STIFTUNG | RAUM | LAB

Landscape as a Metaphor
Photography

11. September - 16. Oktober 2005
Ursula Blickle Stiftung

Curated by Prof. Peter Weiermair, Director of the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Naoya Hatakeyama
aus der Serie Atmos, 2003,
Dik Bouwhuis, Benidorm , Spain 2001
C-Print
Naoya Hatakeyama
Lime Hill (Quarry Series), 1986-1991
Taiji Matsue
Kreta, 2001
Emanuel Raab
ohne Titel, 2004
Hans-Christian Schink,
Azusa, Sierra Madre Avenue, 2002
Dik Bouwhuis
Lido di Jesolo, Italy 2003
Dik Bouwhuis
Riccione, Italy 2002
Hans-Christian Schink
Sylmar, Paxton Street, 2002
Since the depiction of landscapes in the visual arts has achieved autonomy as the subject of the image, it can also be seen as the expression of the spiritual state of its image’s creators. The theme of this exhibition is not the landscape as a geographical veduta but as the conveyor of emotional and social conditions. Along with idealized city and landscape views the focus will be on urban non-sites, which are scrutinized based on their civilizational use of the environment. The exhibition presents major representatives of contemporary landscape photography. Their works make it clear that the depiction of landscape and environmental issues have become predominant themes in contemporary photography.

Group exhibition with: Robert Adams, Luca Andreoni / Antonio Fortugno, Peter Bialobrzeski, Dik Bouwhuis, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Lynn Davis, Elger Esser, Luigi Ghirri, Naoya Hatakeyama, Bill Jacobson, Taiji Matsue, Walter Niedermayr, Paola de Pietri, Emanuel Raab, Stefano Scheda, Hans-Christian Schink, Annalisa Sonzogni, Margherita Spiluttini, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Martin Tusch