Daniel Josefsohn

.....Blurring the borders between art, design and fashion photography, Josefsohns works capture the spirit of a generation that playfully mixes media and styles and has found a very individual language for its environment and way of life. But the unique nature of his work lies in the cracks in the surface. Although his pictures are aesthetically pleasing and well-composed, their glossy surfaces conceal an altogether darker, deeper and unspoken level. A good example is his photograph of a middle-class residence in the German countryside. The architecture, the little garden and the curtains in the window are all innocuous enough. But this is the scene of the Cannibal of Rothenburg case, a crime that shocked the world. It is precisely this conflict between an aesthetically pleasing surface and the history or events that are associated with it that gives the pictures their disconcerting and decidedly political edge.

Whether the subject is right-wing extremism in Germany or the Middle East conflict, Josefsohn invariably finds unusual motifs and unsettling scenes. His series Jewing Gun portrays young Israeli soldiers. The photographs are characterised by the contrasts between military uniforms and small accessories like sunglasse...

Daniel Josefsohn

geboren 1961 in Hamburg, Waldorfschler
Lebt und arbeitet in Berlin

1999 / 2000: Gastprofessur an der Hochschule freien Künste, Bremen.

Ausstellungen:
2010 solo exhibition at THE KUNSTVEREIN HAMBURG

2007Haus der Photographie , Deichtorhallen Hamburg Dear Miss Darwin (G)
2007Gnosa Hamburg, Bent (E)
2006Gnosa Hamburg, The Gay Rodeo Finals (E)
2005 Im Rahmen der Kunsthalle Erfurt, Kino Club Josefsohn, get well soon (E)
2004City Gallery Prag,
Deutsche Fotografie im 20. Jahrhundert. Von Krpern und anderen Dingen(G)
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin,
Deutsche Fotografie im 20. Jahrhundert. Von Krpern und anderen Dingen(G)
House of Photography, Moskau,
Deutsche Fotografie im 20. Jahrhundert. Von Krpern und anderen Dingen(G)
Museum Bochum
Deutsche Fotografie im 20. Jahrhundert. Von Krpern und anderen Dingen(G)
2001 Wir, Comawoche Hamburg (Cosima von Bonin)
mit Julia Horstmann, Hanna Schwarz, Maja Krner und Roman Schramm (G)
2000 Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden Bilder, die noch fehlten (G)
1997Statements01 Dornbracht Culture Projects (G)

Projekte

2007 Theaterfestival Impulse LOOK
2005 Duftprojekt Mos...

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