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Gudrun Kemsa – The ‘Sousse’ Series 1992 – 2007 ..."In the center of the image ‘Sousse 1’, a man and a woman pause, gazing in the emptiness of the sea. Their placement in the picture is reminiscent of the great romantic painter, Caspar David Friedrich, whose virtuosity transformed his figures into projections of contemplation that evoked the inexplicable nature of human circumstance. At this point one begins to realize that Gudrun Kemsa’s work is all about the process of seeing. The information value of the image as a document might be minimal, but it yet forces the question, what the eye is actually capable to retain? That, which is actually visible in ‘Sousse 1’ opens manifold paths of cognition. All romantic notions aside, the picture presents the beach as a zone of surreal charm. The terse yellow light, so characteristic of Mediterranean countries, infuses the images with its own sense of artificiality. Those familiar with Gudrun Kemsa’s artistic path might think of the minimalist work of her teacher at the Dusseldorf Academy, David Rabinowitch. His sculptural floor works are directed towards altering perception and reflecting back the physical disposition of the viewer. In this photograph however, it is the ephemeral structures vis-à-vis the two figures that lead to discovery. As objects in the space they are barely comprehensible – concomitantly they reflect back to a time of precognition. Is it about a group of figures that are resting or is it about the intended movement one of the two seated figures will make? Again the viewer is denied an answer. Again it is the movement within the image that initiates the act of viewing and looking..." Text from catalogue Gudrun Kemsa – Moving images by Christoph Schaden [Kindly provided by OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art - April 19, 2007] Education 2001- Professor for Moving Images and Photography at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld 2000-2001 University teaching position at the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld 1997-1999 University teaching position at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal 1985 Postgraduate studies 1980-1990 studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Prof. Karl Bobek and Prof. David Rabinowitch Scholarships and Prizes 2004 Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris 2000 Artist in residence by invitation of C-Line Projects, Finland 2000 Grant at the Kunsthochschule für Medien in Cologne awarded within the frame-work of the 9th Marler Video Art Prize 1999 Project Grant at the ZKM-Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe 1996-97 Villa Massimo Scholarship, Rome 1995 New York Scholarship awarded by the Ernst-Poensgen-Foundation 1994 Grant from the Ministry for Culture NRW in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, Genoa 1994 Grant for Istanbul Project awarded by Ilford 1992 Travel Scholarship to Israel awarded by the city of Düsseldorf 1989 Travel Scholarship to Italy awarded by the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf Solo exhibitions 2007 Städtische Galerie, Iserlohn 2007 Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Köln 2007 Jenaer Kunstverein e.V., Jena 2007 OMC Gallery of Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach, CA 2006 Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld 2006 FenomenA Gallery, Seattle 2006 Kunstverein Museum Schloß Moirsbroich e.V., Leverkusen 2003 Kunst aus NRW, Ehemalige Reichsabtei, Aachen-Kornelimünster 2003 OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf 2002 Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst e.V. im Eichenmüllerhaus, Lemgo 2002 Samuelis Baumgarte Galerie, Bielefeld 2002 Fotogalerie Fabrik Heeder, Krefeld 2001 Kunstverein, Dortmund 2001 Galerie Françoise Knabe, Berlin 1999 Palazzo Albrizzi, Venedig 1998 Galerie Françoise Knabe, Frankfurt 1998 Galerie Brüning und Zischke, Düsseldorf 1997 Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln 1997 Accademia Tedesca Villa Massimo, Rome 1995 Internationale Photoszene, Köln 1995 Galleria Leonardi V-Idea, Genoa 1995 Regionalmuseum, Xanten 1994 Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln 1991 Galerie Fenne, Düsseldorf 1985 Museum, Bad Hersfeld Group exhibitions 2007 Galerie Münsterland e.V., Emdetten 2006 Herne, Flottmann-Hallen 2006 Kunsthaus, Kaufbeuren 2006 Stadtmuseum, Ratingen 2006 Thomas-Mann-Haus, München 2005 Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie, Ludwigshafen 2005 Städtisches Museum, Wesel 2004 Lichtrouten, Lüdenscheid 2004 Galerie Burger, München 2004 Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle, Lingen 2004 ram foundation, Rotterdam 2004 Kunstmuseum, Bonn 2004 Museum Bochum, Bochum 2004 Moscow House of Photography, Moscow 2003 Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin 2003 City Galerie Prague, Prague 2003 Galerie Commercio, Zürich 2003 Museum Ahlen, Ahlen 2002 Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern 2002 Kunstmuseum, Heidenheim 2002 Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg 2002 museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf 2002 Kunstadapter, Wiesbaden 2002 transmediale 02, Berlin 2001 Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wien 2001 backup_festival, Leipzig 2001 Kunst aus NRW, Ehemalige Reichsabtei, Aachen/Kornelimünster 2001 Kunstverein, Hürth 2001 Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen 2001 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München 2001 Neues Museum/Kunstsammlung zu Weimar, Weimar 2001 Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg 2000 Skulpturenmuseum, Marl 2000 Sendezentrum ZDF, Mainz 1999 Blue Box-Videoforum, Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden 1999 Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen 1999 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München 1999 Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1999 Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 1998 Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl 1998 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin 1998 Altonaer Museum, Norddeutsches Landesmuseum, Hamburg 1997 Raum X, Düsseldorf 1994 Kulturforum Alte Post, Neuss 1992 Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1992 Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln 1992 Kunstverein Heinsberg, Heinsberg 1990 Galerija Studentskog kulturnog centra, Belgrad |
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