This touring exhibition surveys a decade of photographic imagery exploring the subject of oil by artist Edward Burtynsky. The Canadian photographer has traveled internationally to chronicle the production, distribution, and use of this critical fuel. In addition to revealing the rarely-seen mechanics of its manufacture, Burtynksy photographs the effects of oil on our lives, depicting landscapes altered by its extraction from the earth and by the cities and suburban sprawl generated around its use. He also addresses the coming "end of oil," as we confront its rising cost and dwindling availability. This exhibition, premiering in t...

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Die Galerie Stefan Röpke freut sich, die Ausstellung Robert Mapplethorpe "Polaroids And Silver Prints In Context" vom 4. September bis 17. Oktober, 2009, präsentieren zu können.

Die Ausstellung zeigt zum ersten Mal die frühen, weitgehend unbekannten Polaroid Arbeiten neben den Silber-Gelatine-Fotografien der 80er Jahre. Die späteren und auch ausgereiften Fotografien machten Mapplethorpe erst bekannt, aber ohne die frühe Phase wären sie undenkbar.

In den 70er Jahren begann Mapplethorpe mit einer Sofortbildkamera Polaroidaufnahmen zu machen. Diese verwendete er in ein...

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Galerie Stefan Röpke is pleased to present Robert Mapplethorpe: Polaroids and Silver Prints In Context on view from September 04 - October 17, 2009.

The exhibition presents for the first time the early Polaroid works of Robert Mapplethorpe alongside and intermixed with the silver print photographs of the 80's; the mature work that he is most renowned for.

Mapplethorpe first began taking instant photographs with a Polaroid camera in 1970 as a tool to create material for the collages that he was making at the time, but very shortly after, he appreciated the medium for itself, taking hundreds of pictures and...

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"Every mystery seems absurd, and yet nothing is profound, whether in life or art or state, without mystery."
- David Friedrich Strauss


Galerie Stefan Roepke presents The Mystery Behind The Image at Art Cologne 2009 in Booth A-51/Hall 11.2, an exhibition of works by gallery artists that invite the viewer to go beyond their initial impressions and to investigate deeper to discover the subtlety and profundity within them.

Among the artists that will be included are Edward Burtynsky, Aleksandar Duravcevic, Jason Gringler, Sharon Harper, Robert Mapplethorpe, Max Neumann, Bernardí Roi...

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As Pulse transforms the cavernous and industrial void of Pier 40 into an elegant presentation hall for contemporary art, Galerie Stefan Roepke presents "Playing With Space" in  Booth D-01, an exhibition of works by artists who investigate and experiment with space and void, stretching the traditional limits of the picture plane, and blurring the boundaries between two-dimensional and sculptural space.

Among the artists that will be included are Jordi Alcaraz, Eduardo Chillida, Jason Gringler, Greg Allen-Muller, Aitor Ortiz, and Julio Rondo.  And continuing with this concept of "Playing With Space&qu...

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