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Page 1: Debüt Auhentic Nature Authentic Nature. · 1980 born in Burgstädt 1994 – 2000 study of graffiti 1999 – 2001 photography apprenticeship lives in Berlin and works internationally

André Wagner AUTHENTIC NATURE

Landscape photography fi nds new expressions in André Wagner’s debut-work “Authentic Nature”. More specifi cally, it is self-creative. Firstly it arises from the repertoire of pain-ting. What is real? Is it manipulated, digitally fi ne-tuned, or painted over? Authentic Nature.

Where does it come from? This scenery, this believable-un-believable aesthetic. Almost too much of a fairy-tale to be true, but without insulting the vision with kitsch.

The style changes from the soft tones of pastel brush-strokes to a graffi ti made of fi re and light. Here again the elements create new impressions in the landscape. This time they are less fairy-tale-like, infusing them with mystical expression. Where does photography begin, where does it end, what is its due earning?

Fire, wind, water and earth seem to have asserted them-selves on their own. André Wagner’s signature is clearly to be recognized, yet it withdraws into the background to offer space to the elements. Finally it steps back into the silence of the forest where everything lies peacefully but with great strength. Authentic nature.

Landschaftsfotografi e erfi ndet sich neu in André Wagners Debüt Auhentic Nature. Genauer gesagt erschafft sie sich selbst. Zunächst schöpft sie aus dem Fundus der Malerei. Was ist echt? Ist es manipuliert, digital überarbeitet, analog übermalt? Authentic Nature.

Wo kommt sie her, diese Landschaft, diese glaubwürdig un-glaubwürdige Ästhetik. Fast zu fabelhaft um wahr zu sein, doch ohne das Auge mit Kitsch zu beleidigen.

Von den sanften Tönen der Malerei wechselt der Stil zu einem Graffi ti aus Feuer und Licht. Auch hier erschaffen die Elemente eine neue Form der Landschaft. Diesmal weniger fabelhaft als mehr mystisch performativ. Wo fängt die Foto-grafi e an, wo hört sie auf, was ist ihr Verdienst?

Feuer, Wind, Wasser und Erde scheinen sich verselbständigt zu haben. Die Handschrift André Wagners ist deutlich zu er-kennen, doch sie tritt zurück und macht den Elementen Platz. Sie zieht sich zu guter Letzt zurück in die Stille des Waldes, wo alles ruht und doch so stark ist. Authentic Nature.

Verena Loewenhaupt

ISBN: 3-932187-70-9

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André Wagner  Authentic nAture

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The challenge of adding to the age-old genre of scenery depiction is a bold undertaking which André Wagner has willingly confronted. He immerses us in the often mythical clarity of nature and patiently creates light in extended night-time exposures, barely allowing darkness to take hold. The results are surreal landscapes and compositions of great strength that glow through the depth of the pictures.

André Wagner’s roots in the medium of painting are thereby unmistakeable. Furthermore, the time factor, which has a very different significance in painting, plays a decisive role in his photography. With a striking interplay of area and depth, intense colour fulness and fading, this photo-artist opposes the scenery with a radically aesthetic configuration which accomplishes the feat of taking the viewer‘s gaze beyond traditional horizons. In this way, his composed creations emerge with overwhelming energy and melancholic beauty.

Dem jahrhundertealten Genre der Landschafts-darstellung noch etwas hinzuzufügen, ist ein selbst-bewusstes Unterfangen, dem sich André Wagner ge-stellt hat. Er taucht in die oft mythisch anmutende Klarheit der Natur ein und inszeniert mit viel Geduld in nächtlichen Langzeitaufnahmen Licht ohne dem Dunkel wirklich Platz einzuräumen. So entstehen nicht naturalistische Landschaften, komponierte Konstruktionen von großer Kraft, die aus der Tiefe der Bilder zu leuchten scheinen.

André Wagners Wurzeln im Medium der Malerei sind dabei unverkennbar. Und auch der Faktor Zeit, der beim Malen einen ganz anderen Stellenwert einnimmt, spielt in seinen Arbeiten eine maßgeb-liche Rolle. Mit einem frappierenden Wechselspiel von Fläche und Tiefe, intensiver Farbigkeit und Ver-blassen setzt dieser Fotokünstler der Landschaft eine radikale Ästhetisierung entgegen, der das Kunststück gelingt, den Blick über traditionelle Horizonte hinaus zu lenken. Und so entstehen kom-ponierte Werke von einer überwältigenden Energie und melancholischen Schönheit.

Kuratorin Marianne Wagner-Simon

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I myself do nothing. The Holy Spirit accomplishes all through me.

Ich selbst bewirke nichts. Der Heilige Geist vollbringt alles durch mich.

William Blake

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Every time you don‘t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

Jedesmal, wenn Du nicht Deiner inneren Führung folgst, spürst Du einen Verlust an Energie, einen Verlust an Macht, ein Gefühl von spiritueller Totenstarre.

Shakti Gawain

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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

Malen ist lediglich eine Form, Tagebuch zu führen.

Pablo Picasso

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pyreneesSpain 2004

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Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.

