Vendredi 17 Avril 2015 10:53:38 par Clarisse Treilles dans Expositions

The exhibition "CHARGESHEIMER" at FEROZ Galerie aims to explore the complexity of the artist’s oeuvre and his multifaceted artistic production. Part of our gallery space will be dedicated to presenting a reconstruction of Chargesheimer’s exhibition Köln 5 Uhr 30, created for the 1970 edition of Photokina in Cologne. Another section of the exhibition will be devoted to the artist’s experimental work: abstract photography, chemigrams and light graphics, as well as cameraless works created through direct manipulation of chemicals onto negative plates and photo paper. Chargesheimer’s early experimental works were produced between 1948 and 1953, and after meeting L. Fritz Gruber (artistic director of Photokina), in 1949, Chargesheimer was invited to present these works at the prestigious Cologne-based fair.

© 2015 Museum Ludwig, Köln
Courtesy of FEROZ Galerie, Bonn

Due to the longstanding friendship between Gerd Sander and Chargesheimer, FEROZ Galerie has a significant collection of documentary photographs taken by artist in the 50’s, when he dedicated himself to photographing the daily life in Cologne. Among this body of work are the famous portraits commissioned by celebrities such as Louis Armstrong and Jean-Paul Belmondo as well as a great number of German politicians; all "close-ups" taken with a monumental creative power. The people and the city, along with its architecture and life, were approached by his lens as a unit, and not as of single documents of their time. This very particular point of view will be shown through a fine selection of Chargesheimer documentarian work.