Feature Film

>> December  |   2012

The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence
PREMIERE SCREENING 
at the Colony Theater, Miami Beach, 
Friday, December 7 at 10pm - Buy Tickets

ENCORE SCREENING 
at the Miami Beach Cinematheque 
Sunday, December 9 at 5pm - Buy Tickets

           

T
he Girl Behind The White Picket Fence (60m, Germany) dir. by Stefanie Schneider. An artists world of movie stills, 'The Girl Behind the White Picket Fence' is a succession of Polaroid film stills. One after another, this film takes this to the limit and still delivers. Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, flowing with the rhythm of the music or in the energy the film portrays. Gaps keeps the viewer paying close attention but this is no Instagram lark, this is real analog Polaroid film. This is a one off, a complete window into an artists mind as she sees the world. Sunny, hot, in love, open spaces evoking freedom but also banishment. This film started out with a vision of grand collectiveness with all participants coming from Schneider's time in Hollywood ranging from directors to actors, producers to agents and writers to weirdos. The American dream was alive and well in this motley group who fell in love with Schneider's idea to capture a story about love on Polaroid film. The center of this story is the 'Lonely Hearts Radio Station' DJ, who talks to the searching broken hearted in the southern Californian desert. A sad young girl calls in to better understand what is going on which results in an unexpected chain of events. Main characters: Hans, the mystic played by the veteran actor Udo Kier. Heather's a young girl who's lost her parents played by Heather Megan Christie. Radio station DJ played by the comic Steve Marshall. Hank is the local garbage man played by Kyle Larson.

— filmed with Polaroid film stock and Super-8 footage, overlaid with poetic voiceover monologue —  this feature film creates a dynamic kaleidoscope of words and pictures, a dreamy tale that channels Terrence Malick, Gus Van Sant, and pages torn from a lonely girl’s journal.  (Palms Springs Life)

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Light Assembly is both a film festival like no other, and a mass-scale showcase of video art and architecture. In the last decade, visual artists such as Miranda July, Steve McQueen and Julian Schnabel have legitimized the crossover from visual art to filmmaking. Light Assembly is the first-ever film festival dedicated to assisting artists in that crossover between art and film. Light Assembly is also a pilot video art and architecture exposition program unique in the world. Conceived as a beta of Time Zones Chicago, planned for premier in late Summer of 2013, the goal of Light Assembly is to combine large-scale video art projection with the citywide canvas of Miami Beach and mainland Miami’s modern architectural marvels and historic landmarks.

ADDITIONAL EXHIBIT of PHOTOGRAPHS with UDO KIER

On display during the Art Basel Miami at the Miami Beach Cinemateque.
For Sales or Artist information please contact Christian Hohmenn Fine Art, Palm Desert | Telephone (760) 346-4243 & (877) 977-CHFA toll free | E-mail email@christianhohmann.com

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ART TO RAFFLE

>> Drawing January 13, 2012, 7 pm    |   2012

Kunst zu verlosen !  // 
Art to raffle off !  

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Kunst zu verlosen! KW Freunde initiieren Kunstlotterie zur Förderung der KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Zur Unterstützung der Arbeit der KW Institute for Contemporary Art haben die KW Freunde dem Haus nahe stehende Künstler, Galeristen und Sammler gewinnen können, 60 Werke für eine außergewöhnliche Kunstlotterie zur Verfügung zu stellen. Die Lose zu je 100 Euro können an der Kasse der KW sowie über die Website der KW Freunde www.kw-freunde.de erworben werden. 
 
Am 13. Januar findet die offizielle Verlosung in den Räumen der KW statt.  
 
Ab dem 3. Dezember sind die Arbeiten von Fritz Balthaus, Heike Baranowsky, Oliver van den Berg, Monika Brandmeier, Monica Bonvicini, Clara Brörmann, Marcel Bühler, Angela Bulloch, Patty Chang, Martin Creed, Mariechen Danz, Kate Davis, Michele Di Menna, Wim Delvoye, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Martin Eder, Tim Eitel, Olafur Eliasson, Thomas Eller, Sabine Fassl, Douglas Gordon, Philip Grözinger, Uwe Henneken, Leiko Ikemura, Allan Kaprow, Kartenrecht, Markus Keibel, Annette Kelm, Clemens Krauss, Via Lewandowsky, Walter Libuda, Helen Mirra, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Adrian Lohmüller, Michael Müller, Carsten Nicolai, Florian Neufeldt, Klaus Pichler, Friederike von Rauch, Thomas Rentmeister, Cornelia Renz, Anselm Reyle, Pipilotti Rist, Jakob Roepke, Albrecht Schäfer, Stefanie Schneider, Iris Schomaker, Albrecht Schnider, Markus Sendlinger, Katharina Sieverding, Dirk Skreber, Andrea Stappert, Natascha Stellmach, Stefan Strumbel, Jeffrey Teuton, Anton Unai, Brigitte Waldach, Patricia Waller, Judi Werthein, XOOOOX, Krzysztof Zielinski jeweils samstags und sonntags in den KW zu sehen. 
 
