Galerie Roschlaub presents
Josef Fischnaller
Josef Fischnaller was born in Austria in 1964. After training as a photographer (1986), he opened his first studio in Vienna, followed by numerous exhibitions in Berlin, Vienna, Miami, New York, and Moscow. Fischnaller, who now lives in Berlin, has already received numerous prestigious prizes and awards, including the Kappa Korea Award and the EFFIES Gold and Silver for Mastercard. He is particularly known for his elaborate re-imaginings of famous Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with which he attempts to translate the classical iconography of portraits and still lifes into the contemporary world.
Exhibition | Apocalypse
Ausstellung | Apocalpyse
Exhibition | Metamorphosis
In Josef Fischnaller 's new series, the photographs undergo a complete transformation, experiencing a unique, fantastic metamorphosis. And what a metamorphosis! Different colors, brighter, more intense. These bouquets appear almost abstract, and some of the portraits resemble mythical creatures.
In his new works, Josef Fischnaller has also approached transience technically. More than ever, he moves away from his métier, classical photography, and incorporates the processes of flowing, running, and yellowing as stylistic devices. Using a technique that he keeps somewhat secret, he creates photo prints with colors that are not actually suitable for this purpose. Thus, these images are also only snapshots, and he reproduces an extremely fleeting state, a relic, in small editions. Fascinated by the frenzy of colors and forms, we immerse ourselves in these sometimes vast, ethereal visual worlds, puristically presented in powerful simplicity on aluminum Dibond under a captivatingly glossy acrylic layer. METAMORPHOSIS! Photographer Josef Fischnaller has never before come so close to painting.
Exhibition | Past Present Present Past
When actress Andrea Sawatzki becomes Britain's Queen Elizabeth I, it's likely the work of celebrated photo artist Josef Fischnaller. He reinterprets well-known masterpieces of art history in original ways: For example, his Saint Jerome leans on a stack of Vogue magazines instead of books, staring thoughtfully at his smartphone.
Fischnaller's "Past Present Present Past" includes numerous still lifes, including numerous lush floral bouquets. The new photographs reveal richly detailed imagery that viewers will never tire of. The Berlin-based Austrian artist's works uniquely combine the classical art form of painting with the medium of photography. "I am delighted to welcome such a talented artist and am proud to be able to show a total of 22 of his works until the end of March," says gallery owner Kirsten Roschlaub. "Fischnaller is in high demand on the international art market and will surely cause a sensation in Hamburg as well."