Annual programme 2015
Fotomuseum Winterthur
Grüzenstrasse 44 + 45
CH-8400 Winterthur
Switzerland
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Exhibitions 2015
Paul Strand: Photography and Film for the 20th Century
March 7–May 17
Paul Strand (1890–1976) is one of the major photographers of the 20th century, an American modernist whose work established new aesthetic directions for the medium whilst remaining deeply engaged with the world he portrayed. This is the first major retrospective shown in Europe of the photographer’s oeuvre since his death and reveals aspects of his practice in America, Europe, Africa and Latin America.
Beastly / Tierisch
May 30–October 4
Representations of animals are everywhere in our culture, from advertising hoardings, to newspapers and television, to hundreds of thousands of images uploaded everyday to the internet. At the same time, animals are consistently subjects of public controversy, whether in relation to animal rights, conservation strategies or genetic engineering. In a lively and appealing installation, Beastly/Tierisch explores these questions through works by leading artists and photographers, including Sammy Baloji, Charlotte Dumas, Jitka Hanzlová, Simen Johan, Chris Marker, Katja Novitskova, Nobuyoshi Araki, Peter Hujar, Elad Lassry and Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs: Eurasia
October 24, 2015–February 14, 2016
Following their phenomenally successful work The Great Unreal, a road trip through the USA that they subsequently estranged in their studio to the point of recognizability, in 2013 the Swiss duo Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs set out once again on a new trip. Now, in their newest large-scale project, they take us on a road trip towards Mongolia.
Every Photograph is an Enigma
October 24, 2015–February 14, 2016
Photographs often seem immediately familiar and understandable. But they can also provoke sudden amazement or generate a more sustained perplexity and inquiry. Drawing on a diversity of photographs from his private collection, the photo historian Michel Frizot offers us a questioning counterpoint that works against the grain of received historical and artistic criteria. His assembled images, taken by lovers or unknown career photographers, fall through the gaps of contemporary aesthetic and interpretative categories.
SITUATIONS
On 10 April the Fotomuseum Winterthur is launching a new exhibition format titled SITUATIONS which will allow us to react to the increasing spread and diversification of photographic media in society. Today, photography is ever present and is circulated and viewed on diverse platforms. From this contemporary perspective we are establishing a dynamic format both within and outside the Museum, a physical and virtual space for pictures, words and ideas.
Plat(t)form 2015
January 23–25
Emerging artists and photographers present their portfolios at Plat(t)form 2015.
It is the ninth curated international portfolio viewing featuring young emerging European photographers. Fotomuseum Winterthur has invited 42 photographers to present their work for two hours to the public and a selected team of experts. The participants have been chosen from among some 150 nominated photographers.
Experts Plat(t)form 2015: Pieter Hugo, photographer, Johannesburg; Hester Keijser, Stead Bureau, The Hague, Andrea Wiegelmann, archithese, Zurich; Pierre Brahm, collector, London; Duncan Forbes & Thomas Seelig, both Fotomuseum Winterthur
Photographers and artists: Yvan Alvarez (Switzerland), Magdalena Baranya (Switzerland), Fabrizio Bellomo (Italy), Petter Berg (Sweden), Osman Bozkurt (Turkey), Giliane Cachin & Benoît Jeannet (Switzerland), Alessandro Calabrese (Italy), Philippine Chaumont & Agathe Zaerpour (France/Switzerland), Alicja Dobrucka (Poland), Lisa Domin (Germany), ED (Sterre Sprengers, Ola Lanko & Nikki Brormann, Netherlands), Pauline Fargue (France), Alberto Feijóo (Spain), Teresa Giannico (Italy), Samuel Gratacap (France), Antje Guenther (Germany), Kerstin Hamilton (Sweden), Ina Hengstler (Germany), Jan Hoek (Netherlands), Daniel Hofer (Germany), Aapo Huhta (Finland), Nikolai Ishchuk (UK), Tamara Janes (Switzerland), Taisuke Koyama (Japan/UK), Tina Lechner (Austria), Douglas Mandry (Switzerland), Theresa Martinat (Germany), Georg Petermichl (Austria), Magdalena Pilko (Austria), Joanna Piotrowska (Poland), Jan Rosseel (Belgium), Cheryl Schurgers (Netherlands), Anika Schwarzlose (Germany), Jean-Vincent Simonet (Switzerland), The Cool Couple (Niccolò Benetton & Simone Santilli, Italy), Danila Tkachenko (Russia), Anastasia Tsayder (Russia), Erik Viklund (Sweden), Saana Wang (Finland), Christina Werner (Austria), Bruno Zhu (Portugal), Myriam Ziehli (Switzerland)
