English
Deutsch
until 06.06. | #4290ARTatBerlin | Galerie Dittmar shows from 16. May 2024 an exhibition by the artist Horst Schäfer.
Horst Schäfer (1932-2022) emigrated to New York in 1961. He became an early employee of the New York office of Agence France-Press (AFP), thereby gaining access to important press agencies and photo magazines. His work appears in Newsweek, Harper’s Bazaar, Life, Fortune, among others. First major article in 1962 in US Camera, 1964 exhibition of “Architectural Views” at the Rockefeller Center, subsequently several photo reports in the New York Times.
In addition, there is free work, which often develops from dealing with the topography of Manhattan. The architectural photographs, with their abstract, structural conception and lighting, open up their own aesthetic world and open up new possibilities for the medium. Likewise, the street scenes, the images of the parks and urban outskirts condense a specific moment, as they convey something timeless through the compositional quality, the black and white values and the atmospheric content.
Horst Schäfer, 42nd Street, 1971, Courtesy Galerie Dittmar
In 1968 he was named “Outstanding Press Photographer of the Year 1968”. After returning to Germany in 1980, he resumed agency work. The magazine Nike. European Photograph publishes a large-format special issue on Horst Schäfer in 1994. In 1996, a comprehensive exhibition took place in the art collections of Veste Coburg and in 1997 in the New Collection in Munich. The publication was awarded the “Sappi European Book Printer of the Year Award”. In 2020, Edition Dittmar published an expanded and completely revised new edition of the New York catalog on Horst Schäfer from 2012, with qualified specialist articles and a detailed, commented biography.
Horst Schäfer, Jamaica Bay, 1971, Galerie Dittmar
“Horst Schäfer is a reportage photographer, but his view of the world is that of an artist. That didn’t make his career easy, and despite many prizes, books and exhibitions, he is still one of the unknown greats of the medium.” (F.A.Z., January 3, 2013)
Opening: Thursday, 16. May 2024, noon – 6 pm
Exhibition period: Thursday, 16. May until Thursday, 6. June 2024
To the Gallery
Image caption: Horst Schäfer, 7th Avenue, Garment District, 1962, Courtesy Galerie Dittmar
Exhibition Horst Schäfer – Galerie Dittmar | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
