Boris von Brauchitsch

Boris von Brauchitsch (born August 9, 1963 in Aachen ) is a German art historian , curator , photographer and writer . He mainly writes art books .

Boris von Brauchitsch, 2016

life and work

Boris von Brauchitsch grew up as the son of the photographers Helga and Victor von Brauchitsch in Frankfurt am Main and dealt with photography from an early age. After studying art history, archeology and history in Frankfurt, Bonn and Berlin (Free University) from 1983 to 1988, he was in 1991 with a thesis on the photographer Herbert List in the field of photographic history doctorate.

Since 1992 he has worked as a curator of exhibitions and events of contemporary art, among others at the institutions Kunstmuseum Bonn , Universität Hamburg , Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Kunstverein Morsbroich Leverkusen, Historisches Museum Frankfurt , Bavarian State Opera and New Society for Fine Arts Berlin (NGBK ). From 1992 to 1993 he was director of the Galerie der Künstler in Frankfurt am Main and from 1995 to 1997 founding director and director of the Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren .

He is also an author u. a. emerged with publications on various focuses, especially in the field of photography history. He has also written a number of artist biographies and edited various illustrated books on the history of Berlin. Occasionally he also publishes as a freelance journalist.

In his writings on art theory, von Brauchitsch repeatedly deals with the mechanisms involved in the creation and exploitation of art. In doing so, he also crosses the boundaries between non-fiction and performance, between real sources and fictional artist biographies, between essay and drama.

As a photographer, he mainly devotes himself to landscapes and city details, which he often presents in reduced, sometimes surreal tableaus. In his long-term project "Social Plastic", he records social phenomena that materialize in plastic. With the "9" series, he advocates a radical reduction in image production: at every new location the photographer visits, only nine photographs are created to condense a first impression.

Boris von Brauchitsch lives in Berlin and Las Palmas.

Quote

“Boris von Brauchitsch is a photographer, art historian and curator. As the author of numerous artist monographs, of publications on the history of photography, but also as a fiction writer and even as the author of a play on the history of the documenta, he is a great narrator. Both aspects, the pre-informed gaze of the art historian, who can summon a multitude of images for every object envisaged, as well as the very pronounced narrative concern of the writer, shape his photographic work in a decisive way. With a gaze trained in this way and sharpened by ironic awareness, he succeeds in making complex narratives of great poetry recognizable in seemingly succinct stories. "

Works

• Adolphe de Meyer. Encounter with the Faun. Edition Braus, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3862281084 .
• Phantom Paradise / Phantom Paradise. Hans Georg Berger - Hervé Guibert. Serindia, Chicago / Edition Salzgerber, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-1-932476-93-4 .
• Revelations. The Thomas Herrendorf Collection. , Edition Braus 2019, ISBN 978-3-86228-205-0
• gone. The automization in historical photos from Berlin. Edition Braus 2019, ISBN 978-3-86228-201-2
• The life of Leonardo da Vinci. Insel Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-458-36403-0 .
• away. Edition Carpentier, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-966637-62-4 .
• Waiting. Edition Carpentier, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-966637-60-0 .
• Social plastic. Edition Carpentier, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-966637-61-7 .
• The animal in you. Edition Carpentier, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-966637-63-1 .
• Under steam . Berlin long-distance and regional train stations in historical photographs, Edition Braus, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-86228-175-6 .
• Gabriele Münter. A biography. Insel Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-458-36290-6 .
• Insight. Three journeys into the innermost world of Shiite Islam. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86828-818-6 .
• The leader's shadow. The photographer Walter Frentz between avant-garde and Obersalzberg. Edition Braus, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86228-158-9 .
• Light, air and luxury. West Berlin living dreams of the 1960s and 1970s. Bebra Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-8148-0223-7 .
• Without motor. The bicycle in old Berlin. Edition Braus, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86228-160-2 .
• 9. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86828-714-1 .
• S - black. Dark mood in the light of the visual arts. (= Mood atlas. Volume 12). Textem Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-941613-90-4 .
• Everything but work . Edition Braus, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86228-141-1 .
• Berlin. The cemetery guide . Edition Braus, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86228-116-9 .
• In the deep valley of the death claw . Play 2014
• Fux. Tracks, photographs by Andreas Fux. Edition Braus, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86228-113-8 .
• Indictments. West Berlin before urban renewal, photographs by Heinrich Kuhn. Edition Braus, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86228-089-6 .
• Lesser Ury. Mild feverish attacks. Continuous rain. Edition Braus, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86228-052-0 .
• I don't like white. Lim & Asmuth Publications, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-941765-59-7 .
• documentale. Scoville Art Publishers, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-941825-35-2 .
• Leonardo da Vinci. Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-518-18248-2 .
• Goodbye London. New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-938515-36-5 .
• Michelangelo. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt 2009, ISBN 978-3-518-18239-0 .
• Helga and Victor von Brauchitsch. Visibility. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86828-049-4 .
• There are pearls that no sow can find . Schwules Museum, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-9812706-4-8 .
• Architecture classics . Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-15-020165-7 .
• All true . Roman, Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-939542-21-6 .
• as editor: Michelangelo. Love poems. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-34944-0 .
• Caravaggio. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-18225-3 .
• Sex work. Art myth reality. Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-939583-17-2 .
• You only see what you know. The Green Box, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-908175-26-7 .
• Mala Historia Fotografii. Cyklady Warszawa 2004, ISBN 83-86859-90-3 .
• 20th century gallery. 100 extraordinary masterpieces. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-8321-7342-0 .
• GF Ris, the sculptural work 1958–2001. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-87909-777-1 .
• Little history of photography. Reclam-Verlag, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-15-010502-1 .
• Pearls before the swine. Novel. Himmelstürmer Verlag, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-934825-11-7 .
• as editor: Renaissance. 16th century. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-7701-4620-4 .
• Renaissance. Barron's, New York 2000, ISBN 0-7641-1336-4 .
• Renaissance. DuMont Verlag, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-7701-4710-3 .
• Beyond Eden. Guardians, avengers, messengers and protectors - a view of angels. Kaufbeuren 1999.
• Brunelleschi's egg. The short but true story of the invention of Leon Battista Alberti. Christian Rohr Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-926602-17-1 .
• Thomas Ruff / Thomas Emde. Kaufbeuren 1997.
• Fabrizio Plessi. Fez-Fez. Kaufbeuren 1997.
• The silence in the forest. Twelve European artists on the topic of home. Wasmuth Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8030-3085-4 .
• Hot broth. Poverty, homelessness and exclusion in Germany. Wasmuth Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8030-3083-8 .
• Masks and meditations. Expressionism and religiosity in Burkina Faso's sculpture and the late work of Alexej von Jawlenky. Wasmuth Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8030-3080-3 .
• The magic in passing. Herbert List and photography. Lit Verlag, Münster 1992, ISBN 3-89473-392-6 .
• Thomas Ruff. Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt 1992, ISBN 3-88270-466-7 .
• Xaver Rammbock: The world of bulbous noses: a socio-rhinological study. Männerschwarm Verlag, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-939542-99-5 .

