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Introduction

In the face of new media, Marc Brandenburg, born in 1965 in Berlin, decided with pencil and paper to pave the way for drawing. In an almost old-fashioned way, his works force us to take a closer look, which puts him in good company with Dürer, Menzel, and Richter. Brandenburg's works are in collections such as MoMA (New York), Deutsche Bank, or the Kupferstich Kabinett (Berlin). In 2005 he received the renowned Karl Ströher Prize.

His research tool is the camera, and with it Brandenburg finds his motifs in his immediate urban surroundings, capturing them with the camera. His work's detail and magnificence, on the other hand, are the antithesis of his snapshots. Self-portraits, protests, thickets, or hustle and bustle – his drawings looks like the afterimages burnt into the retina after being blinded by blazing brightness. In their negative reversal, white becomes gray like ash, shadows become light.

For these plates, Brandenburg created two self-portraits as reflected in water and launches the series of art editions LUMAS is developing with Rosenthal Porcelain.

In the 1950s Rosenthal porcelain manufacturer was the first in Europe to develop a creative new beginning. Based on the realization that "originals of the times" would maintain their worth, exciting projects were undertaken with prominent artists such as Günter Ferdinand Ris, Victor Vasarely, Henry Moore, and Lucio Fontana to create unique art editions. Salvadore Dali, HAP Grieshaber, and other well-known artists painted, for example, the surfaces of main pieces in the famous "Suomi" series service after their own designs, overruling the artistic division of art and function. Above all, the collaboration with various artists made these Rosenthal pieces appealing to art collectors.

LUMAS has now again coupled with this tradition to develop this edition with Marc Brandenburg and Rosenthal. Brandenburg's design was digitized and adapted by an elaborate reproduction process so that it can later be converted to the three-dimensional porcelain pieces. Through such a process is it able completely to retain the artist's hand and the character of the original. The plate originates from Rosenthal's "TAC 1" collection. Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius designed "TAC 1" in the late 1960s in collaboration with The Architects' Collaborative (TAC), a group of young, avant-garde architects.

Bio

1965	born in Berlin, Germany
	lives and works in Berlin, Germany

Awards

2005	Karl Ströhler Prize Frankfurt, Germany
	Senate's fellowship Berlin, Germany
	Artist in Residence/Villa Romana, Florence, Italy
2002	Working fellowship, Kunstfonds Bonn e.V., Germany

Collections

Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Harlem Studio Museum, USA

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

2007	Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
	Underground, Metro Station Berlin Alexanderplatz (Exhibition of the Neuen Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst), Berlin, Germany
2006	TILT, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
	TILT, André Schlechtriem temporary, New York, USA
2005	Marc Brandenburg, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2004	Tiergarten, Galerie Crone, Berlin, Germany
	Marc Brandenburg, Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
2003	Hirnsturm, Galerie Ascan Crone, Andreas Osarek, Berlin, Germany
	Full Circle (Excerpts from Negrophobia), Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
2002	Chelsea Kunstraum, Cologne, Germany
	Kunstraum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
	Hirnsturm, Gallery Paul Morris, New York, USA
2001	Full Circle, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
2000	White Rainbow, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1999	Meddle, XL Gallery, New York, USA
1998	Draw Stranger, PLUG IN, Winnipeg, Canada
1996	The Dangling Conversation – from Electric Lane to Lavender Hill, Morris Healy Gallery, New York, USA
1995	A Bonnie Situation, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1994	Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Teenage Topics and Metal Gurus, Galerie Martin Schmitz, Kassel, Germany
	Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1993	The House of deep essential Shit and Disco Therapeutics, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
	Ocean of Violence (with Sabina Maria von der Linden), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
	Marc Brandenburg & Attila Richard Lucas, I, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
	Marc Brandenburg & Attila Richard Lucas, II, Gallery III, School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
	Close to you, The Spectrum, Winnipeg, Canada
1992	Punk and Circumstances along the Yellow Brick Road - Liebeskummer, Galerie Martin Schmitz, Kassel, Germany
1991	Zehn Tage im Leben, Kumpelnest 3000, Berlin, Germany
	Entwine, Palais de Chaillot, Paris, France
1990	Adieu, Schneederbauer, Berlin, Germany
1989	Elf der legendären Gute Nacht Bilder, Schneederbauer, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2008	Just different!, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Gegen den Strich – Experimentierfeld Zeichnung, Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany
2007	Great Expectations, Union Gallery, London, UK
	10 Jahre Weltempfänger, Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
	Gegen den Strich, Künstlerhaus Bethanien GmbH, Berlin, Germany
	very asherbovenkerkerkbrandenburgvaneedenpalmesalic, Wetering Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2006	Abgebrannt, Kunstbank in der Berlinerischen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
	Das achte Feld – Geschlechter, Leben und Begehren in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
	Heimat als Utopie, Goethe Institut Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2004	Emotion Eins, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-UÖ, Germany
	Emotion Eins, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
	Happy days are here again, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
	Contemporary Art from Germany, European Central Bank, Frankfurt, Germany
	Roots, The Harlem Studio Museum, New York, USA
2003	Lebenslänglich 14, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
	Blick aufs Ich, Kunstverein Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
	Blick auf Ich, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
2002	Man in Middle, Deutsche Bank, Eremitage, Saint Petersburg, Russia
	Summer Show, Laura Mars Group, Berlin, Germany
2001	Group Show, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, USA
2000	Ortsbegehung 6 – paper marks, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
	ANP at s&h de Buck, Gallery s&h de Buck, Gent, Belgium
	Paper marks, Kunstverein Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
1999	German Open, Deutsche Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
	Loveolution, XL Gallery, New York, USA
	Gallery Swamp, Contemporary Fine Arts at Sadie Coles HQ, London, UK
1998	Draw, Stranger, PLUG INN, Winnipeg, Canada
	Infected Culture, CUBITT GALLERY, London, UK
1997	Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
1995	Summer Exhibition 1995, Paul Morris Gallery, New York, USA
	Toms Erben, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
1994	Jonge Duitsers, Fons Welters, Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Corpus Imperfectus, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, USA
1993	Multiple und Originale, Galerie Martin Schmitz, Kassel, Germany
1992	Die Hormone des Mannes, Schwules Museum, Berlin, Germany
	Galerie der Glücklichen, Galerie Martin Schmitz, Kassel, Germany
	Hausgeist, NGBK, Berlin, Germany