Sun, 11.12.2016 - Sun, 30.04.2017

Exhibition »Albrecht Kunkel: QUEST. Photographs 1989–2009«

From the bird's eye view you can see a city with river and many houses. The picture is in red and purple.

2xGoldstein+Fronczek on the basis of »Color Excerpts Monochrome« and »Arial Views (Jersey City)« by Albrecht Kunkel

The QUEST exhibition presents an overview of the photographical work of Albrecht Kunkel (1968–2009) for the first time. Kunkel was a seeker, who systematically dedicated his creative work to the fundamental issues of human existence. His photographs focus on landscapes and areas of special historical, cultural or social importance and trace the cultural practices encoded in them. The themes range from the earliest ritual cave and rock drawings to the present-day multimedial mass of images. The artist also integrated other photo material into his work, including topographical aerial images or historic archive footage, and explored the conditions and possibilities of the photographic medium on the cusp of the digital age. Among other places, Kunkel studied at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) with Thomas Struth, with Bernd and Hilla Becher and was a master student with Katharina Sieverding. He lived in Berlin, Paris and New York. His photographical estate was donated to the collection of the ZKM | Karlsruhe in 2013.

Documents

Credits »Albrecht Kunkel«

credits_kunkel.pdf (2.62 MB)

Press Release

pm_kunkel_d_englisch.pdf (263.6 KB)

Image - Gallery

Albrecht Kunkel, »From the series Tropfsteinhöhlen« -Demoiselles I, Color photograph, Diasec, Dibond, 180x130cm

© ZKM | Center for Art and Median, Photo: Steffen Harms
Albrecht Kunkel, »From the series Felsen« - Penascosa I, 2000, Chromogenic print, Diasec, Dibond, 180x230 cm

© ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Photo: Steffen Harms
Tilda Swinton [ZEITmagazin, Ich habe einen Traum], 2007, Chromogeniuc print, RC paper, digitally exposed, 38x30cm, Private collection

© 2016 Estate Albrecht Kunkel, ZKM | Karlsruhe
Albrecht Kunkel, »from the series Pilgrimage« - Golgatha I, 2007, Chromogenic print, Diasec, Dibond, 100x138cm

© 2016 Estate Albrecht Kunkel, ZKM | Karlsruhe
Albrecht Kunkel, »Wailing Wall VI« [Untitled (Wailing Wall)], from the series »Pilgrimage«, 2007, chromogenic print, RC paper, aluminum, 45 x 64 cm, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.

© Nachlass Albrecht Kunkel / Estate Albrecht Kunkel, ZKM | Karlsruhe ; Photo © Photo: Albrecht Kunkel
Albrecht Kunkel, »from the series Chile, another Germany« - Untitled (pastro with girl), 2007, Color photograph

© 2016 Nachlass Albrecht Kunkel / Estate Albrecht Kunkel, ZKM | Karlsruhe
Albrecht Kunkel, »Jersey City«, from the series »Aerial Views«, 2006, ZKM | Center for Art and Media.

© Estate Albrecht Kunkel ; Photo © Photo: Albrecht Kunkel