Ben Brown Fine Arts is proud to present an exhibition of
photographs by Candida Höfer.
Libraries and Librarians
photographed by Candida Höferand Bert Nienhuis, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Not exact matches
This major survey not only includes
photographs produced
by the Bechers, but also follows the works of their former pupils at the Düsseldorf School of Photography:
Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Axel Hütte, Thomas Ruff, Elger Esser and Thomas Struth, as well Thomas Demand, a former sculpture student at the Kunstakademie.
An exceptional promised gift
by Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker of some 30 large - scale
photographs by Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky,
Candida Höfer, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, and Jeff Wall, among others, will further transform the Gallery's presentation of contemporary
photographs.
These have included solo exhibitions
by prominent artists working in the medium, including Thomas Ruff, Thomas Demand and
Candida Höfer, and two very popular group shows, Magnum Ireland in 2005 and Picturing New York:
Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art in 2009.
The museum began assembling a collection of photography in the 1980s, and its holdings are marked above all
by the Düsseldorf school of Bernd and Hilla Becher, with
photographs by the Bechers, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff,
Candida Höfer, and Thomas Demand, but also
by works
by American artists such as Jeff Wall and Ed Ruscha and a series
by Gilbert and George.
There are several editions from En / Of with work
by David Lieske, Liam Gillick and Jonathan Monk; the
Candida HÃ ¶ fer
photograph comes from a recent museum show at Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen in Germany; the Sarah Morris is a 23 - color silkscreen print that was published
by the Whitechapel Gallery in London; the Christopher Wool was printed in 2006
by Brand X Projects / Neptune Fine Art in New York; the Thomas Scheibitz was just released from Texte Zur Kunst; and some fantastic new editions
by gallery artists Cody Hudson, Heiner Blumenthal, Nathaniel Robinson, Michael Pfisterer and Dorothee Joachim.
Among the large - scale
photographs in the Sachs Collection are exceptional works
by Andreas Gursky,
Candida Höfer, Clifford Ross, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, and Jeff Wall.
On their website, there is a curated selection of C - prints created
by the Dusseldorf photographers, including a 1982 image
by Bernd and Hilla Becher, iconic pictures
by Candida Höfer from libraries and opera houses, as well as the abstract works of Ruff and a museum crowd
photograph by Thomas Struth.