An Artist Talks Petrov Ahner 04.11.2010, Tacheles

This  experience of solo show as art photographer here  in the Tacheles neue Gallery, was a great moment and Petrov Ahner is pleased that so many people have been able to see his works. The Photographs were taken  after the destruction of the gallery in last february, Petrov took pictures of left over trash burnt objects and gave them a new life a new value.
This exhibiton states and shows how resistent a place like the Tacheles Arthouse can be.
"We create art from destruction, we recreate from nothing" says Petrov.

The long fight the Tacheles arthouse  is experiencing at the moment, inspires artists to create and involve themselves into new directions.

Petrov has started to work with a young Mexican artist named Alain Ledezma, Orvar, who is 26 years old and has been showing there common work (titre 1984) currently in the "Sine Die" project room. Both exhibitons are curated by the house curator Barbara Fragogna, with whom the artist has built a strong relationship. Many recent projects have been initiated by her and have devellop thanks to her coaching and encouragements.

Petrov has also been collaborating with performance artist Miriam Wuttke and describes these new aspects of his works as "very exciting and new". His experience from the past of course, is a ground for his research, but he  is constantly trying to obtain a new vision of the portrait, or of the performance, and helps  photography  begin it's artistic function, and not only be a documentation of someone else's work, or performance. The photography itself becomes  an artwork.


He is preparing his next exhibition a series of portraits done in France of the illegal immigrants, who joined to fight for their right to stay and work in France. We were lucky to see a preview projection of beautiful individuals dignified by his camera. The status of the immigrant is viewed from a different angle and Petrov intentionaly took these portraits to make these immigrants shine and show their humanity. The portrait has always had a social function in our society, people of power and high social classes have had portraits done by famous artists, painters and photographers.
Here Petrov stands by a social group that is look down upon and helps the viewer become aware of a contemporary social situation.


He is very active with the " i support tacheles ".

Please check the web sites and links for more information.

 Bio


After starting out in fashion photography in Munich and Miami, I moved to Paris in 1994, where I continued my fashion works and at the same time started out in portrait and reportage photography. During the years, the commitment for cultural, political and social focal points took on a greater significance.
In 2009, I moved to Berlin.
Current projects vary between collaborations with visual artists (exhibition-, performance- and installation photography), comissioned work and dedicated photography with a sociopolitical background.
The focus of the work is portrait photography.
Exhibitions

Oct 8th- Nov 5th 2010 New Gallery Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
Burned Condition, Site specific photo installation
Oct 1st- Nov 5^th 2010 SineDie ProjectRoom, Berlin
1984, Photo exhibition Orvar+Petrov
Sept 28^th 2010 Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
I support Tacheles Wall, Permanent installation
Sept 4^th 2010 Abnormals Gallery
Self-Possessions by Andrea Penzo and Christina Fiore
Installation Photos Petrov Ahner
Mar 2010 Espace le vend se leve Paris
Stepping out of the dark, Slideshow of portraits of illigal immigrants
2007 Galerie Vie, Tokio
The Belgium Way
2002 Museum of Fashion and Textiles, Louvre, Paris
Track 2, Track-Magazine
2000 Museum of Fashion and Textiles, Louvre, Paris
Motiv, Viktor and Rolf
1999 Carrusel du Louvre, Paris
What is fashion?, Beaux Arts Magazine
1997 Les Moulins de Paris
100 Degrée, Photo and Film Installation

PETROV AHNER

BERLIN
PHOTOGRAPHY
Tel 017651426739

http://petrovahner.wordpress.com/
http://www.isupporttacheles.blogspot.com/

Video projection Preview of his next exhibition

an artist talks with Gaby Bila-Günther

It was really a great priviledge to meet Gaby,she is really an inspiring women. She is full of energy and conviction, and you can feel it in her performances.

She is very often invited to festivals where she can share her talent and express her political and social views on the society.

She is Roumanian, and has lived in Austalia for 7 years, you can hear it in her warm voice. She seduces and charms in her own special way to convince the public of her vision and opinions. She likes to stand up and point out injustice and ignorance, and many of her perfomances deals with female issues in the society today she battles for freedom and equal rights, hates racism and prjudice of any kind...

She has a true talent for writing and her beat talks are like music, she plays with words with a comfortable ease, and tells you a tale, you will always remember, that makes your heart shake and head spin.

She is powerful like a women can be, and knows what she is doing. She is aware and pursues her goals and dreams, she may have a possibility  to perform in the Kunsthaus again very soon, so keep posted...:-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sykFgyHGJ8Y
http://ladygaby.awardspace.com/
 

 

Gaby Günther-Bila reading 28.10.2010, Tacheles , An Artist Talks.