Martin Dammann
dal 8/9/2011 al 28/10/2011
Segnalato da
8/9/2011
Martin Dammann
Galerie Barbara Thumm, Berlin
A series of new works. Dammann chooses to translate the photographic image into painting when he is "captured by an unexpected, vague and yet poignant feeling that something is in the photo, though not visibly...". Colour is used "to make the emotional geography of the pictures visible" (Martin Dammann) - an overemphasis of the image is created.
Barbara Thumm Gallery is pleased to present a series of new works by the Berlin based artist
Martin Dammann from September 10 to October 29, 2011.
An essential topic of Martin Dammanns’ work is the correlation of photography and painting with
regards to the topics, which are depicted. Dammann chooses to translate the photographic image
into painting when he is "captured by an unexpected, vague and yet poignant feeling that
something is in the photo, though not visibly... As if the moments when these photos were taken
had a special meaning and despite the inability of traces of light to translate this into a
photochemical process, an echo of that meaning somehow remains (Martin Dammann).” By
transcribing such photos into a different medium Dammann seeks to understand and to master
that described phenomena. Colour is used “to make the emotional geography of the pictures
visible” (Martin Dammann) – an overemphasis of the image is created.
Martin Dammann was born 1965 in Friedrichshafen and studied at Hochschule der Künste
Bremen from 1988 until 1992. He completed his studies in 1994 at Hochschule der Künste Berlin
where he studied in the class of Karl Horst Hödicke and Katharina Sieverding.
Martin Dammanns’ last solo exhibition took place at the beginning of the year in course of the
Berlin-Paris Gallery exchange at In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc Gallery in Paris. In 2009 he had solo
exhibitions at Kunstverein Konstanz e.V., Barbara Thumm Gallery and Kunsthalle Recklinghausen.
Until October 30, 2011, his work is shown in the group exhibition „Role Models – Role Playing“ at
Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg in Salzburg.
For additional information and images, please contact:
artpress – Ute Weingarten Elisabethkirchstraße 15 10115 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 21961843 E-Mail: artpress@uteweingarten.de
Private view: Friday, September 9, 2011, 7–9pm
Galerie Barbara Thumm
Markgrafenstraße 68 - 10969 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue–Sat 11am to 6pm