Manfred Willmann

Manfred Willmann (* 1952 in Graz ) is an Austrian photographer .

Life

After completing the HTBL for decorative design in Graz (master class for commercial graphics) in 1974, Willmann became head of the photo gallery in the Schillerhof, Graz.

From 1975 to 1996 he and Christine Frisinghelli headed the photo presentation and the organization of the exhibition and symposium program in the Forum Stadtpark in Graz.

Manfred Willmann was editor of Camera Austria magazine from 1980 to 2009 .

In 2002 he received the Golden Medal of Honor of the City of Graz, which he returned in 2019.

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Manfred Willmann's work focuses on scenes from his personal environment in Graz and southern Styria. In contrast to the photographers who practically exclusively worked in black and white for artistic photography at that time, he pioneered color photography as a means of artistic expression.

The consistent use of the flashlight and his direct, subjective view of details leads to series that are characteristic of him, such as Die Welt ist schön (1983) or Das Land (2000).

The series go beyond the mere registration of appearances and expose the clichés of idyllic country life. “I want to be ahead of the times. I want to show things more beautiful than they are, or uglier ”. (Manfred Willmann)

Exhibitions

• 2019 Manfred Willmann , Albertina, Vienna (catalog)
• 2011 La Tara / Das Land , Muzeul Taranului Roman, Bucharest, Romania
  Manfred Willmann. Labor , Dolenjski Muzej, Novo mesto, Slovenia
• 2009 Das Land , with Seiichi Furuya, Osaka Castle, Osaka, JP
• 2006 The Land , Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid / PhotoEspana
• 2005 WERKBLICK, retrospective , new gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  Das Land , Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag, A
• 2004 Oman , Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz
• 2003 Manfred Willmann , Vienna Secession, Vienna, A (catalog)
  Das Land , Spazio Photo Credito Artigiano, Firenze, I; Orchestra house of the Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg
• 2002 Das Land , Galerija Miroslav Kraljevic, Zagreb, CRO (catalog)
  Oman , Galerija Krizic, Zagreb, CRO
  Japanese Food , Galerija Minima, Zagreb, CRO
  Das Land ", Lerch House, Eibiswald; Gallery Museum, Bozen / Bolzano, I
• 2001 Food , KunstRaum Hinrichs, Trier, D
  Das Land , Photography Triennial Zadar, CRO (catalog)
• 1997 Werkschau II, works from 1971-1996 , Photo Gallery Vienna (catalog)
• 1996 The Land , Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, NL
• 1995 Pour Christine , Le Garage, Reims, F
• 1993 The Japan work , Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz
• 1992 Das Land , Kunstraum Klaus Hinrichs, Trier, D
• 1991 Die Sieger and more , Galerie Torch, Amsterdam, NL
  Blitz & Enzianblau , Galerie Eboran, Salzburg
• 1990 The winners , Folkwang Museum, Essen, Germany
  You don't love me - I don't love you , Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg
• 1989 Die Sieger (practice lesson) , Vienna Secession, Vienna; Forum Stadtpark, Graz (catalog)
  The world is beautiful , Brasil Inter Art Galerie, Paris, F
• 1988 For Christine , photo gallery in Wedding, Berlin, D; Gallery in Ortenburgerstrasse, Spittal / Drau
• 1986 The world is beautiful , Fotogalerija, Novo Mesto, Slovenia
• 1985 The world is beautiful , workshop for photography, Berlin, D; Srecna Galerija, Belgrade, YU
  Black and Gold , ARPA, Bordeaux, F
• 1984 The world is beautiful , Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, D
  Black and Gold , Museo de Arte Moderna, Tarragona, E; Photo gallery Koralmhalle, Deutschlandsberg
  The world is beautiful , Kulturhaus, Weiz; Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia; Libreria Agorà, Turin, I; Musei Comunali, Rimini, I.
• 1983 The world is beautiful , New Gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz (catalog)
  Black and Gold , Gallery Agathe Gaillard, Paris, F
  The world is beautiful , ORF Center Salzburg
  Myth and ritual: Europastraße , Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz (with p. Furuya and H. Tezak)
• 1982 Black and Gold , 7-Star Gallery, Steyr
  Arusha , Lichtenfels School Gallery , Graz
  The world is beautiful , comprehensive university, Essen,
  Black and Gold , Graz City of Culture
  Black and Gold , Fotohof Gallery, Salzburg
• 1981 Black and Gold , Arhiv TD, Zagreb, Croatia; Fotografis Länderbank Collection, Vienna
  Milieu , Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz (catalog)
• 1980 Arusha , cultural center, Mürzzuschlag
• 1979 Summer 1978 , Sparkasse, Deutschlandsberg
• 1977 contact portraits, school gallery, Wörgl
• 1976 Contact portraits, corridor gallery, Graz City Hall (catalog)
  France 1976 , Audiovisual Center, Graz (with B. Lenart)
• 1975 Photo gallery Koper, Slovenia
• 1974 Kulturhaus, Weiz

Manfred Willmann was shown in numerous group exhibitions, mainly in Europe, but also in the USA and Japan.

Monographs

• 1976 Grazer contact portraits , text: Richard Kriesche, special print from: protocols No. 76/2, edited by Otto Breicha, Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1976
• 1981 Black and Gold , text: Albert Goldstein, Edition Camera Austria, Graz 1981
  Milieu , text: Otto Breicha, special print from: protocols No. 81/3, Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1981
• 1983 The world is beautiful , texts: Werner Fenz, Klaus Honnef, exhibition catalog, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  Me about myself , photographs on texts by Helmut Eisendle, Verlag Droschl, Graz 1983
• 1989 Die Sieger , exhibition catalog Forum Stadtpark, Graz; Vienna Secession, Vienna; Folkwang Museum, Essen; Academic Printing and Publishing Company, Graz 1989
• 1997 Werkschau II , works from 1971–1996; Texts by Reinhard Braun, Hripsimé Visser, a. a .; Photo gallery Vienna, Triton Verlag, Vienna 1997
• 2000 Das Land , Fotohof edition , Salzburg 2000
• 2002 Bemti - Schuti , text by Ivica Zupan, Galerija Kraljevic, Zagreb 2002
• 2003 Manfred Willmann , texts: Marina Grzinic, Wolfgang Kos, exhibition catalog: Wiener Secession, Vienna 2003
• 2005 WERKBLICK , with texts by / Texts by: Peter Pakesch, Maren Lübbke-Tidow, Georg Schöllhammer and Hripsimé Visser. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln / Cologne, Cologne 2005
• 2017 Blitz & Enzianblau , with text by Jörg Schlick. 2017. Salzburg: FOTOHOF edition . ISBN 978-3-902993-52-6

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Manfred Willmann. In: Website KulturServerGraz. Retrieved February 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Kleine Zeitung: Gabalier is honored: "Volksverdummung": Grazer returns the city's gold medal . Article dated February 16, 2019, accessed February 20, 2019.
3. ↑ Manfred Willmann. In: Website Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession. Retrieved February 8, 2019 .