Franz Roh: Photography & Collage from the 1930s
September 14, 2006 - December 22, 2006
Ubu Gallery presented an exhibition of more than 60 vintage photographs and 20 collages by Franz Roh, the German art historian, critic and photographer who not only defined the European avant-garde between the two World Wars, but who—as both critic and artist—influenced the collective trends seen in much photo-based work today. Ubu Gallery’s exhibition presents works largely from the 1930s, most of which are on view for the first time, and illuminates the possibilities of expression Roh coaxed from the photographic mechanism, particularly the negative print and the photomontage. Ranging from motifs of the female nude to the urban landscape to Surrealist-inflected collage, the works in Ubu’s exhibition attest to both Roh’s theoretical engagement with photography, as well as his singular take on a number of the experimental techniques which would define much of the “New Vision” in photography.
ARTIST
Franz Roh
RESOURCES
Exhibition checklist
Press release
Announcement edition ubu #28
Announcement detail
PRESS
Foto Argomenti Magazine / October 3, 2006 / Rossella Bigi / 6 reproductions
Germany in NYC / October 2006
New Yorker / About Town / October 30, 2006 / 1 reproduction / pdf
New Yorker / About Town / November 12, 2006 / pdf
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM THE UBU GALLERY SHOP
Franz Roh: Photography & Collage from the 1930s
Metamorphosen des Hern Miracoloss (1923-50) von Franz Roh
SELECTED WORKS FROM THE EXHIBITION
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