Presse-Information 8.9.2014
Mercedes Benz Munich and Kunstkonnex Ausstellungskonzepte cordially invite you to the vernissage of the exhibition “Female Presse-Information Images in Contemporary Photography – Works by Xiao Hui Wang, Andreas Hosch, Marlen Raabe and Juan Saliquet”. The exhibition 8.9.2014 will be presented on 21 October at 7 pm in a VIP press tour in the presence of the artists. At 8 pm, Ulrich Kowalewski, Head of Mercedes-Benz Munich, will officially open the exhibition, followed by a speech by the curator, Dr Sonja Lechner. The exhibition runs until 10 November in Arnulfstraße 61. “Female Images in Contemporary Photography”: The exhibition offers an insight into what four photographic artists from different countries, of different ages and from different cultural backgrounds consider to be today’s femininity. Xiao Hui Wang is the super- star of the Chinese arts scene, whose works have won numerous awards and been presented all over the world. She focuses on the oscillation of young women from Shanghai between East and West, tradition and modernity. Firmly rooted in the modern world, however, is Andreas Hosch, shooting star among the young wild ones: His works approach the myth of woman eternal through a tightly constructed, almost painting-like picture composition. Marlen Raabe’s black and white body pictures, on the other hand, fo- cus on the erotic power of women by playing with highly evocative motifs. Finally, the works of Juan Saliquet refer back to paragons in the history of art, which he transfers into the present by his photographs, only to modify them again by sculptural incisions. XIAO HUI WANG Xiao Hui Wang, born in Tianjin, China, works mainly in photography but also in other areas of art: sculpture, installation, film and media art.
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