Bogomir Ecker
dal 14/11/2012 al 16/3/2013
Segnalato da
14/11/2012
Bogomir Ecker
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
Idylls + Catastrophes. For many years, the artist has been collecting historic photographs with an unconventional artistic eye. The exhibition builds on the installations by contemporary artists and photographers that were on show in the ruins of the Emperor's hall from 2004 to 2008.
For many years, the artist Bogomir Ecker has been collecting historic photographs with an unconventional, artistic eye: from 19th-century landscape photos from all over the world to classic 20th-century press and sensational photography from the USA. He uses the images not only sometimes directly for his artistic work, but also as a source of inspiration for sculptures. A monumental sculpture by Ecker in the Emperor's hall of the Museum of Photography is therefore the focal point which will be surrounded by a display of photographs on the subjects of idylls and disasters.
The collection offers a look at images of technology, the experimental apparatus of science, and at idylls of nature, natural disasters, violence and destruction. They present views of the monstrous quality of objects and of urban scenes of danger and subtle menace.
The exhibition builds on the installations by contemporary artists and photographers that were on show in the ruins of the Emperor's hall from 2004 to 2008, and demonstrates the Museum of Photography’s ongoing interest in current trends and sensibilities in art and photography. A simultaneous exhibition by Bogomir Ecker will be held in January 2013 by the Museum for Photography in Braunschweig.
Catalogue
Spector Books is going to publish a book in conjunction with the exhibition, edited by Ludger Derenthal and Florian Ebner, with essays by the editors, Hubertus von Amelunxen, Oswald Egger and Sibylle Lewitscharoff and an interview by Annette Philp with Bogomir Ecker.
An exhibition in cooperation with Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig and the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, supported by Kunststiftung NRW.
Press Contact
Anne Schäfer-Junker Fax: +49-(0)30-266423409 E-Mail: a.schaefer-junker@smb.spk-berlin.de
Opening: Thursday, 15 November 2012, 7 pm
Image: Detective Art Madzinski inspects Yellow Cab found burned at Hoyne-Ogden aves. Driver fled, 1937
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