»Nebenwege« Fotografien von Angela Bröhan SOMMERGALERIE 2025

Vernissage of the summer gallery 2025:

"Byways" photographs by Angela Bröhan

We cordially invite you to this year's Summer Gallery 2025 at LOGOI with works by Berlin photographer Angela Bröhan! Curated by Joachim Griess.

Vernissage: Friday, June 27, 2025, 7:00 pm
With an introduction by art historian Sylvia Böhmer

Exhibition until August 10, 2025 during our business hours (Mon-Thu, 10 am - 2 pm) and by appointment: phil@logoi.de, 0241/16025088

A rain-soaked underpass, a subway station, the back seat of a ship, a view into a reception hall: unattractive scenes, places of passage, the opposite of so-called "sights" are the settings for Angela Böhan's works. They show urban realities and are at the same time the opposite of documentary photography. The unadorned floors, walls and stairs become ideal projection surfaces precisely because they do not claim attention for themselves.

Some of the pictures are so abstract that it is impossible to draw any conclusions as to where exactly they were taken. (Seemingly) random locations are placed in the picture in a planned manner, carefully sought out sections draw the viewer into the picture composition.

The focus is not so much on the location itself, but on details such as the composition, lines and the magic of light. In Angela Bröhan's work, reflections and shadows become the protagonists of a theater of light.

The connection between architecture and rhythm also plays a role: elements of buildings and found details are repeated in a repeat-like manner through digital montage and condensed into patterns. Striking details are mirrored, doubled and assembled into horizontal friezes. In some cases, light, shadow, diagonals and geometric elements create the illusion of space.

In her works, Angela Bröhan achieves an abstraction that, in its visual curiosity and openness to poetic coincidences, points far beyond the semantics of the objects depicted.

(based on Julie August, Buenos Aires 2024)

Angela Bröhan, born in Hamburg, studied at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung, Hamburg and at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Fotografie (now FHS), from which she graduated in 1984 with a master's degree. She ran a studio for still life photography in Munich until 2006 before moving to Berlin, where she has been co-owner of the ep.contemporary gallery since 2018. Angela Bröhan lives and works as a freelance photographer in Berlin and Hamburg. Her photographs have been shown in various exhibitions since 1998, including in Munich, Berlin and the USA. https://broehan. com

Gallery hours:

The exhibition curator and Aachen-based artist Joachim Griess will be happy to give you a personal tour of the exhibition at the following gallery times:

Fridays (4.7./11.7./18.7./25.7./1.8./8.8.): 4-7 p.m.
Saturdays (28.6./5.7./12.7./19.7./26.7./2.8./9.8.): 1-5 p.m.

Free admission!