The Richard Meier-designed, internationally renowned Museum Frieder Burda is currently exhibiting a major exhibition of German artist and photographer, Katharina Sieverding. Perhaps best known for her self-portraiture, the Baden-Baden-based show brings together a much wider array of works that span Sieverding’s pioneering 60-year oeuvre.
Katharina Sieverding PROJECTED DATA IMAGES 03 2009 Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Curated by Udo Kittelmann in cooperation with the artist, the exhibition, entitled Watching the Sun at Midnight, is an extensive one; the solo presentation comprising her videos of the late 1960s, oversized self-portrait series of the 1970s, as well as more contemporary works including Gefechtspause (Ceasefire), which looks in detail at lockdowns during the COVID-19 crisis.
Born in Prague in 1944 to German parents, the photographer divides her time between Berlin and Düsseldorf, and is a professor at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Continuously focussing her artistic energy on political issues, Sieverding is widely considered a pioneer of photography, testing the boundaries of the medium’s technical possibilities, whilst using unconventional visual strategies to reinvigorate the artistic potential of photography, introducing the super-sized format which makes up a large part of her exhibitions.
Having opened 28 August, Watching the Sun at Midnight follows on from the photography pioneer’s other (now closed) show, Headlines, which took place at the museum’s Berlin exhibition space, Salon Berlin. This exhaustive and exhilarating show, spanning the exceedingly attractive Museum Frieder Burda is set to continue throughout 2021, closing 9 January 2022.
Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen. Museum Frieder Burda © Katharina Sieverding
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding, GROSSFOTO XIII/79
WE HAVE FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD 1979
Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm
© Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969 Digitale Bildprojektion 233 Bilder © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969 Digitale Bildprojektion 233 Bilder © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding, STEIGBILD X 1997
Farbfotografie, Acryl, Stahlrahmen 300 x 375 cm 3-teilig, je 300 x 125 cm
© Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen. Museum Frieder Burda © Katharina Sieverding
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding, GEFECHTSPAUSE III 2020
Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Katharina Sieverding: XI/78, SCHLACHTFELD DEUTSCHLAND, 1978 C-Print, Acryl, Stahlrahmen 300 x 375 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst 2021
Katharina Sieverding MOTORKAMERA 1973-74 336 Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien 5 x gelbe Leuchtstoffröhren 252 x 832 cm 28-teilig, je 252 x 29,7 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