Die KW Freunde wurden 1996 zur Unterstützung des kulturellen Programms der KW Institute for Contemporary Art gegründet. Jährlich fördern sie eine Ausstellung sowie eine Reihe weiterer Initiativen der Kunsteinrichtung. Mitglieder des Freundeskreis erhalten freien Eintritt in die KW, zur Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst sowie in internationalen Partnerinstitutionen wie die Kunsthalle Wien, das Palais de Tokyo in Paris sowie das MoMA PS1 in New York. Außerdem umfasst die Mitgliedschaft exklusive Vorbesichtigungen der KW-Ausstellungen mit KuratorInnen und KünstlerInnen, Einladungen zu speziell organisierten Atelierbesuchen und Kunstreisen sowie zu Eröffnungen, Künstlergesprächen und anderen Veranstaltungen der KW.

Art to raffle off! KW Freunde initiates art lottery in support of KW Institute for Contemporary Art

To support the work of KW Institute for Contemporary Art, KW Freunde (Friends of KW) has been able to convince artists, gallery owners and collectors close to the institution to provide 60 works for an extraordinary art lottery. The lots cost 100 € each and can be acquired at the KW ticket office and at the KW Freunde website: www.kw-freunde.de

The official drawing will take place at KW on January 13, 2012. 

From the December 3, works by Fritz Balthaus, Heike Baranowsky, Oliver van den Berg, Monika Brandmeier, Monica Bonvicini, Clara Brörmann, Marcel Bühler, Angela Bulloch, Patty Chang, Martin Creed, Mariechen Danz, Kate Davis, Michele Di Menna, Wim Delvoye, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Martin Eder, Tim Eitel, Olafur Eliasson, Thomas Eller, Sabine Fassl, Douglas Gordon, Philip Grözinger, Uwe Henneken, Leiko Ikemura, Allan Kaprow, Kartenrecht, Markus Keibel, Annette Kelm, Clemens Krauss, Via Lewandowsky, Walter Libuda, Helen Mirra, Ingo Mittelstaedt, Adrian Lohmüller, Michael Müller, Carsten Nicolai, Florian Neufeldt, Klaus Pichler, Friederike von Rauch, Thomas Rentmeister, Cornelia Renz, Anselm Reyle, Pipilotti Rist, Jakob Roepke, Albrecht Schäfer, Stefanie Schneider, Iris Schomaker, Albrecht Schnider, Markus Sendlinger, Katharina Sieverding, Dirk Skreber, Andrea Stappert, Natascha Stellmach, Stefan Strumbel, Jeffrey Teuton, Anton Unai, Brigitte Waldach, Patricia Waller, Judi Werthein, XOOOOX, Krzysztof Zielinski can be viewed on Saturdays and Sundays at KW.

KW Freunde was founded in 1996 to support the cultural program of KW Institute for Contemporary Art. Every year they support an exhibition as well as a series of other initiatives by the institute. KW Freunde members receive free admission to KW, the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, and international partner institutions including the Kunsthalle in Vienna, the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, and the MoMA PS1 in New York. Membership also includes exclusive previews of KW exhibitions with the curators and artists, invitations to special organized studio tours and art trips, as well as to openings, artist talks and other KW events.

 

KW Institute for Contemporary Art + KW Freunde
Auguststraße 69
10117 Berlin
www.kw-freunde.de

Viewing of the works included in the lottery: 
December 3 – 18, 2011, every Sat + Sun, 12 – 7 pm
January 7 – 8, 2012, 12 – 7 pm

Drawing:  January 13, 2012, 7 pm 

KW Freunde
Sabine Bärenklau, Tel. 030. 24345948, sb@kw-feunde.de

Press contact: 
BUREAU N cultural communications
Silke Neumann, Tel. 030. 30874085, silke.neumann@bureau-n.de

Exhibition

>> December  |   2012

Stranger Than Paradise

Christian
Hohmann Fine Art, Palms Desert
Vernissage Saturday, December 15th, 2012, 6-8pm


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Spiegelbild (Stage of Consciousness), 2007, 4/5, C-Print, 125x156cm

In December we host our first exhibition by German-born Stefanie Schneider, known for her dreamlike and painterly photographs expressing the mirage-like aestheticism in the California lifestyle.

