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2009 / 2013 / DBR18
Created in 2009 /
Published in 2013 /
No. DBR18
DBR18
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About Dirk BrömmelABOUT THE WORK Kopfüber Using digital techniques, Dirk Brömmel broadens the scope of our perceptions. Kopfüber (English: Headfirst) takes us to lofty heights, where the view seems much clearer. The ships Dirk Brömmel photographs…BACKGROUND INFORMATION
ABOUT THE WORK
Kopfüber
Using digital techniques, Dirk Brömmel broadens the scope of our perceptions. Kopfüber (English: Headfirst) takes us to lofty heights, where the view seems much clearer. The ships Dirk Brömmel photographs from above are not the main focus, he explains. “For me, it’s about what is hidden on or behind them and making that visible.”
The photographer assembles his “reality” from many individual pictures, isolating the subject and placing it in front of a colourful background. By doing this, he creates a digital image that bends the rules of time and perspective, letting us discover more than would be possible with the naked eye. In Brömmel’s work, ships become models, studies.
MIG
The war is long-since over. Airplanes that once symbolised power have become rusty war monuments. Dirk Brömmel captures the diverse moods these symbols create. They speak of the failures of politics, the population’s hope for a better future, and of a past that won’t loosen its grip on the present.
When exhibited without the context of their surroundings, the aircraft seem like lost ideals. Bolted in place, the terror-inducing effect they had in the air seems almost forgotten. Dirk Brömmel’s pictures tell stories that remain in the collective memory.
To me, photography is the longing to hold something tight, to make thoughts tangible in the form of a picture.
Dirk Brömmel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1968 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany, Dirk Brömmel grew up on the small island of Grafenwerth on the River Rhine. At age nine, the artist began to photograph his own microcosm. After finishing a photography apprenticeship in 1993, he found his own means of artistic expression while studying art in Mainz, where he discovered all the possibilities inherent in digital image editing.
In his photographs, Brömmel aims to retain “things in their disappearance” while making “the movement of time” visible. A recipient of multiple awards, the artist now lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany.
TECHNIQUE
Kopfüber
For his Kopfüber series, Dirk Brömmel sets up on bridges spanning rivers. There, he points his lens straight down at the water. In a burst of as many as 60 individual pictures, he captures passing ships in their entirety. Using a computer, he then assembles the pieces into a single image. Finally, he crops out everything apart from the ship, replacing the water with a monochrome background. Exhibited in this way, the ship’s decks seem like detailed and razor-sharp showcases.
VITA
1968 Born in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany 1990-1993 Education: Photographer, Bonn, Germany 1993-1994 College of Art, Bonn, Germany 1995 Excursions to America, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Italy, France, Iceland, Thailand, Czech Republic, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Norway, South Africa 2001-2004 Studied Art at the Academy of Fine Arts at Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz with a focus on photography. Degree: Diploma honored by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Spacek, Mainz Germany 2005 Student of the Master Class by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Spacek, Mainz, Germany 2006 Graduation at the Academy of Fine Arts at Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz 2007 Lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2013 »Dirk Brömmel - Kopfüber«, Davis Klemm Gallery, Munich, Germany SCOPE Basel, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Switzerland »Dirk Brömmel«, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany »Dirk Brömmel«, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany 2012 »Dirk Brömmel – Kopfüber, Fotocollagen«, Neuffer am Park – Kunsthalle, Pirmasens, Germany Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels | contemporary, Wien, Austria 2011 "Villa Tugendhat" - Fotografien von Dirk Brömmel, Dům umění města Brna The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic "Dirk Brömmel - kopfüber", Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria "Dirk Brömmel - Fotografien", Stadtgalerie Neu-Isenburg, Germany „Unterwegs“, Davis-Klemm Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2010 SWR Kultur im Foyer, Mainzer Museumsnacht 2010, SWR Funkhaus, Mainz, Germany Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany 2009 Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium 2008 Earlybird Venture Capital, Munich, Germany Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany 2007 Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium „Ego – Positionen zum Ich“, Wiesbadener Fototage, Galerie Erhard Witzel, Germany 2006 Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany Galerie Kleines Haus, Mainzer Staatstheater, Germany "Villa Tugendhat“, Artothek Wiesbaden, Germany 2005 Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany 2002 Ausstellung im Goethe Institut Helsinki, Finland "Galerie Kleines Haus" des Mainzer Staatstheaters, Germany 1995 Haus der Springmaus, Bonn, Germany Group Exhibitions
