Karen Knorr

FT review: Tasveer at India Art Fair 2012

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Tasveer’s first venture in India Art Fair is a great success:

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/e2dffef6-4786-11e1-b646-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1kk0XSKx4

International Conference on Photography of India

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Schedule | International Conference on Photography of India

31st January 2012

Inauguration of Exhibitions – Pradyumna Vyas, Director, National Institute of Design

1700 hrs T S Satyan – Recorder of Life, Beauty and Truth, Aquarium | NID & Tasveer

1730 hrs Travelling Light, Foyer | Maria Kapajeva

1745 hrs ‘+91’ Graduate Students Exhibition, Old Canteen | Richa & Soumyadip

1st February 2012

0900 hrs Registration

0930 hrs Inauguration & opening address | Pradyumna Vyas, Director, NID

1000 hrs Session I Photography and Photography Education

Shahidul Alam Drik | Bangladesh

Nayland Blake International centre of Photography (ICP) | USA

Anna Fox University for Creative Arts (UCA) | UK

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew University of Rhode Island | USA

Pablo Barthelomeow Photographer | India

1130 hrs Tea Break

1145 hrs Session II Photography and Photography Education

Sunil Gupta Photographer, Curator | India

David Moore Central Saint Martin College of Art& Design | UK

Peter Sramek Ontario College of Art & Design University | Canada

Deepak John Mathew National Institute of Design Ahmedabad

1300 hrs Lunch Break

1400 hrs Session III Connecting the World – Collaborative Projects and Exchanges

Lucida Photographer’s Collective | India

Maria, Peter & Chinar Collaborative Project | India, UK, Canada, Brazil

& Finland

Andrew Bruce & Shilpa Gavane Academic Exchange | NID-UCA

Nayantara Photo Circle | Nepal

Maniyarasan R & Rahul SR History of Indian Photography | NID

1530 hrs Tea Break

1545 hrs Session IV Photography and Practice

Karen Knorr Photographer | UK

Vivek Vilasini Photographer | India

Nandini Valli Photographer | India

Magi Viljanen Photographer | Finland

Neeta Madahar Photographer | UK

2nd February, 2012

0930 hrs Session V Photography and Research

Esa Epstein Sepia Eye | USA

Sabeena Gadihoke Researcher, Jamia University | India

Anusha Yadav Photographer, Researcher | India

Johny ML Art Critic, Curator & Writer | India

1100 hrs Tea Break

1115 hrs Session VI Photography and Dissemination

Abhishek Poddar Gallerist | India

Aditya Arya Photographer, Researcher | India

Radhika Singh Gallerist | India

Prasant Panjiar Photojournalist | India

1300 hrs Lunch Break

1430 hrs City of Photos/Three Women and a Camera (Documentary @ Auditorium)

Inside Out III (Closed session at Board Room exclusively for delegates)

1400 hrs Photography Education in India, UK and USA- Perspectives

1700 hrs Tea Break

1715 hrs Concluding Session (Auditorium)

India Song @ Danziger Gallery, NYC Nov 3-Dec 23 2011

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KAREN KNORR@ DANZIGER GALLERY

Please save the date of November 3 (6 to 8 p.m.) for a very special opening.

Karen Knorr’s ”India Song” presents a series of magical and metaphoric images of animals in the opulent interiors of some of India’s most beautiful palaces and mansions. It is the first American showing of these visual fables by an artist who was just nominated for the 2012 Deutsche Borse Photography Prize – Europe’s most prestigious award “for a living photographer who has made the most significant contribution to the medium of photography over the past year”.

You can see the images here: www.danzigerprojects.com/upcoming/ and read more about the work.

I hope you can join us.

Transmigrations, Paris 13 Oct to 19 Nov 2011

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We are pleased to invite you for a preview of Transmigrations by Karen Knorr from 18h -21h

Christine Ollier et Stéphane Magnan

KAREN KNORR

Transmigrations : India Song & Villa Savoye

Exposition du 13 octobre au 19 novembre 2011

Vernissage le samedi 15 octobre de 15h à 20h

The gallery is delighted to present the recent series by Karen Knorr entitled India Song realised these last two years in India, and to celebrate the award of the Pilar Citoler Prize (1) to Karen Knorr this spring. Also for her work Fables supported by the Carnavalet Museum, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham and a commission from the Museum de la Chasse et de la Nature.

17, rue des Filles-du-Calvaire

75003 Paris

Tél: +33 (0)1 42 74 47 05

www.fillesducalvaire.com

Mardi-Samedi / 11h-18h30

Tuesday-Saturday / 11am-6:30pm

[1] 5e Prix International de Photographie Contemporaine « Pilar Citoler », Espagne

Karen Knorr @ Masterpiece Art Fair, London

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KAREN KNORR @ MASTERPIECE ART FAIR

Two large scale works from India Song printed by Michael Dyer Associates and framed by John Jones are exhibited by Eric Franck Fine Art

alongside modern photography masters such as Cartier Bresson , Koudelka

This is the second year of the fair which shows an eclectic mix of vintage cars, wine, photography mixed with contemporary art and fine furniture.