After moving to Los Angeles in the late ‘90s Schneider has been showing us her outsider’s view of the area and its sunlit stark character through the classic shades of Polaroid and muted hues indigenous to the region and its atmospheres.

Inspired by an early love of 1970s films depicting American living and an eye for the light in the West, she concocts a vast array of pictorial narratives hinting at something just below the surface of her raw and quirky ingénues and heat wave drenched heroes. Viewers waffle between a sense of being invited in to view the spectacle and simultaneously acting as voyeur.

Schneider received her MFA in Communication Design at the Folkwang Schule Essen, Germany. Her work has been shown at the Museum for Photography, Braunschweig, Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, the Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt, the Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Kunstverein Bielefeld, Museum für Moderne Kunst Passau, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Foto -Triennale Esslingen. Schneider’s works are represented in public collections as well as being represented in prestigious private collections internationally.

Most recently, she has directed a movie with actor and fellow valley resident Udo Kier, which will be shown in Miami this year in a film festival during the Art Basel Week.

contact info
{ Christian Hohmann Fine Art, 73660 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260 } | Telephone (760) 346-4243 & (877) 977-CHFA toll free |
RSVP for the Venissage is much appreciated to Christian Hohmann: email@christianhohmann.com
Auction

>> May 30, 2012, 6.30 pm    |   2012

Biennial Art Auction 2012
Museum of Modern Art San Diego
curated by Hugh Davies
Artworks on view May 21 until May 29

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Untitled (Oilfields), lot#64, c-print, 24x 24inches, Courtesy of Scott White Contemporary Art, $2,000.00 - $4,000.00

The 2012 Biennial Art Auction is one of MCASD’s most popular and exciting events. This year's auction will feature a live and silent auction of artworks donated by internationally recognized artists and emerging contemporary artists. Lydia Fenet, senior vice president and director of strategic partnerships for Christie’s New York, will preside as auctioneer. 

The silent auction begins at 6:30 PM and includes informal curatorial tours as well as cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres. The live auction begins at 8 PM and will include coffee and desserts. A live closing of select silent auction works will conclude the evening.

Guests at this year’s auction will be delighted to have exclusive access to special-edition auction paddles created by artist Ryan McGinness. These limited quantity paddles are available to Gold Circle ticket purchasers, and to general ticket holders should quantities last. Gold Circle ticket holders will also enjoy preferred seating, recognition in the program, advance curatorial tours (by appointment), and a VIP Preview Reception on Thursday, May 24.

All funds raised through the 2012 Biennial Art Auction will support MCASD’s art acquisitions, exhibitions, and education programs.

This year’s impressive roster of contemporary artists whose works will be available for purchase include Ai Weiwei, David Adey, Peter Alexander, John Baldessari, Tim Bavington, Barry Bell, Larry Bell, Mike Berg, Tim Bessell, Ross Bleckner, Mel Bochner, Kelsey Brookes, Christo, Lael Corbin, Mary Corse, Mara de Luca, Roman de Salvo, Lewis deSoto, Spencer Finch, Charles Gaines, Steve Gibson, Thomas Glassford, Mike Glier, Joe Goode, Iva Gueorguieva, Stephen Hannock, James Hayward, Jim Hodges, Jay Johnson, Isaac Julien, John Oliver Lewis, Margie Livingston, Jean Lowe, Luce et Studio Architects, Shana Lutker, Kim MacConnel, Heather Gwen Martin, Jessica McCambly, Ryan McGinness, Richard Allen Morris, Enrico Natali, Helen Pashgian, Marcos Ramirez ERRE, David Reed, Philipp Scholz Rittermann, Ed Ruscha, Christopher Russell, Stefanie Schneider, Andrew Schoultz, Jennifer Steinkamp, Ryan Taber, John Valadez, Perry Vasquez, Feodor Voronov, Stephanie Washburn, Barbara Weldon, and Jack Whitten.

Selected by MCASD curator Hugh Davies, the artworks will be on view in the galleries at MCASD La Jolla from Monday, May 21 to Tuesday, May 29.

