Despite different methods of production and image strategies, the works of the
exhibiting artists allude to a "Welthaltigkeit", to a close, truthful connection to
their motifs that may be referred to as the documentary factor. Each construction
can be expressed as the sum of the individual parts of a photographic series or as
the condensation of different shots into a single digital image, as an intended
assertion or intended artificiality. The viewer of the individual images tries to
decipher their construction of authenticity, continually vacillating between
accepting and rejecting, amazement and fascination, belief and doubt.
click doubleclick is curated by Thomas Weski and unites works of internationally
recognized photographers with those of the younger generation. Haus der Kunst
presents the world premiere of photographs by Laurenz Berges, Andreas Gursky, Taryn
Simon and Juergen Teller. The works of Tina Barney, Dirk Braeckman, David Claerbout,
Stephen Gill, Paul Graham, Scott McFarland, Martin Parr, Alec Soth, Jules Spinatsch
and Wolfgang Tillmans are shown for the first time in Germany. And finally, works by
Luc Delahaye, Rineke Dijkstra and Thomas Ruff are exhibited partly for the first
time in Germany.
Artists:
Tina Barney (USA) | Laurenz Berges (D) | Dirk Braeckman (B) | David Claerbout (B) |
Luc Delahaye (F) | Rineke Dijkstra (NL) | Patrick Faigenbaum (F) | Stephen Gill (GB)
| Paul Graham (GB) | Andreas Gursky (D) | Scott McFarland (CAN) | Hans van der Meer
(NL) | Martin Parr (GB) | Judith Joy Ross (USA) | Thomas Ruff (D) | Taryn Simon
(USA) | Alec Soth (USA) | Heidi Specker (D) | Jules Spinatsch (CH) | Thomas Struth
(D) | Larry Sultan (USA) | Juergen Teller (D) | Wolfgang Tillmans (D) | Jeff Wall
(CAN)
Co-production Haus der Kunst, Munich and Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
With the assitance of Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Foundation.
And with the support of the Sparkassen-Kulturfonds des Deutschen Sparkassen- und
Giroverbandes.
Accompanying programme
Martin Parr in conversation with Ulrich Pohlmann
Thursday 9 March 2006, 8 pm
where: Haus der Kunst
The conversation will be held in English.
Jean-Francois Chevrier
Lecture
Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 7 pm
where: Institut Francais de Munich
The lecture will be held in French
Entrance fee : 5 Euro
Reservation under: 089 28 66 28 0
This evening is organised in cooperation with the Institut Francais de Munich.
Luc Delahaye in conversation with Jean-Francois Chevrier
Thursday, 30 March 2006, 8 pm
where: Haus der Kunst
The conversation will be held in English.
This evening is organised in cooperation with the Institut Francais de Munich.
Haus der Kunst
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