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SELECTED WORKS BY Markus Amm



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Markus Amm

Untitled

1999
Photogram on fiber based paper

24 x 18 cm

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

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

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


Markus Amm

Untitled

2006
photographs, MDF

162 x 222 cm



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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