Zwischen den Zeilen. Halle im Foto
In the organizer's words:
A hazy veil lies over Halle (Saale). The plaster is crumbling. How did photographic artists see the city during the GDR era? Houses, streets and portraits impressively paint a picture of society, the essence of which is often only revealed "between the lines".
Ulrich Wüst and Eva-Maria Schön captured their view of the city with their cameras at the end of the 1970s, Konstanze Göbel, Eva Mahn and Reinhard Hentze at the end of the 1980s in documentary, thematic, staged or subtly humorous ways. The period of political change meant transformation - both for the cityscape and for the people. Hannes H. Wagner's overpaintings of copied photographs show in their experimental nature the artistic freedom that has become possible, analogous to the political and economic freedom.
In the present day, Halle (Saale) has lost none of its appeal and charm as a photographic motif. Black and white and color photography exist side by side. What has changed is the perspective. The spectrum ranges from detailed focus, which could also show any other city, as with Florian Stumpe, to the implicit capture of social phenomena, which complete the puzzle piece by piece, as with Hans-Jörg Franke.
Almost 50 years lie between past and present in the exhibition. The hazy veil is gone. The houses have been renovated. The future lies ahead of the city.
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