Hermann Stamm
Hermann Stamm (born September 21, 1953 in Kulmbach ) is a German photo artist and professor for visual communication and photography at the Bauhaus University in Weimar .
Life
Stamm completed a degree in graphic design with a degree in designer at the FH Würzburg in 1978. This was followed by a degree in visual communication / photography with a degree from Floris M. Neusüss at the GhK Kassel in 1981. This was followed by teaching assignments and lectures at various international universities. Stamm received an appointment to the DFA in 1990. Since 1993 he has been professor for visual communication and photography at the Bauhaus University Weimar .
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“The lost reputation - images from the filing of oblivion.
Hermann Stamm, born in 1953, has made a name for himself with photo series, books and book objects. They have titles such as: "The Forbidden Death", "The Teaching", "The Forbidden Suffering", "Pictures from the Registry of Reflection" or "The lost reputation". Although he uses photography for almost all of his work and has received various prizes and awards from relevant committees and professional associations, he does not see himself as a photographer. The compilation of series as well as the text that creates contextualization are inseparable from Hermann Stamm's artistic approach. The individual sheets, as vividly as they speak to the senses for themselves, are still incomplete in themselves. Only when they are in the right context does a striking effect arise. The forcefulness of his photos results precisely from the conflict between their aesthetics, their deeper consideration, inviting attention to detail with supposedly inconspicuous content and the semantic charge through the knowledge contributed by the viewer.
In doing so, the artist makes use of specific, contemporary means, as the forensic scientists - Christian Boltanski, for example - introduced them to art at the same time. Documentation and archive, from which past life is also to be reconstructed through a mental act, provide the motives for his approach, as the objects collected there are not kept for their own sake, but because they are carriers of symbols, for what is absent, that through them can be conjured up again. Hermann Stamm uses the closeness to death, oblivion and temporality that is inevitable in the process of photography, since a photo always preserves the past and thus invites comparison with the present, to create something like a contemporary memento mori.
The ars humilis, continued by Hermann Stamm, the "modest art" known in religious contexts, which tried to give us thoughts of death, decay and transience with its "poveren" material, leads us back to the original beginnings, namely to the fact that all regions and art are founded in the knowledge of one's own death. "
“To the self-portraits by Hermann Stamm.
Hermann Stamm has been photographing himself again and again since 1979. A collection in the thousands has been created. We see the photographer in front of the Berlin Wall, the World Trade Center in New York, the Napoleon bust in Amiens and on the Gulf of Naples. The time is reflected twice in the pictures, on his face and the background. The photographer is the paradox, but the consistent guarantor for a different view of the things behind him. Stamm does away with the old idea that in photography the matter itself could be expressed. It doubles the subjectivity of the photographer, who is not only present in the composition of the picture, but who cannot be overlooked in the picture either. The images from "The Registry of Reflection" by Hermann Stamm make this operation of the photographic image acquisition clear even before digitization. Conversely, one recognizes that the photographer is also in the picture where he does not depict himself. Stamm's face tends to disappear in the eye of the beholder. The background, it seems, wants to slide past the head and into the foreground. Pretending to be three-dimensional, the picture remains flat and its moments are equally important. These pictures are puzzles and parables at the same time. Each one tells a story. As retrospectives, which now cover a period of over 35 years, they are designed as a life project that knows beyond the individual life. "
