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Katharina Mayer Theatrum Familiæ
Katharina MayerTheatrum Familiæ
Theatrum FamiliæInstallation View,
Galerie Lausberg 2012Foto: Thomas Herbrich
Katharina Mayer picks up on classic concepts of familyportraiture and transports these into the present dayboth formally and in terms of content. The unusual photographs of this former Becher student are sensi-tively constructed documentary family scenes that,although carefully staged, never appear unnatural.
Katharina Mayer schafft, ausgehend vom klassischenFamilienportrait, außergewöhnliche Fotografien, indenen sie das Thema Familie sowohl formal als auchinhaltlich in unsere heutige Zeit transportiert. Die ehemalige Becher-Schülerin entwirft mit großerSensibilität dokumentarische Inszenierungen, die trotzIhres gestalteten Moments nie gezwungen wirken.
Familie BaganzToronto, Canada 2013
Sutton Family Toronto, Canada 2012
Lopez FamilyToronto, Canada 2012
Brothers in armsBad Doberan 2010
Familie HansenSulzbach-Laufen 2012
Hansen JungsSulzbach-Laufen 2012
Familie Ruhland Düsseldorf 2012
Anna StephanskajaDüsseldorf 2011
Familie BordoliComo, Italy 2012
Vero EndemannDüsseldorf 2012
Familie Dennerlein, Kind auf SchaukelBerlin 2011
Charlotte Daugstrup mit KindernDüsseldorf 2011
Markus GuntiBerlin 2010
Jordan Burns Family Totonto, Canada 2012
Betty Ann Jordan says: „ Katharina Mayer expressed a genuine delight in helping us to come to terms withwho we are or, more precisely, who we appear to be”.
Ezer Family Toronto, Canada 2012
Familie KutschDüsseldorf 2011
Familie RuhlandDüsseldorf 2012
Katharina MayerLives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
1988–92 Studied photography at the Art Academy in Dusseldorf under ProfessorBernd Becher and video with Prof. Nan Hoover
1996 Lecturer for Photography, University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf Academy and Federal Wolfenbuttel
2005–08 Lecturer in photography at the Hochschule Niederrhein, Krefeld
2009–10Visiting Professor at the College of Applied Arts, Vienna, project faitiche
2011Curator of Exhibitions and lyrical correctness in the context of Jewish Halacha Cultural Festival 2011 in NRW
2012Professor for photography at the BTK Berlin / Iserlohn
Work in private and public collections, including representation in theDeutsche Bank, London, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf,MuseumLudwig, Cologne Museum of Art, EON Düsseldorf, Krefeld BPG, UpperAustrian State Gallery, Linz, State Gallery of Stuttgart.
Vorderseite / front:Familie PurdyLondon 2006
Rückseite / back:Alex and his friendsDüsseldorf 2006
Lausberg Contemporary
Duesseldorf, GermanyHohenzollernstr. 3040211 DuesseldorfTel: +49 (0)211- 836 84 91Fax: +49 (0)211- 869 31 [email protected]
www.galerie-lausberg.com
