| May 06, 2008
My work is about photographic images that emerge from darkness and disappear partly into it again. The world in the images seems to be shrouded in permanently retreating darkness. In some cases the process will be pushed to the limit of visibility. But the vanishing of material recognizability has its own character of announcement, like the showing of it. In other photographs the vanishing will be defined as a central theme by the content or the subject. Space and time can no longer be registered. This creates a field of tension between illusion of three dimensionality and surface, between representationalism and abstraction, between documentary realism and fiction.
In some images the "fragments of reality" will be reduced to an almost complete vanishing of reality. How much must be shown to the observer in order to make a notion of reality visible. I understand my work as plumbing the the limits of the medium photography. By that I understand an omission, a veiling, a covering, but not the complete elimination of material representation. The things which are just visible serve only to trigger off something that exists beyond reproduction but means the essential. The process of reduction, of the taking away, of blocking out induces a process of decoding in which the observer is included. The images can thus only disclose themselves to the observer himself. They must be completed by the power of his imagination.
Text by Florian Beckers
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Florian Beckers:Born in Düsseldorf, Germany 1971, "Abitur" in Düsseldorf, Germany 1990, Half-year of practical training in the printing works "Tiefdruck Schwann-Bagel" in Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach, Germany 1990 - 91, Compulsory community service 1991 - 92, Photography studies at the "Folkwangschule" (University GHS Essen, Germany) 1992 - 99, During study period practical training at the "Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln", the photographer Wim Cox in Cologne and activities as assistant with various photographers in Germany, Graduation with distinction (Prof. Osswald and Prof. Wippermann) October 1999, Freelance artist and photographer from 1999, Residence in Barcelona, Spain ("Villa Massimo"-scholarship) 2001
Selected Awards:-2005: "Descubrimientos 2005“, Photo Espana, Spain; Final „Fringe Prize“, Voies Off Festival, Arles, France 2004: Recognition "Marianne Brandt-Prize“ in Chemnitz, Germany; Selection-Title "German Photobook-Prize 2004“ in Stuttgart, Germany; Scholarship of the Foundation for art and culture NRW, Germany 2003: Nomination for the „Umbo-PhotoArtPrize“ in Lippstadt, Germany 2001: Main Prize „PhotoVision“ from the publishing house „Photographie“ in Düsseldorf, Germany; „Staatspreis NRW“ of the departure NRW, Germany;
"Villa Massimo-Prize“ from the ministry of culture in NRW, Germany 2000: "Reinhart Wolf-Award“ of the Reinhart Wolf -Foundation in Hamburg, Germany; Main Prize of the Society for Photography in Berlin, Germany 1997: "Carl Lauterbach-Prize“ of the Carl Lauterbach-Foundation in Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected Publications Include:- 2005:"Photosummer Stuttgart” (Text: Dr. Andrea Jahn), Edition Braus/Publishing House Wachter, Bönningheim (Germany) 2004: “The poetry of the functional” – International Marianne Brandt Contest 2004; Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Chemnitz (Germany) 2003: “Umbo – Photoartprize” (Text: Prof. Dr. Herbert Molderings), Atelierschiff Frankfurt, Frankfurt a.M. ( Germany) 2003: “Florian Beckers: The cathedral of Xanten – Secrets of a space” (Text: Prof. Klaus Honnef); Publishing House Boss, Kleve ( Germany) 2003: “Florian Beckers – Photographs”, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf (Text: Dr. Werner Alberg); Publishing House Richter, Düsseldorf (Germany) 2001: “manu factum 2001”, catalogue of the Niederrheinisches Museum Kevelaer, Kevelaer ( Germany) 2000: “100 images of the year 1999”, catalogue of the Society for Photography Berlin; Marianne – Publishing House, Berlin ( Germany); 2000.
Selected Individual Shows Include:-2005: Gallery Alfred Böttger, Bonn, Germany; Gallery "Bij de Boeken", Ulft, Netherlands; Gallery Andrea Brenner, Düsseldorf, Germany; Galeria Sicart, Barcelona, Spain 2004: Technical Museum of Slowakia, Kosice, Slowakia 2003:Regionalmuseum Xanten, Germany; Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany; 1997:Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany
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