Awards (selection)
- 1979: Otto Steinert Prize of the DGPH (first-time winner)
- 1983: Grant: New Contemporary German Photography Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation; eat
- 1984: Kodak Photo Book Prize
- 1985: Grant: Künstlerhaus Bethanien; Berlin
- 1987: Scholarship: Working scholarship from the Senator for Cultural Affairs; Berlin
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1979 - Folkwang Museum, Essen
- 1980 - Photomuseum, Munich
- 1980 - workshop gallery, Tübingen
- 1981 - Palais Walderdorf, Trier
- 1981 - Photo gallery, Hanau Castle
- 1982 - Galerie P 52, Luxembourg
- 1982 - Rencontres International de la Photographie, Arles
- 1982 - workshop gallery, Tübingen
- 1983 - Morguen Gallery, Antwerp
- 1983 - Arpa Gallery, Bordeaux
- 1983 - Galerie Forum Stadtpark, Graz
- 1984 - Workshop for Photography, Berlin
- 1984 - Art Forum, Suldorf
- 1984 - Fotoforum, Bremen
- 1985 - Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 1986 - Gallery Salzburg, College
- 1987 - New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1988 - Fotoforum, Bremen
- 1989 - ZN Siemens exhibition hall, Cologne
- 1989 - Galerie 86, Trier
- 1989 - Galerie Morguen, Antwerp
- 2003 - Orbit, Perth
- 2004 - pure gold
- 2004 - Time of Pictures - Pictures of Time, Gallery of the FH Würzburg
- 2008 - Pictures from the repository of Reflexion, Cypercentro Castelo Branco, Portugal
- 2009 - The longing of the flying leaves, China Agricultural University, Beijing
- 2019 - TATSACHE.STAMM - a retrospective, workshop for photography of the Bauhaus University Weimar
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1978 - Hommage a Nicephore Niepce / Photo forum Maison Europeenne de la Photographie Chalon-sur-Saonne
- 1980 - Art as Photography / Photo Forum London, Porto, Coimbra, Barcelona, Zagreb, Novi Sad, Ljubljana, Belgrade
- 1981 - New German Photography London, Cardiff, Rochdale, Liverpool, Dublin, Bath
- 1981 - The peaceful use of photography / photo forum at the cathedral, Lübeck
- 1981 - Photo - No Photo / Fotoforum Kunstverein, Mannheim
- 1982 - Acte Foyer International Daccueil de Paris, Paris
- 1982 - Photographs of the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
- 1982 - Le Portrait comme paysage - Le paysage comme Portrait Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles
- 1983 - Place an identity in the European Photography Rimini, Pordenone
- 1983 - Quiporte, siest bien bonn, Marseille
- 1983 - Death in the arts, University - Essen comprehensive college
- 1984 - Scholarships for new contemporary photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen
- 1984 - Photography, video and installation, Galerie Rathestraße 25, Düsseldorf
- 1985 - Contemporary German Photographers, Museum of Photography, Braunschweig
- 1985 - Contemporary European Photography Barcelona, Madrid
- 1986 - A Grimm in Fairy Tales, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 1986 - Icarus Myth and Reality, New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1986 - Can think pictures, Kunstverein Lingen
- 1987 - The dream of flying, Rathausgalerie Tempelhof, Berlin
- 1988 - Doodgewoon death in art, cultures Ontmoetingscentrum de Warende Turnhout, Belgium
- 1989 - People in Photos, Gallery of Artists, Würzburg
- 1990 - full format, cultural workshop, Erlangen
- 1991 - Art from Mainfranken, Mainfrankenhalle, Würzburg
- 1991 - Pictures of Death, Galerie Blau, Freiburg
- 1991 - Prospective, Galerie Stadt Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- 1993 - Stabilimento Bavaria, pictures from the collection, Photomuseum Munich
- 1994 - The Siemens photo project, "From the silence of space", Nederlands Photo Institute, Rotterdam
- 1994 - 8 photographers on the same topic, “From the quiet of space”, Städtische Galerie, Nordhorn
- 1994 - The personal document, "Pictures from the registry of thought", Realism Studio Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
- 1995 - Siemens photo project, "From the silence of space", Stabilimento Bavaria, Prato
- 1995 - By Röntgen, "Adam and Eve", photographs for the anniversary of a researcher and discoverer Art & Rat Gallery, Remscheid
- 1995 - From Weimar head to head, "Der Deutschlehrer", ACC Gallery, Weimar
