Contemptuous about contemporary photography? Asleep looking at art photography? Bemused by the accompanying pretentious prose? How bad can it get? See below.

18 June 2011

"Lights" from the series "Once, still and forever" by Jessica Backhaus



(Copyight - Jessica Backhaus)

"As in former series such as "Jesus and the Cherries" (2005) or "What still remains" (2008), Jessica Backhaus' new work in the series "I wanted to see the World" (2010) and "Once, still and forever" (2011) develops a strong sense for the melancholic in the every-day and the power of color and light as emotional means of expression. "I wanted to see the World", published in 2010 by Kehrer, is a series of large scale water reflections as abstracted studies in color and light. The brand new series "Once, still and forever" marks a return to the classical still life. This new series as not yet been published and is exhibited for the first time."

Exhibited at the Robert Morat Galerie.