laviniaschulz by Thomas Ruff

Thomas Ruff ~ neg◊laviniaschulz_07, 2021, c-print. Work from the series of Negative | src Mai 36 Galerie

The neg◊laviniaschulz subgroup from the series of Negative are expressionist dance studies of the dancer Lavinia Schulz and the actor Walter Holdt in full-body masks, which they both designed together in the early 1920s.
The starting point of the series are photographs of the 19th and 20th century (by Minya Diez-Dührkoop), which have a typical brown patina and whose motifs cover the entire range of historical photography. When these photographs are inverted (reversing the positive into the negative), a high-contrast blue tone emerges, and the compositional design comes to the fore. Thus, the negative, the actual ‘original’ of a photograph, which threatens to disappear completely due to the triumph of digital photography, becomes the object of contemplation.

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Thomas Ruff ~ neg◊laviniaschulz_16, 2021, c-print. Work from the series of Negative | src Mai 36 Galerie
Thomas Ruff ~ neg◊laviniaschulz_14, 2021, c-print. Work from the series of Negative | src Mai 36 Galerie

Cupido · Hommage to Shoji

Paul Cupido ~ Hommage to Shoji no. 7, 2023. Archival pigments on unwashed Kozo paper | src Bildhalle – Paris Photo 2023
Paul Cupido ~ Hommage to Shoji no. 6, 2023. Archival pigments on unwashed Kozo paper | src Bildhalle – Paris Photo 2023

Hommage to Sanyu by Meeuws

Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 09), 2018. C-Type print. | src Per van der Horst Gallery at Photo Basel
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 09), 2018. C-Type print. | src Per van der Horst Gallery at Photo Basel

A photographical interpretation of the magical, almost abstract flower paintings by the great Chinese painter Sanyu (1901-1966). The Homage à Sanyu series is inspired by the paintings of the Chinese – French artist Sanyu (or Chang Yu), who lived and worked in Paris in the early 20th century. In works from this series, Meeuws makes a photographic translation of Sanyu’s painting into a modern medium. He wants to translate Sanyu’s paintings photographically without destroying the atmosphere of those paintings.

Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 35), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src amuse
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 35), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src amuse
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 12), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src Galerie Wilms
Bas Meeuws :: Hommage à Sanyu (# 12), 2018. C-print op Dibond met acrylglas. | src Galerie Wilms

Women and calla lilies

Kim Weston :: Nude within Callas | Print of the Month | December 2006
Kim Weston :: Nude within Callas | Print of the Month | December 2006
Kim Weston :: Gina and Basket with Callas | src Kim Weston - Prints of the month (2002)
Kim Weston :: Gina and Basket [with callas / calla lilies] | src Kim Weston – Prints of the month (2002)

Toni Catany’s still-lifes

Toni Catany :: El tassó ~ The Bowl, 1979. Calotip (collotype). | src MNAC ~ Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Toni Catany :: Natura morta ~ Still life, 1981. Gelatinobromur de plata sobre paper baritat. | src MNAC ~ Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Toni Catany (1942 – 2013) :: Homenatge a Sudek, 1986. | src MNAC ~ Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Toni Catany :: El mantó ~ The shawl, 1979 (tiratge 1995) Calotip (Collotype). | src MNAC ~ Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya

«Paulina Buonaparte», 1929

Vom Aktmodell bis zur Unsterblichkeit mit Aufnahmen von Blumberger & Scholz.
From the nude model to immortality with photos by Blumberger & Scholz.
II) Canova: Paulina Buonaparte (Museo Borghese)
Die Bühne 1929, Heft 217, Seite 42. | src ÖNB