Exhibitions as a photo artist (selection)

• 2019 Plástico Social. Galeria Saro Leon, Las Palmas
• 2018 I don't like white. Carpentier Gallery, Berlin
• 2017 9th project room 11 qm Berlin (E)
• 2016 Photography # 3 . Kunstverein Bad Nauheim (with Helga and Victor von Brauchitsch)
• 2014 Imagenes de Viaje. German Consulate Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (E)
• 2012 I don´t like white. Atelierhaus Frankfurt, Frankfurt (E)
• 2011 Secured livelihoods. Gallery Krämer, Berlin (E); (Self) portrait, Schwules Museum Berlin (G)
• 2010 three times from Brauchitsch. Does photography make you happy? Camera and Photo Museum Leipzig; ISLAmAYOR, Amphora Berlin (G)
• 2009 La vaca curiosa. Gnosa Hamburg (E); Surveying, Kulturstiftung Schloss Agathenburg / Kunsthalle Faust, Hanover (G)
• 2008 A> B. Galerie MFK, Berlin (together with Andreas Fux )
• 2007 hunting party. Cultural Parliament Soest (G)
• 2006 identify your target. Coach House, Berlin (E); ball of fame. Substation Copenhagenerstrasse, Berlin (G)
• 2003 telling a work of art. Jensen Gallery, Auckland & Public Art Gallery, Dunedin (G)
• 2002 never did. State Bank Berlin (G)
• 2001 Quiet Life. Galerie Westwerk, Hamburg (together with Maria Ploskow )
• 1999 Own a Piece of Paradise. Galerie Caduta Sassi, Munich (E)

Web links

• Literature by and about Boris von Brauchitsch in the catalog of the German National Library
• borisvonusenitsch.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans W. Korfmann : Kreuzberger Chronik. No. 156, March 2014, p. 8.
2. ↑ Boris von Brauchitsch: The life of Leonardo da Vinci. Insel Taschenbuch Verlag, 2019; Leonardo da Vinci. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2010, p. 2.
3. ↑ Marianne Wellershoff : An end to the silence in the forest . In: KulturSPIEGEL. 5/1996 (culture supplement of the Spiegel )
4. ↑ In the deep valley of the Deathclaw. Program booklet. State Theater Kassel , 2014.
5. ↑ Rafael von Uslar: Between Black and White. In: Jesus, alone. An attempt on the Christian in the photographic work of Boris von Brauchitsch. Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-966637-64-8 , p. 3.
6. ↑ Xaver Rammbock: The world of bulbous noses. borisvonusenitsch.de, accessed on July 21, 2020 .