In an art world that no longer wants to believe in its own progressiveness, street photography, with its provocative sexual exhibitionism, seems to be taking over that role. It offers the romanticism of the photographer-artist who has access to worlds that viewers normally never frequent.
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reviews 01.03.10 Judith Vrancken
Berlin
Micky Schubert Gallery, Klosterfelde, Esther Schipper
15/01/10 - 19/03/10
Perhaps the only objection an art lover could have to Berlin is the way its galleries are scattered all over the city. The majority let photography and painting rule the gallery space this month. The choices appear safe, but luckily, safe doesn´t necessarily mean boring.
The famous photography biennial of Bamako has grown into the most authoritative photography event for photography on the African continent. Bamako is becoming increasingly important in terms of how contemporary African photography is judged.
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Since the documenta, he is the big star of African contemporary art: the Nigerian photographer George Osodi. Shortly after earning his degree, the former banker decided to devote himself to depicting the abuses in his country, in the only language that everybody in Nigeria and far beyond its borders understands: photography.
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01/12/09 Jeremiah Day
Amsterdam
SMBA
21/11/09 - 03/01/10
Beguiling Animal Activism A dog’s life according to Charlotte Dumas
26/08/09 Manon Braat
In the last year, after police dogs, horses, wolves and tigers, Charlotte Dumas has again turned to dogs as her photographic subjects. In September, a selection of her work will be shown at the Foam Museum of Photography in Amsterdam, including two recent series of street dogs in Palermo and dogs in animal shelters in New York.
Lost and Found Utopia Kriemann and Meessen at SMBA
reviews 11.02.09 Hendrik Folkerts
Amsterdam
SMBA
18/01/09 - 08/03/09
Susanne Kriemann and Vincent Meessen try to (re)capture the spectre of modernism at SMBA's latest show.
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reviews 20.01.09 Erik van Tuijn
Krefeld (GER)
Kunstmuseen Krefeld: Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters
12/10/08 - 25/01/09
How do you get an elephant into a matchbox? You squeeze him in of course. Or, if the Elephant is actually an oeuvre consisting of giant photo's, you could also make prints the size of stamps.
reviews 08.11.08 Erik van Tuijn
Breda
Graphic Design Museum
26/09/08 - 06/01/09
Besides a photographer Martin Parr is also an avid collector of, well, nearly everything with imagery on it. Parrworld at the Graphic Design Museum in Breda brings together some (no, not all) of his collections: from contemporary photography to lewd postcards and watches. Lots of watches.
