| | | | | | | | | © René Groebli, The Eye of Love, White blouse, no. 510, Paris, 1952 | | | | | | The Magic Eye | | | | PHOTO BOOK & EXHIBITION | | | | 26 February – 21 March, 2020 | | | Book Launch and Opening: Wednesday, 26 February, 6-8pm
Guest speaker: Stefan Zweifel
René Groebli is signing his book. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | © René Groebli, The red man, studio photograph, No. D15, Zurich, 1957 | | | | | | This photography book is the first-ever presentation of René Groebli’s pictures spanning a good half-century – although with no claim to completeness. Mirjam Cavegn personally selected the pictures, introducing us to the wide spectrum of Groebli’s photography. She produced this publication with her gallery as a tribute to an artist whom she has represented for many years, building friendship with him over the years and devoting several exhibitions to his work.
René Groebli already scaled the Olympus of photographic history with his early work: Rail Magic (1949) and The Eye of Love (1952), and yet his lifework encompasses so very much more. He has spent over six decades in single-minded, experimental pursuit of images that both jog visual assumptions and chart new territory – whether in the four walls of his studio, in his dark room or in his Alsatian country house, whether on the road in London or Paris, Ireland or Peru. | | | | | | | | | | © René Groebli, Riding a bicycle freehanded, Zurich, Switzerland, 1946 | | | | | | The photographs are not arranged in strict chronological order, but rather represent what might be called a lyrical response to René Groebli’s approach, for his perception of the world is as much felt as it is seen.
Thus, between these pages, we encounter the sizzling eroticism of newlyweds in Paris and eloquent testimonials to the artist’s admiration of his partner Rita. We discover his fascination with movement and speed, brilliantly rendered through blurring and near breakneck angles of view. We encounter the saturated hues of his unique, innovative colour photography, through which even commissioned work becomes timeless art. The visceral poetry of Groebli’s images erupts time and again, touching the very core of our being.
"We cannot help feeling that here at work is a shaman of photographic grain and chromatic brilliance, an uncompromising craftsman trying out an endless array of ideas. It is a feast for the eyes when the lifework of this artist and photographer passes in review. Every picture of this artist is a remembrance of lived time. An outstanding, astonishing oeuvre has accumulated in the course of his life. This publication bears witness. An enchanted world, page after page. It reveals René Groebli as a magician with the camera and the camera as his magic eye." (From the Foreword of Daniel Blochwitz) | | | | | | | | | | © René Groebli, Beryl Chen, Dance with cigarette, No. 281, London, 1953 | | | | | | | About the book: | | | "Best of 60 Years": First book ever published that comprises 60 years of Groebli’s photographic work with a representative selection in one high quality photo book Limited edition of 800 copies,
300 signed and numbered by the artist Price signed: 148 CHF, price unsigned: 128 CHF Bilingual edition, English – German ISBN 978-3-9525066-3-9 Orders: info@bildhalle.ch |
| | | | | | | | | © René Groebli, Assembly of an Opel Record, General Motors, Biel, Switzerland
Taken with six flash-lights and coloured foils, No. D21, 1961 | | | | | | unsubscribe here
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