Information
{ MCASD La Jolla }
700 Prospect Street | La Jolla, CA 92037-4291 | phone (858) 454-3541

Exhibition

>> May 05 - June 16   |   2012

Muses
Galerie Catherine et André Hug, Paris

GROUP SHOW WITH KOURTNEY ROY, ERIC WEEKS AND STEFANIE SCHNEIDER

COURTNEY ROY 
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Kourtney Roy mêle la fiction et l’autoportrait. Elle explore les aspects sublimes et étranges de la vie quotidienne dans des mises en scènes pleines de tension et de mystère . Pour Eric Weeks la muse est prétexte à un potentiel narratif de la photographie ou la couleur, la lumière, le paysage et le portrait ne sont jamais le fruit du hasard. A l’aide de la technique Polaroid, parfaitement adaptée aux instantanés, Stefanie Schneider donne à ses images de muses de magnifiques effets picturaux, obtient des effets spéciaux et des flous.

Informations pratiques
Vernissage samedi 18 juin 2011 de 16h à 20h, Exposition du 16 juin au 30 juillet 2011 { Galerie Catherine et André Hug,  2, rue de l’échaudé / 40, rue de Seine, 75006 Paris }

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EXHIBITION

>> July 11  -  August 26   |   2012

ROAD ATLAS
 
Straßenfotografie aus der DZ BANK Kunstsammlung

KUNSTMUSEUM DIESELKRAFTWERK COTTBUS

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Die Straße als Schauplatz des Alltags und urbanes Merkmal übt von jeher eine besondere Faszination auf Fotografinnen und Fotografen aus. "Road Atlas" vereint erstmals rund 150 Fotografien aus der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung zum Thema Straße: 26 Positionen und 70 Jahre Straßenfotografie.

Das Spektrum der von Dr. Beate Kemfert, Kuratorin und Stiftungsvorstand der Opelvillen, und Dr. Christina Leber, Leiterin der DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, ausgewählten Fotografien zeigt Straßen rund um den Globus in der Zeitspanne der Nachkriegsfotografie bis heute. Die Fotografien halten Gebäudeansichten, Alltagssituationen sowie radikale Veränderungen im Bild fest und dokumentieren so Zeiten des Wohlstands, der Stagnation und Spuren des Verschwindens städtischer Räume. Darüber hinaus zeigen sie Menschen des urbanen Raums.

Bis heute hat die Straße in der Fotografie eine besondere Bedeutung. Neben kulturellen Phänomenen üben formale Kriterien und lineare Qualitäten dauerhaft Anziehungskraft aus.

Der Reigen der vorgestellten Fotografinnen und Fotografen beginnt bei Helen Levitt (1913-2009), der Klassikerin der Street Photography, und endet bei Zeitgenossen wie Pieter Hugo (*1976).

Mit über 6000 fotografischen Werken von mehr als 550 Künstlerinnen und Künst- lern zählt die DZ BANK Kunstsammlung zu den bedeutendsten Sammlungen, die sich mit dem fotografischen Bild auseinandersetzt.

Die Ausstellung ist nach den Opelvillen vom 11. Juli bis zum 26. August 2012 im Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus zu sehen www.museum-dkw.de, im Frühjahr 2013 in der Kunsthalle Erfurt www.kunsthalle-erfurt.de und im Sommer 2013 in der DZ Bank, Frankfurt www.dzbank-kunstsammlung.de.

Fotografinnen und Fotografen: Nobuyoshi Araki, Ursula Arnold, René Burri, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Pietro Donzelli, Valie Export, Arno Fischer, Robert Häusser, Naoya Hatakeyama, Pieter Hugo, Gerd Kittel, Barbara Klemm, Helen Levitt, Will McBride, Aernout Mik, John Miller, Ryuji Miyamoto, Jean-Luc Moulène, Marcel Odenbach, Arnold Odermatt, Stefanie Schneider, Stephen Shore, Anatolij Shuravlev, Beat Streuli, Thomas Struth.

Information
{ KUNSTMUSEUM DIESELKRAFTWERK COTTBUS }
Brandenburgische Kulturstiftung Cottbus | Uferstraße / Am Amtsteich 15 | 03046 Cottbus | >> Road Atlas - Straßenfotografie

EXHIBITION

>> March 22  -  June 01   |   2012

SHOWstudio  presents   Selling Sex

a group exhibition with Alidra Alic, Cortney Andrews, Una Burke, Liz Cohen, Inge Jacobsen, Charlotte Kingsnorth, Atsuko Kudo, Sarah Lucas, Kim McCarty, Malerie Marder, Marianne Maric, Lisa Z. Morgan, Ione Rucquoi, Stefanie Schneider, Suzannah Sinclair, Christiana Soulou, Vahge, Shiri Zinn, and others. And as always, the exhibition will be accompanied by a series of live streams, projects and performances.

