ECKEN (Corners)
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Photographer
Peter Braunholz
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Date of Photograph
2017
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Technical Info
Archival pigment prints
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Website
In his new series “Ecken” Peter reveals the hidden poetry of corners.
An unrealness lies in the strange beauty of these images, which also arouses a melancholic atmosphere. “Ecken” is strongly related to Arthur Danto’s idea of art as “The Transfiguration of the Commonplace” (Harvard University Press, 1981). Peter chose common corner spaces as the motifs for his work and strongly focuses not on their material, but on their immaterial quality.
Peter does not use the square format to produce a centered composition, but to support the unreal atmosphere of the images. With the right-angled windows, corner-lines and additional geometric elements in his square images, he produced strong frame-in-frame compositions, which seem perfectly balanced. Another aspect of “Ecken” is the special color and light ambience: The absence of shadows and the smooth colors add an element of quietness and sobriety.
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Biography
STUDIES
Music
Los Angeles (USA)
German & Film
Frankfurt (DE)
Design & Photography
Munich | Frankfurt (DE)
WORK
Photographic Artist
Curator,
Jury member
(Abisag-Tuellmann-Prize, IPOTY Awards)
GALLERIES
Anja Knoess Cologne
Julia Philippi Heidelberg
Wesner Constance
Art Projects Friedberg
c14 Shanghai (coop.)
EXHIBITS include
Musée du Louvre Paris (FR)
Arsenale of Venice (IT)
Huantie Times Art Museum Beijing (CN)
Mannheimer Kunstverein (DE)
SF Camerawork (US)
a.m.o.
GRANTS & AWARDS
2017 Life Framer Awards | HM
2016 Lumiere Awards | HM
2016 LensCulture Awards | F
2016 Neutral Density Awards | HM
2016 Neutral Density Awards | 2nd
2015 IPA Awards | HM
2015 ArtSlant Photography Award
2015 Lacda Los Angeles | Winner
2015 Exposure Award | F
2015 Arte Laguna Prize | F
2015 Hoepfner Prize | F
2015 Neutral Density Awards | HM
2014 ArtSlant New Media Award
2013 AiR Huantie Times Art Museum Beijing
2012 AiR | Witte Foundation Spain
2009 Fotofestival MA-LU-HD Review-Favourite
MONOGRAPHIC BOOK
"Photographic Realities"
by Kehrer Publishing
Essay by Gerard A. Goodrow
2017
COLLECTIONS
Peter Braunholz is represented with his work in numerous collections worldwide
