Juliane Eirich, Ship, Korea Diary, 2007/08
Gallery f5.6 Ludwigstr.7 80539 München Allemagne
"The uniqueness of certain places often only appears at nighttime. The artificial, exemplary aesthetic, the colours seem to me very appealing." (Juliane Eirich)
Gallery f5,6 presents the promising young newcomer Juliane Eirich (b. 1979, Munich). The exhibition concentrates on a selection of nightshots from her work over the past few years. These include photographs of school buildings in Hawaii, images form her fellowship in South Korea - her project "Korea Diary", and images shot in Miami.
Juliane Eirich, Apartement Building no. 101, Korea Diary, 2007/08
Juliane Eirich takes pictures of places that display their unique aura in particular at nighttime. This theme has up until now not really been a central concern to photography or painting in the last Century. Although the nocturnal challenges painting and photography, both processes originating in the juxtaposition of light and thereby colour and tonality. Eirich's interest, does not lie purely in the formal concerns of the nocturnal "Chiaro-Scuro" of baroque paintings by candlelight but extends this to include the perception and accessability of a personal memory of the viewer. Her images remind us more of the distanced perspective of Edward Hopper's scenes or the nightly scenes of Edvard Munch. In her work the artist examines the interaction between places that have been created by human beings and its environment. Eirich's nocturnal images ask the viewer to engage in an active contemplation of the intimacy of the depicted place. Her images have an iconographic quality without time or history.
"These places seem to me like a spectacle, which does not seek a viewer. I like the fact that they usually don't receive much attention, especially not during nighttime."