Elger Esser

Elger Esser (born May 11, 1967 in Stuttgart ) is a German artist . His main medium is photography . He is considered a representative of the Düsseldorf Photo School .

Life

Esser spent childhood and youth in Rome (1969–1986); After graduating from the German school there and training as a photographer , he studied photography from 1991 to 1997 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Professor Bernd Becher . From 1996 he was a master student and in 1997 received the academy letter of the art academy.

As a photo artist, Elger Esser has been represented at numerous exhibitions in national and international museums and galleries since the mid-1990s. From 2006 to 2009 he was a professor at the State University for Design in Karlsruhe in the media art department . Esser lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Awards

• 1998 award for fine arts of the city of Düsseldorf .
• 1998 DAAD travel grant “Italy”.
• 2010 Rhenish Art Prize
• 2016 Oskar Schlemmer Prize .

Exhibitions

• 2017: Morgenland , Galerie Kewenig, Berlin
• 2017: Elger Esser - Aetas , State Gallery in the State Museum, Linz (Upper Austria)
• 2016: zeitigen , Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
• 2014: L'âge d'or , Galerie Kewenig, Berlin
• 2012: Stille Wellen , State Museum for Art and Cultural History Oldenburg
• 2011: Lichte Weite , LVR-LandesMuseum, Bonn
• 2010: Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
• 2009: Eigenzeit , Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
• 2008: French Landscapes 1990–2008 , FO.KU.S - Photo Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck
• 1999: Sonnabend Gallery, New York
• 1998: Kunstverein Siegen, Siegen
• 1997: Kunstverein Hagen, Hagen
• 1995: Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf

Group exhibition

• 2010: The red Bulli: Stephan Shore and the new Düsseldorf photography. NRW Forum for Culture and Economy , Düsseldorf
• 2009: Lothar Schirmer Collection. Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts , Munich

Publications

• Proper time. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8296-0418-5 .
• Elger Esser (ed.): Wrecks. Author's edition, Düsseldorf 2009.
• Views / Vues: Images from an archive. Pictures from the Archive 2004-2008. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8296-0357-7 .
• Cap d'Antifer-Etretat. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-8296-0047-7 .
• Vedute and landscapes 1996–2000. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2000, ISBN 978-3-88814-936-8 .
• with Manfred Esser : To Italy. Kehrer, Heidelberg 2000, ISBN 978-3-933257-20-8 .

Movie

• Elger Esser. Conversation with video recordings, France, Germany, 2013, 43 min., Moderation: Anja Höfer , production: arte France, editing: Square , first broadcast: March 17, 2013 on arte, interview and video excerpts from arte.

Lexical entry

• Hans-Michael Koetzle: Photographers AZ . Taschen Germany, 2015 ISBN 978-3-8365-5433-6

Web links

• Elger Esser at artnet.de
• Literature by and about Elger Esser in the catalog of the German National Library
• Elger Esser - Aetas , Alexandra Matzner about Elger Esser's exhibition "Aetatis" in Linz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rheinischer Kunstpreis 2010 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. to Elger Esser 
2. ↑ Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Website of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History Oldenburg
4. ^ Website Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem
5. ↑ Internet site Kunstmuseum Stuttgart ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Internet site FO.KU.S - Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.