Esperanza Sparrow

Esperanza Spierling (* 1971 in Murcia, Spain ) is a contemporary artist.

Life

Esperanza Spierling studied fine arts (photography) from 1998 to 1999 at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz , then from 1999 to 2000 at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts and from 2000 to 2004 at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art , where she first obtained her diploma in 2003 and finally graduated in 2004 as a master student of Timm Rautert. Esperanza Spierling lives and works in Leipzig .

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Pictures by Esperanza Spierling on the occasion of the Marion Ermer Prize

Esperanza Spierling's work deals with images on the border between reduced photography and abstract composition of surfaces. Among other things, Esperanza Spierling is concerned with the question of whether a photograph can be viewed as a minimalist image .

The spatial views shown (e.g. museums, public interiors, subway stations, planetariums) are shown strictly frontal, deserted and untouched. Esperanza Spierling sees the increased emptiness of the room as a free imaginary space for the viewer, which she includes in the work of art: "If the museum serves as a stage for art, the stage in my work is empty. The viewer fills it with Meaning becomes the main character ". In this way, the empty space becomes the viewer's free imagination.

Public collections

Collection of the Sparkasse Leipzig
Art collection of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Awards

In 2004, Spierling was awarded the Marion Ermer Prize in Weimar .

literature

Esperanza Spierling, Torsten Reiter: Esperanza Spierling / Beyond the picture . Kerber, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-86678-149-8 .
Marion Ermer Foundation: Esperanza Spierling . Bauhaus University Weimar, 2004, ISBN 978-3-86068-237-1 .

Web links

Literature by and about Esperanza Spierling in the catalog of the German National Library
Search for Esperanza Spierling in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Esperanza Spierling at artfacts.net
On the position of Esperanza Spierling Text on the occasion of the Marion Ermer Prize award ceremony
Esperanza Spierling in the maerzgalerie

Individual evidence

↑ Curriculum Vitae Esperanza Spierling on the website of the maerzgalerie
^ Timm Rautert: Close the Gap: Studying with Timm Rautert . Kerber, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-86678-156-6 .
^ Kunstsammlungen Zwickau, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus: By far - very close: Photography from Leipzig . Kerber, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-86678-189-4 .
^ Esperanza Spierling in Paolo Bianchi: Aesthetics of Photography. Typology of six forms of perception by photographers and photographs , in: Kunstforum international , Vol. 192 (2008)

personal data
SURNAME	Sparrow, Esperanza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Murcia , Spain

[1] Curriculum Vitae Esperanza Spierling on the website of the maerzgalerie

[2] Timm Rautert: Close the Gap: Studying with Timm Rautert . Kerber, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-86678-156-6 .

[3] Kunstsammlungen Zwickau, Kunstmuseum Dieselkraftwerk Cottbus: By far - very close: Photography from Leipzig . Kerber, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-86678-189-4 .

[4] Esperanza Spierling in Paolo Bianchi: Aesthetics of Photography. Typology of six forms of perception by photographers and photographs , in: Kunstforum international , Vol. 192 (2008)