Konstante B mit Silberblick

Portrait photographs by Sibylle Fendt of women artists Tina Bara, Petra Flierl, Sabina Grzimek, Heidrun Hegewald, Sabine Herrmann, Carin Kreuzberg, Helga Paris, Barbara Raetsch, Erika Stürmer-Alex – along with works from the Beeskow Art Archive and contemporary pieces – at the Inselgalerie Berlin

The exhibition focuses on portraits taken by photographer Sibylle Fendt of painters, graphic artists, sculptors, and photographers in their studio spaces or immediate surroundings. The Beeskow Art Archive preserves works by all selected artists from the GDR era. The exhibition will feature a selection of 16 works plus the two portfolios “Silberblick 1+3”, alongside contemporary works by these artists, at the Inselgalerie.

For her portraits, Sibylle Fendt uses a medium-format camera and analog film material. Her work is characterized by a profound openness towards her subjects and a high concentration on the moment, qualities that are reflected in her photographs. Fendt captures her subjects in ways that are sometimes surprising and unconventional, yet always dignified.

Sibylle Fendt (Open in new tab), born in 1974, studied photography in Bielefeld and was a guest student with Wolfgang Tillmans in Frankfurt am Main. She has been a member of the Ostkreuz Agency since 2010 and has received several awards, including the German Photobook Prize.

Collaboration with Sibylle Fendt is part of the “Collection Creative” program at the Museum of Utopia and Everyday Culture. To offer new, unexpected approaches to objects of everyday culture and art from the GDR, the museum has previously hosted the illustrator Matthias Beckmann, photographer Martin Maleschka, and composer Hannes Zerbe in Eisenhüttenstadt and Beeskow.

Cooperation between the Museum of Utopia and Everyday Culture and the Inselgalerie Berlin (Open in new tab)Location
Inselgalerie Berlin,
Petersburger Str. 76A
10249 Berlin