MASTERPIECE LONDON

30th June – 5th July, 2011

Stand B28

Karen Knorr installation La Maison Perchee

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In June 2011 Karen Knorr is installing 6 images from Fables taken at the Villa Savoye in 2006 and completed in 2007. These images have been mounted on aluminium and diasec propped on aluminium supports on different shelf and floor surfaces echoing the modernist aesthetic which pervades Corbusier’s iconic house built in 1931 for Emilie and Pierre Savoye. The exhibition of installed work will remain in situ un til September15, 2011.

Pilar Citoler Prize Award Winner

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Karen Knorr ( Born in Frankfurt,Germany)American(Puerto Rico) British resident, has been awarded the fifth International Photography Prize of Photography Pilar Citoler. The prize includes an award of 15,000 Euros, a monographic publication and an exhibition in 2012 . The work “ Flight to Freedom” was supported by the jury which included he photographer Jose Manuel Ballester, the curators Afonso de la Torre and Jaime Brihuega, the gallerist Pilar Serra, the director of Madrid Foto, Giuletta Speranza and Juan del Junco , the previous prize winner.

The photograph “ Flight to Freedom” was presented in the Press Room of the Rectorate of the University of Cordoba in presence of the rector Jose Manuel Rolda Nogueras, the collector Pilar Citoler, the president of the bank Caja Rural, Manuel Enriquez Garcia, the deputy of culture, Jose Mariscal; the deputy mayor of the environment of the Cordoba , Francisco Javier Cobos Rojas; and the director of the Rabanales XXI Project Rocio Munoz Benito.

The Fifth edition of the prize which was launched at Paris Photo included 172 photographic works. In the past 10 photographers were selected from which the winner is chosen. On this occasion because of the high standard of work submitted a secret ballot was taken and the jury decision was unanimous .The winning work by Karen Knorr was realized in 2010 using digital photography printed on Hannemuhle Fine art archival paper and measures 122 X 152 cms / 48 “ X 60 “. The jury valued the trajectory of the artist and remarked that this was photography “ capable of referring to an exoticism devoid of frivolity,creating a singular reading that inscribes itself totally in modernity.” It was noted that the work “rescues poetry from the chromatic semitones of symbolism , giving the work a convincing spatial vigor “ The work also incribes itself in a series India Song, produced in India which is “ rich and coherent”

Colloquium: Contexts of Development of Contemporary Photography with Karen Knorr

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CONFÉRENCES / RENCONTRES le 29 et 30/10/2010 – Centre photographique d’Ile de France COLLOQUE : LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
CONTEMPORAINE EN FRANCE, HISTOIRE ET PERSPECTIVES
LA PHOTOGRAPHIE CONTEMPORAINE : HISTOIRES ET PERSPECTIVES Vendredi 29 et samedi 30 octobre
Programme détaillé ci-après
À l’occasion de son 20eme anniversaire et en liaison avec les travaux consacrés à la photographie à l’Université Paris 1, le Centre Photographique d’Ile-de-France et l’Equipe d’accueil Histoire sociale et culturelle de l’art sont partenaires d’un colloque qui vise à faire un point sur la création photographique en France depuis une trentaine d’années, soit une période marquée par « la photographie contemporaine ».
Quel fut le contexte d’une création qui a fait de l’art contemporain le lieu de la consécration sociale du photographe ? Comment la France s’inscrit-elle alors dans un contexte international qui voit la photographie envahir les lieux artistiques, le marché et mobilise l’action des pouvoirs publics ? Cette période est unique dans l’histoire tant elle tranche avec les difficultés de reconnaissance qu’a connues la photographie dans le passé.
Cette légitimité acquise, comment s’est affirmée une critique, comment se sont déroulés les débats, comment s’est opérée une distinction avec les autres pratiques photographiques ? Comment s’est transmis cet héritage dans les années 1990-2000 ? Quelles places pour la politique dans l’image, les recherches expérimentales sur le médium, la relation aux autres formes d’expression ? La photographie contemporaine a-t-elle définitivement extrait la photographie d’un microcosme d’amateurs ? A-t-elle en revanche oublié les pratiques populaires ?
Autant de questions auxquelles tenteront de répondre historiens, critiques et surtout artistes, pour observer la création la plus contemporaine à la lumière d’une aventure encore récente.
// PROGRAMME Vendredi 29 octobre Matinée 9h30 : Introduction par Nathalie Giraudeau et Michel Poivert
9h45 : Marie Gautier (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Le rôle de la critique d’art contemporain des années 1960 et 1970 dans la construction théorique et critique de la photographie
10h15 : Quentin Bajac (Musée national d’art moderne) Quelle histoire ? La photographie française contemporaine à travers la politique d’acquisitions du Musée national d’art moderne, de 1977 à nos jours.
Pause
11h00 : Emmanuel Hermange (Ecole supérieure d’art de Grenoble) La photographie de rue : les mutations d’un genre
11h30 : Vincent Lavoie (Université du Québec à Montréal) La création photographique contemporaine : laboratoire d’une critique des images de presse
12h00-12h30 : débat Après-midi
14h30 : Présentation des débats et entretiens animés par Nathalie Giraudeau, Michel Poivert et Patrick Talbot.
14h45 : Entretien avec Jean-Luc Moulène 15h30 : Entretien avec Suzanne Lafont Pause 16h30 : Table ronde en présence de Pierre Leguillon, Bruno Serralongue, Simon Boudvin.
Samedi 30 octobre 10h15 : Accueil des Participants
10h30 : Michel Poivert (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Une histoire de la photographie contemporaine en France.
11h00 : Pascal Beausse (Centre national des Arts plastiques) Le photographe comme self-media
11h30 : Dominique Sagot-Duvauroux (Université d’Angers) Le marché des tirages contemporain, structure et analyse.
12h00-12h30 : Débat Après-midi
14h30 : Présentation des débats et entretiens animés par Nathalie Giraudeau, Michel Poivert et Patrick Talbot.
14h45 : Entretien avec Gilles Saussier
15h30 : Entretien avec Karen Knorr
Pause 16h30 : Table ronde en présence de Valérie Belin, Carole Fékété, Patrick Tosani. INFORMATIONS PRATIQUES Vendredi 29 octobre
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art 6, rue des Petits Champs
75002 – Paris Samedi 30 octobre
Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France 107, avenue de la République 77 340 – Pontault-Combault
Pour toute information complémentaire : 01 70 05 49 80

