Andreas Schmidt (artist)
Andreas Schmidt (* 1967 in Werneck ) is a German artist , photographer and gallery owner .
Life
Schmidt moved from Germany to England in 1989 and studied photography at Nottingham Trent University until 1992. Schmidt's works after 1992 are mainly based on analog photography, but since 2008 the artist has dedicated himself to appropriation art , video art and print-on-demand artist books.
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The German photo and art book publisher Hatje Cantz published Andreas Schmidt's first photo book in 2005 under the title “Las Vegas”. In the text accompanying the book, Christoph Ribbat writes : "Strict cataloging, ecstatic enthusiasm for light, ironic comments on architainment - Schmidt pulls all of these registers. The sobriety of New Topographics resonates, the humor of New Color, the smart objectivity newer German photo art. " In a postcard to Schmidt, the British writer JG Ballard described Schmidt as the "poet of the hotel corridor".
Hatje Cantz published Schmidt's second photo book in 2009, in which Schmidt takes a critical look at London's financial district in his photographs. The British art and photography critic Roy Exley explains in his text “The Drama of Illusion: The City” in the book: “They are photographs that often play the role of photography and thus also the role of the viewer of these architectural photographs, but also the role question the architecture. "
In 2009, Schmidt was a founding member of ABC Artists' Books Cooperative , an international network by and for artists who create print-on-demand artist books ; he left the cooperative in 2014. On November 14, 2013 Schmidt presented his total book art work sculpture, 77 print-on-demand books on a handmade shelf, to the public for the first time during the “Offprint” art book fair in Paris .
His artist's book "The Time Machine" was in 2015 in the group exhibition on "A History of Photography Series and Sequences" Victoria and Albert Museum shown in London, which also works by Nicholas Nixon , August Sander , Eadweard Muybridge and Lewis Baltz were seen .
Schmidt's works are in numerous collections, such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the FRAC Center in Orléans , the “Center Des Livres Artistes” in Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche and the “Minnesota Center for Book Arts” in Minneapolis in the USA .
After living in London for 22 years, Schmidt moved to Berlin in 2014 and opened the “Galerie Andreas Schmidt” in 2016 with a focus on contemporary art and photography.
Exhibitions
- 2016 Belgium to Berlin, artworks by Justin Lee Stansfield , Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin
- 2016 Half Price Sale, artworks by Andreas Schmidt, Galerie Andreas Schmidt, Berlin
- 2015 Ego Update, NRW Duesseldorf
- 2014 Brighton Photo Biennial, Brighton
- 2013 Minnesota Center for Book Arts Directed: The Intersection of Bookart and Film, Minnesota, USA
- 2013 Center Des Livres Artistes, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, France images / images of images / no images
- 2013 Gagosian Gallery , NYC, USA 'Ed Ruscha Books & Co.'
- 2012 Photographers' Gallery, London, UK 'The Animated Gif'
- 2012 Cleveland Museum of Art , Ohio, USA 'Photographers & Books'
- 2011 Les Rencontres d'Arles, France 'From Here On'
- 2011 Kunsthalle Schweinfurt, Germany, 'Parallel Nature'
- 2008 Goethe-Institut , London, UK
Web links
- Literature by and about Andreas Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ International exhibitions overview
- ↑ Career public profile
- ↑ London Artist Guide Printed Matter
- ↑ Print-on-demand books artist books
- ^ Films by Andreas Schmidt Art in Motion by Andreas Schmidt
- ^ Las Vegas Publishing
- ↑ WDR Television Interview ( Memento from September 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official Website Artslant Worldwide [1] Exhibition
- ^ Andreas Schmidt Recent Exhibits
- ↑ Official Website Photographers' Gallery Exhibition ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Press Article Andreas Schmidt Exhibition Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
- ↑ Official Website Goethe Institut Atopia Exhibition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer, artist and gallery owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Werneck |