- 1997 - Artificial honey project, "Das Volk", Weimar Bee Museum
- 1997 - Engel, "Wings", ACC Gallery Weimar
- 1998 - Otto Steinert Prize Winner 1979–1998, German Society for Photography, Cologne
- 1999 - Fotoart, European Art Academy Kunsthalle, Trier
- 2000 - flags, European Art Academy Kunsthalle, Trier
- 2000 - The photo sketchbook, Galerie Neu Deli, Weimar
- 2001 - Lecturer exhibition, 25 years of the European Art Academy, Trier
- 2002 - Faszination Technik B / 2, Leipzig
- 2002 - Photography as an experiment, Kunsthalle, Erfurt
- 2003 - The Thing Itself, Art Hall of the Polytechnic University of Valencia
- 2003 - M_ARS Art and War, New Gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
- 2004 - East - West Icarus, A Myth in Divided Germany Winkelmann Gesellschaft Stendal & Art Museum Friedenstein, Gotha Castle
- 2004 - Back to Kassel, Kassel Art Association Fridercianeum, Kassel
- 2005 - 2LIVE International Photography, Gallery of Fine Arts, Koršoska, Slovenia
- 2006 - The discovery of the worthless, Bauhaus University Weimar, Weimar
- 2006 - Masked People, European Academy Art Gallery, Trier
- 2007 - The Second View, International Photography and Installation, Neufert Foundation, Weimar
- 2007 - create understanding, Cicero Gallerie, Berlin
- 2008 - In the Mirror of Others, Sala da Nora, Teatro Castelo Branco, Portugal
- 2008 - Apparently Useless, The appearance of the useless, Orbit 2008, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- 2009 - Nude Visions, City Museum, Munich
- 2010 - Nude Visions, Museum for Art and Industry, Hamburg
- 2010 - Amnesia Memoria, New Museum Weimar / University of Amiens
- 2016 - Kreuzberg - America, C / O-Berlin, Berlin
- 2018 - KARL MARX 1818–1883 LebensWert Arbeit, Museum am Dom, Trier
- 2018 - Hermann Stamm and Thomas Bachler, Galerina Steiner, Berlin
Publications (selection)
- 1979 - Photography as Art-Art as Photography, Dumont Cologne
- 1979 - Professional Camera 11
- 1980 - plastic No. 4/6
- 1980 - European Photography 5
- 1980 - Art Forum International No. 41/5
- 1980 - documentary photography
- 1980 - Homage to Nicephore Niepce
- 1980 - Medium photography, Kassel
- 1980 - The forbidden suffering
- 1980 - Medium photography, Kassel
- 1980 - Kick and click
- 1980 - Medium photography, Kassel
- 1980 - Photo-No Photo
- 1980 - Medium photography, Kassel
- 1980 - Professional Camera
- 1981 - Photography Year 1980
- 1981 - Time Live, New York
- 1981 - Frankfurt idea 4
- 1981 - plastic 10
- 1982 - Würzburg leaves 7
- 1982 - University of Applied Sciences Würzburg, photographs
- 1982 - Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn
- 1982 - Arles en 82
- 1982 - Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie Arles
- 1983 - Photography Europea Contemporena
- 1983 - Jaca Book, Milano
- 1983 - Fase 2/4, Antwerp culture magazine
- 1983 - Le Portrait comme Paysage, OfAI / DFJW Landesmuseum Bonn
- 1983 - Project Würzburger Blätter, FH Würzburg Design
- 1983 - Quimporte, sic est bien, Landesmuseum Bonn
- 1984 - The Forbidden Death, Frölich and Kaufmann, Berlin
- 1984 - Camera Austria 16/16
- 1984 - New Contemporary German Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen
- 1985 - Yearbook for Aesthetics, Rader Verlag, Aachen
- 1985 - Westermanns Kulturmagazin 2
- 1985 - The tragedy of the great aviators, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 1986 - Icarus Myth and Reality
- 1986 - New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1986 - Against the indifference of photography, Edition Marzona, Bielefeld
- 1986 - Photo review 21/22
- 1987 - Teaching, New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1987 - Can think pictures, Kunstverein Lingen
- 1987 - The staging of power, NGBK / Verlag Nischen, Berlin
- 1987 - The dream of flying, Elefantenexpress, Berlin
- 1988 - Doodgewoon, Turnhout Cultural Center, Belgium
- 1989 - From the silence of the room, photo projects Project 7, Siemens AG, Munich
- 1989 - Images of People, Gallery of the Arts, BBK Munich
- 1990 - Fragments Ende 90 (4) Verlag, Institut für Bagonalistik, Munich
- 1990 - Öko-Test Magazin Frankfurt, NR: 5/7/8/9/10/11
- 1990 - Siemens cultural program 1988/89/90
- 1991 - Death Views, Galerie Blau Freiburg
- 1991 - Siemens cultural program, Munich, work rooms today and tomorrow
