*Birgit* is a limited edition bookwork by Hans Peter Feldmann, published by the Contemporary Art Gallery in 2006 and released in conjunction with Feldmann’s first solo exhibition in Canada at CAG, June 9 – August 20, 2006. The publication is comprised of 72 successive colour snapshots of a woman applying her make-up from beginning to end, and is accompanied by a comprehensive text by the exhibition’s curator, Roy Arden.


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Birgit

Hans-Peter Feldmann

Hans-Peter Feldmann has had profound influence on the shape of contemporary conceptual art and photography, paralleling text and image and redefining methods of exhibition and distribution. Born near Düsseldorf in 1941, Feldmann is a peer of artists such as Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter. For Feldmann's first solo exhibition in Canada, and in order to introduce local audiences to the breadth of his work, Vancouver-based artist and writer Roy Arden has selected an array of Feldmann's signature bookworks and other printed multiples. The exhibition will also include *100 Years*, an ambitious photographic series of 101 black and white portraits of people ranging in age from eight months to 100 years old. The formal composition of the images strongly relates to work of the early twentieth-century photographer August Sander. Aspects of Feldmann's oeuvre exhibit a child-like humour yet, as we are drawn into his work, we discover  that it is grounded in a profound moral seriousness.

Guest curated by Roy Arden


Essay: "Hans-Peter Feldmann," Roy Arden

A small black and white photograph of a person running is mounted on a motorized mechanism hanging on a gallery wall. The photograph appears blurred and in motion. 

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In a gallery, there are dozens of framed black and grey photos on the walls. At the centre of the space, there is a white plinth with pink flowers, with small black benches on either side of it.

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A closeup of a white table with several books on it. At the centre, there is a large grey book with a colour photo on the cover, with several other books arranged in a square around it.

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The corner of a gallery, showing dozens of small photos on the walls, divided into three sets. In the space, three long, white vitrine tables are placed together perpendicular to the walls.

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The corner of a gallery with white walls and a long white table. Both the table and the walls, there are small sets of colourful photos.

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A closeup of a tabletop display. The main table in the photo shows several photos of strawberries of different sizes and shapes. Another table with images of a blue sky with clouds is partly visible.

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Several books displayed on a white table. The photos on the covers include two children laughing on a swing, legs of a person wearing heels and tights, and a person levitating in a room.

Hans-Peter Feldmann

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