SELECTED WORKS BY Markus Amm
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Markus Amm
Untitled
1999
Photogram on fiber based paper
24 x 18 cm |
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In his Untitled series, Markus Amm revives the technique of the photogram. Pioneered as an art form by Man Ray and Moholy Nagy (the latter of which coined the term "photogram"), the process utilises rudimentary photograph principles: objects are placed on a photosensitive surface, and briefly exposed to light to create an abstracted "x-ray" image, an inverted shadow outline of suggestive form. |
Markus Amm
Untitled
1999
Photogram on fiber based paper
24 x 18 cm |
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Adopting this approach a means to literally draw with light, Amm engages with modernist history and contemporary conceptions of space and technology. Presented in small format, Amm's compositions are compacted micro architectures, his converging luminous geometries give the illusion of space age structures. |
Markus Amm
Untitled
1999
Photogram on fiber based paper
24 x 18 cm |
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Amm's angular patterns are also reminiscent of abstract and cubist paintings. Devoid of colour and mechanically produced, Amm's photos combine the optimism of the avant-garde with an impersonal futuristic aesthetic. |
Markus Amm
Untitled
1999
Photogram on fiber based paper
24 x 18 cm |
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Markus Amm
Untitled
2006
photographs, MDF
162 x 222 cm |
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ARTIST INFORMATION
Markus Amm's BIOGRAPHY
1969
Born in Emsdetten, Stuttgart, Germany
Lives and works in London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
The Breeder, Athens
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
David Kordansky Gallery, LA
2005
Herald Street, London
2003
Späte Blätter, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
Ladybird, Gastatelier Goldbekhaus, Hamburg
2002
Projektraum vier5, Fiedler/Reichert, Frankfurt/M.
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
2001
Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
Galerie 45, Fiedler /Reichert, Frankfurt (with Kerstin Stoll)
Katsura, KX Kampnagel, Hamburg
Post, Galerie Nomadenoase/Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg
2000
Die MandarinEmphase, HfbK, Hamburg
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Finding Neverland, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
West London Projects, London
2005
Liquid soft lightningTouch, Doggerfisher, Edinborough
Meet You at The Corner, Fortescue Ave, London
Inaugural, Herald St, London
Herald St and The Modern Institute Present, GBE, NYC
Alles in einer Nacht, Tanya Bonakdar, New York
William Blake & Sons, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork
Irrational thoughts should …, Galerie Hauf, Stuttgart
The addiction, Gagosian Gallery Berlin
2004
Formalismus, Kunstverein in Hamburg
Black Friday. Excercises in Hermetics, Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Lokaltermin, Haus der Kunststiftung Baden Württenberg, Stuttgart
Austellungsraum, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Hamburg
Kunstlichtkongress, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zurich
New Party, The Breeder Projects, Athens
2003
Reisefreiheit, Stipendiatenaustellung, Kunsthaus Hamburg
EAST, Norwich gallery
Work on paper, Dumbo Art Centre, New York
2002
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Stipendiatenausstellung , Hamburg
Yes, we’re excerpts, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Metropolitan, Galerie Jürgen Becker, Galerie Karin Guenther, Hamburg
rraum02-ikonblast,manifesta 4, Frankfurt
Jahresgaben Hamburger Kunstverein Kaiserstr. 21a, Karlsruhe
Ich ging im Walde, Galerie Borgmann/Nathusius, Cologne
2001
First review, Galerie 45, Frankfurt
2000
Lumiere Aluminique, videoprojection, Robert Johnson, Frankfurt
1999
1, Video, Videolounge Messehalle 2, Bremen
Temple-Bar-Gallery, Multiple tohether with Cardiophon
1, videoprojection (with Stefan Panhans), Fahrradhalle Offenbach
1998
Osygus, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Echo-Park, Bieber- Haus, Hamburg
tele 5, Hamburg, Videos Eau Sauvage, Monochrome Orange
1997
Space and other Infinities, Passau
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Other artists in OUT OF FOCUS: PHOTOGRAPHY NOW
Markus Amm | Maurizio Anzeri | Tanyth Berkeley | Olaf Breuning | Gao Brothers | Elina Brotherus | Joanna Bryniarska | Dan Colen | Matthew Day Jackson | JH Engstrom | Andrea Fraser | Chitra Ganesh | Luis Gispert | Ramin Haerizadeh | Anne Hardy | Dan Holdsworth | Idris Khan | Nathan Mabry | Ryan McGinley | Josephine Meckseper | Boris Mikhailov | Laurel Nakadate | Sohei Nishino | David Noonan | Clunie Reid | Mariah Robertson | Julian Rosefeldt | Dash Snow | Meredyth Sparks | A.L. Steiner | John Stezaker | Suzanne Treister | Yumiko Utsu | Sara VanDerBeek | Pinar Yolacan
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