2 June 2007 – 19 August 2007

RESEARCH AND INVENTION - Investigations with Images in Contemporary Photography

Throughout its history, photography has always evidenced points of contact with other disciplines, from the sciences right down to trivial culture. In past years, artists and photographers have been exploring this wide area of thought for their photographic practice and are dedicating themselves increasingly to reconnoitring their surroundings and the world with quasi-scientific intensity. Karl Blossfeldt's photographic series "Art Forms in Nature" ("Urformen der Kunst"), originally intended as photographic teaching material for students of botanical anatomy, have been distinguished by their aesthetic severity and formal approach since their publication around 1930. On the track of a scientific approach, the search for a theme, the pursuit of a trail, the exploration and discovery of form, but liberated from objective gestures, artists today are approaching these visual and research areas, sometimes in all seriousness, sometimes with a capricious wink, and often with the aim of questioning the criteria of the search for truth and the models of the world. With Pierre Bismuth, Kristleifur Björnsson, Sanna Kannisto, Joachim Koester, Jochen Lempert, Walid Raad / The Atlas Group, Ana Torfs and Costa Vece. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue.

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Fotomuseum Winterthur
Grüzenstrasse 44
8400 Winterthur
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Tuesday-Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m., Wednesday - 8 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Fotomuseum Winterthur is building up a mainly contemporanean collection.

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