Fables at Toulon, France 25 Oct 2010

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http://www.fillesducalvaire.com/index.php?SITE=1&CURRLANG=1&ARTIST=13&CONT=exhib&EXHIB=384

Q&A with Curator of Museum of Contemporary Photography, Milan

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Mini Q & A with the curator of Milan’s Museum of Contemporary Photography about Karen Knorr’s work, Fables Posted on August 31, 2010 |
In the following Q & A, Stella Maranesi talks to curator Roberta Valtorta about Karen Knorr‘s 2003-2008 work, Fables, currently on show at the Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy. The exhibition includes 11 photographs and the video work, Ariadne, (2008).
The Green Bedroom Louise XVI 2004-2007, © Karen Knorr/Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea Cinisello Balsamo-Milano
The Music Room 2004-2007, © Karen Knorr/Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea Cinisello Balsamo-Milano
In the Green Room, © Karen Knorr/Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea Cinisello Balsamo-Milano
In the light of Knorr’s recent work, Muses and Avatar (2009), it’s interesting to reconsider Fables, in which the representation of animals, instead of humans, suggests a deeper use of digital manipulation (as animals can’t be
directed in the same way as humans). In these works, the stories are constructed through a dialogue between the characters, represented in the paintings in the museum, and the animals which have been digitally added by the artist.
You chose to only include works of Knorr’s that feature animals rather than humans, what led you to do this?
Roberta Valtorta: We intentionally focused on the animals, which was in agreement with the artist. Knorr’s series are so extensive and drawn out over time, it allows different choices for different exhibitions. There is, what I consider, an extreme relationship between the animals (wild ones, at that) and places of art, history, richness and power into which they break. This relationship is, in my opinion, particularly significant, as it suggests a reflection on contemporary life, on the frailty of material things. As a memento mori, Knorr’s works recall the serious theme of the relation between nature and culture in contemporary society.
Do you think that the video, Ariadne, is in line with the still pictures or does it challenge the question of nature and culture in a different way?
Roberta Valtorta: I think it is well integrated with the nature-culture
theme. It takes it one step further, thanks to its direct and raw confrontation between the big spider and the well-consolidated figures of the history of art; between the sudden movements of this, often unpleasant and extraneous, creature and the “beautiful”, absolute, “untouchable” forms of art.
Knorr combines digital and analogue, how important is this aspect of her work? Are the human figures real or the result of a montage? Do you think that in the works that involve animals there is more digital manipulation compared to the ones with only humans?
Roberta Valtorta: Karen Knorr really wants to melt together analogue and digital approaches to photography in order to question both methods of representation, in a similar way as she does with nature and culture. It’s a dialectic relation that questions the very concept of image. The recent works, carried out in Spain, are staged showing naked human figures. In the works with animals, there is more digital manipulation, however, some of them are depicted from life while other animals have been embalmed. This difference in treatment, however, is not so important, because everything in Knorr’s works is planned and strongly constructed, be it through real poses or, I would say, the “digital pose”. Conceptually in photography, a physical
display and a virtual one are not that far apart. Personally, I’ve always found strong similarities between a staged analogue photo and a digital one. Staging can occur physically, or virtually, there is not a strong conceptual difference between the two.