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WALLPAPER*
Book: The Fiction of Science
BOOKS
Once an esteemed
contributor to our very own magazine, German photographer
Frank Hulsbomer has, for the past decade or so, been making
a name for himself as one of the most innovative
image-makers of his generation.
See more of The Fiction of Science by Frank
Hulsbomer
Best
known for his purely formal, intricate photographic
approach, Hulsbomer will this month release his first solo
tome, The Fiction of Science.
A sumptuous, matte paper publication, The Fiction of
Science features a heady series of Hulsbomer’s
aesthetically abstract, conceptualized images which - in
the photographers idiosyncratic style - veer between
sketchy, incidentally captured shots and meticulously
placed compositions.
Despite the minor variables that inform each photograph,
the book is afforded a sense of visual consistency thanks
to Hulsbomer’s sensitive approach to colour, form, material
and geometry – endowing each photograph with an innate
Hulsbomer-esque quality.
With matte black glitter balls, bright elastic bands,
perforated sheets of paper and multi-coloured circles of
card constituting his photographic subjects, all the photos
are free from human interference, defining their uncorrupt,
clean-lined digitalism.
And with chapters including ‘Rubber Dreaming’, ‘The Tennis
Speed of Light’ and ‘Anatomy of Surface’ – Hulsbomer has
been sure to imbue the book with his own characteristic
sense of irony - although we’re pretty certain it won’t be
the text that's catching your eye.
4 November 2009 | Books
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HOW TO DECORATE YOUR
COFFEE TABLE
By
Erin
DeJesus
Created 23/09/2009
- 15:26
In an era of digital cameras and mobile phones that can
instantly zap images to the internet for public
consumption, it seems as though the traditional way of
enjoying photography—on paper—is becoming endangered. But
if you still relish the sort of fine-art photography books
that can be handled and leafed through, several covetable
ones are debuting this autumn. From counterculture
celebrities to historical archives in miniature to the best
of contemporary photography, we profile five of the
season's most sought-after photography books:
The
Fiction of Science [12]
by Frank Hülsbömer. Gestalten (October 2009)
Frank Hülsbömer's "The Fiction of Science" claims to
explore minimalist forms from a scientific perspective (the
introductory essay describes the process as moving "from
the exterior to the interior"). But the book's draw
ultimately has less to do with scientific theory than with
refreshingly simple photography. Hülsbömer has a knack for
making even the most mundane subjects playful and
flirtatious. His layered still-lifes, which feature such
everyday objects as textured paper, broken mirrors and
rubber bands, are carefully assembled in natural yet
dynamic compositions, and Hülsbömer's camera captures every
defined shadow, curve, and surface. There's something
strangely comforting in these sterile images, which lends
an element of magic to Hülsbömer's high-concept experiment.
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COOL HUNTING
Frank Hülsbömer: The
Fiction Of Science
by
Karen Day
Using photography as his medium, artist Frank
Hülsbömer documents his love affair with
objects. The upshot, beautifully-composed, abstract images
of various items like colored paper and wire, star in his
forthcoming book,
The Fiction of Science, along with a
detailed explanation of the Berlin-based photographer's
both scientific and artistic approach to capturing each
article.
A former contributor to Wallpaper
Magazine, Hülsbömer made a name for himself
photographing exteriors. Applying his studious method to
interiors, the lyrical images in his book show how the
shift brings an intense concentration on pure form to his
work.
Described by curator Matthias Harder as "still lifes,"
Hülsbömer compositions exclude all signals of a human touch
and any reference to landscapes, with minimal
acknowledgment of the photographic element. His undoctored,
multi-faceted photos make for, as he puts it, "a
neutralisation of the senses."
The Fiction of Science is available now
throughout Europe and Asia, comes out stateside 1 January
2010 and sells from
Gestalten.
This entry
was originally posted on 28 October 2009
http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/10/the_fiction_of.php
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gestalten
newsletter, sept. 21.09
The
Fiction of Science by Frank
Hülsbömer
The
Fiction of Science is a collection of photographs
by Frank Hülsbömer, who has made a name for himself with
contributions to magazines such as Wallpaper
and
Numéro.
