A second floor gallery is dedicated to the work of Rotimi Fani-Kayode, showing a selection of the large color photographs of the late Nigerian-British artist, whose staged portraits of the 1980s explored issues of sexuality, eroticism, and identity.Ī dual exhibition in The Green House focuses on portraiture and the idea of societal transition and social transformation. In The White Box a group exhibition of contemporary African artists working with photography, video installation, and slide projection will be on display: The works of artists like Yto Barrada, Romuald Hazoumè, Jo Ractliffe, Guy Tillim, Hentie van der Merwe or Samuel Fosso are organized around the issues of portraiture, portrayal, gender, performance, theatricality, and identity. To support this curatorial vision, the galleries of the collection have been proportioned to respond to the different scales of photography and video and are distributed around three architectural typologies which house the exhibitions. In total, the exhibition presents 243 works by 32 artists. This combination of African and German works will serve as a model for the kind of curatorial process that animates the character of the collecting program. “Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity” integrates the work of three generations of African artists and photographers with that of modern and contemporary German photography.
The inaugural exhibition will be open every week from Thursday to Sunday by appointment only, please contact: Admission is free.
#SELF PORTRAITURE SERIES#
Under the curatorial direction of Okwui Enwezor the exhibition comprises a series of four projects filling all nine galleries in the three buildings of the new exhibition space in Burlafingen near Ulm, Southern Germany. Her use of digital technology is revolutionary and makes a huge statement in what is currently happening in the contemporary art world and what has been happening with the ever-growing use of social media.The Walther Collection opens to the public on June 17th, 2010 with “Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity,” introducing works from its African collection. Natalie is an artist and a bold and brave storyteller who engages the viewer of her images. "Not only is Miss Aniela a fiercely creative photographer but she is a wonderful writer, as well - especially when it comes to describing her work and her inspiration. She has pioneered her way into a unique role in contemporary digital art." Highly recommended to anyone who wants to see how another is able to 'think outside the box' and self-educate herself about the art and techniques of photography. "The author's boundless creativity is most inspirational. And it's a look at varied self portraitists and their styles, motivations, and thoughts on others' work. It's an introduction to self-portraiture.
#SELF PORTRAITURE MANUAL#
It's a manual of photographic and post-production techniques. It's a story of a young woman's journey into self-exploration through photography. It also has a section giving honest and practical advice on on marketing, exhibiting and selling your work. The book has a value beyond the boundaries of self-portraiture, and is useful for any artist. I was truly proud to work on a book that merges art book-style with techniques and dialogue, on a subject - self portraiture - that was not yet covered on the photography book market in this way. The book also features an 8-photographer-strong contributor section of other artists I felt truly define the cutting edge of modern self-imaging: Annette Pehrsson, Noah Kalina, Yulia Gorodinski, Rossina Bossio, Federico Erra, Lucia Holm, Joanne Ratkowski & Jon Jacobsen. Starting with a background to self-portraiture in the history of art, the book moves on to the technical process of digital photographic self-portraiture, geared toward encouraging others to work with the genre as the 'ultimate personal expression'. This is my inaugural book based on 5 years of my self-portraiture-based work, from my early 'multiplicity' trickery, to HDR in abandoned buildings and levitation trick images, from stark nudes in a bright day in Death Valley to low-lit chiaroscuro-inspired portraits.
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