Gender and art

Where did all the people go? Libraries, museums, palaces and opera houses – since the 1970s Candida Höfer (b. 1944) has been photographing places where numerous people usually come together. But her large-format, symmetrical pictures are deserted and focus entirely on architecture. Candida Höfer’s photographs are characterised by a keen interest in spatial structures and a cool objectivity. Under the title Düsseldorf the exhibition brings together works which are specifically connected with that particular city, but which are also quintessentially representative of Candida Höfer’s work.

Candida Höfer - Düsseldorf

01.11.2014 - 08.02.2015

Kunstmuseum Luzern

LONDON.- Ben Brown Fine Arts presents Candida Höfer’s Villa Borghese series on 25 June. Höfer’s Libraries was the inaugural exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts’ Cork Street space in 2004. Now celebrating its 10th year, her return for Villa Borghese holds special significance for the gallery.

Commissioned by the Galleria Borghese in 2012 for their Committenze Contemporanee project, Höfer’s series captures the institution’s architectural splendour and history. The statues raised on blue plinths in each image form part of the Galleria’s rich narrative. First owned by the Galleria, sold to French collectors, and then loaned back to the museum by the Louvre, they are here poignantly depicted in their original environment.

Candida Höfer : Villa Borghese

25 June - 19 September 2014 

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London

http://www.benbrownfinearts.com/exhibitions/83/overview/

Höfer - Musée du Louvre Paris, 2005 

"We take a closer look at the life and work of influential German architectural photographer, Candida Hofer.

The work of German photographer Candida Höfer can be found in many of the leading galleries in the world. Her photographs of libraries, galleries and zoos are free of people, creating a dreamy ambience prompting contemplation of architectural forms and the role of the missing inhabitants. Höfer’s works do not however, demand or impress upon the viewer any particular interpretation or meaning, instead encouraging self-exploration."