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Jeff Cowen
Untitled (W-Series), 2017
Silver Gelatin Print
40 x 30 cm
Edition of 1
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nameless |
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| with Werner Knaupp (Plastik) |
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| 23 September – 20 October, 2024 |
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Opening: Sunday, September 22, 11am
with Jürgen Enninger, Augsburg's head of the department of culture
Jeff Cowen and Werner Knaupp will be present. |
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Jeff Cowen
Untitled XCVII, 2018
Silver Gelatin Print / Mixed Media
175 x 127 cm
Edition of 1
© Jeff Cowen |
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In the exhibition "nameless", fotodiskurs presents a juxtaposition of the Photoworks by Jeff Cowen with iron sculptures by Werner Knaupp. Rooted in existential experiences, Werner Knaupp tears apart the shells of his sculptures. He leaves the torn-open, hollow remains of the bodies in the tub and shaft, which will remain there forever. In pursuit of the timeless moment, Jeff Cowen illuminates the invisible world by applying complex darkroom chemicals on silver gelatin paper. He attacks the prints with brushwork and other post-darkroom techniques. The photographic subjects recede, Knaupp's iron tears open. A profound beauty emerges in destruction, underscoring the existence of a reality beyond the material. Paper and metal become translucent, allowing for a glimpse into the otherworldly.
A booklet with lyric and visual food for thoughts will be released with the opening.
More events:
Jour Fixe
29 September, 5 pm
Visitors in dialog
Poetry recital
13 October, 5 pm
"aus der mitte" – Carmen Achter gives a reading from her poems
Finissage
20 October, 5 pm |
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Jeff Cowen
Untitled XXVIII
175 x 127 cm
Silver Gelatin Print, 2017
Edition of 1
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Jeff Cowen (b.1966 ) graduated in East Asian Studies from New York University and Waseda University Tokyo. He worked as an assistant to Larry Clark and Ralph Gibson.
Jeff Cowen uses analogue photography only. The image taken by the camera is not the final product, but marks the starting point of the artistic reflection of the motif. The prints are attacked with various chemical procedures, mark-making, brushwork, and often contain post-darkroom finishing techniques of painting and collage.
One of his chief concerns in his art practice is to build on the rich history of the photographic past, and to explore and expand the limits of the medium.
Jeff Cowen’s works are included in numerous public and private collections. In 2024 he presented his photographs at HOUSE, Berlin (curated by Juliet Kothe), at Fotografiska Stockholm, at Huis Marseille – Museum voor Fotografie (Amsterdam) and at Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam before he will come to fotodiskurs now. |
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Installation view
Photo © Christof Rehm |
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Werner Knaupp (b. 1936) studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg.
His work is characterised by the experience of human borderline situations such as illness, madness, dying and death. To this end, he repeatedly expanded his wealth of experience of life - for example as an assistant nurse in the Bayreuth mental hospital, by working in Mother Teresa's death house in Calcutta and in the Nuremberg crematorium. This experience finds its way directly into his art. He works with charcoal, guache or acrylic as well as forged iron.
Werner Knaupp took part in documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977. From 1986 to 2001, he taught as a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. He is member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich since 2004. In 1994 he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.
His works are present in the collection of the Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin and the Museum of Modern Art New York, among others.
Werner Knaupp lives and works in Ernhofen near Nuremberg. |
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Werner Knaupp
Wanne 01, 1984
Eisen gebrannt und geschmiedet
22 x 70,5 x 111 cm
Corpus 2-teilig
aus der Sammlung Barbara Knaupp
Photo © Dieter Hinrichs |
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fotodiskurs is the studio pavilion of Christof Rehm. The exhibitions he shows here are about the boundaries of photography and the place of photography in the canon of the arts. For this reason, two artists from different genres are brought together in most exhibitions so that a dialogue, a debate, a discourse can unfold between the artistic media and the artists themselves.
This exhibition is made possible by Stadt Augsburg and Arno-Buchegger-Stiftung. |
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