Katharina Sieverding, Watching the Sun at Midnight

Katharina Sieverding, THE GREAT WHITE WAY GOES BLACK, IX/1977
Farbfotografie, Acryl, Stahlrahmen 300 x 500 cm Installationsansicht der Ausstellung:
Katharina Sieverding – Close Up, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, 2005
© Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

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Katharina Sieverding, Watching the Sun at Midnight

The pioneering photography of Katharina Sieverding is celebrated in an exhaustive exhibition at Museum Frieder Burda...

The Richard Meier-designed, internationally renowned Museum Frieder Burda is currently exhibiting a major exhibition of German artist and photographer, Katharina Sieverding. Perhaps best known for her self-portraiture, the Baden-Baden-based show brings together a much wider array of works that span Sieverding’s pioneering 60-year oeuvre.

Katharina Sieverding, Watching the Sun at Midnight at Photo Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden

Katharina Sieverding PROJECTED DATA IMAGES 03 2009 Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Curated by Udo Kittelmann in cooperation with the artist, the exhibition, entitled Watching the Sun at Midnight, is an extensive one; the solo presentation comprising her videos of the late 1960s, oversized self-portrait series of the 1970s, as well as more contemporary works including Gefechtspause (Ceasefire), which looks in detail at lockdowns during the COVID-19 crisis.

Born in Prague in 1944 to German parents, the photographer divides her time between Berlin and Düsseldorf, and is a professor at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Continuously focussing her artistic energy on political issues, Sieverding is widely considered a pioneer of photography, testing the boundaries of the medium’s technical possibilities, whilst using unconventional visual strategies to reinvigorate the artistic potential of photography, introducing the super-sized format which makes up a large part of her exhibitions.

Having opened 28 August, Watching the Sun at Midnight follows on from the photography pioneer’s other (now closed) show, Headlines, which took place at the museum’s Berlin exhibition space, Salon Berlin. This exhaustive and exhilarating show, spanning the exceedingly attractive Museum Frieder Burda is set to continue throughout 2021, closing 9 January 2022.

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Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen

Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen. Museum Frieder Burda © Katharina Sieverding
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen
Katharina Sieverding, GROSSFOTO XIII/79

Katharina Sieverding, GROSSFOTO XIII/79
WE HAVE FRIENDS ALL OVER THE WORLD 1979
Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm
© Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969

Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969 Digitale Bildprojektion 233 Bilder © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969

Katharina Sieverding EIGENBEWEGUNG 1967-1969 Digitale Bildprojektion 233 Bilder © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Katharina Sieverding, STEIGBILD X 1997

Katharina Sieverding, STEIGBILD X 1997
Farbfotografie, Acryl, Stahlrahmen 300 x 375 cm 3-teilig, je 300 x 125 cm
© Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen

Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen. Museum Frieder Burda © Katharina Sieverding
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021

Ausstellungsansicht, Katharina Sieverding Die Sonne um Mitternacht schauen
Katharina Sieverding, GEFECHTSPAUSE III 2020

Katharina Sieverding, GEFECHTSPAUSE III 2020
Digitaldruck 252 x 356 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021
Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021

Katharina Sieverding: XI/78, SCHLACHTFELD DEUTSCHLAND, 1978

Katharina Sieverding: XI/78, SCHLACHTFELD DEUTSCHLAND, 1978 C-Print, Acryl, Stahlrahmen 300 x 375 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst 2021

Katharina Sieverding MOTORKAMERA 1973-74

Katharina Sieverding MOTORKAMERA 1973-74 336 Schwarz-Weiß-Fotografien 5 x gelbe Leuchtstoffröhren 252 x 832 cm 28-teilig, je 252 x 29,7 cm © Katharina Sieverding, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021 Foto: © Klaus Mettig, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2021