02.03.2022  •  Art NEWS

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GOSEE TIP : ‘The Hard Core of Beauty’ – early portraits and serial works by Ingar Krauss at Galerie Springer Berlin

For the first time, Galerie Springer Berlin presents artist and photographer Ingar Krauss with an exhibition from 1 March through 14 May, 2022. On display are early portraits, still lifes and serial works. At the heart of his work is portraiture. He became known with pictures of children and adolescents whom he portrayed during their development in melancholic-meditative images. To arrange his still lifes, he constructs stage-like boxes within which he captures natural light. The title of the exhibition, ‘The Hard Core of Beauty’, is named after a poem by William Carlos Williams.

“Krauss works solely with analogue equipment and preferably in black and white, i.e. in the darkroom. No computer is used in his image production, and whenever he processes images, he does so by hand, with a paintbrush and varnish. His pictures reflect a realism that is magical in a natural way: as a perception of the poetic, the surreal and sometimes sinister in everyday life.

Ingar Krauss was born in East Berlin in 1965. He lives and works in Berlin and Oderbruch. He has participated in numerous international exhibitions, e.g. at the Hayward Gallery (London), the Musée de l’Elysée (Lausanne), the Palazzo Vecchio (Florence), and the ICP (New York). His works are included in many collections, such as the Hermès Collection (Paris), the Hasselblad Foundation (Göteborg), and the Berlinische Galerie (Berlin). Books of his work have been published by Hatje Cantz, Thames & Hudson, Mondadori Electa, Kerber, Skira Editore and Hartmann Books, among others.

The gallery was founded in 1991 in Frankfurt (Main) as Springer & Winckler Galerie. In 1998, it moved to Berlin and into the legendary spaces of Rudolf Springer. Since 2012, the gallery has been operated by Heide and Robert Springer under the richly traditional name Galerie Springer Berlin.

Galerie Springer Berlin (Fasanenstraße 13, 10623 Berlin)

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

'Der harte Kern der Schönheit' Ingar Krauss c/o Galerie Springer Berlin

 
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