Reminiscent of the abstract photography of Moholy-Nagy, his
work indicates the recent rediscovery of abstraction and
geometrical work in contemporary art. Whether sketchily
visualized thoughts or meticulously staged motifs, his
dynamic depictions of immobile objects often resemble
computer renderings. Despite its minimalistic strength and
quasi-scientific precision, Hülsbömer's photographic
aesthetic shines with exceptional depth and creates an
outstanding poetic visuality. Releases: Europe & Asia –-
October
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Portrait: Berlin
Genova
Palazzo Ducale - Fondazione per la
Cultura
September 2009
Piazza Matteotti 916123 GenovaItalia
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Portrait: Berlin
Goethe-Institut
Chile
17 March 2009 - 30 April 2009
Sala de Exposición Portal la DehesaAv. La Dehesa
1445Santiago
6500380Chile
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La Main qui dessinait toute seule (Chap. 3)
…
from December 20th 2008 to
January 17 2009
opening on Saturday December
20th from 6pm to 9pm
at the Galerie Magda Danysz, 78
rue Amelot, Paris 11
www.magda-gallery.com
The Galerie Magda Danysz is
proud to present La Main qui dessinait toute seule (Chap.
3) …, an original concept developed with Ultralab : a
show about drawing where each gallery artist invites
another artist of his choice …
With : Peter Arkle, Damien
Beguet, Armand Béhar, Yoan Béliard, Pierre Beloüin, Botto e
Bruno, Christian Boulicaut, Aliki Braine, Julien Couty,
Alain Delorme, Olivier Filippi, Jérémie Gindre, Christian
Gonzenbach, Frank Hülsbömer, Jordin Isip, Jonone, Kosta
Kulundzic, P. Nicolas Ledoux, Jean-Luc Lemaire, Guillaume
Linard, Mireille Loup, Guillaume Mary, Tom Mason, Rob
Matthews, Bartolomeo Migliore, Miss Van, Laurina Paperina,
Didier Petit, Françoise Pétrovitch, Danielle de Picciotto,
Jerome Poret, Carlos "Mare 139" Rodriguez, Anne Laure
Sacriste, Samantha Simpson, Chloe Steele, Icon Tada, Yann
Taillefer, Nicolas Tilly, Jeanne Verdoux, Davor Vrankic,
West, and their friends …
making
of pictures:
http://www.magda-gallery.com/ShowLaMainMakingOf.pdf
press:
http://www.paris-art.com/
PR La Main.
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my
photokinetik collage will be projected at the collegium
hungaricum berlin on sat. 18th of oct between 22:15 -
22:45:
“PhotoKinetik” is a collage of the series “change
indicator”, “how B became A”, “quarter revolution” and “the
tennis speed of life”. A wiring and looping of a
photographic flip-book of kinetic objects. Geometric forms
of mirrors, reflections and paper serve as metaphor of the
“human condition”.
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STRICTLY BERLIN 008 "between fiction and fact"
group exhibition at the GdK berlin.
curated by ingeborg fülepp & heiko daxl
vernissage 11th of april 8pm
potsdamer strasse 98
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“ANATOMY OF
SURFACE” vernissage 13th of
nov. 2007 6-9pm. gallery magda danysz, paris
exhibition 14th-17th of nov 2007
in his new series entitled “the anatomy of surface”, frank
hülsbömer fills his surfaces with a semantic depth which
appears diametrically opposed to the idea of surface
itself.
here surfaces are led to simulate objects via curves and
kinks, alternatively becoming independent zones,
configurations or positions, juxtaposed as they are with
neighbouring surfaces and objects in contrasting shades.
the photographs are digitally unmanipulated and only print
optimised yet their rendering-like aesthetics suggest a
binaric origin.
connotations of bauhaus and russian avant-garde appear but,
at the same time, hülsbömer ironizes their search for
abstraction via fragmentation and reduction.
one is reminded of the physical theories of the past
century, yet these photographs constitute an independent
visionary entity.
all in all, hülsbömer’s work appears to have undergone an
artistic development from an subjective capturing of
existing spaces to the conceptually creative.
the exhibition also includes the “remix” series, which
contrasts one external and one internal image in a sequence
of diptyches, comprehensibly charting the artist’s reversal
- by association.
magda danysz is also showing a series of works named:
“family constellations” which is part of hülsbömer’s
pictogram studies.
Galerie Magda
Danysz
78,
rue Amelot
Paris 11 – France
t./f.: +33 (0)1 45 83 38 51
magda@magda-gallery.com
http://www.magda-gallery.com
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