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Karen Knorr, Heaven’s Vault, Villa Farnese, Caprarola, série Metamorphoses, 2015-2017
From October 16th 2020 to January 10th 2021
Gropius Bau Museum, Berlin
From February 17th to May 17th 2020
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
From January 9th to February 2nd 2020
Elephant West, London
Exhibition from 23 june to 3 November 2019
Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc (Landerneau)
Exhibition from 1st june 2019 to 30th september 2019
Baden bei Wein, Austria
Exhibition from 1st july to 22 september 2019
Arles
Exhibition from 24 july to 14 september 2019
Sprüth Magers, London (UK)
Exhibition from 10 june to 12 august 2019
Royal Academy of Arts | London
From February 14 to April 20, 2019
Al Jazirah Al Hamra Old Town
From September 16th to November 18th 2018
Shanghai Centre of Photography, Shanghai
From June 2nd to September 30th 2018
La Gacilly, Morbihan, Bretagne
From may 26th to september 9th 2018
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, UK
From 18th June to July
Eglise, Palermo, Italy
From April 11th to Mai 15th 2018
Obai-in temple, Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, Japan
From april 11th to may 6th 2018
Zuiun-an, Kyoto, Japan
From January 6th to April 15th 2018
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, UK
From September 30th to January 21st 2018
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne, Angleterre
From October 6th to December 23rd 2017
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, États-Unis
From June 09th to November 26th 2017
Château de Nyon, Suisse
From July 28th to November 05th 2017
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
From September 18th to October 1st 2017
Old sessions House, Londres
From May 05th to May 11th 2017
From December 13th 2016 to March 29th 2017
Collaterals Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kochi, Inde
Exhibition from 1st to 25th February 2017
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from October 29th to November 28th, 2015
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from january 25th to february 2014
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from october 13th to november 19th 2011
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from november 10th to 25th 2008
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from october 14th to 30th 2004
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
Exhibition from march 27th to may 17th 2003
Galerie Les filles du calvaire
American, British resident, born Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1954
She lives and works in London
“Karen Knorr’s photography isn’t particularly easy to think about. It seems easier to think with it or through it. That is, with or through its subject matter. There is so much to think about within the images, that the images themselves become elusive. We cannot see the wood for the trees. Yet her images are in many ways particularly photographic. I think this reveals itself trough their way with time. It wouldn’t be quite right to say that the meaning of Knorr’s images is a complex experience of time, but the layers of possibility within them are inexticably linked to their temporal character.”
Taken from the article “Museum and Medium : The Time of Karen Knorr’s Imagery” by David Campany, 2001
Karen Knorr
2016
ISBN : 9780956992291
Karen Knorr’s Gentlemen, published by STANLEY/BARKER in collaboration with Eric Franck Fine Art, takes us inside the hallowed halls of the most venerable private gentlemen’s clubs of 1980s London, and considers the patriarchal values of the English upper classes with beautifully precise photographs and texts constructed out of speeches of parliament and the news at that time. The complete series of 26 images and texts investigate the values that ally these classes to conservative aristocratic values where primogeniture (the right by law of the rstborn son to inherit his parent’s estate, in preference to daughters) is still an issue.
Karen Knorr
2015
ISBN : 9780956992246
Karen Knorr’s Belgravia, describes through images and accompanying quotes, class and power amongst the international and wealthy during the beginning of Thatcherism in London.
Produced between 1979 and 1981 the images are now available for the first time in a beautiful artists monograph. Measuring 35 x 28 cm, printed on heavy stock and housed in a protective transparent jacket, the work describes the ‘everyday’ of a privileged minority, and whilst historically, portraiture of the upper classes has tended to be flattering, the combination of portraits and quotes from the subjects recorded during their sessions, brings Knorr’s work closer to satire.
Karen Knorr
Preface by William Dalrymple, essay by Christopher Pinney, and interview by Rosa Maria Falvo
2014
ISBN : 8857222356
The extraordinary work of acclaimed photographer Karen Knorr and her poetic journey through the Indian Subcontinent. Karen Knorr began her ‘India Song’ series in 2008, after a life-changing trip through Rajasthan. These carefully crafted images take inspiration from the Indian tradition of personifying animals in literature and art, depicting scenarios that are at once otherworldly and surreal. Knorr’s work explores Rajput and Mughal cultural heritage and its contemporary relationship to questions of feminine subjectivity and animality.
Karen Knorr in collaboration with Olivier Richon
2013
ISBN : 978-0-9574272-6-6
These photographs were taken in a couple of clubs, the Roxy, Covent Garden and the Global Village, Charing Cross in 1977 . In 2013 Olivier and Karen re-printed contacts and reconsidered their past work for a book project with GOST books. Thanks to Gordon Macdonald’s enthusiasm, they discovered another 20 images that stood the test of time.
Karen Knorr
2010
ISBN : 978-84-9927-105-7
The photographic work of Karen Knorr has developed intellectually and aesthetically since the mid 1980’s, following an initial practice relating to social documentary, Knorr discovered a new area of investigation that went hand in hand with her natural curiosity, interest and knowledge of art theory and art history.
Karen Knorr
Nathalie Leleu and Lucy Soutter
2008
ISBN : 978-2-35046-135-9
Le tout est très beau, gracieux et surnaturel comme la quintessence du fabuleux. Car qu’est-ce que le fabuleux, si ce n’est la délicate fusion de l’imaginaire et de la réalité, de l’invraisemblable malicieusement devenu réel. Au-delà de leur séduction immédiate, c’est bien cette ambiguïté qui fait la force des photographies de Karen Knorr.
Karen Knorr
David Campany, Rebecca Comay, Antonio Guzman
2002
ISBN-10 : 1901033384 / ISBN-13 : 978-1901033380
Including essays and an interview with Karen Knorr, this extensively illustrated text is a comprehensive overview of the photographer’s work from the 1990s to 2002. Knorr’s photographs explore with wit and humour the patronage and heritage that informs our ideas of art and national identity, with images taken at historical art collections and stately homes, and new developments using sound, installation and video. Knorr has been making photographs since the early 1980s, using a documentary style that recalls earlier traditions of portraiture and painting.
Karen Knorr
Antonio Guzman
2001
ISBN : 2-911487-36-2
Photography, allegory and palimsest by Antonio Guzman on Academies by Karen Knorr.
Karen Knorr
Introductory Essay by Patrick Mauries
1991
ISBN-10 : 0500541655 / ISBN-13 : 978-0500541654
From gentlemen’s clubs to elegant Palladian country houses, and the smart neighbourhoods of London , Karen Knorr comments with humour and irony on the rigid conventions of British class and taste.
British Journal of Photography, February 21st 2020
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