Conifer Club / Second Glance
Conifer Club / Second Glance. Ute Behrend works with pairs of images, which function as visual narratives, as in her series Second Glance and Conifer Club on view at the Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation. Her juxtapositions create a realm of associations pointing beyond the individual photograph. The artist draws on the fact that our capacity for visual association functions more rapidly than our language system. In contrast to language or writing, photography is a very direct communicative medium that actively inserts itself into our world of imagination. The poetical force of her images arises from their ability to evoke deep feelings or a sense of unease, which are not readily explicable. For Ute Behrend "intuition and the search for clarity" are the most important parameters guiding her artistic work. Opening: Friday, July 5, 2013 at 7:00 pm, admission free.