Beate Gütshow: LS13, 108cm x 85cm, 2001
Courtesy Louise & Eric Franck Collection
Beate Gütshow: R1, Video Still, 2006
Courtesy Louise & Eric Franck Collection
Beate Gütschow
R/LS
Goethe-Institut, London: 15 February - 8 April 2007
ArtSway, New Forest: Saturday 24 February - Sunday 8 April 2007
Exhibition Related Events
ArtSway and the Goethe-Institut, London are pleased to announce two exhibitions featuring newly commissioned and existing work by German photographer Beate Gütschow. R/LS marks the first British exhibition by Gütschow, who has previously exhibited widely in Europe and the USA.
Gütschow has developed the landscape photography of her previous ‘LS’ series, in which she reconstructed landscape paintings of the 17th and 18th Century using photographic digital montage. Gütschow’s new works are based upon canvases by Ruisdael - both entitled ‘The Jewish Cemetery’. In response to these paintings Gütschow located the actual Jewish Cemetery featured in Ruisdael’s original. She then sourced and filmed relevant settings in the New Forest and the South of England, such as Corfe Castle, to recreate a close approximation of Ruisdael’s canvases.
Beate Gütschow was born in Mainz, Germany in 1970 and now lives in Berlin. She studied at Hochschule fur bildende Kunste, Hamburg with Bernhard Johannes Blume and Wolfgang Tillmans, experimenting with painting and video as well as photography. She has recently exhibited in the Mutations I touring exhibition that tours seven different venues for the European Month of Photography, and was awarded the Ars Viva Prize in 2006. Beate Gütschow was selected from a group of nominated artists for a residency at ArtSway in September and October 2006.
During the residency ArtSway and the Goethe-institut in London provided mentoring and practical support towards the development of two new video works. These two new works will be shown at the Goethe-Institut, London, from 15 February - 8 April 2007, and included in a larger exhibition, with a selection from the photography series entitled ‘LS’, at ArtSway from 24 February - 8 April 2007.
Exhibition Related Events
Portfolio Day: Friday 23rd February 2007, 11am - 3pm
An opportunity for photographers to receive professional advice and critical support from artist Beate Gütschow and ArtSway Exhibitions and Education Officer Peter Bonnell. This event is aimed at professionals, amateurs, and students. Places are very limited, and early booking is essential. Cost £10.
Reception for the Artist and Gallery Talk: Saturday 24th February 2007, 2pm
Beate Gütschow will be discussing her work and newly comissioned video works with ArtSway Director Mark Segal & Exhibitions & Education Officer Peter Bonnell. Free, booking essential.
Gallery Talk: Saturday 10th March 2007, 2pm
Dr Alex Vasudevan, University of Nottingham will be discussing Beatte Gütschow's work in relation to landscape, geography and contemporary German photography. Free, although places are limited, and therefore booking is essential.
For more information or to book a place on any of these events,
please call 01590 682260 x16 or email laura@artsway.org.uk
