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until 04.07. | #2658ARTatBerlin | GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN presents from 22nd February 2020 the exhibition UTOPIA by the photographer Georges Rousse.
With the exhibition UTOPIA, Galerie Springer Berlin is presenting new works by Georges Rousse, an artist with whom the gallery has been collaborating since the start of the 1990s. The ‘physical interventions’ he performs in the spaces portrayed in his photographs continue to fascinate and confuse the observer. Even in the digital age, this fascination lives on. Rousse’s ingenious manipulations using constructions, drawings and panting are more surprising than ever in a world where the boundaries between reality and virtual reality are increasingly blurred. Using colour, light and architectural elements, Rousse transforms the three-dimensionality of the space into a two-dimensional photographic surface. Does reality become vision or vision become reality?
© Georges Rousse, Chasse-sur-Rhone, 2010, 125 x 159 cm, Ed. 5
Georges Rousse was born in Paris on 27 July 1947. He lives and works in Paris and Nice. He received his first camera, a Kodak Brownie, as a gift when he was nine years old. Since then, the camera has never left his side. He left medical school to study photography and printing techniques. After opening his own studio, he dedicated himself to architectural photography.
Later, after discovering ‘land art’ and Malevich’s Black Square against a white field, Rousse’s relationship to photography changed, and with his unique approach he began to paint abandoned spaces: derelict spaces have long held an attraction for him. Since the early 1980s, he has been linking painting and spatial representation with photography, and from this time he has also chosen to show his photographs in a large-scale format. Rousse has since been working around the world, most recently in India, Brazil and Mexico. Since the late 1980s, his works have been shown in exhibitions and museums internationally.
© Georges Rousse, Kochi 2018, 125 x 160 cm, Ed. 5
He has received numerous fellowships and awards, including the Prix de Rome, Italy (1986), the Prix ICP (Institute Center of Photography), New York (1988) and the national Grand Prix for photography, France (1993). In 2008, he succeeded Sol LeWitt as associate member of the Royal Academy in Belgium.
His works are included in many private and public collections around the world.
Vernissage: Saturday, 22nd February 2020, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Ausstellungsdaten: Saturday, 22nd February – Saturday, 4th July 2020
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Image caption: © Georges Rousse, Kochi 2018, 125 x 160 cm, Ed. 5
Exhibition Georges Rousse – GALERIE SPRINGER BERLIN | Contemporary Art – Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin – Exhibitions Berlin Galleries – ART at Berlin
