Iris brooch

Iris brooch

Iris Brosch (born July 1, 1964 in Wolfsburg ) is a German fashion photographer , art photographer , video artist and performance artist .

Act

Brosch works as a fashion photographer, nude photographer, art photographer and performance artist. In addition to her commercial work, she is a video artist and performance artist . In 2002, Brosch presented her video work Pure Heaven in the Differing Views exhibition in Vienna . Brosch's video works showed “mythical female figures in auratic scenes”.

Since 2005, Brosch has presented her video works and performances several times at the Biennale di Venezia . In 2005 she was represented there with the multimedia performance Divinta , which, based on the tableaux vivants, sought to create a “female total work of art” by merging various artistic disciplines such as photography, fashion, music , art and dance . In 2008, photographs by Iris Brosch were presented on billboards and canvases at the Festival International de la Photographie de Mode in Cannes . In 2009 the performance Erotic Enlightenment followed, the installation Galathea and the video Benediction .

In 2010 her photographs were shown in the exhibition All about Colors in Vienna . The online platform artnet spoke of a “retrospective of seven of the greatest contemporary photographers.” Between 2010 and 2015, the videos Prélute , In Paradisum , Die Regen Göttin , Women & Nature near Extinction , L'uomo and Vita were created for the David Vostell composed the music. In June 2011, Brosch presented the performance Requiem for Women at the Biennale di Venezia , a reminder of the women who have been victims of violence, persecution and oppression over the centuries.

Her fashion and portrait photos have been published in the Italian edition of Vogue , Uomo Vogue , the British and German editions of Marie Claire , the French edition of Elle , the New York Times , Harper's Bazaar , and numerous other magazines , among others . She photographed advertising campaigns for Hugo Boss , Pantene , Tommy Hilfiger , Escada , Maybelline , Jaguar , John Richmond Perfume , Lancel, Virgin Records , Campari and Renault, among others . Brosch photographed celebrities Claudia Schiffer , Sophie Dahl , Benedict Cumberbatch , Carlos Acosta , Shere Hite , Eva Padberg and Heidi Klum , among others . She photographed the Spanish top model Laura Ponte as Frida Kahlo . In her Kahlo portraits, Brosch imitated the painting style of Frida Kahlo.

Brosch wants to show women and their femininity in their photographs in an expressive and powerful way. For them women are heroines. The soul and intellect of women should be the focus. Brosch wants to show women in their “rigid flawlessness”. The focus of Brosch's photo work is the examination of the old masters and the changeability of women. In her photographs, Brosch quotes the Italian painters of the Renaissance , such as Sandro Botticelli , the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites , but also modern painting. Her photographic style has been described as follows: " Miuccia Prada meets Leonardo da Vinci ". Broch is represented by the Zurich agency Visualeyes International. She lives in New York and Paris .

Exhibitions (selection)

• 2001: Porto (Cultural Capital of Europe 2001), First Story - Women Building, New Narratives for Narratives for the 21st Century
• 2002: Pure Heaven , Different Views , Videos, exhibition in Vienna
• 2005: Divinit , 51st Venice Biennale, exhibition, performance, video
• 2006: Three Girl in Montau , New York, ICP
• 2007: Birth of Black Venus , ARTE COMMUNICATIONS exhibition, Biennale di Venezia, performance
• 2008: Cannes, Festival International de la Photographie de Mode
• 2009: Erotic enlightenment , Biennale di Venezia, performance
• 2009: Galathea (video installation, 6.75 min), Musee Galerie Ground Zero in Beijing (China)
• 2010: Les Trois Grâces , Video, Performance, Rome, Contemporary Art
• 2010: Benediction , Video, Art Basel, Miami art museum & XXXXMAG, Video
• 2011: Requiem for Women , 54th Biennale di Venezia, performance
• 2012: In Paradisum , Video, Screening with SFE TV, Palais de Tokyo
• 2012: Stay a while! (Group exhibition), Kunstiftung-Sachsen-Anhalt
• 2012: Untitled , Olympic fine arts, Barbican Art Center London
• 2012: From Martydom to Femicide , IBBS Production, Performance, Venice
• 2013: Women & Nature near Extinction , Video, Performance, IBBS Production, Venice
• 2013: Untitled , video installation, Art Athina, DADADA
• 2013: Linger On , Goethe-Institut, Washington
• 2014: L'uomo , Performance, Arte et Communication Venice
• 2014: Physical Feminism , Internet, IBBS Production

Videos (selection)

• 2002: Pure Heaven
• 2009: Femmes Fleurs Forever
• 2009: Galathea
• 2009: Benediction
• 2010: Les Trois Graces
• 2010: Prélute
• 2012: Valentina
• 2012: In Paradisum
• 2012: The rain goddess
• 2013: Women & Nature near Extinction
• 2014: L'uomo
• 2014: Physical Feminism
• 2015: Hercules and Omphale
• 2015: Vita
• 2017: Vita II

Publications

• NAKED WOMEN, The female nude photography from 1850 to the present day , Thunder's Press, 2001
• FEMMES, Masterpieces of Erotic Photography , Carlton Books

Web links

• Iris Brosch Personal website
• Iris Brosch in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Heroinnen in: Vogue , 2008
• The camera painter ( memento from September 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) in: Wirtschaftsblatt , September 2, 2008
• Erotic Enlightment and Female Energy (Interview, Video)
• Videos by Iris Brosch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Heroinnen in: Vogue of November 18, 2008
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Differing Views ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2013 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. (Official website of the exhibition)  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Divinta and Tableaux Vivants in: Aviva (online magazine for women)
4. ↑ IRIS BROSCH IN CANNES: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL FOR FASHION & BEAUTY PHOTOGRAPHY (photo)
5. ↑ All About Color ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2011 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. (Official website of the exhibition)  
6. ↑ All about color artnet , accessed July 8, 2011
7. ↑ Na 54. Bijenalu i oko njega Calendar of events at the portal za kulturu jugoistočne Evrope (SEEcult.org)
8. ↑ ^{a b} Iris Brosch New York - Paris Brief Portrait in Spotlight Magazine (March 2007)
9. ↑ ^{a b} Fashion Photography: Women Are the Heroines ( Memento of the original from January 30, 2010 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. Nello , November 24, 2008 
10. ↑ Laura Ponte As Frida Kahlo, Photographed by Iris Brosch ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2010 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. (Photos) 
11. ↑ Muse Frida Kahlo by Karl Lagerfeld | Iris Brosch ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2011 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. (Photos by Karl Lagerfeld and Iris Brosch) 
12. ^ Visualeyes International
13. ^ Matters of opinion in: Der Standard from February 20, 2002