Photo-Poetics: An Anthology at KunstHalle, Berlin

In Berlin, an exhibition at the Deutsche Bank KunstHalle showcases the trends of contemporary photography. “Photo-Poetics: An Anthology” is organised by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.


(The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else, 2006, © 2006 Lisa Oppenheim)

Until 30 August, anyone visiting Berlin - the hip, go-to Summer destination - can explore the new trends of contemporary photography. A group exhibition at the KunstHalle of Deutsche Bank called “Photo-Poetics: An Anthology” is showcasing selected works by Claudia Angelmaier, Erica Baum, Anne Collier, Moyra Davey, Leslie Hewitt, Elad Lassry, Lisa Oppenheim, Erin Shirreff, Kathrin Sonntag and Sara VanDerBeek. 


Riffs on Real Time (2 of 10), 2006–09, © Leslie Hewitt 

It highlights the ongoing relationship between Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and proof once more of the importance and influence of photography as an art medium in the third millennium.


Jaws (from the series Naked Eye), 2008, © Erica Baum 

The exhibition is organised by Jennifer Blessing, Guggenheim Museum’s Senior Curator of Photography, who has created an interesting backdrop by stressing the tension between the digital, ephemeral world and the attempt by these artists to produce something more tangible and permanent, made through different approaches to the photography medium, to its story and to its use as a tool for remembering.


Les Gdodesses - Moyra Davey © Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York 

She actually talks about the poetry of the image, and the fact that photographers make their images speak in different ways. Here, everything is a look at the visual truths and imaginary images of the artists and at the development of photography as an oeuvre.


Mittnacht, 2008 (detail), © Kathrin Sonntag

After Deutsche Bank KunstHalle in Berlin, the exhibition will be moved to New York's Guggenheim Museum where it will be on show from 20 November 2015 to 23 March 2016.

Christiane Bürklein

Exhibition: “Photo-Poetics: An Anthology” curated by Jennifer Blessing
Dates: 10 July to 30 August 2015
Location: Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, Unter den Linden, Berlin
Images: 
- Lisa Oppenheim - The Sun is Always Setting Somewhere Else, 2006
Slide projection of fifteen 35 mm slides, continuous loop 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee, 2009.60  © 2006 Lisa Oppenheim 
- Leslie Hewitt - Riffs on Real Time (2 of 10), 2006–09 Chromogenic print 76.2 x 61 cm 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee, 2010.54  © Leslie Hewitt 
- Kathrin Sonntag - Mittnacht, 2008 (detail) 
Slide projection of eighty-one 35 mm slides continuous loop, dimensions variable 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds by the Photography Committee and Manuel de Santaren, 2011.15   © Kathrin Sonntag 
- Claudia Angelmaier, Betty 2008
Chromogenic print face-mounted to acrylic 130 x 100 cm, 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe, and Rona and Jeffrey Citrin, 2014.122 © Claudia Angelmaier 
- Moyra Davey - Les Goddesses, 2015 HD Video with sound , 61 min.  © Courtesy the artist and Murray Guy, New York 
- Anne Collier - Crying, Chromogenic print, 99.1 x 134 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe, 2005.47
- Erica Baum - Jaws (from the series Naked Eye), 2008 Inkjet print, 47 x 41.6 cm 
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by Mr and Mrs. Aaron M. Tighe, 2011.48   © Erica Baum 
- Elad Lassry - Untitled (Woman, Blond), 2013 
Chromogenic print in walnut frame with four-ply silk 36.8 x 29.2 x 3.8 cm
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee, 2013.72  © Elad Lassry