Within this exhibition series and the corresponding catalogue nine photographers develop a contemporary discourse about their media. Since 2005 several group exhibitions and linked solo shows throughout germany and abroad refer to a dynamic and vivid photography art scene.
The project creates a bridge from the beginnings of radical positions in the context of european contemporary art in the 1920s, via the attitudes of the issue of "subjective photography" in the 1950s, to today.
This ensuing discussion is part of the current european discourse surrounding the photographic medium - it opposes the documentary and realistic representation with a more metaphorical, visionary, poetic and subjective approach to contemporary photography.
Located in close relation to the basic idea of "subjective photogr...
Refusal Of Reality –
Subjective Positions In Contemporary Photography
In the exhibition series "Refusal of Reality - Subjective positions in contemporary photography" nine photographers initiate a paradigm shift in the current photography discourse.
Although all the artists work in different ways and their artwork finds different expressions - from light painting and chemigrams to subjective photographic works - they all follow the idea of "Subjective Photography".
By dealing with the radical postions of the vanguard art of the twenties and the "Subjective Photography" of the fifties and sixties until today they expand the photographic thinking and formulate a personal point of view, which shows the relationship between the photographer and the world.
Despite different production methods and visual strateg...