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18/10/2012

Elina Brotherus

Gallery Taik, Berlin

Gallery TAIK is delighted to present the renowned Finnish artist Elina Brotherus with a solo exhibition in Berlin in relation to the Month of Photography 2012. The title of the exhibition "Artists at Work" refers to the corresponding series (2009) from which a variety of works will be displayed. Furthermore a selection of photographs of Brotherus´ complete works will be presented. Reception will be held with the artist on Friday, 19. October 2012.

Brotherus once again uses herself as the principal model in her pictures. However, in contrast to her previous works she uses her role as a model to challenge our sense of objectivity. The series is a study of perception, a triangular interaction between herself and two painters as they try to capture her portrait on canvas. In these photographs Brotherus subtly undermines our sense of self by blurring the outlines of reality through the act of interpretation.

This series leaves us with the question who is looking at whom and how we process what we are actually seeing. Brotherus invites the viewer to take the stage and become part of the interaction, seeing the model as both subject and object simultaneously. The View of the Other is not what we see, but what we feel through the sense of being included.

The new monograph "Artist and her model" by Elina Brotherus will be released during the exhibition at Gallery TAIK.

Elina Brotherus was born 1972 in Helsinki, Finland. In 2000 she graduated with a Master of Arts degree in photography from the University of Art and Design Helsinki (renamed Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2011).

The works of Elina Brotherus have been shown in multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America since 1997. Brotherus has been awarded with the Prix Niépce of Gens d'Image (France), the Finnish State Prize for Photography (Finland), Carnegie Award's Young Artist’s Scholarship (United Kingdom) and the Prix Mosaïque of Centre National de l'Audiovisuel (Luxembourg). Her works are included in numerous collections such as Saatchi Collection, London (United Kingdom), ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj (Denmark), Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (Sweden) and DZ-Bank Art Collection (Germany). Le Caillou Bleu recently published the fourth monograph of Brotherus titled “Artist and her model”.

Opening: 19 October 2012, 7-9 pm
Gallery Taik
Bergstr. 22
Free Admission

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