ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BEIJING:BEAUTY - FLOWERS IN PHOTOGRAPHY HUB: The Best from Vienna - EIKON Editions from European Artists - 17 Apr 2010 to 30 May 2010
Opening: 3pm, Saturday, April 17th, 2010 April 17th - May 30th 2010
Dietmar Busse, Thomas Florschuetz, Jean Baptiste Huynh, Martin Klimas,Vera Mercer, Erik Niedling, Christian Rothmann, Miron Schmückle, Luzia Simons, Margriet Smulders, Michael Wesely
For contemporary photographers flowers are a perfect symbol of beauty and the transitoriness of life. The exhibition BEAUTY presents exceptional and fascinating works by eleven international artists. The focus is rather on abstract reproductions of nature than on botanical studies. Thomas Floerschütz examines flowers the same way as with human bodies. Vera Mercer changes the colours of the flowers digitally after capturing them; Luzia Simons develops her own method of 'documentation': she scans flowers with an incredible three dimensional end result. Michael Wesely uses time exposure to observe the slowly shrivelling of a tulip bouquet.
Artists: Dietmar Busse, Thomas Florschuetz, Jean Baptiste Huynh, Martin Klimas,Vera Mercer, Erik Niedling, Christian Rothmann, Miron Schmückle, Luzia Simons, Margriet Smulders, Michael Wesely.
Curated by Matthias Harder(*1965), Chief curator of Helmut Newton Foundation, Museum of Photography - Berlin State Museums. Matthias Harder, since 1995, a freelance curator who has been responsible for worldwide exhibitions of contemp-orary art and photography. Since 2004 he has been curating at the Stately Muse-um for Photography/Helmut Newton-Foundation in Berlin. Furthermore he regularly publishes essays in international art magazines, books and catalogues. He is the Chief editor of , DuMont publishers, 2010. Matthias Harder will join the opening.
The exhibition is part of the series "ART FROM EUROPE" initiated by Alexander Ochs and generously supported by the Embassy of Germany in China. Ambassador of the German Embassy, Dr. Michael Schaefer, will attend the opening.
HUB @ WHITE SPACE BEIJING and ALEXANDER OCHS BEIJING The Best from Vienna - EIKON Editions from European Artists
Opening: 3pm, Saturday, April 17th, 2010 Date: April 17th - May 30th 2010
Georg Aerni, Thomas Florschuetz, Nan Hoover, Lukas Maximilian Hüller, Herwig Kempinger, Marie Jo LaFontaine, Angel Marcos, Brian McKee, Arnulf Rainer, Werner Schrodl, Erwin Wurm
A quarterly founded in 1991 and published by the Austrian Institute for Photography and Media Art (OIP), Eikon focuses on Austrian and international media arts with a special emphasis on fine art photography and the new media. Featuring both artistic and theoretical contributions, our main intention is to present young artists from around the world, but we also seek to promote the place of Austrian art internationally. Eikon also produces Edition Eikon, a series of affordable and strictly limited photography editions (ca. 25 each) realized in close collaboration with the artists. Eikon has also a comprehensive library that is open to the public. Visitors are always welcome to stop by the office in Vienna's Museumsquartier. Since its beginnings, Eikon has hosted events that support the public discussion of art in Austria. Eikon's Phototalks is a series of regular panel discussions that brings together artists, experts and the public audience.
The journal's editor-in-chief Elisabeth M. Gottfried will join the opening. The exhibition is part of the series Art from Europe, initiated by Alexander Ochs and generously supported by the Cultural Forum of the Austrian Embassy Beijing. Ambassador of the Austrian Embassy, Dr. Martin Sajdik, will open the exhibition.
