Albrecht Fuchs Portraits - Hardcover

Schlegell, Mark Von

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3936859590 ISBN 13: 9783936859591

Publisher: Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2010

Synopsis

Albrecht Fuchs, born in 1964 in Bielefeld, is a portrait artist who works with photography. His methodology of respectful distance and loving empathy leads to a strange tension in his photographs, despite the quietude and equilibrium in the compositions. Naturally, the people portrayed in the meticulously constructed images, both in terms of the use of light and color composition, stare with a serious demeanor. They would like to appear sympathetic and as result are a little lost in reverie. And yet upon closer inspection one feels there is a sense of authenticity in the moment here which one would normally be denied. With a few of his more prominent portraits, including Martin Kippenberger, Mike Kelley, and Paul McCarthy, Albrecht Fuchs appears to be our constant companion in magazines or daily newspapers. This current volume contains a large number of photographs selected and ordered by Albrecht Fuchs for the first time.

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About the Author

Albrecht Fuchs lives and works in Cologne, where he had his recent show at the Kölnische Kunstverein with 31 Portraits in 2018. Fuchs participated at numerous shows at places including Kunstraum Düsseldorf and Kunstmuseum Bonn. Marc von Schlegell describes himself as an American science fiction writer and cultural critic. His works include Venusia, Mercury Station, Sundogz, and The Lepidopters. His father was sculptor David von Schlegell and his mother is poet Susan Howe.

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Albrecht Fuchs, born in 1964 in Bielefeld, is a portrait artist who works with photography. His methodology of respectful distance and loving empathy leads to a strange tension in his photographs, despite the quietude and equilibrium in the compositions. Naturally, the people portrayed in the meticulously constructed images, both in terms of the use of light and colour composition, stare at one with open and serious demeanour. They would like to appear sympathisch and as result are a little lost in reverie. And yet upon closer inspection one feels there is a sense of authenticity in the moment here, which one would normally be denied.\nWith his portraits of Martin Kippenberger, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, John Baldessari, Wolfgang Tillmans, Bruno Brunett, Isabella Rosselini, Joschka Fischer, Ennio Morricone, to name but a few of the more prominent ones, Albrecht Fuchs appears to be our constant companion in magazines such as art, Monopol or newspapers such as S?ddeutsche or the FAZ.\nThis current volume contains a large number of photographs selected and ordered by Albrecht Fuchs for the first time. \n\nGalerie Lena Br?ning, Berlin \nExpo: 23/03/07 - 29/04/07

Edition details

• Publisher: Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3936859590
• ISBN 13: 9783936859591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 120