JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

BORN: PARIS

RAISED: MOROCCO

WHO: VISUAL MULTI MEDIA ARTIST (PHOTOGRAPHY & FILM)

SCHOOL: POLITICAL SCIENCE +PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY (ICP), NEW YORK CITY

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS:STRAIT PROJECTWITTE DE WITH (ROTTERDAM)FUNDACIÒ TÀPIES (BARCELONA)JEU DE PAUME (PARIS)MOMA (SAN FRANCISCO AND NEW YORK)ETC.

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

Yto’s inspiration in photography and the other mediums of art she explores stem from her home town Tangier, where many immigrants and refugees tried to make the illegal trip across the strait from Africa to Europe in search of better lives and safety. Her background in political science and concern for global affairs makes this pairing of her subject matter completely natural. Even in her work that shows these human subjects, landscape is a big component as well; showing her environment is important.

She is also a member of the Arab Image Organization, a non-profit that aims to preserve, collect, and study photographs from the middle east, North Africa, and Arab diaspora.

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

BORN: GERMANY

WHO: CONCEPTUAL ARTISTS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

SCHOOL: FOUNDERS OF THE “BECHER SCHOOL” AKA “DUSSELDORF SCHOOL”

EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS:GEORGE EASTMAN HOUSESONNABEND GALLERYINSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTSMUSÉE D’ART MODERNE DE LA VILLE DE PARISVENICE BIENNALEMOMA NEW YORKETC.

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

Hilla and Bernd met at the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf in the 50s. There they collab-orated on documenting the disappearing German Industrial architecture through photographs. They were intrigued by the shapes of the buildings and shot them very straightforward.

Another project the Bechers worked on lasted nearly two decades, in which they catalogged different structures. Their work was always exhibited in sets or typologies.

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER

Many considered their work not just photography, but sculpture. In fact, they won an award at the Venice Biennale for sculpture, not photography, because of their ability to showcase the architecture’s sculptural properties.Their major themes were industry and economy’s effects on the environment, and preserving these structures. They influenced minimalist and conceptual artists and a generation of photographers who were their students at the Dusseldorf School of Photography such as Andreas Gursky, Candida Hofer, and Thomas Ruff.

JULIA MALTZ – ARTIST RESEARCH PRESENTATION – YTO BARRADA / BRENDT AND HILLA BECHER