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Dirk Brömmel
ABOUT THE WORK Kopfüber Using digital techniques, Dirk Brömmel broadens the scope of our perceptions. Kopfüber (English: Headfirst) takes us to lofty heights, where the view seems much… Read more
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Background Information about Dirk Brömmel
Introduction
ABOUT THE WORK
Kopfüber
Using digital techniques, Dirk Brömmel broadens the scope of our perceptions. Kopfüber (English: Headfirst) takes us to lofty heights, where the view seems much clearer. The ships Dirk Brömmel photographs from above are not the main focus, he explains. “For me, it’s about what is hidden on or behind them and making that visible.”
The photographer assembles his “reality” from many individual pictures, isolating the subject and placing it in front of a colourful background. By doing this, he creates a digital image that bends the rules of time and perspective, letting us discover more than would be possible with the naked eye. In Brömmel’s work, ships become models, studies.
MIG
The war is long-since over. Airplanes that once symbolised power have become rusty war monuments. Dirk Brömmel captures the diverse moods these symbols create. They speak of the failures of politics, the population’s hope for a better future, and of a past that won’t loosen its grip on the present.
When exhibited without the context of their surroundings, the aircraft seem like lost ideals. Bolted in place, the terror-inducing effect they had in the air seems almost forgotten. Dirk Brömmel’s pictures tell stories that remain in the collective memory.
To me, photography is the longing to hold something tight, to make thoughts tangible in the form of a picture.
Dirk Brömmel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1968 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany, Dirk Brömmel grew up on the small island of Grafenwerth on the River Rhine. At age nine, the artist began to photograph his own microcosm. After finishing a photography apprenticeship in 1993, he found his own means of artistic expression while studying art in Mainz, where he discovered all the possibilities inherent in digital image editing.
In his photographs, Brömmel aims to retain “things in their disappearance” while making “the movement of time” visible. A recipient of multiple awards, the artist now lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany.
TECHNIQUE
Kopfüber
For his Kopfüber series, Dirk Brömmel sets up on bridges spanning rivers. There, he points his lens straight down at the water. In a burst of as many as 60 individual pictures, he captures passing ships in their entirety. Using a computer, he then assembles the pieces into a single image. Finally, he crops out everything apart from the ship, replacing the water with a monochrome background. Exhibited in this way, the ship’s decks seem like detailed and razor-sharp showcases.
Kopfüber
Using digital techniques, Dirk Brömmel broadens the scope of our perceptions. Kopfüber (English: Headfirst) takes us to lofty heights, where the view seems much clearer. The ships Dirk Brömmel photographs from above are not the main focus, he explains. “For me, it’s about what is hidden on or behind them and making that visible.”
The photographer assembles his “reality” from many individual pictures, isolating the subject and placing it in front of a colourful background. By doing this, he creates a digital image that bends the rules of time and perspective, letting us discover more than would be possible with the naked eye. In Brömmel’s work, ships become models, studies.
MIG
The war is long-since over. Airplanes that once symbolised power have become rusty war monuments. Dirk Brömmel captures the diverse moods these symbols create. They speak of the failures of politics, the population’s hope for a better future, and of a past that won’t loosen its grip on the present.
When exhibited without the context of their surroundings, the aircraft seem like lost ideals. Bolted in place, the terror-inducing effect they had in the air seems almost forgotten. Dirk Brömmel’s pictures tell stories that remain in the collective memory.
To me, photography is the longing to hold something tight, to make thoughts tangible in the form of a picture.
Dirk Brömmel
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1968 in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany, Dirk Brömmel grew up on the small island of Grafenwerth on the River Rhine. At age nine, the artist began to photograph his own microcosm. After finishing a photography apprenticeship in 1993, he found his own means of artistic expression while studying art in Mainz, where he discovered all the possibilities inherent in digital image editing.
In his photographs, Brömmel aims to retain “things in their disappearance” while making “the movement of time” visible. A recipient of multiple awards, the artist now lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany.
TECHNIQUE
Kopfüber
For his Kopfüber series, Dirk Brömmel sets up on bridges spanning rivers. There, he points his lens straight down at the water. In a burst of as many as 60 individual pictures, he captures passing ships in their entirety. Using a computer, he then assembles the pieces into a single image. Finally, he crops out everything apart from the ship, replacing the water with a monochrome background. Exhibited in this way, the ship’s decks seem like detailed and razor-sharp showcases.
