Floris Michael Neusüss

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Floris Michael Neusüss (born March 3, 1937 in Remscheid-Lennep ; † April 1, 2020 in Kassel ) was a German photographer , photo artist and university lecturer .

education

From 1953, Neusüss studied painting , graphics and photography at the Werkkunstschule Wuppertal under Ernst Oberhoff . From 1958 to 1960 he studied at the Bavarian State College in Munich and then from 1960 to 1962 at the University of the Arts in Berlin with Heinz Hajek-Halke . He then lived as a freelance photographer in Berlin , Vienna and Munich. In the 1960s, the first nudograms emerged from the further development of body photograms.

University professor in Kassel

From 1966 he taught as a freelance lecturer at the Kassel Art College. In 1972 he was appointed professor of photography at the Kassel Art College . He taught experimental photography in depth. In 1972 he founded the Fotoforum Kassel gallery at the Kunsthochschule Kassel , which deals in depth with concept photography. In 2002 Neusüss retired . 2012 Neusüss was premature legacy of the documenta Archive in Kassel. Neusüss was a full member of the German Association of Artists .

Neusüss lived and worked in Kassel.

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Neusüss was one of the main representatives of experimental photography in Germany. He focused on the reflection on the medium of photography itself.

The focus of his work was the photogram, the limits of which he repeatedly explored and redefined and which he condensed into a singular variety. Neusüss did not see himself as a pioneer , but in a long tradition of a technique and a medium that corresponds to his artistic form of expression. Christian Schad , Man Ray and László Moholy-Nagy have already dealt with photograms.

In the 1960s, Neusüss developed the nudogram as a cameraless photographer , a further development of the photogram that captures the silhouettes of mostly female photo models on photo paper. Since 1964 he also experimented with chemical painting on photograms. Neusüss' goal was to bring the photogram out of the laboratory and out of the studio to the objects. As a flaneur , Neusüss did not have the camera with him to photograph motifs, but a folder with photo paper, which he exposed using daylight and thus worked out his motifs, such as plants or windows , as in the photo series Traumbilder . For Neusüss, the photographic medium was not an impression, but a contact image. According to its interpretation, the object had touched the picture in the original.

Beyond a documentary aspect, Neusüss did not take a picture of the object, but of the object. Neusüss' oeuvre showed more than an image of reality, it was rather characterized by a surreal impression that was derived from real objects and motifs .

His 1972 portrait series VIPs at documenta 5 showed life-size photograms. These were portraits of visitors and artists. He lined up in photo campaigns of this time, such as his works Flugtraum from 1976 and Körper Auflösungen from 1977. Neusüss camera photography and conceptual photo works, like his work Schaufenster from 1971 to 1978, were made while traveling through Europe . He briefly caught the world of goods in passing. These photograms are characterized by a reminiscence of the surrealist photography of the 1920s.

In the 1980s, Neusüss also experimented with colored photograms and collages . In particular through his teaching activities and through his Kassel Forum, he shaped several generations of photographers. He also published numerous textbooks and collected photograms.

Museum reception

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Exhibitions

  • 2018: Further times shadow photograms . Art in the Bundestag , Berlin
  • 2017: Intent and Gesture: Photograms - Color (1966–2007) , solo exhibition, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles
  • 2016: Leibniz 'camp , solo exhibition, Center for Art and Media Technology, Karlsruhe
  • 2015: Dreams + Photograms , solo exhibition by Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles
  • 2012: Dream pictures - picture dreamers, early camera photographs and photo campaigns by Floris Neusüss , Münchner Stadtmuseum
  • 2005: Before Troy - antique photographs , Winckelmann Museum , Stendal
  • 1997: Participation in the 45th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists in Wismar and Rostock
  • 1977: Kunstverein Kassel , Kassel

literature

  • The photogram in 20th century art , DuMont, Cologne 1990, ISBN 3-7701-1767-0 .
  • with TO Immisch (Ed.): The second avant-garde. The Fotoforum Kassel 1972–1982 , Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2008, ISBN 978-3-89812-490-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
  2. ^ Art: art edition March-April ISSN  1866-542X p. 15.
  3. ↑ münchen-stadtmuseum.de: Floris Neusüss - dream images. Photographs 1958 to 1983 (accessed November 25, 2015)
  4. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Exhibitions since 1951 / What is. (1997) ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 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. (accessed on November 25, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Neusüss, Floris Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Remscheid - Lennep
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2020
Place of death kassel