Vattenfall is very happy to present the work of the photographer Sabine Wenzel as part of their exhibition series "Augenweiden - Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst".
The work shown is a collection including the first work in her new series, "To Wave" 2010,
as well work from an established series that has been shown previously in other exhibitions as a part of the series "The German Forest" 2006-2010.
In neither series is Sabine Wenzel's approach to her subject that of the classical documentary photographer. She succeeds in transcending the mere representation of her subject matter and has gone on to develop her own unique pictorial language.
Inspired by Japanese ink paintings, the aesthetics of which are heavily dependant on the negative spaces within the composition, Wenzel's ...
Under the title The German Forest Sabine Wenzel (*1966) photographs wooded landscapes in different locations in Germany. Open to the energy of the chance encounter she is always on the look out for the decisive combination of light and structure that are responsible for the particular atmosphere inherent in her images.
Sabine Wenzel manages to capture the rich variety of different atmospheres to be found in forests. These powerful images have a tendency to bring back the observer's memories of long forgotten childhood fantasies with their associated feelings of security, joy, humility and fear. Home would therefore also have been an appropriate title for this body of work.
The successful professional photographer, who studied at the HGB in Leipzig, has managed to create a series of works with a lightness of touch...