Biography
- Beate Gutschow was born in Mainz, Germany, 1970
- Studied at the School of the Fine Arts, Oslo- as well as the School of the Fine Arts, Hamburg, Germany
- "She has appeared in one-person and group shows throughout Europe and recently had her first show in the US at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College Chicago, and at Danziger Projects.
- Recieved the 2006 Ars Viva Prize, an Otto-Dix Prize of New Media, and a Villa Aurora fellowship.
- Lives and works in Berlin, represented by Danziger Projects in New York, Barbara Gross Galerie in Munich, and Produzentengalerie in Hamburg
- The work "compels the viewer to think about humankind's celebration of nature and our ceaseless desire to control it."
- digitally produced photographs with high attention to detail, she uses an archive of images specifically to create seamless collages
- "The landscapes (series LS) are constructed to convey the "perfect" pastoral scene. In stark contrast, the cityscapes (series S) present an eerily familiar vision of a nonexistant but clearly dystopian form of architecture. Although the two series present seemingly tranquil settings that at first appear as binary opposites, in fact, they are equally fraught with issues of control, inauthenticity, and the pursuit of perfection."
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1 comment:
we have the third one down! love beate gutschow. she might be a genius.
you should check out the work of thomas bangsted.
cheers.
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