2013 »One Man Show«, Messe art Karlsruhe, germany »Frisch eingetroffen«, Davis Klemm Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany 2012 ART.FAIR 22, Messe für aktuelle Kunst, Cologne, Germany »architekturbild. Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011« Deutschen Wochen im Goethe-Institut in St. Petersburg, Russia art paris, Grand Palais, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, France art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Germany 2011 »architekturbild. Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011« BildungsTURM | Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, Germany cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France „IN BETWEEN. Architekturbild - Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011“, vhs-photogalerie, Stuttgart, Germany Spurensuche - Ivaylo Stoyanov und Dirk Brömmel, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria art paris, Grand Palais, France art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Carlsbad, Germany 2010 24. Mainzer Kunstpreis Eisenturm im MVB-Forum, Germany PREVIEW BERLIN ¬– The Emerging Art Fair, Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof, Germany Kunstmesse „art bodensee“, Dornbirn, Austria Galerie im Turm, EVO-Kunstgalerie, Offenbach am Main, Germany art paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France 2009 „Visions“, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France Berliner Liste, Palais am Tiergarten, Germany KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, South Korea art paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Carlsbad, Germany „Work Places“, Kunstgalerie Ruse, Rousse, Bulgaria 2008 Kunstverein Freiburg „DASSOLLKUNSTSEIN vol. 6“ mit der Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Germany „Arbeitsplätze / work places“, Goethe-Institut Singapore, Republic of Singapore „Work Places“, photokina Köln, Cologne, Germany Galerie im Theater, „Kunsträume Bayern“, Ingolstadt, Germany 2007 „Marianne-Brandt-Wettbewerb“, Sächsisches Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Germany „4. Berliner Kunstsalon“, Netzwerk Brömmel, Kostolov, Stoyanov, Berlin, Germany „Ningbo in the Eyes of Germany Photographers“, Ningbo Museum of Art, China „Große Kunstausstellung München 2007“, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany „VOYAGE“, unterwegs zwischen hier und dort. Kunstverein Kreis Soest e. V. im Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus in Soest, Germany 2006 „Architektur im Liegen“, 5. Rheinischer Wettbewerb der Architekturfotografie, A L’Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg, France „Arbeitsplätze / work places“ Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2005 im Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany „Ausgezeichnete Fotografie“ im Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany 2005 „Kunstpreis der Stadt Bonn“, Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany „Arbeitsplätze / work places“, Kasseler Architekturzentrum im Kulturbahnhof, KAZ im Kuba, Kassel, Germany „BFF-Förderpreisträger“ Internationales Fotofestival Pingyao, Shanxi Provinz, China „New German Photography“ der Editionsgalerie Lumas beim Fotofestival Rencontres d’Arles, France „Die Nacht der Bilder“ in der Galerie 21 bei Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg, Germany „Klasse Spacek“ im Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany Kunsthaus „Prinz-Carl“ Worms, Germany Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany DG-Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany "Klasse Spacek" im Haus der Kunst der Stadt Brünn, Germany 2004 Gruppe Tape10 im U.F.O., Frankfurt, Germany 2003 Gruppe kunstlicht bei der kurzen Nacht der Museen und Galerien, atelier dreimann, Wiesbaden, Germany "Junge Rheinland-Pfälzische Künstlerinnen und Künstler", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany Tape 10 "ElectroVillage" im Museum für angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany 2001 Ausstellung der Aktionsgruppe "Vene Hammerschlag", Wiesbadener Hauptbahnhof , Wiesbaden, Germany 1998 Permanent exhibition in the offices of Lufthansa AERO, Frankfurt/Main, Germany 1996 Permanent exhibition in Galerie Kupferberg, Mainz, Germany 1995 "Haus der Springmaus", Bonn, Germany