C/O Berlin The Cultural Forum for Photograph
Over 150 photographs from the Thomas Koerfer collection. Renowned artists including Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman will provide a panorama of the naked body - discreet and pornographic, repelling and enticing. "In contemporary art and particularly in photography, the realistically portrayed body with its needs and desires has developed into a projection plane for the artistic idea." Urs Stahel
Photographs from the Collection Thomas Koerfer
Introduction Urs Stahel, Director Fotomuseum Winterthur
The naked body is one of the oldest and most fascinating motifs in art. Artists of past centuries felt bound by the conventions of ideal beauty in their representations of the unclothed body. In the 20th century, however, the traditional academic poses are becoming ever more relaxed – and classic nudes are becoming naked bodies. In contemporary art and particularly in photography, the realistically portrayed body with its needs and desires has developed into a projection plane for the artistic idea.
C/O Berlin presents for the first time publicly – and especially for the guests of the Berlin art fairs this fall – over 150 photographs from the Thomas Koerfer collection. Renowned artists including Nobuyoshi Araki, Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Cindy Sherman will provide a panorama of the naked body – discreet and pornographic, repelling and enticing.
Organised by C/O Berlin Patrons e.V.
Sponsored by AXA Art
Supported by Dinamix . Hotel Bogota . Big Blue
Media partners die tageszeitung . blu . radio eins . style & the familiy tunes
Talk
Lecture 08 . Collecting and Collection
Passion and Strategy
30.09.07 . 3 pm
Postfuhramt
Partner Arte Interieur
Workshop
Junior 10 . We Create a Party Outfit
20. / 21. Oktober 2007 . 11 to 16.30 Uhr
Postfuhramt
Partner Erfurt & Sohn KG
C/O Berlin . The Cultural Forum for Photography
Oranienburger Strasse / Ecke Tucholskystrasse
10117 Berlin
Every day. 11 am to 8 pm
5 Euro . reduced 4 Euro