I love this guy's work, this is a three panel photo, that does it no justice at all viewed like this, but on your wall …would look great ( or rather on my wall ! )
Anyway, galerie nordenhake in stockholm is having an exhibition of his work this month, opening on the 15th, so if you are in Stockholm , check it out. Here is the press release
Galerie Nordenhake is pleased to present a solo exhibition of
Italian artist Walter Niedermayr. Widely recognized for his large-scale, subdued
photographs of alpine landscapes in which the theme is often man’s attempted
conquest of nature, Niedermayr will exhibit works from the ongoing series Alpine
Landscapes alongside photographs from his recent series Bildraum (Image-space).
For this project he has been following the well-known Japanese architecture firm
SANAA, founded in 1995 in Tokyo by the architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue
Nishiwaza, for the past six years. The resulting multi-part photographs are
highly subjective interpretations of the architectural spaces with a special
focus on atmosphere, reception as well as the surrounding area of the buildings.
The same pale, penetrating light that spreads across a field of snow illuminates
the photographs of interiors, corridors, and construction sights of the Bildraum
series.
In all his work, Niedermayr maintains his focus on mankind’s
perceptive relationship to his surroundings. For him, space can be experienced
only through a combination of movement and sensory perception. He feels it is
impossible to fully capture a space in one photograph. These works are defined
by sequences or shifts in the images presented. His approach is clearly
reflected in the “doubling” effects, in which one element appears simultaneously
in multiple photographs, creating an alternating field of reference. Both the
landscapes and the architectural works convey the idea of light, whiteness and
transparency and a sense of the ephemeral (for which SANAA are also renowned),
revealing the complex poetics of space, light and volume.
Walter
Niedermayr was born in 1952 in Bolzano, Italy where he lives and
works.
In 2008 he participated in
MANIFESTA7 as well as exhibitions at Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Louisiana Museum,
Humlebæk and Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt. His collaborative project with SANAA
is published in the book "Walter Niedermayr / Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishiwaza /
SANAA" (Hatje Cantz Verlag Ostfildern 2007). A major retrospective was on
display at the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Kunsthalle Wien, Kunstverein
Hannover, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and Museion – Museum für
Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bozen (all 2003). Other solo exhibitions
include Centre pour l'image contemporaine, Geneva; Rupertinum, Museum für
moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst, Salzburg and NGBK Berlin.
Walter
Niedermayr has participated in numerous international group exhibitions such as
"Japan und der Westen", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2007); "Opening Up Art", Tate
Modern London (2007); "Das Versprechen der Fotografie", Hara Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Kestnergesellschaft Hannover, Centre National de la
Photographie, Paris, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
(1999); "The Politics of Place", Bildmuseet Umeå (2002 tour in Scandinavia);
"The Spirit of White" Fondation Beyeler, Basel (2003); "Public Record" MOCA, Los
Angeles (2004); "Metamorph" Venice Biennial 9th International Architecture
Exhibition (2004) and "Archit-Action" Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
(2006).
This is his fifth solo exhibition at Galerie
Nordenhake.
Opening: January 15, 2008, 17.00-20.00
Exhibition period:
January 16 – February 15, 2009
Opening hours: Tuesday – Friday
11.00–18.00,
Saturday–Sunday 12.00–16.00
Installation views are available
after the opening at www.nordenhake.com
Please contact the gallery for
further information and press images.
