Petra Karadimas
dal 19/4/2006 al 4/6/2006
Segnalato da
19/4/2006
Petra Karadimas
BrotfabrikGalerie, Berlin
Sexy Helden, starke Action
Sexy Helden, starke Action
The cityscapes and sceneries in Petra Karadimas' photographic works are of
suggestive force. Her unique image language at the intersection between photography
and painting unsettles the ever-present gaze on familiar everyday situations towards
a slight displacement of perception.
Petra Karadimas places the reality manipulating aspects of photography in the center
of her endeavors. She eliminates the photographic grain by using a digital
brushstroke, replacing the photographic trace through painterly means and classical
compositions. Her images of seemingly remote situations -east-german buildings,
billboard ads, construction fences, shrubbery or graffiti- conceptualize an image of
the city that oscillates between the real and the virtual, thus reframing the urban.
With her works Petra Karadimas takes a stand in the debate about virtuality and
reality and questions the very processes of image generation. 'Sexy Helden, starke
Action' (Sexy Heroes, strong Action) presents Karadimas' cityscapes 2003-2006 for
the first time.
For the exhibition the BrotfabrikGalerie Edition No. 15 by Petra Karadimas will appear.
Exhibition tour with Petra Karadimas and Petra Schrock will take place on May 5 at 8pm
Website of the artist: http://www.karadimas.de
Opening: April 20, 8pm
BrotfabrikGalerie Berlin
Caligariplatz 1 . D-13086 Berlin
Daily: 4pm - 9pm