Robert f hammerstiel biography of christopher cross

Hammerstiel enters the public arena with his first exhibitions. During this period a number of series of small-format black-and-white photographs come into being, pictures of beach landscapes collected in the illustrated book An Bord which was awarded the Austrian State Prize in In austerely composed, formally minimalistic pictures Hammerstiel thematises the question of human existence.

A solo exhibition, which is of great importance to him, showing these first series of pictures to be published, is presented at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria, in The series Stand-Orte about abandoned, partially derelict petrol stations in Austria which, like almost all his following serialised projects, is accompanied by a catalogue, again takes up these vanitas thoughts.

A further important milestone for these works is an exhibition at the Museet for Fotokunst, Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark, Peter Zawrel: … sort of finding. Robert F. With the extensive colour photograph trilogy Der Stand der Dinge. Hammerstiel begins his research into everyday private life.

This book presents a very personal body of work from Magnum photographer Christopher Anderson, who has earned international acclaim for his documentary work.

He records still-life situations, past traces of human life, only undertaking minimal artistic interventions. In the other two series he shows how private or public offices and work-spaces are adorned with pot-plants and decorative elements which serve as a substitute for unfulfilled longings for a more beautiful world, for security and an intact natural world — images of emptiness, desolation and forsakenness, but also images based on a humorous view of reality.

In order to heighten the relationship of his images to reality, Hammerstiel from now on only uses colour. Jahrhunderts , Vienna, Austria, , he and 40 other artists join the ranks of those belonging to the Austrian contemporary young art scene. A solo exhibition tour through several countries reveals the great interest shown in this group of works.

The Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, Austria, opens this series of exhibitions and is at the same time publisher of the comprehensive catalogue. An invitation to the festival Mai de la photographie , Rheims, France, , marks the beginning of the presence of his works in France which has continued to the present day.