OPENING: RINEKE DIJKSTRA

Name: OPENING: RINEKE DIJKSTRA
Start: 2024-11-09T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-09T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Galerie Max Hetzler (Bleibtreustraße 45, Berlin)

Schedule

Sat Nov 09 2024 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Galerie Max Hetzler (Bleibtreustraße 45, Berlin) | Berlin, BE

RINEKE DIJKSTRA
9 November – 20 December 2024
Opening: Saturday, 9 November, 6 – 8pm

Rineke Dijkstra, one of the most highly regarded photographers of our time, achieved international recognition in the early 1990s with her portrait series of teenagers and young adults. In her photographs and video works, she develops a close connection with the people shown and captures their humanity through individual details such as a direct gaze or a characteristic gesture. Dijkstra accompanies some of her models for years to establish a trusting relationship. The artist's works embody the human condition through universal aspects such as uncertainty, curiosity and vulnerability. Although the photographs have a spontaneous character due to their naturalness, the technical process of creating them is complex, as the artist uses an analogue large-format plate camera with a tripod. The concentration this requires from both the artist and the subjects creates an intense and intimate atmosphere. The people portrayed, including adolescents, schoolchildren, clubbers, bathers, emigrants and mothers, are united by a fundamental search for identity.
The current exhibition presents photographs from various well-known series by Dijkstra, such as ‘Beach Portraits', ‘The Buzz Club’, ‘New Mothers’, ‘Streets’ and ‘Parks’. During a two-year period of revisiting her archive, the artist had a fresh look at her oeuvre and subsequently published works that had never been shown before. In particular, she focused on photographs of duos or groups and the question of how the relationship between people becomes visible. Her protagonists wear matching clothes, pose similarly, hold hands or seem connected precisely because of their striking differences. Depending on the type of expression, every picture reveals a distinctive tension. The individuality of each person manifests itself in these works, especially in their relationship to others.
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https://www.maxhetzler.com/exhibitions/rineke-dijkstra-2024
Image: Rineke Dijkstra
Brighton, UK, August 19, 1992, 2023
© Rineke Dijkstra