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sascha weidner / no. 1—5

5 catalogues (Last Song / The Sorrows Of Young W. / The Pictures Of Others / Unveiled / Lay Down Close By) and various inserts — each in an edition of 1.000 copies — were published on the occasion of exhibitions at C/O Berlin, Goethe Institut Prague, Gallery Conrads, FO.KU.S Innsbruck and the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney. With essays by Stephan Berg (Kunstmuseum Bonn), Dr. Alix Landgrebe, Tony Nolan (Australian Centre for Photography), Mirko Nowak (C/O Berlin), Franziska Schmidt (Villa Grisebach) and Sascha Weidner.

exhibitions:

»just let go«

solo show at fo.ku.s, innsbruck, austria
06.09.–20.10.2012

www.btv-fokus.at

»faces«

group show at kulturgeschichtliches museum, osnabrück, germany
08.09.–28.10.2012

www.osnabrueck.de

»it’s a magic world – märchen und mythen in der zeitgenössischen kunst«

group show at zeithaus / autostadt, wolfsburg, germany
10.04.–20.05.2012

with heike baranowsky, katharina mössinger, jenny rosemeyer, yehudit sasportas, wolfgang tillmans, sascha weidner

www.movimentos.de

»lay down close by«

solo show at galerie conrads, düsseldorf, germany
12.05.–16.06.2012

www.galerieconrads.de

»unveiled – the sydney project«

solo show at australian centre for photography (acp), sydney, australia
03.03.–15.04.2012

www.acp.org.au

installation / outside:

installation / inside, daytime:

details:

installation / inside, nighttime:

»hijacked 2«

group show at zephyr, mannheim, germany
20.05.–26.08.2012

with lee grant, derek henderson, albrecht fuchs, karsten kronas, oliver sieber, olaf unverzart, sascha weidner, et al.

www.zephyr-mannheim.de

»dark sights«

group show at dz bank kunstsammlung, frankfurt am main, germany
27.01.–31.03.2012

with oliver boberg, angus boulton, gerard byrne, gregory crewdson, lucinda devlin, philip-lorca dicorcia, andreas gefeller, paul graham, naoya hatakeyama, bill henson, robert longo, thomas ruff, sascha weidner, and tobias zielony

www.dzbank-kunstsammlung.de

Old news:

11/2011

the top-class second jury members, petra von olschowski, ulrike flaig, werner meyer of the »stiftungspreis für fotokunst« awarded the prestigious prize for 2011 to the german artist sascha weidner, who was born in osnabrück and now lives and works in belm and berlin.

with a sum of € 10,000 for the winner, this is one of the most generous awards for contemporary photography. this year’s conferral marked the third time that this prize was awarded. the first jury consisting of 9 curators had nominated 36 contestants as candidates for the prize.

the artwork of the winner sascha weidner and the 7 finalists will go on display in a joint exhibition on november 21, 2011 in the museum kunstwerk/collection of alison and peter w. klein in nussdorf (near stuttgart).

Past exhibitions:

»(selbst)-portraits / abbilder & netzwerke«

group show at schwules museum, berlin, germany
06.10.2011–16.01.2012

with marc brandenburg, boris von brauchitsch, esther haase, jan-holger mauss, mark morrisroe, bernhard prinz, ingo taubhorn, sascha weidner, et al.

»fame«

group show at dz bank kunstsammlung, frankfurt am main, germany
22.09.–27.11.2011

with joseph beuys, kevin clarke, chuck close, anton corbijn, gisèle freund, gottfried helnwein, barbara klemm, will mcbride, angelika platen, richard prince, wilhelm w. reinke, ulrike rosenbach, dennis stock, wolfgang tillmans, piotr uklański, andy warhol, sascha weidner

www.dzbank-kunstsammlung.de

»sascha weidner / revolve«

solo show at galeria toni tàpies, barcelona, spain
22.09.–27.11.2011

www.tonitapies.com

ground floor:

from outside:

1st floor:

»salon salder 2011 / neue kunst aus niedersachsen«

group show at schloss salder, salzgitter, germany
11.09.–06.11.2011

»tape modern curator’s choice / tape modern no.23«

group show at tape, berlin, germany
09.09.–29.10.2011

»seit morgen / since tomorrow / depuis demain«

solo show at C/O Berlin, Germany
06.05.–26.06.2011

www.co-berlin.info

invitation (pdf, 0,2 mb)

outside @ c/o berlin: »last song«, installation (my car, 18 songs)

inside @ c/o berlin: seit morgen / since tomorrow

»traummänner – starfotografen zeigen ihre vision vom ideal«

deichtorhallen, hamburg, germany

11.03.-22.05.2011

www.deichtorhallen.de

invitation (jpg, 0,4 mb)

installation shots © henning rogge

New:

»HIJACKED 2 – Australian and German Photography«

edited by mark mcpherson, ute noll, markus schaden, 2010
isbn 978-3-86828-126-2

catalogue, 288 pages, 255 color and b/w images, 25,5cm × 28,5cm, feat. lee grant, derek henderson, jörg brüggemann, albrecht fuchs, karsten kronas, oliver sieber, olaf unverzart, sascha weidner, etc.

»Was übrig bleibt / What remains«

ISBN 978-3-941737-15-0

Exhibition catalogue, 96 pages, 1062 images, 21cm × 29cm, more than 450 statements by the visitors, installation photographs by Uwe Brodmann, essay by Florian Ebner

»Traummänner – Starfotografen zeigen ihre Vision vom Ideal«

edited by nadine barth & ingo taubhorn, 2011
isbn 978-3-8321-9362-1

catalogue, 244 pages, 87 color and 67 b/w images, 31cm × 24cm, feat. albert watson, alec soth, bruce weber, bryan adams, ellen von unwerth, mark seliger, michelangelo di battista, nadav kander, peter lindbergh, rankin, sascha weidner, etc.

»Future Images«

Edited by Mario Cresci, 2010
ISBN 978-8-864130-17-0

Catalogue, 312 pages, 455 images, 25,5cm × 28,5cm, feat. Thomas Allen, Richard Billingham, Candice Breitz, Wim Delvoye, Olafur Eliasson, Sascha Weidner, etc.

Recent exhibitions:

»hijacked 2«

the australian centre for photography, sydney, australia

www.acp.org.au

»Young Collectors #2« at Sign

Group show with Michaël Aerts, Stephan Balleux, Norbert Bisky, Veronica Brovall, Anneke Eussen, Jana Gunstheimer, Kati Heck, Adam Leech, Leopold Rabus, Joris van de Moortel, Leon Vranken and Sascha Weidner

www.youngcollectors.nl, www.sign2.nl