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Ulla von Brandenburg Ulla von Brandenburg works with different media such as drawing, video, film, space installation and performance. Motives of historic originals are brought forward by the illustration in a current time context and therefore act as filters that switch between the illustration and the viewer. In her exhibition "Den Gelben in die Ecke, Doublette in der Mitte" in the studio gallery she created a mural painting using the draft of a photograph by Henry Peach Robinson (1830- 1901). The photograph shows the dramatic scene of a girl being closer to the afterlife than to the here and now. By means of abstraction, enlargement and a new context creation von Brandenburg transforms this historic scene into the presence. The size and singularity of the mural painting generate a room-affecting presence. The viewer is inevitably caught in this tension space, which lets a third dimension arise in her work. The viewer witnesses a bizarre scene in which the protagonists cannot be clearly decoded because of their alternating affiliation. This creates multiple associations and narration lines. Von Brandenburg compares the silhouette-like scene with a text excerpt from the drama Ivanov from Anton Tschechov "Wenn wir dieses Stück land kaufen, gehören uns beide Ufer". (If we buy this land, both watersides will be ours.) Ulla von Brandenburg uses razor-thin transparent paper for her monochrome and large-sized line- and colour field drawings, which underlines the clarity and delicateness of her work. Her newer films show "Tableaux vivants" in which persons in groups of two or three are frozen in their poses. Their clarity resembles her drawings, yet she doesn't use this medium just for an eliciting drama and staginess. Only the wind can occasionally revive the silent scenes with life. |
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Ulla von Brandenburg, Ohne Titel, 2003, Acrylfarbe auf Wand, 400 x 962 cm und 400 x 572 cm, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Studiogalerie. |
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Curriculum vitae |
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| 1974 | born in Karlsruhe |
| 1998-04 | Studium Freie Kunst an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste
Hamburg Professoren: Cosima von Bonin, Eran Schearf, Stephan Dillemuth |
| 1995-98 | Studium der Szenographie und Medienkunst an der Hochschule
für Gestaltung Karlsruhe Professoren: Günter Förg, Johannes Schütz |
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Lives and works in Hamburg
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Ulla von Brandenburg, Der Brief, 2004, DVD, schwarz-weiss, ohne Ton, 2:30 min., Installation aus drei Beamprojektionen, Diplomausstellung HfbK Hamburg. |
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Exhibitions, festivals (selection) |
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Solo exhibitions |
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| 2004 |
"Ein Mensch ist keine Nadel", Blaue Kugel Hamburg |
| "Fuenf sind's doch schon im ersten Spiel", Trottoir Hamburg | |
| 2003 | "Den Gelben in die Ecke, Doublette in der Mitte", Studiogalerie Kunstverein Braunschweig |
| 2001 |
"Ja. Auch Sie!", Galerie Taubenstraße Hamburg
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Group exhibitions |
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| 2004 | "Ouija", Diplomausstellung HfbK Hamburg |
| "Deutschland sucht", Kunstverein Köln | |
| "Provide it", Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg | |
| "Jahresgaben 2004", Kunstverein Braunschweig | |
| "Jahresgaben 2004", Kunstverein Köln | |
| "Nobody", Der Graue Zylinder, Merrettich Pavillion Berlin | |
| "Index", Kunsthaus Hamburg | |
| "Sammlung Taubenstrasse", Kunsthaus Hamburg | |
| 2003 | "Feine Ware 3", Kunstverein Harburg |
| "Reward", Blueroom Gallery, London | |
| "Zimmer aufräumen, Zupfgeigenhansel kommt", Künstlerhaus Stuttgart; Kunstverein Dresden | |
| "Jahresgaben 2003", Kunstverein Braunschweig | |
| 2002 | "Slow", Shedhalle Zürich |
| "Jahresgaben 2002", Kunstverein Braunschweig | |
| 2001 | "Wir, Comawoche", Klasse Cosima von Bonin, Hamburg |
| 2000 | "Die jüngere Generation", Orgelfabrik Karlsruhe Durlach |
| "Neue Blicke, Neue Räume", Schauspielhaus Hamburg | |
| 1999 | "Voices", ZKM Karlsruhe |
| 1998 |
"5 Jahre HfG", HfG Karlsruhe
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Screenings |
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| 2004 | "Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Bahnhof", Buttclub Hamburg; Kunstverein Köln |
| "Tableaux Vivants", "Ein Zaubertrickfilm", e-flux, New York | |
| 2003 | "Tennisplatz", Kunstverein Harburg |
| "Ein Zaubertrickfilm", Fundus im Renthof Kassel | |
| 2002 |
"Ein Zaubertrickfilm", Kunstverein Hamburg
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Performances |
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| 2004 | "Performance Perfekt", Die Blaue Kugel Gruppe, Halle für Kunst eV, Lüneburg |
| 2003 | "Zimmer aufräumen, Zupfgeigenhansel kommt", HfbK Hamburg; Kunstverein Dresden; Künstlerhaus Stuttgart |
| 2002 | "Alles Roger Commander", Cosima von Bonin, Kunstverein Hamburg |
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"Planche", Klasse Cosima von Bonin, HfbK, Hamburg
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Publications |
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| 2004 | "Nr.2", Offsetdruck |
| "Spur 04. The Cheap Champagne Issue", Materialverlag Hamburg | |
| "Auf der Suche nach dem verlorenen Bahnhof", Das Dreckige Butzend | |
| "Deutschland sucht", Kunstverein Köln | |
| 2003 | "Ulla von Brandenburg", Kunstverein Braunschweig |
| 2002 | "5 Jahre Galerie Taubenstrasse" |
| "Shedhalle 2002", Shedhalle Zürich | |
| "Abracadabra", Siebdruck | |
| 2000 | "Neue Blicke, Neue Räume", Schauspielhaus Hamburg |
| 1998 |
"5 Jahre HfG"
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Awards and grants |
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| 2005 | Atelierstipendium Künstlerstätte Schloß Bleckede |
| 2004 | Reisestipendium, Neue Kunst in Hamburg |
| 2003 |
Begabtenstipendium der Dietzte-Stiftung
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