Bio
1968 | Born in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany |
1990-1993 | Education: Photographer, Bonn, Germany |
1993-1994 | College of Art, Bonn, Germany |
1995 | Excursions to America, Armenia, Bulgaria, China, Italy, France, Iceland, Thailand, Czech Republic, Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, Norway, South Africa |
2001-2004 | Studied Art at the Academy of Fine Arts at Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz with a focus on photography. Degree: Diploma honored by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Spacek, Mainz Germany |
2005 | Student of the Master Class by Prof. Dr. Vladimir Spacek, Mainz, Germany |
2006 | Graduation at the Academy of Fine Arts at Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz |
2007 | Lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany |
Awards
2012 | 2nd place „Brita Kunstpreis“ |
2011 | Honors from the “Europäischen Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011“ |
2010 | Nominated for „24. Mainzer Kunstpreis Eisenturm“ - Hans-Jürgen Imiela-Gedächtnispreis |
Künstler der Region, EVO-art award, Offenbach, Germany | |
Nominated for “Merck-Preis“, Day of the Photography 2010 in Darmstadt, Germany | |
2007 | “Marianne-Brandt-Wettbewerb“, selected works |
2005 | Prix du Conseil Général du Bas-Rhin |
“Reinhart-Wolf-Preis 2005“ | |
“17. BFF-Förderpreis“, Association of Freelance Photographers | |
“Lucky Strike Junior Designer Award 2005“, Special Honors | |
“Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2005“, Special Honors | |
2003 | “Emy-Roeder-Preis 2002“ Rhineland-Palatinate |
2002 | zeitsicht 12 Hausconsulting, Most Promising Award |
2001 | No. 1, Kodak-Fotokalender-Preis 2001 [award of the jury], 2001 |
“Gold Award”, Best Scenic/Other Photography, W. & N. Calender Awards, Chicago, USA | |
“Gold Award”, Best Use of Paper, World & National Calender Awards, Chicago, USA | |
“Bronze Award”, Best Scenic/Other Photography, W. & N. Calender Awards, Chicago, USA | |
“Destinctive Merit Award”, Art Directors Club New York | |
“Bronze Price”, All Japan Calendar Competition | |
“Kodak-Award“, 32. International Kodak Photo Contest | |
2000 | Stuttgart Calendar Show, Silver Prize |
All Japan Calendar Competition, Gold Prize | |
Best Typography Merit Award | |
Best Use of Paper Gold Award | |
13th Polaroid Student Competition | |
1st Prize for Experimental Photography | |
Art Directors Club New York, Distinctive Merit Award | |
1999 | Graphis, New Talent Design Annual |
1998 | Lufthansa AERO artist grant |
Type Directors Club New York | |
Certificate of Typographic Excellence | |
1998 | International Stuttgart Calendar Show |
Prize for Experimental Design | |
1992 | Winner in the Photo Presse Cover-picture Competition |
Collections
Baumüller & Co. AG, Darmstadt, Germany
Deutsche Telekom, Weiden, Germany
E.ON Kunstsammlung, Germany
Europäisches Patentamt, Munich, Germany
EVO Kunstsammlung, Offenbach, Germany
Kirschbaum Verlag, Bonn, Germany
Kunstsammlung des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Kunstsammlung Kupferberg Gold, Mainz, Germany
Kunstsammlung der Stadt Wiesbaden, Germany
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Lufthansa AERO, Mainz, Germany
Matisse Collection, New York, USA
Sammlung Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Tucher Stiftung, Nürnberg, Germany
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Telekom, Weiden, Germany
E.ON Kunstsammlung, Germany
Europäisches Patentamt, Munich, Germany
EVO Kunstsammlung, Offenbach, Germany
Kirschbaum Verlag, Bonn, Germany
Kunstsammlung des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Kunstsammlung Kupferberg Gold, Mainz, Germany
Kunstsammlung der Stadt Wiesbaden, Germany
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Lufthansa AERO, Mainz, Germany
Matisse Collection, New York, USA
Sammlung Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Tucher Stiftung, Nürnberg, Germany
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin, Germany
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2013 | »Dirk Brömmel - Kopfüber«, Davis Klemm Gallery, Munich, Germany |
SCOPE Basel, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Switzerland | |
»Dirk Brömmel«, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany | |
»Dirk Brömmel«, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany | |
2012 | »Dirk Brömmel – Kopfüber, Fotocollagen«, Neuffer am Park – Kunsthalle, Pirmasens, Germany |
Galerie Peithner-Lichtenfels | contemporary, Wien, Austria | |
2011 | "Villa Tugendhat" - Fotografien von Dirk Brömmel, Dům umění města Brna |
The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic | |
"Dirk Brömmel - kopfüber", Graffit Gallery, Varna, Bulgaria | |
"Dirk Brömmel - Fotografien", Stadtgalerie Neu-Isenburg, Germany | |
„Unterwegs“, Davis-Klemm Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, Germany | |
2010 | SWR Kultur im Foyer, Mainzer Museumsnacht 2010, SWR Funkhaus, Mainz, Germany |
Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany | |
Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany | |
Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany | |
2009 | Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany |
Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium | |
2008 | Earlybird Venture Capital, Munich, Germany |
Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany | |
Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany | |
Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany | |
2007 | Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium |
„Ego – Positionen zum Ich“, Wiesbadener Fototage, Galerie Erhard Witzel, Germany | |
2006 | Galerie „McBride Fine Art“ Antwerp, Belgium |
Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg, Germany | |
Galerie Mariette Haas, Ingolstadt, Germany | |
Galerie Kleines Haus, Mainzer Staatstheater, Germany | |
"Villa Tugendhat“, Artothek Wiesbaden, Germany | |
2005 | Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany |
2002 | Ausstellung im Goethe Institut Helsinki, Finland |
"Galerie Kleines Haus" des Mainzer Staatstheaters, Germany | |
1995 | Haus der Springmaus, Bonn, Germany |
Group Exhibitions
2013 | »One Man Show«, Messe art Karlsruhe, germany | |
»Frisch eingetroffen«, Davis Klemm Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany | ||
2012 | ART.FAIR 22, Messe für aktuelle Kunst, Cologne, Germany | |
»architekturbild. Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011« Deutschen Wochen im Goethe-Institut in St. Petersburg, Russia | ||
art paris, Grand Palais, Galerie Albert Baumgarten, France | ||
art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Germany | ||
2011 | »architekturbild. Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011« BildungsTURM | Kulturzentrum am Münster, Konstanz, Germany | |
cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France | ||
„IN BETWEEN. Architekturbild - Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2011“, vhs-photogalerie, Stuttgart, Germany | ||
Spurensuche - Ivaylo Stoyanov und Dirk Brömmel, Goethe-Institut Bulgaria | ||
art paris, Grand Palais, France | ||
art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Carlsbad, Germany | ||
2010 | 24. Mainzer Kunstpreis Eisenturm im MVB-Forum, Germany | |
PREVIEW BERLIN ¬– The Emerging Art Fair, Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof, Germany | ||
Kunstmesse „art bodensee“, Dornbirn, Austria | ||
Galerie im Turm, EVO-Kunstgalerie, Offenbach am Main, Germany | ||
art paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France | ||
cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France | ||
2009 | „Visions“, Galerie Hengevoss-Dürkop, Hamburg, Germany | |
cutlog, Contemporary Art Fair, Paris, France | ||
Berliner Liste, Palais am Tiergarten, Germany | ||
KIAF, Korea International Art Fair, South Korea | ||
art paris, Grand Palais, Paris, France | ||
art Karlsruhe, Messe Karlsruhe, Carlsbad, Germany | ||
„Work Places“, Kunstgalerie Ruse, Rousse, Bulgaria | ||
2008 | Kunstverein Freiburg „DASSOLLKUNSTSEIN vol. 6“ mit der Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Germany | |
„Arbeitsplätze / work places“, Goethe-Institut Singapore, Republic of Singapore | ||
„Work Places“, photokina Köln, Cologne, Germany | ||
Galerie im Theater, „Kunsträume Bayern“, Ingolstadt, Germany | ||
2007 | „Marianne-Brandt-Wettbewerb“, Sächsisches Industriemuseum Chemnitz, Germany | |
„4. Berliner Kunstsalon“, Netzwerk Brömmel, Kostolov, Stoyanov, Berlin, Germany | ||
„Ningbo in the Eyes of Germany Photographers“, Ningbo Museum of Art, China | ||
„Große Kunstausstellung München 2007“, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany | ||
„VOYAGE“, unterwegs zwischen hier und dort. Kunstverein Kreis Soest e. V. im Museum Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus in Soest, Germany | ||
2006 | „Architektur im Liegen“, 5. Rheinischer Wettbewerb der Architekturfotografie, A L’Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Strasbourg, France | |
„Arbeitsplätze / work places“ Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2005 im Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany | ||
„Ausgezeichnete Fotografie“ im Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, Germany | ||
2005 | „Kunstpreis der Stadt Bonn“, Künstlerforum Bonn, Germany | |
„Arbeitsplätze / work places“, Kasseler Architekturzentrum im Kulturbahnhof, KAZ im Kuba, Kassel, Germany | ||
„BFF-Förderpreisträger“ Internationales Fotofestival Pingyao, Shanxi Provinz, China | ||
„New German Photography“ der Editionsgalerie Lumas beim Fotofestival Rencontres d’Arles, France | ||
„Die Nacht der Bilder“ in der Galerie 21 bei Gruner + Jahr, Hamburg, Germany | ||
„Klasse Spacek“ im Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Germany | ||
Kunsthaus „Prinz-Carl“ Worms, Germany | ||
Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany | ||
DG-Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany | ||
"Klasse Spacek" im Haus der Kunst der Stadt Brünn, Germany | ||
2004 | Gruppe Tape10 im U.F.O., Frankfurt, Germany | |
2003 | Gruppe kunstlicht bei der kurzen Nacht der Museen und Galerien, atelier dreimann, Wiesbaden, Germany | |
"Junge Rheinland-Pfälzische Künstlerinnen und Künstler", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany | ||
Tape 10 "ElectroVillage" im Museum für angewandte Kunst, Cologne, Germany | ||
2001 | Ausstellung der Aktionsgruppe "Vene Hammerschlag", Wiesbadener Hauptbahnhof , Wiesbaden, Germany | |
1998 | Permanent exhibition in the offices of Lufthansa AERO, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
1996 | Permanent exhibition in Galerie Kupferberg, Mainz, Germany | |
1995 | "Haus der Springmaus", Bonn, Germany |
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