Ingar Krauss

Nature Morte
13 Dec. 2012 - 28 Feb. 2013



Untitled, Kienitz 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,4 cm


For the exhibition Nature Morte at Galleria Suzy Shammah, German photographer Ingar Krauss (Berlin, 1965) brings pictures realized since autumn 2009, dedicated to still life. Krauss paints each black and white print with transparent oil colors, giving the images a melancholic aura in the romantic tradition of the vanitas.
Untitled, Wiepersdorf 2010
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
69 x 83 cm
Installation view
Installation view
Installation view
Untitled, Letschin 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 54,6 cm


The artist photographs the East German countryside, near the Polish border, where he lives. He is a gardener and dedicates time to plants and animals that naturally became a privileged pictorial subject. As every gardener wants to put nature in his special order he also tries to compose plants in the pictures, making use of their vegetable obstinacy. Thus every still life becomes a poetic test field.
Untitled, Zechin 2011
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
83 x 69 cm


"The gardener does with his bushes and plants, what the poet does with the words, he puts them together in such way that they seem new and strange and also, as for the first time, completely themselves." Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Untitled, Zechin 2011
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
69 x 83 cm
Untitled, Zechin 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
83 x 69 cm
Untitled, Zechin 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
83 x 69 cm
Untitled, Letschin 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,4 cm
Untitled, Zechin 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 54,6 cm
Untitled, Karlsbiese 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,4 cm
Untitled, Wiepersdorf 2010
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
83 x 69 cm
Untitled, Wiepersdorf 2010
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 54,6 cm
Untitled, Wiepersdorf 2010
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
69 x 83 cm
Untitled, Zechin 2011
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 54,6 cm
Untitled, Wiepersdorf 2010
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 54,6 cm
Untitled, Genschmar 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,5 cm
Untitled, Genschmar 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,5 cm
Untitled, Genschmar 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,5 cm
Untitled, Genschmar 2009
oil colour on gelatin silver print mounted on aluminum
47 x 61,5 cm
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