A Clear Vision Photographic Works from the F.C.Gundlach Collection
29/10/2003 - 25/01/2004
DEICHTORHALLEN HAMBURG
The International House of Photography
Deichtorstrasse 1
D – 20095 Hamburg
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image: Cindy Sherman, Untitled # 136, 1984, courtesy Metro Pictures Gallery
1. Commencement of the International House of Photography at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg
The International House of Photography has commenced its work officially at the beginning of September. Prof. F. C. Gundlach – in the role of the Founding Director – has taken on the responsibility of converting the southern hall of the Deichtorhallen into an International House of Photography, which will support and represent the medium of photography in the widest sense of the word.
Prof. F. C. Gundlach will hand over his outstanding collection for an initial period of 20 years. The institution Deichtorhallen Ausstellungs GmbH as a whole pursues an integrated concept: Complementary activities of equal importance take place in both halls. The exhibition hall for International Contemporary Art, an important venue for modern art, and the International House of Photography, a unique institution for the medium of photography in Germany, will present an interplay of new trends and existing positions from the whole range of artistic mediums.
In the first exhibition of this young institution, a personal choice of ca. 400 photographs of the F. C. Gundlach Collection, which includes 12,000 works will be presented curated by Zdenek Felix, the former director of the Deichtorhallen (1991-2003). The emphasis of the exhibition lies on photography of the last 50 years. 52 artists with ca. 400 works are presented in the exhibition of the extensive spectrum of topics of the F. C. Gundlach Collection. Thematically, this first presentation concentrates on the image of man in photography.
Artists: Diane Arbus/Richard Avedon/Sibylle Bergemann/Barbara Bloom/Erwin Blumenfeld/Katharina Bosse/Bill Brandt/Werner Büttner/Harry Callahan/Larry Clark/ Rineke Dijkstra/Fischli & Weiss/Günther Förg/Robert Frank/Lee Friedlander/ Charles Gatewood/Ralph Gibson/Nan Goldin/F.C. Gundlach/Philippe Halsman/Georg Herold/ Jenny Holzer/Alex Kayser/Josef Koudelka/Les Krims/Milan Kunc/Louise Lawler/Zoe Leonard/Thomas Locher/Ute Mahler/Evgenij Mochorev/Lisette Model/Michael Najjar/Gabriele und Helmut Nothhelfer/Albert Oehlen/Irving Penn/Evelyn Richter/David Robbins/Aura Rosenberg/Sam Samore/Gundula Schulze Eldowy/ Cindy Sherman/Jeanloup Sieff/Neal Slavin/Otto Steinert/Sasha Stone/Antanas Sutkus/ Ingo Taubhorn/Jürgen Teller/Wolfgang Tillmans/Herbert Tobias/Joel-Peter Witkin
2. Supporting Events
Dialogue with F.C. Gundlach and Zdenek Felix
Tuesday, November 25, 2003, 6 p.m.
Ingo Taubhorn, artist/curator, talks with F.C.Gundlach, art collector and founding director of the International House of Photography, and Zdenek Felix, curator of the exhibition
A Clear Vision.
Artist Talk: Dialogue with Rineke Dijkstra and Ingo Taubhorn
Saturday, November 29, 2003, 4:30 p.m.
Rineke Dijkstra (*1959 in Sittard/Netherlands) ranks as one of the most famous young international artists who work with the medium of photography. Single exhibitions e.g.
The Photographers Gallery (London), Sprengel Museum (Hanover), Art Institute Chicago, participation at the Venice Biennale.
This event is organized by the Arbeitskreis Photographie e.V.
Lecture: Manfred Eichel talks about the work of Fischli/Weiss
Saturday, January 10, 2004, 4:30 .m.
An introduction by Prof. Manfred Eichel to the diverse work of the Swiss artists Peter Fischli (*1952 in Zurich) and David Weiss (*1946 in Zurich). Their work was exhibited worldwide in important museums, for example at the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris) and the documenta 8 and the XLVI. Venice Biennale, (Swiss Pavilion).
This event is organized by the Arbeitskreis Photographie e.V.
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