This gallery had several photo exhibitions running.
Thomas Ruff: large prints of starscapes, this is a series of negatives he bought of the southern hemisphere that were taken for scientific research. The stars appear amazingly clearly and the size makes them seem as if you are looking right at the sky. Beautiful.
Christian Boltanski: Having seen one of his exhibitions during a photography course in London, I knew to expect the unexpected! On the walls, you see portraits enlarged from newspapers of both victims and perpetrators of crimes. A metal box of photos is under each photo which is lit individually by a small spot light. The room has a rack of linen sheets, giving an air of forensics. Nothing distinguishes the victims from the perpetrators, giving an eerie sense of uncertainty.
Bernd and Hilda Becher: This was well organised small portraits arranged in blocks of 3 down by 5 across depicting their industrial architecture series. The buildings are clear and have an odd sense of beauty about them.
Wolfgang Tilmans: This took up the whole lower ground floor of K21, and was more like a series of mini-exhibitions. It was hard to believe at times that all the photos were taken by the same person as there was such variation. There were large prints of the stars and moon, capturing large pictures of landscapes (mainly tree branches) emphasising colour. Some were merely a print of one colour on a large piece of photographic paper. Others were stark documentary style, some documenting male genitalia and sexual acts, as well as some portraits.
Thomas Ruff: large prints of starscapes, this is a series of negatives he bought of the southern hemisphere that were taken for scientific research. The stars appear amazingly clearly and the size makes them seem as if you are looking right at the sky. Beautiful.
Christian Boltanski: Having seen one of his exhibitions during a photography course in London, I knew to expect the unexpected! On the walls, you see portraits enlarged from newspapers of both victims and perpetrators of crimes. A metal box of photos is under each photo which is lit individually by a small spot light. The room has a rack of linen sheets, giving an air of forensics. Nothing distinguishes the victims from the perpetrators, giving an eerie sense of uncertainty.
Bernd and Hilda Becher: This was well organised small portraits arranged in blocks of 3 down by 5 across depicting their industrial architecture series. The buildings are clear and have an odd sense of beauty about them.
Wolfgang Tilmans: This took up the whole lower ground floor of K21, and was more like a series of mini-exhibitions. It was hard to believe at times that all the photos were taken by the same person as there was such variation. There were large prints of the stars and moon, capturing large pictures of landscapes (mainly tree branches) emphasising colour. Some were merely a print of one colour on a large piece of photographic paper. Others were stark documentary style, some documenting male genitalia and sexual acts, as well as some portraits.
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