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GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Press release René Groebli, Nudes Martin
Press release Exhibition: 01.09 – 08.10.2016 Opening reception and Book signing: Thursday September 15th 2016, from 6pm to 9pm, the artists will be present. For this season’s opening, a double exhibition with photographs by René Groebli and Martin Essl: René Groebli, Nudes « I have always been fascinated by the feminine. The beauty of the forms, the aura, the sensuousness … » Last fall, the gallery presented the series The Eye of Love and The Magic of the Rail by René Groebli (born in 1927). It was the first exhibition in France of this great Swiss photographer whose career runs through the entire second half of the twentieth century. His personal work thus follows with curiosity and versatility the history of photography. Nudes, issued this year by the Swiss publisher Sturm & Drang, reveals a magnificent study of the female body. Groebli has challenged the technical possibilities of the medium and explores overprint, distorting or using the grain of the silver film, in order to bring a timeless atmosphere around his models’ figures. Beyond a simple representation of nudity, the photographer capture lines and forms, light and shadows in compositions where the fascination for sensuality comes with an extended aesthetic research. Martin Essl, Le Château Rouge Le Château Rouge is the first volume of a series of photographic essays conceived by the Austrian-born artist Martin Essl (he was born in 1982 and moved to Paris in 2012). Named after the Paris metro station, this work presents itself as a sensitive and urban fiction about the photographer’s daily life. We had a huge coup de coeur on this beautiful book where the artist transforms a ordinary reality through the filter of photography. Each photograph chosen by Martin Essl is a poem with acid colors and light that illuminates the details of the city, the body of a woman, a piece of sky or the front of a bus with a magical aura. Opening reception and book signing with both artists, Thursday September 15th, from 6pm to 9pm. GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France For any inquiries, please contact Sabine Guédamour by email at [email protected] or by phone at +33 (0)9 51 51 24 50 Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] 1 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Press Images René Groebli, Nude #1248, 1956 Gelatin silver print, 40 x 50 cm, edition of 7 René Groebli, Nude #880, 2002 Gelatin silver print, 30 x 40 cm, edition of 7 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] The use of images is exclusively reserved for promotion of the exhibition and valid up to three months after the end date of the exhibition. Obligatory mention : © René Groebli, Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff 2 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Press Images René Groebli, Nude #765, 2001 Gelatin silver print, 50 x 40 cm, edition of 7 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] The use of images is exclusively reserved for promotion of the exhibition and valid up to three months after the end date of the exhibition. Obligatory mention : © René Groebli, Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff 3 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Biography Artist René Groebli René Groebli was born in 1927 in Zurich. He took his first pictures with a Rolleiflex in 1942 and began to learn photography the following year. In 1945, he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Zurich with Hans Finsler then worked as a film operator and began experimenting movement photography. In 1949, he published his first book Magie der Schiene (Rail Magic), with a radical aesthetic with creative use of blur and grain in the image. In 1954, Das Auge der Liebe (The Eye of Love), includes photographs of his wife taken during their honeymoon and offers a poetic vision of erotic photography. In the 1950s, he worked as a photo-reporter for the London agency Black Star and published his pictures in major magazines of that time. He then openned an advertising and industrial photography studio where he worked until his retirement. Recognized as a master of color, he practiced all genres and followed the stylistic and technical evolution of photography over five decades in an approach where cutting edge pictures follow a classic aesthetic. In 1981, the photographer sold his fund and settled in Provence, where he rediscovered the possibilities of black and white in his personal work. He continued to exhibit and publish his work and in 1999 the Zurich Kunsthaus dedicated him a major retrospective exhibition. Solo shows (selection) 2016 Early Work, Bildhalle, Kilchberg, Switzerland 2015 Early Work, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France Early Work, Bildband, Berlin 2012 Rétrospective, Fondation Auer Ory, Hermance, Switzerland 2009 Rétrospective, Galerie Hiltawsky, Berlin, Germany Various, Galerie Infocus, Cologne, Germany 2008 Retrospective, aplanat Galerie, Hambourg, Germany 2006 The Eye of Love, Trains, Kamera und Fotomuseum, Leipzig, Germany 2003 Mouvements, Galerie Stasia Hutter, Basel, Switzerland 2001 Irlande, Galerie Commercio, Zurich, Switzerland 1999 Magie und Melancholie, retrospective show, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland 1992 Rétrospective, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland Rétrospective, Mairie du 10e for the Mois de la Photo, Paris, France The Eye of Love et Trains, Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] 4 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 1984 Hommage au féminin, Galerie Djélal, Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France 1979 Fantaisies, Galerie Dieuzaide, Toulouse, France Fnac Etoile, Paris, France 1978 Babylon, Babylon, Rencontre Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France 1966 Dye Transfers, Galerie 58, Rapperswill, Switzerland 1954 Galerie 16, Zurich, Switzerland 1949 Anliker-Keller, Bern, Switzerland Group shows (selection) 2015 Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France Kunst 15 Zürich, Bildehalle Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland 2008 Trains, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, USA 2003 Trains, Maison Robert Doisneau, Gentilly, France 2002 New York après New York, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland 1990 Le Train, Centre National de la Photographie, Paris, France 1984 Subjective Fotografie, touring exhibition, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, USA 1974 Schweizer Photographie von 1840 bis heute, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland 1955 Family of Man, Moma, New York, USA 1952 Exposition mondiale de la photo, Lucern, Switzerland Publications Das Auge der Liebe, Sturm & Drang, 2014 (first published in 1954) Magie der Schiene, Kubus editions, 2009 (first published in 1949) GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France René Groebli, Ides et Calendes editions, 1990 Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] 5 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff René Groebli, Visionen, 1946-1991, Niggili editions, 1992 Die Muschel, Eigenverlag, Zürich, 1984 Fantasies, Images Gallery, New York, 1978 Photo Variation 2 - Kommunikative Möglichkeiten der Farbfotografie, Arthur Niggli editions, 1971 Variation, Möglichkeiten der Farbfotografie, Niggli, 1965 Awards Swiss Grant, 1951 Encouragement Award, 1953 Honorary member of the Swiss photographers’ Association, 1983 Lifetime Award from the Swiss Photo Academy, 2006 Collections MOMA, New York Folkwang Museum, Essen, Allemagne Fondation suisse pour la photographie, Zurich Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris Photo Vision, Montpellier Collection Michèle + Michel Auer, Hermance Banque du Gottard, Lugano Musée Réattu, Arles Hungarian Museum for Photography, Kecskemét GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] 6 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Press Images Martin Essl, Le Château Rouge No 31, 2015 Inkjet print, 16 x 12,8 cm, edition of 5 Martin Essl, Le Château Rouge No 18, 2015 Inkjet print, 12,8 x 16 cm, edition of 5 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] The use of images is exclusively reserved for promotion of the exhibition and valid up to three months after the end date of the exhibition. Obligatory mention : © Martin Essl, Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff 7 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Press Images Martin Essl, Le Château Rouge No 3, 2012 Inkjet print, 16 x 12,8 cm, edition of 5 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] The use of images is exclusively reserved for promotion of the exhibition and valid up to three months after the end date of the exhibition. Obligatory mention : © Martin Essl, Courtesy Galerie Esther Woerdehoff 8 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff Biography Artist Martin Essl Born in 1982, the Austrian photographer Martin Essl lives and works in Paris. He discovered photography as a child in the darkroom his father had at home and studied at the University of Art in Linz, Austria, and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art in Paris. In July 2015, he published his first book, Le Château Rouge N°1, at Kehrer Verlag. First of a series of photo essays and the result of a three-year work started when Martin Essl moved to Paris. The Paris metro station which gives the book its title becomes the starting point of a dreamlike and colorful fiction. The photographer offers a poetic journey to the viewer’s imagination, an intimate and luminous diary of daily life. Le Château Rouge N°1 was shortlisted at the Rencontres d’Arles Photo Folio Review in 2015. Exhibitions 2016 Institut Finlandais, Paris Photo Basel, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Basel Unseen, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Amsterdam (in September) Publications 2016 Der Greif, artist featured IDEAT, publication produced by les Rencontres d’Arles 2015 Le Château Rouge N°1, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin Der Greif, Robert Morat’s choice Harvey Benge Fotografia Magazine Awards 2016 Le Château Rouge N°1 shortlisted for the German Photo Book Award 2015 Arles Photo Folio Review - shortlisted 2012 Az W Photo Award - shortlisted Fine Art Photography grant by the Ministry of Culture in Austria GalerieEstherWoerdehoff 36 rue Falguière 75015 Paris - France Tel : +33 09 51 51 24 50 mar. - sam. 14h - 18h www.ewgalerie.com [email protected] 9 GalerieEstherWoerdehoff