- 1991 - Prospective, Jonas Verlag, Marburg
- 1991 - Placebo Domine Fragments, Munich
- 1992 - "About Photography", TAZ Bremen
- 1992 - Siemens photo projects 1987–92, Verlag Ernst und Sohn, Berlin
- 1995 - FB 1 photography, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg, FB design
- 1995 - The personal document, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst e. V. Berlin
- 1996 - The Lost Reputation, Bulletin DFA 12/96
- 1997 - Kunsthonig project, University Press, Bauhaus University Weimar
- 1998 - Otto Steiner Prize Winner 1979–1998, German Society for Photography Cologne
- 1999 - Photo Art, European Academy, Trier Art Gallery
- 1999 - Bauhaus photography, photo projects from Weimar, student work, Erfurter Kunstverein
- 2000 - The photo sketch book (ed.), A project of the Bauhaus University Weimar and the University of Amiens, Bauhaus University Weimar, university publishing house
- 2001 - Text and image (ed.), Student work, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, yearbook, Faculty of Design, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, university publishing house
- 2002 - New quality of work, DASA Dortmund, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt
- 2003 - Yearbook 2 Faculty of Design, Bauhaus University Weimar
- 2003 - M_ARS Art and War, New Gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
- 2003 -> Contemporary German Photography <, Museum Folkwang Essen, Steidl Verlag, Göttingen
- 2003 - Art and Photography, Jonas Verlag, Marburg
- 2004 - The thing itself, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, University Press
- 2004 - Animal Photography (Ed.), Bauhaus University Weimar, University Press
- 2004 - Olebjetomismo, Universitat Politecnica, Valencia
- 2004 - East-West Ikarus, Winkelmann Society, Stendal
- 2004 - Can photography capture our time in pictures ?, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
- 2005 - Time of Images - Images of Time, Aesthetics and Cultural Philosophy, LIT Verlag Münster
- 2005 - 2LIVE International Photography, Gallery of Fine Arts Koršoska, Slovenia, ISBN 961-91463-1-X
- 2006 - The discovery of the worthless (ed.), Universitäts Verlag, Weimar, ISBN 978-3-86068-290-6
- 2007 - The second avant-garde / Das Fotoforum Kassel, Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle, ISBN 978-3-89812-490-4
- 2007 - Time of Pictures - Pictures of Time, Max Stein Verlag, ISBN 978-3-939615-01-9
- 2007 - The Second View International Photography and Installation, Neufert Foundation, exhibition catalog
- 2008 - Ritmos / No Espelho de Outros, ESART - Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas Castello Branco Portugal, Bauhaus University Weimar,
- 2008 - Geisterfotografie (Ed.), Exhibition catalog for the Photokina Cologne
- 2008 - Apparently Useless, Hermann Stamm / Werner Bidlingmaier (eds.), Bauhaus University Weimar
- 2008 - The appearance of the useless, Verlag Orbit e. V., ISBN 3-935974-18-3
- 2008 - Contempomporaty Photography Projects / Prof. Hermann Stamm, People's Fine Arts Publishing House, Beijing, ISBN 978-7-102-04166-7
- 2008 - Diploma / Photography as a Medium / Prof. Hermann Stamm, People's Fine Arts Puplishing House, Beijing, ISBN 978-7-102-04325-8
- 2009 - Nude Visions, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-86828-060-9
- 2010 - Amnesie Memoria Weimar Amiens, Universität de Picardie - Jules Vernes / Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, ISBN 978-2-917124-10-9
- 2016 - Workshop for Photography 1976–1986, eds. Florian Ebner, Felix Hoffmann, Inka Schube, Thomas Weski, Koenig Books, ISBN 978-3-96098-042-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Content. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
- ^ Bauhaus University Weimar: Prof. Hermann Stamm. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
- ↑ Otto Steinert Prize of the DGPh | German Society for Photography. Accessed June 26, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stamm, Hermann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stamm, Hermann Hans (full name); Tribe, Herman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German photographer and professor of photography |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kulmbach |