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The exhibition is being organized by SHOWstudio Shop and Nick Knight

Gallery Information
{ SHOWstudio, 1-9 Bruton Place, London, W1J 6LT, United Kingdom }
contact phone: +44 207 399 4299 //  fax: +44 207 499 8225

EXHIBITION

>> June 16  -  August 21  |   2011

POLAROID [IM]POSSIBLE / THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION
WESTLICHT. SCHAUPLATZ FüR FOTOGRAFIE
Reception Thursday, June 16, 19.00h

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»Untitled«, 2011, PX 680 Colorshade Push, 9x11cm (Original)

Als 2009 bekannt wurde, dass die legendäre Polaroid Collection mit ihren zwei Standorten in den USA und Europa als Teil der Konkursmasse des insolventen Unternehmens bei Sotheby’s New York versteigert werden sollte, ging ein Aufschrei durch die internationale Fotoszene: Angeführt von Chuck Close, protestierten Künstler, Museen und Fotoliebhaber weltweit gegen den Ausverkauf der Sammlung. Quasi in letzter Minute gelang es WestLicht, den europäischen Teil der Sammlung zu übernehmen und in seiner Gesamtheit zu erhalten. Gegründet von Edwin Land in den 1960er Jahren, umfasst dieser einmalige historische Bestand rund 4.400 Werke von 800 internationalen Künstlern. Die Ausstellung präsentiert am Beispiel ausgewählter Meisterwerke – von Ansel Adams bis Andy Warhol – einen ersten Querschnitt dieser einzigartigen Sammlung. Ergänzt werden die Polaroids durch jüngere Werke von Künstlern wie Nobuyoshi Araki und Daido Muriyama, die mit dem neuen Impossible-Sofortbildmaterial arbeiten. Eine erstaunliche Bandbreite an wichtigen Genres und innovativen Prozessen vermittelt die spezifische Originalität und Magie der Sofortbildkunst. Sie wird entlang der unterschiedlichen Kameras und Filmtypen vorgestellt, bis hin zu den faszinierenden 20x24-Zoll-Formaten. Begleitend erscheint der Katalog FROM POLAROID TO IMPOSSIBLE / MASTERPIECES OF INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY – THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION im Hatje Cantz Verlag (hgg. von Achim Heine, Rebekka Reuter, Ulrike Willingmann; Hardcover, Deutsch-Englisch, 192 Seiten, 230 Farbabbildungen).

Eröffnet anlässlich der Feier von 10 Jahren WestLicht und 20 Jahren Leica Shop.

Impossible and WestLicht Museum of Photography preserve and lead the International Polaroid Collection into the future. Thanks to the commitment of Impossible, the producer of the new analog instant film material, the Vienna based Museum of Photography WestLicht purchased the International Polaroid Collection. WestLicht takes over 4.400 artworks from 800 artists (from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol) and will exhibit a fine selection of these iconic images combined with some new contemporary works shot on new Impossible instant film
from June 17th, 2011. Formed between 1972 and 1990 by Polaroid, the legendary International Collection disappeared for 20 years in the archives of the Swiss Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne. Peter Coeln, owner of the WestLicht Museum and also an investor of the Impossible Project, has now saved the Polaroid Collection which had been put on the market by the liquidators dealing with the assets of the insolvent company. For almost two years the future of the unique Polaroid collection was fairly uncertain. The spectacular acquisition at the last moment secures the continued existence of this historic collection and presents it to a broad public for the first time. The future of the yet hidden analog treasure is thus not only saved but also brighter than ever before. After all these years the collection is finally going to be reconnected with its original concept. Dr. Florian Kaps, founder of the Impossible Project, says: “Most important is the fact that we finally found a perfect solution for not onl celebrating the incredible potential of all the existing artworks, but that we also formed a great setup to re-start the original concept by inviting contemporary artists to join this ongoing project by supplying them with the new generation of Impossible instant films”. The first impressions of this collaboration will proudly be presented at WestLicht from June 17th, 2011. This exhibition will for the first time show a complete representative profile of the traditional collection, displaying never before shown pieces. Combined with the first results of the new Impossible Collection, the magic of instant photography will be lifted onto the next level. Hatje Cantz published a catalog to accompany the exhibition: FROM POLAROID TO IMPOSSIBLE / MASTERPIECES OF INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY – THE WESTLICHT COLLECTION. This publication features selected Polaroid masterpieces and new Impossible instant photography by contemporary artists such as Stefanie Schneider and Nobuyoshi Araki.


Gallery Information

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WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Westbahnstrße 40,1070 Vienna Contact Phone + 43 (0)1 522 66 36 | E-mailinfo@westlicht.com | Site www.westlicht.com

EXHIBITION

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