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Bettina Flitner
Poetic passages Bettina Flitner’s series “Boatpeople” put a unique object centre stage: a traditional Burmese boat. The photographer bought the wooden fishing boat at Inle Lake, situated on… Read more
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Background Information about Bettina Flitner
Introduction
Poetic passages
Bettina Flitner’s series “Boatpeople” put a unique object centre stage: a traditional Burmese boat. The photographer bought the wooden fishing boat at Inle Lake, situated on a plateau high in the Shan Hills along the Chinese border, and transported it to Cologne, where it sits on the Rhine. Filtner photographs a broad range of personalities and groups aboard the craft – including managers, nuns, and transvestites – creating a poetic, calming and humorous procession. The people appear to be on a journey of discovery, moving along the current of life. Self-aware and in distinctive poses, they are the lead actors in theatrical arrangements. We curiously and affectionately speculate about the people’s identities, and we sense the photographer’s joy in telling their stories.
Flitner draws cleverly from the genres of film and photography for her works. She uses her experience as an editor and director to ensure these remarkable projects produce powerful narrative moments. What begins as an idea becomes, through image composition, props, and the choice of distinctive subjects, a harmonious work of art.
Christina Wendenburg
Bettina Flitner’s series “Boatpeople” put a unique object centre stage: a traditional Burmese boat. The photographer bought the wooden fishing boat at Inle Lake, situated on a plateau high in the Shan Hills along the Chinese border, and transported it to Cologne, where it sits on the Rhine. Filtner photographs a broad range of personalities and groups aboard the craft – including managers, nuns, and transvestites – creating a poetic, calming and humorous procession. The people appear to be on a journey of discovery, moving along the current of life. Self-aware and in distinctive poses, they are the lead actors in theatrical arrangements. We curiously and affectionately speculate about the people’s identities, and we sense the photographer’s joy in telling their stories.
Flitner draws cleverly from the genres of film and photography for her works. She uses her experience as an editor and director to ensure these remarkable projects produce powerful narrative moments. What begins as an idea becomes, through image composition, props, and the choice of distinctive subjects, a harmonious work of art.
Christina Wendenburg
Bio
| 1961 | Born in Cologne, Germany |
| Editor at WDR, Germany | |
| 1986-1992 | Studied at Deutschen Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin, Germany |
| 1989-present | Professional Photographer |
Exhibitions
| 2011 | Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, USA |
| Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany | |
| 2011 | Ich bin ein Berliner, Dezer Schauhalle, Miami, USA |
| In Between Days/ Von Frauenberg Art Gallery, Düsseldorf | |
| Kernfragen, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin | |
| ABC of Painting, Galerie Schuster, Berlin | |
| 2010 | Malerei, Galerie Dr. messner, Trossingen |
| Berliner Salon, Europäischer Kunsthof Ficht, Aachen | |
| Art Fair 21 Köln, Galerie Schuster, Köln | |
| 2009 | Scope New York, Galerie Schuster, New York, USA |
| 2008 | Scope Miami, Galerie Schusten, Miami, USA |
| 2007 | Arcadia, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, UK |
| Salty Tears, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin | |
| Scope Miami, Galerie Schuster, Miami, USA | |
| 2006 | The fine art of separating people from their money, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin |
| Art Peking – Frederik Foert Galerie | |
| Art Fair Köln, Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Kreuzer + Roy, Heimbach | |
| 2005 | Time Zones, Krings Ernst Galerie, Köln |
| Cars and Races, Frederik Foert Galerie, Berlin | |
| 2004 | Pintura, Galeria Fabio Penacall, Salvador, Brasilien |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2011 | Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, USA |
| Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Germany | |
| 2009 | Urania, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Biblioteca National, Madrid, Spain |
| Tour&Taxis, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2005 | Tampere Art Museum, Tampere, Finland |
| 2004 | Swiss Re, Munich, Germany |
| 2003 | Frauenmuseum Wiesbaden, Loeper, Germany |
| 2002 | Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin, Germany |
| 2001-2002 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipeh, Taiwan |
| 2001 | Ich bin stolz ein Rechter zu sein, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany |
| 1998 | Suermondt, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany |
| 1996 | Der Rächer von Dresden Photography-Installation at the festival, Theater der Welt, Dresden, Germany |
| Mein Herz Photography-Installation at the Lustgarten Berlin, Germany | |
| Brückenschlag Photography-Installation, Cologne, Germany |
Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | Galerie Zellermayer, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 | Fotofestival Lodz, Fotofestival Luxembourg |
| 2008 | ART Cologne, Germany |
| Studio Marangoni, Florenz, Italy | |
| 2006 | Am Strom, Galerie Holtmann, Cologne, Germany |
| ART Cologne, Germany | |
| 2003 | wonderlands, Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung, Grothe, Germany |
| 1999 | ART Cologne, Galerie von Loeper, Germany |
| 1997 | Fotofestival Groningen, Netherlands |
| 1996 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp, Belgium |
| 1995 | Deutschland-Zyklus, 3rd Internationales Bildforum, Herten, Germany |
| 1993 | Sie nennen es Liebe, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Germany |
| Contemporary German Photography, The Light Factory, North Carolina, USA | |
| 1991 | Krieg für Frieden, Elefanten-Press Galerie, Berlin, Germany |