Lilly Lulay
dal 20/6/2014 al 1/8/2014
Segnalato da
20/6/2014
Lilly Lulay
Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin
Indistance. The artist is presenting various series which pursue different approaches and, at the same time, still always display common features.
One of the characteristic features of photography is the simultaneity of
closeness and distance. Spatial and temporal distances are effortlessly
overcome and transform viewers into eye-witnesses. However, photography
also distances the viewer from that which is represented. Sensual
impressions, apart from that of seeing, remain untouched and all that is
ever perceived is a rectangular section…. In a world in which seeing is
tantamount to believing, this can turn out to be a deceptive path.
In her countless series, Lilly Lulay uses found photographic material that
often stems from a private sphere. And this material comprises photographs
that are generally considered insignificant and irrelevant for a broader
context. Far removed from a private reality, these snapshots are
synonymous with the stereotypes and peculiarities of a past photographic
epoch. In her works, Lulay not only explores the question of what is being
reproduced: she frequently also enquires into the mechanisms that have
resulted in specific camera shots.
In her first exhibition at Kuckei + Kuckei, she is presenting various
series which pursue different approaches and, at the same time, still
always display common features. By emphasising the clip-like aspects, she
challenges photography’s alleged faithfulness to reality. Hence, through
the act of collaging, the physical presence of the substrate is emphasised
and the visual surface of photographs expanded. Through her manual
interventions, the focus on the object displayed changes. And with the aid
of composition, trope-l’oeil effects are introduced and sight axes
extended.
In addition, Lilly Lulay repeatedly raises the not only question of the
use of photography in both the public and the private spheres, but also
that of the changes which have occurred in the course of time. The
installation An und Aussichtspunkte (Viewpoints and Vantage Points) and
the series Construction d’images (Construction of Images) are the focal
point of her exhibition and the latest product of her debate with this
theme. Both works are based on visual material from the ‘Sixties and
‘Seventies, and both analyse the structure of the visual spaces and worlds
opened up by photography.
Furthermore, these two works occupy themselves in a dual sense with
architecture: they do so not only at the level of the visual surface with
its illustrations of public space and its private living environments, but
also at that of photographic construction principles. In this way, the
subjects, the standpoints of the photographer, the materiality of the
developed images and the contexts are analysed and, ultimately,
manipulated.
Lilly Lulay ((*1985 in Frankfurt) studied at the HfG Offenbach and the
École des Beaux-Arts Bordeaux. In 2011 and 2013, she staged one-woman
exhibitions there at the Galerie llka Bree. In 2012 she received the
Deutsche Börse und HfG Offenbach Fotoförderpreis. The following year she
received a scholarship from the Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe and held a
one-woman exhibition at the Opelvillen Rüsselsheim.
Image: Installation view "An und Aussichtspunkte", 2014. 15 slide viewers, found footage slides, wood, 2 books, dimensions variable. Edition 2 + 1 AP
opening reception / Samstag, 21. Juni, 19 – 21h
Kuckei + Kuckei
Linienstr. 158 - D - 10115 Berlin
Tuesday - Friday 11-18 h
Saturday 11 - 17 h