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2008 / 2013 / BFL04
Created in 2008 /
Published in 2013 /
No. BFL04
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About Bettina FlitnerPoetic passages Bettina Flitner’s series “Boatpeople” put a unique object centre stage: a traditional Burmese boat. The photographer bought the wooden fishing boat at Inle Lake, situated on a plateau high in the Shan Hills along…BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Poetic passages
Bettina Flitner’s series “Boatpeople” put a unique object centre stage: a traditional Burmese boat. The photographer bought the wooden fishing boat at Inle Lake, situated on a plateau high in the Shan Hills along the Chinese border, and transported it to Cologne, where it sits on the Rhine. Filtner photographs a broad range of personalities and groups aboard the craft – including managers, nuns, and transvestites – creating a poetic, calming and humorous procession. The people appear to be on a journey of discovery, moving along the current of life. Self-aware and in distinctive poses, they are the lead actors in theatrical arrangements. We curiously and affectionately speculate about the people’s identities, and we sense the photographer’s joy in telling their stories.
Flitner draws cleverly from the genres of film and photography for her works. She uses her experience as an editor and director to ensure these remarkable projects produce powerful narrative moments. What begins as an idea becomes, through image composition, props, and the choice of distinctive subjects, a harmonious work of art.
Christina WendenburgVITA
1961 Born in Cologne, Germany Editor at WDR, Germany 1986-1992 Studied at Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin, Germany 1989-present Professional Photographer Exhibitions
2011 Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, USA Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany 2011 Ich bin ein Berliner, Dezer Schauhalle, Miami, USA In Between Days/ Von Frauenberg Art Gallery, Düsseldorf Kernfragen, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin ABC of Painting, Galerie Schuster, Berlin 2010 Malerei, Galerie Dr. messner, Trossingen Berliner Salon, Europäischer Kunsthof Ficht, Aachen Art Fair 21 Köln, Galerie Schuster, Köln 2009 Scope New York, Galerie Schuster, New York, USA 2008 Scope Miami, Galerie Schusten, Miami, USA 2007 Arcadia, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, UK Salty Tears, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin Scope Miami, Galerie Schuster, Miami, USA 2006 The fine art of separating people from their money, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin Art Peking – Frederik Foert Galerie Art Fair Köln, Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Kreuzer + Roy, Heimbach 2005 Time Zones, Krings Ernst Galerie, Köln Cars and Races, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin 2004 Pintura, Galeria Fabio Penacall, Salvador, Brasilien Solo Exhibitions
2011 Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, USA Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany 2009 Urania, Berlin, Germany 2007 Biblioteca National, Madrid, Spain Tour&Taxis, Brussels, Belgium 2005 Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland 2004 Swiss Re, Munich, Germany 2003 Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Loeper, Germany 2002 Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany 2001-2002 Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipeh, Taiwan 2001 Ich bin stolz ein Rechter zu sein, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany 1998 Suermondt, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany 1996 Der Rächer von Dresden Photography-Installation at the festival, Theater der Welt, Dresden, Germany Mein Herz Photography-Installation at the Lustgarten Berlin, Germany Brückenschlag Photography-Installation, Cologne, Germany Group Exhibitions
2010 Galerie Zellermayer, Berlin, Germany 2009 Fotofestival Lodz, Fotofestival Luxembourg 2008 ART Cologne, Germany Studio Marangoni, Florenz, Italy 2006 Am Strom, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany ART Cologne, Germany 2003 wonderlands, Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung, Grothe, Germany 1999 ART Cologne, Galerie von Loeper, Germany 1997 Fotofestival Groningen, Netherlands 1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium 1995 Deutschland-Zyklus, 3rd Internationales Bildforum, Herten, Germany 1993 Sie nennen es Liebe, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany Contemporary German Photography, The Light Factory, North Carolina, USA 1991 Krieg für Frieden, Elefanten-Press Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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