Wahrheit ist Schönheit, Schönheit ist Wahrheit. Das ist alles, was ich weiß und alles, was ich wissen muss.

John Keats

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The supreme truth exists outside and inside of all living beings.

Die höchste Wahrheit existiert innerhalb und ausserhalb aller Lebewesen.

Bhagavad Gita

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1980 born in Burgstädt1994 – 2000 study of graffiti1999 – 2001 photography apprenticeshiplives in Berlin and works internationally

STUDy TRIP

2008 India2006 New Zealand, USA2004 India, Spain, France

AWARDS

2008 Trierenberg Austrian Super Circuit, gold medal2007 Prize for photography about Kaunas2004 Hasselblad Austrian Super Circuit, gold medal2000 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007 Galerie Lecoq Slope Point, Berlin, Germany2007 Kaunas castle Kaunas – A Town of Light, Kaunas, Lithuania2005 Cosmic Snake Galerie Peveling, Cologne, Germany2005 Langzeitbelichtungen Galerie Berlin am Meer, Berlin, Germany2003 Soy ó Soy no Galerie Visuell, Chemnitz, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 Die besten Fotos der Welt 2008, Linz, Austria2007 Agitatto Gallery in Geneve & Paris, Switzerland & France2006 Galerie Peveling, Art Fair, Cologne, Germany2006 Expression Gallery Through the Eye of the Artist, Berkely, USA2006 Kaunas Photo Days 2006, Kaunas, Lithuania2006 Galerie Weise, Chemnitz, Germany2005 Donarte Galerie Versatile, Madrid, Spain2005 Helden, Ikonen und Dämonen Galerie pgal, Berlin, Germany2005 Prof. Winkler Stipendium, Berlin, Germany2005 Private Choice ll Galerie Grounded, Chemnitz, Germany2004 Die 160 besten Fotos der Welt, Linz, Austria2004 National Festivals, Lishui, China2004 Unterwegs in der TREFFPUNKT Galerie, Stuttgart, Germany2002 Design Mai Friseur D, Berlin, Germany2002 Friseur D, Den Haag, Niederlande2000 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis Photokina, Cologne, Germany2000 Deutscher Jugendfotopreis Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany

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[email protected]

Photos by André WagnerLayout by Alice Plage // www.alice-plage.deText by Marianne Wagner-SimonPrint by KönigsDruck, Berlin

Thanks to Sri Sarvabhavana, Sacinandana Swami, Berlind Wagner, Renate Wagner, Jens Hocher, Petri Anttonen, Mindaugas Kavaliauskas,

Familie Komar, Firma Rakso, Sadbhuja dasa, Dvaraka Disha dasa, Emmi, Frank Herfort, Uwe P. Tietz, Dieter Weber, Alice Plage, Maika Steinborn,

Romy Herrling, Herbert Grundboeck, Jochen Rohn, Arun Fletcher

© 2008 André Wagner

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André Wagner AUTHENTIC NATURE

Landscape photography fi nds new expressions in André Wagner’s debut-work “Authentic Nature”. More specifi cally, it is self-creative. Firstly it arises from the repertoire of pain-ting. What is real? Is it manipulated, digitally fi ne-tuned, or painted over? Authentic Nature.

Where does it come from? This scenery, this believable-un-believable aesthetic. Almost too much of a fairy-tale to be true, but without insulting the vision with kitsch.

The style changes from the soft tones of pastel brush-strokes to a graffi ti made of fi re and light. Here again the elements create new impressions in the landscape. This time they are less fairy-tale-like, infusing them with mystical expression. Where does photography begin, where does it end, what is its due earning?

Fire, wind, water and earth seem to have asserted them-selves on their own. André Wagner’s signature is clearly to be recognized, yet it withdraws into the background to offer space to the elements. Finally it steps back into the silence of the forest where everything lies peacefully but with great strength. Authentic nature.

Landschaftsfotografi e erfi ndet sich neu in André Wagners Debüt Auhentic Nature. Genauer gesagt erschafft sie sich selbst. Zunächst schöpft sie aus dem Fundus der Malerei. Was ist echt? Ist es manipuliert, digital überarbeitet, analog übermalt? Authentic Nature.

Wo kommt sie her, diese Landschaft, diese glaubwürdig un-glaubwürdige Ästhetik. Fast zu fabelhaft um wahr zu sein, doch ohne das Auge mit Kitsch zu beleidigen.

Von den sanften Tönen der Malerei wechselt der Stil zu einem Graffi ti aus Feuer und Licht. Auch hier erschaffen die Elemente eine neue Form der Landschaft. Diesmal weniger fabelhaft als mehr mystisch performativ. Wo fängt die Foto-grafi e an, wo hört sie auf, was ist ihr Verdienst?

Feuer, Wind, Wasser und Erde scheinen sich verselbständigt zu haben. Die Handschrift André Wagners ist deutlich zu er-kennen, doch sie tritt zurück und macht den Elementen Platz. Sie zieht sich zu guter Letzt zurück in die Stille des Waldes, wo alles ruht und doch so stark ist. Authentic Nature.

Verena Loewenhaupt

ISBN: 3-932187-70-9