Category Archives: photography

NEO RAUCH WITH A HINT OF BACON

Posted on April 16, 2021 by katharina guenther

My review of Neo Rauch’s exhibition Handlauf, which I saw at Galerie EIGEN+ART in Leipzig last year, has just been published by the open access art journal kunsttexte.de (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). My text discusses the painter’s attempts to avoid plain … Continue reading →

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“TAKE IT VERY MUCH FURTHER…” ON JSTOR

Posted on March 29, 2021 by katharina guenther

My essay “‘Take it very much further away from the photograph’ – How Francis Bacon (1909–1992) appropriated the photographs of John Deakin (1912–1972)”, which I published in the British Art Journal in winter 2018/2019, is now available on Jstor: https://www.jstor.org/stable/48584557

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EDWARD BURTYNSKY

Posted on June 22, 2018 by katharina guenther

As of late the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is embracing augmented reality in his work – with mixed results. I reviewed his Master of Photography display at Photo London 2018 for SuperMassiveBlackHole. You can read the text here

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KILL YOUR DARLINGS

Posted on January 7, 2018 by katharina guenther

The Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Germany, is currently staging a fantastic show on portrait painting and photography, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt (Desire & Reality: The Influence of Photography on Portraiture’). I will be giving … Continue reading →

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INCOMING

Posted on May 27, 2017 by katharina guenther

The current refugee crisis is one of the most urgent issues of our time. The photographer Richard Mosse followed two major refugee routes with a military grade camera. I reviewed his show Incoming, on display at the Barbican’s Curve Gallery … Continue reading →

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FRANCIS BACON NEW STUDIES

Posted on July 14, 2016 by katharina guenther

My review of Francis Bacon – New Studies: Centenary Essays was just published on ‘on artbooks’ the blog by artbooksonline. You can read it here: New Studies review  

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AND EVERYTHING BECOMES NOTHING AGAIN

Posted on May 30, 2016 by katharina guenther

‘And everything becomes nothing again’ is the latest project of the wonderful and talented Léa Habourdin, which follows the breeding cycle of an osprey couple in the Baltic woods. I had the great pleasure of writing an introduction for her … Continue reading →

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PERRY OGDEN INTERVIEW

Posted on December 28, 2014 by katharina guenther

I interviewed Perry Ogden on photographing Francis Bacon’s Reece Mews studio before its relocation to Ireland in 1998. Find out more in the latest issue of SuperMassiveBlackHole focussing on studio spaces. Download the magazine here

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BACON MONTHLY FOCUS

Posted on November 2, 2014 by katharina guenther

Francis Bacon was fascinated by bullfighting and repeatedly referred to the corrida in his paintings. Find my brief introduction on the artist’s relationship to the topic as ‘Monthly Focus’ on the website of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation Monaco. … Continue reading →

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RESEARCH PROJECT MONACO

Posted on October 6, 2014 by katharina guenther

The website of the new Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco is now online and features a brief introduction of my one-year research project for them. More info here

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