Tom Lemke

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Thomas "Tom" Lemke (born February 10, 1960 in Hof ; † April 8, 2017 in Berlin ) was a German photographer .

Life

Lemke gained his first professional experience as a photo assistant for the Munich photographer Blacky Grill. Between 1980 and 1989 Lemke worked as a freelance photographer in Hamburg, including for stern , the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Die Zeit . In 1989 he worked with the photographer Jeanloup Sieff . Until 1991, Lemke worked as the creative director of zero art publishing house. From 1990 to 1995 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Markus Lüpertz , whose master class he was in 1995 and personal assistant from 1996. After graduating, Lemke received photo assignments for brands such as Nivea andHugo Boss . In 2001 he toured the United States of America , where his water series was created. In 2002 he toured China with the artist Jörg Immendorff , where he developed his abstract Shanghai series . He later experimented with the photography of Rauch in Berlin.

From his one-year relationship with the Düsseldorf actress Claudelle Deckert , a daughter was born in 1997. In April 2017 Tom Lemke died after a long illness at the age of 57 in Berlin.

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Tom Lemke was particularly known for his photographs of celebrities, whom he portrayed with a black background, dark clothing and a serious look. Among those shown were the Dalai Lama , Quentin Tarantino , Udo Lindenberg , Michael Michalsky , Helen Schneider , Udo Jürgens , Helge Schneider , Sven Marquardt , Charles Schumann , Tim Raue , Alec Völkel , Sophia Thomalla , Andreas Meurer , Andreas Gursky , Jörg Immendorf, Markus Lüpertz and others.

Exhibitions (selection)
  • Hofland & Aschenbach Galleries, Amsterdam 2002
  • Airport Art Gallery, Frankfurt 2002
  • Deutsche Bank Pavilion, Art Cologne , Cologne 2003
  • Stip Gallery, Amsterdam 2004
  • Christine Hölz ​​Gallery, Düsseldorf 2005
  • Knokke art space, 2006
  • Ernst & Young, Art Forum, Düsseldorf 2006
  • Young German Art Gallery, Düsseldorf 2006
  • Achenbach Art Consulting , Düsseldorf 2006
  • Vonderbank Art Galleries, Hamburg 2006
  • Christine Hölz ​​Gallery, Düsseldorf 2007
  • Landdrostei , Pinneberg 2007
  • Warehouse, Glasgow 2007
  • Host Gallery, London 2007
  • Young German Art Gallery, Knokke 2008
  • Vonderbank Art Gallery, Berlin 2008
  • Peppermint Art Gallery, Hanover 2008
  • "Tom Lemke - Pure Photography", Vonderbank Art Galleries, Düsseldorf 2008
  • Udo Walz Gallery fasanen37 , Berlin 2011
  • "Tom Lemke - The Photographs", Hotel de Rome , Berlin-Mitte February 2012, then Moscow and New York
  • “Smoke at the Water”, arranged by Jenny Falckenberg in the Richard Meier Villa, Hamburg, October / November 2012
  • "Elementar", Naimah Schütter Gallery, Berlin 2014
  • Galerie Schaefer & Noormann, Berlin 2014
  • Berliner Festspiele , collective exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin 2016

Lemke's works are represented in the Fusion Gallery of the Association for Photography and Media Art, Düsseldorf. Since 2014, some of Lemke's pictures have been part of a permanent public exhibition in the rooms of the Berlin Living Bauhaus Foundation . The Krefeld SuMu - Museum for Contemporary Surrealism showed works by the artist.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Michael von Raison: Making of: Tom Lemke photographs Helen Schneider. In: fasanen37, edition 2/2011, pp. 4, 5.
  2. ↑ a b c d Vita Tom Lemke . In: GAP Gallery, 2008.
  3. ↑ Nathalie Riahi: Mourning star photographer Tom Lemke († 57). In: Express of April 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Jenny Falckenberg: Tom Lemke † 57 In: focus No. 16 from April 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ Ilka Peemöller: He gave the stars a face. Mourning for top photographer Tom Lemke († 57). In: Bild (newspaper) from April 9, 2017.
  6. ↑ Star photographer Tom Lemke is dead. In: Berliner Zeitung of April 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ Tom Lemke (German, born 1960). In: artnet .
  8. ↑ Mourning for star photographer Tom Lemke. In: Gala on April 12, 2017.
  9. ↑ Tom Lemke . In: GAP Gallery.
  10. ↑ Vernissage of the exhibition "Tom Lemke - Pure Photpgraphy" in the Vonderbank. In: At the end of the day on July 10, 2008.
  11. ↑ Star photographer Tom Lemke. The man who shows the honest side of the stars. In: Bild (newspaper) from October 14, 2011.
  12. ↑ Tom Lemke - The Photographs In: redcarpetreprots.de from February 2012.
  13. ↑ Lots of smoke, a fire alarm and fascinating photos. In: Die Welt from October 25, 2012.
  14. ↑ Vernissage Tom Lemke. In: fasheria.com of January 26, 2014.
  15. ↑ Tom Lemke. Speaker Markus Lüpertz. In: altertuemliches.at from January 2014.
  16. ^ Exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau. The power of the press image. In: Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media of May 4, 2017.
  17. ^ Association for Photography and Media Art, Düsseldorf. In: fotografie-und-medienkunst.de
  18. ^ Activity report of the Living Bauhaus Foundation. In: Living Bauhaus Foundation, 2014.
  19. ↑ Impressions of previous exhibitions. In: Surrealism Museum.
personal data
SURNAME Lemke, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lemke, Thomas (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH court
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2017
Place of death Berlin