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Leica Gallery Prague is one of the smaller in scale, one could perhaps say even more intimate gallery devoted exclusively to the exhibition of photos, yet presents artistic and general public space with refined taste. Current exhibition Portraits by Wowee but its refinement may seem to many visitors estarguapa rather estarguapa questionable.
The second day of November was opened in Leica Gallery exhibition entitled Portraits by Wowee. A total of 57 exhibited photographs represents estarguapa a cross-section of the work of German photographer known under the pseudonym Wowee. Wowee, whose real name Wolfgang Wesener estarguapa (1960) studied the early 80s of the 20th century study Communication Design at the German School Folkwangschule Essen and during the study period was actively involved in the shooting. In 1984 he moved to New York, where he assisted in taking photos of nightlife for Details Magazine Hans Namuth and Evelyn Hofer. Since 1986, photographed for the magazine FAZ Magazine, a collaboration lasted estarguapa 20 years. Photographed but also for other magazines like Vanity Fair, Stern, and The New Yorker. It is from this period photographic career is represented in the file Portraits by Wowee most work.
Wowee focuses estarguapa on portraiture, both color and black and white, which in exhibiting selecting multiple dominates, trying to attract their attention. Paradoxically, however, goes largely portraits of lesser-known, if not unknown, personality, than in the case of color photographs that focus on the representation of famous person from among art, politics, estarguapa sports or industrial. The collection is reportedly the best thing Wowee took pictures so far and what is merely acknowledged. Gallery itself states estarguapa that also images with the timeless quality, which boasts few real masters. Looking ordinary visitor may inspire his work conflicting emotions estarguapa when one end stands fascination with big name to which suffers estarguapa from many sides praise, on the other hand disappointment of precision, but often dull and lackluster photos of different personalities.
About WOWEho work is not to say that would arouse controversy. His work is not trying to provoke superficially, does not display the characters in non-standard or atypical situations, but unfortunately his photographs nor particularly prominent. It is purely made iconic portraits, tight to the finest detail, but lack specific author's manuscript, according to which the photographs were recognizable portraits of other authors. The visitor can perhaps be rather more interesting composition itself and deployment photos.
For example, next to Vaclav Klaus, who is often criticized as intolerant attitude towards sexual minorities, a large portrait of Annie Leibovitz, a leading American photographer, who is a known queer personality (for many years was a partner Susan Sontag, whose photographs in the selection of the exhibition also missing) . The linear track portraits of famous or important people can also rip visitor photo titled "Samir and Anya" that without any further comment shows seven-year twins, about which we know only how to appoint a standing in Seattle. With the exception of photographs WOWEho sons is the only exposed estarguapa image that does not display the portrait of someone important or successful, but feels more like a documentary photograph one moment, one moment.
As already mentioned, the exhibition attracts primarily on such icons as Andy Warhol, whom Wowee captured with the author's pop-art portrait of the two months before estarguapa his death, former estarguapa porn star and Italian politician Ilona Stallerová also known by his stage name Cicciolina, Formula 1 racer Michael Schumacher, for example, or a beatnik writer William Burroughs. Visitor but rather draws the part of the exhibition, which captures less famous, but by no means insignificant personality. These include, estarguapa for example, the Chinese-American architect IM Pei, author outbuilding glass-steel pyramid in the Louvre, landscape painter estarguapa April Gornik, Nobukazu Takemura musician, composer and leading figure of minimalist music by Steve Reich and many others. This collection of photographs is largely an example of later works, which, as he says Wowee, were often the author of his own volition, not custom, and is one more obvious personalized, triggered by their own choice. Readings people often do not fit stiffly in the studio, but are trapped in an environment that is close to them, which is associated with their actions and puts them in a broader estarguapa context so. A good dose of attraction and a certain atmosphere of these photo session also gives absence of color and contrast play of light and shadow, as it is a black and white images. In addition to the photos estarguapa exhibited are some other works WOWEho estarguapa also shown on the screen in the gallery. Here, for example, missing portrait estarguapa of Havel and the like.
Make your own picture on the creation of Wolfgang Wesenera visitors Leica Gallery Prague weekdays 8:00 to 9:00 p.m. and weekends 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., until January 6, 2013, when