Ivonne Thein
dal 21/1/2010 al 26/2/2010
Segnalato da
21/1/2010
Ivonne Thein
Galerie Voss, Dusseldorf
On show photo works by Ivonne Thein. Her series 'Thirty-two kilos' has already drawn a lot of public attention. The photographs deal with the pathological striving of girls and women to be extremely thin. Simultaneously, the artist calls the role of photography into question, on the one hand as a document providing compelling evidence, but on the other as a consciously manipulated image.
From Jaunary 22 on, Galerie Voss will show photo works by Ivonne Thein. Her series "Thirty-two kilos" has already drawn a lot of public attention. The photographs deal with the pathological striving of girls and women to be extremely thin.
Simultaneously, the artist calls the role of photography into question, on the one hand as a document providing compelling evidence, but on the other as a consciously manipulated image.
Besides referring to the phenomenon of the so-called Pro-Ana movement, which creates and constitutes extreme body images and ideals of femininity, Ivonne Thein employs the tools, modes of presentation, and superficiality of the fashion world in her visual language and compositional style.
Furthermore, she has manipulated her photographs on the computer, turning slender models into anorexic bodies. Faceless and positioned in disconcerting poses, they oscillate in a transitory state between femininity and morbidity.
The female figure in the hermetic photographs of Ivonne Thein is constructed, artificial - a doll.
The latest series' "Unvollkommen" (Imperfect) and "Proforma" seize today's beauty ideals, as well. Digital postproduction and stageing allow the artist to overdraw and exaggerate those very ideals, and thus expose their ridiculousness.
The exhibition "incredible me" will run until February 27, 2010.
Ivonne Thein
* 1979 born in Meiningen, Germany
2003-2009
Studies of photograph and design, University of Applied Science Dortmund, Germany
2007
Exchange semester, Bachelor of Art, RMIT University, Melbourne (AUS)
1996-1999
Apprenticeship as photographer
Exhibitions (selection)
2010
"incredible me", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf
"Thirty-Two Kilos", Goethe Institut, Helsinki (FI)
2009
"Thirty-Two Kilos", Goethe Institut, Washington (USA)
"Darkside II", Fotomuseum Winterthur (CH)
"Bildschön", Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
2008
"Talents 10", Postfuhramt Berlin
Award: C/O Talents, 2008
2007
Award: Passion of Fashion, London Photographic Association, Highly Recommended
Image: o.T. 02 (32kg), C-Print auf Alu-Dibond, 2006, 80 x 55 cm, Auflage 4
Opening reception: 22 January 2010 7pm
Galerie Voss
Mühlengasse 3 D-40213 Düsseldorf
Tues-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 11am-2pm