Andreea Chiru
Photographer
I stepped into the world of photography at the end of 2006. It was quite a challenge for me that captured different stages of my femininity at first. I thought that i could transpire within one image the mystery and expression of some of those moments. The type of photography that i approach is an attempt at sketching at least one part of what others have done through writing : the female portrait My option for black and white photography relies in finding your own colors and emotional scales Student at the University of Timisoara, studying Psychology.
Andreea Chiru
Photographer
I stepped into the world of photography at the end of 2006. It was quite a challenge for me that captured different stages of my femininity at first. I thought that i could transpire within one image the mystery and expression of some of those moments. The type of photography that i approach is an attempt at sketching at least one part of what others have done through writing : the female portrait My option for black and white photography relies in finding your own colors and emotional scales Student at the University of Timisoara, studying Psychology.
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MA Fashion Communication Showcase 2023Nov 23 – 25, 2023The MA Fashion Communication course brings together three pathways: Fashion Image, Fashion Critical Studies and Fashion Journalism. Fashion Image introduces the next generation of photographers, stylists, art directors, creative directors and 3-D digital artists. (more…)
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Things That Were Are Things AgainMay 13, 2023 – Oct 20, 2024This year comes the 25th anniversary of the GfZK at Johannapark. Against the background of the political and social changes that took place after 1989, social and ecological sustainability was already a central topic when the GfZK was founded in 1990. (more…)
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Nan GoldinJul 8, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024The ballad of sexual dependency is a defining artwork of the 1980s. Nan Goldin’s extended photographic study of her chosen family – her ‘tribe’ – began life as a slide show screened in the clubs and bars of New York where Goldin and her friends worked and played. The slide show was then distilled to a series of 126 photographs, which has recently become part of the National Gallery’s collection. (more…)
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Stranger in the VillageSep 3, 2023 – Jan 7, 2024In his famous text Stranger in the Village, the US-American writer James Baldwin addressed the racism that informed his stay in Switzerland in the 1950s. Baldwin’s words continue to inspire many artists to this day. They hold up a mirror to us as a society and have lost none of their relevance. (more…)
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ARTPIL / Prescription .139Cinco de MayoOn this day, May 5, Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire (1260); After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prison (1981); Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain (1494) (more…)
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Pauline Boudry / Renate LorenzNov 10, 2023 – Feb 25, 2024This winter, we have the pleasure of presenting an exhibition by the Berlin-based artist duo Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz: Walk Silently in the Dark Until Your Feet Become Ears in our skylight halls. With five choreographers and performers, Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz have developed the two-channel film installation Les Gayrillères (more…)
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Claudia Andujar: Sonhos YanomamiSep 5, 2023 – Jan 28, 2024The trajectory of Claudia Andujar (Switzerland, 1931), who fled Nazi persecution during the Second World War, reveals the way in which political conflicts interfere in the lives of different peoples. The artist arrived in Brazil in 1955, the country where she still lives today and where she became naturalized in 1976. (more…)
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Victor Man: The Lines of LifeOct 14, 2023 – Feb 4, 2024With his sensitive and time-transcending compositions, Romanian artist Victor Man is one of the most sought-after painters of the present – and one of the most extraordinary. In the midst of the Old Masters Collection, the Städel Museum is presenting an exhibition of works from the past ten years dedicated to his artistic focus: portraits. (more…)
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Cy TwomblyIn the Studio / OngoingCy Twombly was a North American artist who spent much of his career in Italy. He was fascinated by the cultures of ancient Greece and Rome. In his paintings he often referred to historical or mythological figures, or included fragments of classical poetry. (more…)
