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Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years. If you could pile all HeLa cells ever grown onto a scale, they'd weigh more than 50 million metric tons--as much as a hundred Empire State Buildings. HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vacci≠ uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the atom bomb's effects; helped lead to important advances like in vitro f...
Ein neuer Blick
The Photographic Collection of the Museum for Photography features hidden treasures from the collections of the State Museum in Berlin on the occasion of the re-opening of the Imperial Hall. Architectural photography has already been represented in many collections, with pictures from many cultures and periods including the architectural photographs of the classical buildings of modern times in the Art Library. These photographs, previously known only to scholars, specialists and scientists, represent an example of one of the most important genres of photography. This exhibition will encompass 400 items (photographs, portfolio works and books).In 18 chapters the catalogue shows the rich variety of the collections and presents an alternative, non-canonical history of architectural photography.
Künstler Komplex
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M + M
Edited by Ludger Derenthal. Essays by Susanne Ehrenfried, Susanne Gaensheimer, Helmut Krausser, Susanne Meyer-Bser, Andreas Neumeister, Renate Puvogel, Bernhart Schwenk, Wolfgang Ullrich, Martina Weinhart, Ludger Derenthal, Susanne Ehrenfried, et al.
Jürgen Durner
Since 1992, German artist Jürgen Durner (born 1964) has created fantastically disorienting paintings on mirrored panes of glass. Depicting a mélange of architectural elements, these works, with their layered superimpositions, simulate the effect of looking into a window at night. Cast in the sickly glow of neon lights, Durner's works induce thought-provoking distortions of urban life.
Photo Micro Graphs
Edited by Christiane Stahl. Essays by Ann Thomas and Ludger Derenthal.
Ortszeit
Text in English and German. After the wall between the two German states fell in 1989, during an economic standstill, it was possible to visit places in East Germany where time seemed to have stood still. Stefan Koppelkamm, graphic and exhibition designer, author and photographer used this historical moment to photograph buildings and townscapes in East Berlin and in other locations in the former GDR whose condition often pointed back to the time before the Second World War. His motives were curiosity about a country that was largely unknown beyond its own borders and the desire to capture in images a condition that would soon disappear. Between 2001 and 2004 Koppelkamm visited the same plac...
Museum of Photography
Delving into an institution that has recently grown in popularity among photography enthusiasts the world over, this survey examines the renowned Museum of Photography in Berlin. The chapters demonstrate how the museum’s visitors are able to take a more informed look at the history of photography from its inception to the present day. The Art Library’s exhibitions are reviewed, showing the wide range of historical and contemporary expressive forms available to photography as a medium. Works by Helmut Newton and June Newton are also presented.
A Class of Their Own
The pioneer group of the Düsseldorf School The ‘Düsseldorf School’ has become a household name in the art world for one of the most successful and influential strains of modern photography. Coined in the late 1980s, the name refers mainly to the pioneer group of students of the late Bernd Becher, who in 1976 became the first professor for creative photography at a German arts academy. His students included Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff, and Thomas Struth, all of them today internationally acclaimed artists in their own right. Whereas ‘Düsseldorf School’ initially was used as a handy term for a group of artists with the same university’s background, it quickly turned into a powerful brand name both in critical and commercial contexts. Despite its welcomed impact on the art scene, the members of the ‘School’ felt rather ambiguous about their perception as a group which turned them into stars but simultaneously risked levelling individual profiles and differences. What exactly connects and distinguishes them aesthetically is for the first time thoroughly explored in Maren Polte’s pioneering study.
In the Temple of the Self. The Artist's Residence as a Total Work of Art
From Louis Comfort Tiffany to Kurt Schwitters: an immersive appreciation of the home as art As locuses of creativity, the homes of artists reflect the intellectual worlds of their creators. Starting with the Villa Stuck in Munich--the aesthetic, conceptual cosmos and life's work of the aristocratic artist Franz von Stuck--this unique volume integrates the artist's house as a category into the international discourse and is the first to assign these buildings the status of major works. About 20 examples bring to life the fascination that these artistic fantasies hold for art lovers, including both existing projects and some which, although they have been lost, were of unique importance in the...
